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        "MODERN LIBRARY 1925\nFall 1925",
        "News!",
        "THE MODERN LIBRARY HAS CHANGED HANDS!",
        "ON AUGUST FIRST, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, a new organization will assume publication and distribution of the MODERN LIBRARY.",
        "Its name will be the MODERN LIBRARY, Incorporated.",
        "Its address will be 71 West 45th Street, New York City.",
        "Its sole endeavor will be the further development and exploitation of a series that has grown in eight years to embrace 110 titles, and to be known wherever English books are read.",
        "The format and general character of THE MODERN LIBRARY books will be absolutely unchanged.",
        "The American bookseller can count on the generous cooperation of an experienced and strongly fortified organization withno general publications over which to concern itself, devoting its entire energies to one project – the growth of the MODERN LIBRARY.",
        "Discontinued",
        "Blasco Ibáñez,TheCabin(1920) 73",
        "Stephens,Mary, Mary(1917) 26",
        "Only a few hundred copies ofMary, Mary(26) andThe Cabin(73) remained in the B&L warehouse when Cerf and Klopfer took over the series. They promptly discontinued them and reassigned their catalogue numbers, ML 30 and 69, to Beebe,Jungle Peaceand Dumas,Camille, the first new titles added in fall 1925."
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The Modern Library series was founded in May 1917 by Boni & Liveright, a new publishing firm that was created to publish the Modern Library. The series was conceived by Albert Boni, a twenty-five year old Greenwich Village bookseller and occasional publisher. The Modern Library was founded at a time when the United Stated was undergoing an intense cultural upheaval. Boni was in the thick of the cultural upheaval. His Washington Square Bookshop was a favorite gathering place for Village artists and intellectuals. He was one of the founders of the Washington Square Players. As publisher of The Glebe, a little magazine edited by Alfred Kreymborg, he was already active in promoting translations of modern European writers—much to the dismay of Kreymborg, who was interested mainly in discovering and nurturing unknown Americans.",
          "In May 1925, less than two years after joining Boni & Liveright as vice-president president, Bennett A. Cerf negotiated an agreement to buy the Modern Library from Horace Liveright. He had dreamed of having his own firm from the time he entered publishing, and Liveright, as usual, needed money. The firm had not had a best seller since 1923, Liveright was losing money in the stock market, he was beginning to moonlight as a Broadway producer, and he wanted a divorce. As part of the separation agreement he had to repay large sums that he had borrowed from his wife and father-in-law. Tom Dardis, Liveright’s latest biographer, indicates that the debts to his wife and father-in-law had been repaid at this point and speculates that his primary reason for selling the Modern Library was “the huge amounts he required to continue producing plays on Broadway” (Dardis, Firebrand: The Life of Horace Liveright, p. 228).",
          "In his unpublished autobiography, written shortly before his death, Liveright indicates    that the meeting at which the sale of the Modern Library was agreed to was preceded by several weeks of conversations and meetings with friends and advisers and with Cerf and his advisers (Autobiography, insert y, p. 2. Komroff Papers, Columbia University Library). Cerf recalls the decision as having been proposed and settled on May 19. Liveright, who took Cerf to a farewell luncheon to celebrate Cerf’s departure that evening for his first trip to Europe, complained about financial pressures. Cerf repeated an offer he had made before to buy the Modern Library. This time, instead of brushing him off, Liveright asked what he would pay for it, and they continued to negotiate at the office that afternoon. By the end of the afternoon a deal had been struck (Cerf,At Random, pp. 44–46).",
          "Cerf and Liveright agreed to a selling price of $200,000. Included in that sum was the $25,000 that Cerf had lent Liveright when he joined the firm and an additional $25,000 he lent him subsequently. Cerf was getting the Modern Library for an additional payment of $150,000. The money was due after Cerf’s return from Europe, with Cerf to assume control of the series on August 1st.",
          "That evening Cerf sailed on theAquitaniafor his first trip to Europe. That night he wrote in his diary:",
          "And so I’m off for bed after the most eventful day of my life. I bought the Modern Library from Boni & Liveright after a whirlwind conference—a step that will alter my entire career (Cerf, Diary, 20 May 1925, Bennet Cerf Papers, Columbia University Library).",
          "He celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday on his last full day at sea before arriving at Southampton on May 26th.",
          "Many details of the purchase remained to be settled. Cerf’s plans called for Donald S. Klopfer to put up $100,000 and go in with him as equal partner, but Klopfer was not certain at the time Cerf sailed that he would be able to raise the money. The two men had met during the autumn of 1918 at Columbia University, when Cerf was a senior and Klopfer was a freshman. Klopfer transferred to Williams College in the middle of his freshman year, but he and Cerf remained friends. Cerf recalled in his autobiography that after attending a concert at Carnegie Hall they walked “all the way around Central Park – over to Fifth Avenue up to 110th Street, over to Central Park West and down to 59th Street, just talking. And when we finished that walk, we were friends for life” (Cerf,At Random, pp. 24–25).",
          "Klopfer left college after his sophomore year to work for his stepfather, who held a one-sixth interest in United Diamond Works, a diamond cutting and polishing factory in Newark, New Jersey. His stepfather had since died, leaving Klopfer his interest in the closely held firm. The other owners agreed to buy Klopfer’s interest for 80 percent of the book value, giving him the $100,000 he needed (Klopfer, interview with GBN, 5 July 1978), and he had the money by the time Cerf returned from Europe.",
          "That gave Cerf and Klopfer enough money to buy the Modern Library, but they lacked working capital to meet operating expenses. At this point Cerf’s uncle, Herbert Wise, came to their aid, lending them 500 shares of Norfolk and Western railroad stock, which was then selling for about $130 a share. They used the stock as collateral for a $50,000 bank loan. They returned the stock to Wise a hundred shares at a time and were able to pay off the entire loan within two years.",
          "One final hitch came up before the sale of the Modern Library was completed. At the last minute Liveright insisted that Cerf and Klopfer give him a contract as an adviser for five years at five thousand dollars a year. “His advice was the last thing we needed,” Cerf recalled, “but he said if we didn’t agree to it, the deal was off. So we had to give in” (Cerf,At Random, p. 54). Shortly after they took over the series they offered Liveright a lump payment of fifteen thousand dollars to cancel the agreement, and Liveright accepted. So the total cost of the Modern Library came to $215,000.",
          "Ownership of the Modern Library was transferred to Cerf and Klopfer on 1 August 1925. They acquired the name and good will of the series, reprint rights to copyrighted titles included in it, the plates owned by Boni & Liveright, and the stock of books on hand, most of which were unbound. The value of the plates and books was estimated at $75,000 (Columbia Auditors, C.P.A. to Henry Hoyns, Harper and Bros., 22 July 1925).",
          "The new company was incorporated as The Modern Library, Inc., with Cerf as President and Klopfer as Vice-President. Gustave Cerf (Cerf’s father), who worked on a part-time basis until his death in 1941, was listed as Secretary and Treasurer. They were joined by two Boni & Liveright employees: Emanuel Harper, who soon became the firm’s treasurer, and Helen Berlin, who was Cerf and Klopfer’s secretary from 1925 until 1928. The Modern Library, Inc. opened for business in a two-room office on the ninth floor of 71 West 45th Street. Cerf and Klopfer worked at desks facing each other. After moving to larger quarters they continued to share an office and work at facing desks until Klopfer accepted a commission in the Air Force in May 1942. They shared a secretary until Cerf’s death in 1971.",
          "The sale of the Modern Library was announced in theNew York Timeson 13 July 1925. The following advertisement appeared inPublishers’ Weekly(1 August 1925, p. 423; italics in original):"
        ]
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles were published in the standard format, with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages).",
          "Boni&Liverightprintings",
          "A large portion of the ML stock that Cerf and Klopfer acquired from B&L consisted of folded and sewn sheets with Brodzky endpapers attached to the outer leaves. These were sold in ML, Inc. imitation leather bindings and newly printed ML, Inc. jackets. This hybrid format, with B&L title pages and endpapers and ML, Inc. bindings and jackets, is common for final B&L printings. Bound and jacketed volumes acquired from B&L were sold as they were; a small number of bound B&L titles were provided with newly printed ML, Inc. jackets."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "New titles added to the ML in fall 1925 used the title page design inherited from B&L with torchbearer A1 (designed by Lucian Bernhard) replacing the B&L monk device. The title page is enclosed in double rules with each section (title, author, author of the introduction, device, publisher, and place of publication) separated by a horizontal rule. Most B&L titles that were reprinted between fall 1925 and 1939 continued to use existing title-page plates with the B&L device replaced by torchbearer A1. In general, new title-page plates were made for B&L titles only when the text was reset or augmented with new content."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Imitation leather in dark green or brown with spine lettering in gold and Bernhard torchbearer in gold on the front panel. The bindings were identical to those used by B&L except for the use of the torchbearer device in place of the B&L device"
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The Brodzky endpaper inherited from B&L was used on the first printing of Beebe’sJungle Peace(116) and the earliest ML, Inc. reprints of some B&L titles. Bernhard’s new endpaper incorporating his torchbearer design, printed in light yellowish brown, was used on all subsequent titles and later printings ofJungle Peace."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jacket",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Uniform typographic jacket is patterned after late B&L jackets. The Bernhard torchbearer replaces the B&L device on the spine but does not appear on the front panel. Fall 1925 jackets indicate the title and author in capital letters on a deep reddish orange band near the top of the front panel and the series (“The Modern Library” in upper- and lowercase letters) on a deep reddish orange band near the bottom. The jackets include a complete list of ML titles on the flaps and back panel. Both jacket flaps include the publisher’s name and address: the Modern Library, Inc., 71 West 45th St., New York. Some fall 1925 jackets have the statement “New title added monthly” at the bottom of the front flap instead of the publisher’s name and address."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating key",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Fall) Dumas,CamillexAnderson,Poor White."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Theodore Dreiser was one of the first authors Cerf contacted after buying the ML. Cerf expressed the hope thatFree and Other Stories(106) would remain in the series for many years to come and that Dreiser would allow the ML to include one of his novels “on a basis that I am sure could be made satisfactory to both of us” (Cerf to Dreiser, 25 July 1925).Twelve Men(159) was added in 1928 andSister Carrie(230) followed in 1932.An American Tragedy(G89), which B&L published in fall 1925 shortly after Cerf and Klopfer took over the ML, was reprinted as a ML Giant in 1956.",
          "Willa Cather and Edna St. Vincent Millay were among the first authors that Cerf tried to secure for the ML. He wanted Cather’sSong of the Larkand a volume of plays by Millay, but the original publishers declined to grant reprint rights.The Song of the Larksold too well for Houghton Mifflin to consider a ML edition (Robert N. Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, to Cerf, 4 September 1925). Cerf offered Appleton a five-year reprint contract with royalties of 8 cents a copy for Millay’s plays “Two Slatterns and a King,” “Aria da Capo,” and “The Lamp and the Bell”, indicating that he wanted to use Appleton plates for a first ML printing of 3,000 copies. Millay’s publisher flatly rejected the offer (John W. Hiltman, Appleton & Co., to Cerf, 14 October 1925).",
          "After meeting Walter de la Mare during his trip to England in the summer of 1925, Cerf wrote to enlist his support for a ML edition of one of his works: “I am particularly anxious to have a Walter de La [sic] Mare title in the library and am writing direct to you because before I proceed to interview any of the American publishers who hold the copyright to your works, I would like to hear from you which one of your books, in your opinion, would fit best in the series” (Cerf to de la Mare, 16 October 1925). De la Mare replied that the decision must be left to his American publishers but indicated that he had asked his agent, James B. Pinker, to take up the matter with them (de la Mare to Cerf, 19 November 1925). Several weeks later Pinker told Cerf that none of de la Mare’s American publishers were willing to authorize a reprint edition (James B. Pinker & Sons to Cerf, 14 December 1925).",
          "Cerf contacted H. L. Mencken in 1926 about adding hisPhilosophy of Friedrich Nietzscheto the series, but Mencken replied that it was outmoded and in need of revision (Cerf to Mencken, 14 December 1925; Mencken to Cerf, 22 December 1925). Originally published in 1908, Mencken’s study was the first book on Nietzsche in English (Hobson, Fred.Mencken: A Life, p. 89). It has been widely reprinted since it entered the public domain, including several reprint editions in the first decade of the twenty-first century.",
          "The New York publisher Charles Renard offered to sell the ML its plates for J. M. Barrie’sThe Little Minister. Cerf replied that the ML would “have no possible use for the plates . . . for some time to come” but offered $50 for them (Charles Renard Co. to Cerf, 18 November 1925; Cerf to Renard Co., 30 November 1925). He later increased the offer to $200, but this appears to have been much less than Renard wanted."
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 116,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM BEEBE",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "JUNGLE PEACE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1925–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 30
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "116.  First printing (1925)",
            "[within double rules] JUNGLE PEACE | [rule] | BY | WILLIAM BEEBE | [rule] | Foreword by | THEODORE ROOSEVELT | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], [1–2] 3–297 [298–300].  [1–9]16[10]14",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D3; [i] title; [ii] Copyright, 1918, By | HENRY HOLT & CO. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | 1925; [iii] dedication; [iv] NOTE; v–xi FOREWORD signed p. xi: THEODORE ROOSEVELT.; [xii] blank; [xiii] CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–293 text; [294] blank; 295–297 INDEX; [298–300] blank.",
            "Format:The first printing has the Brodzky endpaper; the second printing (December 1925) has the Bernhard endpaper.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], [1–2] 3–297 [298–304].  [1–10]16. Contents as 116 except: [2] pub. note A4; [298] blank; [299–304] ML list. (Fall 1925)Note:The second printing retains the copyright andFirststatements on p. [ii]. The fourth printing (September 1927) omits both and only has a manufacturing statement on p. [ii].",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [2] pub. note A6; [ii]Copyright, 1920, by| HENRY HOLT & CO. | [short double rule]; [299–302] ML list; [303–304] blank. (Fall 1928)Note:The reason for the 1920 copyright date is unclear. It may have been a printer’s error, like the omission of the copyright date altogether from the 1927 printing.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B1.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“Mr. Beebe’s volume is one of the rare books which represent a positive addition to the sum total of genuine literature. It is not merely a ‘book of the season’ or ‘book of the year’; it will stand on the shelves of cultivated people, of people whose taste in reading is both wide and good, as long as men and women appreciate charm of form in the writings of men who also combine love of daring adventure with the power to observe and vividly to record the things of strange interest which they have seen. . . . If I had space I would like to give an abstract of the whole book. As it is I merely advise all who love good books, very good books, at once to get this book of Mr. Beebe’s.”  THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Fall 1925)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "As a trained scientific observer, William Beebe has conducted many expeditions at sea and into the jungle. The wealth of data collected by him and the vivid tales of adventure he has brought back constitute a record unique among books of exploration. InJungle Peacehe describes a remote and glamorous segment of the world —Guiana — and creates a picture of tropical splendor and mystery. He tells of birds and beasts, plants and insects with the accuracy of the scientist and the wonder of a born story-teller. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by Henry Holt & Co., 1918. ML edition (pp. [iii]–297) printed from Holt plates with illustrations and list of illustrations omitted. Published 25 September 1925.WR3 October 1925. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1941.",
            "Roosevelt’s foreword originally appeared as a front-page review in theNew York Times Review of Books(13 October 1918) and was added as a foreword to later Holt printings.",
            "There were at least eleven ML printings between fall 1925 and August 1937 totaling 21,000 copies, including a second printing of 2,000 copies in December 1925.Jungle Peacesold 1,706 copies during the first half of 1928, placing it fifty-sixth out of 147 ML titles."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "117",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALEXANDRE DUMAS",
            "TEXT": [
              ", fils.",
              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CAMILLE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1925–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 69
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "117a.  First printing (1925)",
            "[within double rules] CAMILLE | [rule] | BY | ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS | [rule] | Introduction by | EDMUND GOSSE | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [2], 1–270.  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D4; [iii] title; [iv] Edmund Gosse’s Introduction | Printed by Permission of D. Appleton & Co. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | 1925; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Edmund Gosse.; xiii–xv BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE signed p. xv: E. G.; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–270 text.Note:Most later printings have a manufacturing statement only on p. [iv].",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B1.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Written by Dumas when he was twenty-five, CAMILLE remains in its combination of freshness and form and of the feeling of the springtime of life, a singular, an astonishing piece of work. The novel and the play have been blown about the world at a fearful rate, but the story has never lost its happy juvenility, a charm that nothing can vulgarize. It is all champagne and tears – fresh perversity, fresh credulity, fresh passion, fresh pain. We have seen the play both well done and ill done – in strange places, in barbarous tongues. But nothing makes any difference – it carries with it an April air: some tender young man and some coughing young woman have only to speak the lines to give it a great place among the love-stories of the world. HENRY JAMES (Spring 1928)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front abridged from Henry James quotation on jacket A: “A novel and play that have been blown about the world—but nothing can alter it. It is all champagne and tears—fresh passion, fresh pain—one of the great love stories of the world.”  Henry James (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "New generations of readers respond as their parents and grandparents did with unashamed tears to the sad plight of the beautiful and doomed Marguerite Gautier.Camilleretains its fragrance through the years; it is a tale that stirs an unassuageable heartache, and over it there hovers a sentiment forever tender and yearning. It is read now as it was before and as it will be read years hence as the love story of the eternal Magdalene glorified by her passion and misfortune. (Spring 1934)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial in strong yellowish pink (26), pale blue (185) and black on coated cream paper depicting a woman seated in an open coach driven by a bearded coachman; title in strong yellowish pink with three-dimensional shading in black, other lettering in black. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as jacket B. (Spring 1939)",
            "Translation originally published in U.S. asThe Lady of the Camelliasin the French Classical Romances series (D. Appleton & Co., 1902). The source of the plates has not been identified; the ML edition may have been printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published 25 October 1925.WR14 November 1925. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970.",
            "Gosse was editor-in-chief of the French Classical Romances series. His introduction and biographical note are taken from the Appleton edition, where the ML introduction constitutes the last third (pp. xxiii–xxxii) of his longer critical essay, “The Novels of Alexandre Dumas the Younger.” The ML paid Appleton a permissions fee of $25 for their use. The translation appears to have been in the public domain.",
            "Camillesold 2,340 copies during the first half of 1928, placing it thirty-sixth among 147 ML titles. It ranked in the fourth quarter of ML sales during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943.",
            "117b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "CAMILLE |BY| ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS |Introduction byEDMUND GOSSE | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 117a.",
            "Contents as 117a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 117a jacket 3. (Fall 1943) Front flap reset with last sentence revised: “It is read now as it was in the late nineteenth century and as it will be read years hence . . .” (Fall 1955)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "118",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "W. S. GILBERT",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "H.M.S. PINAFORE AND OTHER PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1925–1937",
            "ML_NUMBER": 113
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "118a.  First printing (1925)",
            "[within double rules] H.M.S. PINAFORE | AND OTHER PLAYS | [rule] | BY W. S. GILBERT | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT GABRIEL | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–218 [219–220].  [1–7]16[8]6",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D4; [iii] title; [iv] Introduction Copyright, 1925, by | The Modern Library, Inc. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | November, 1925; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: Gilbert W. Gabriel. | New York, October, 1925.; [1] part title: H.M.S. PINAFORE |or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor;[2] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ; 3–218 text; [219–220] blank.",
            "Contents:H.M.S. Pinafore – Patience – The Yeomen of the Guard – Ruddigore.",
            "Jacket1a:Uniform typographic jacket B1 with “GILBERT GABRIEL” (without middle initial) listed as the author of the introduction.",
            "Text on front:",
            "If the band of genial and optimistic dramatic critics who have been hailing every twenty-two year old lyricist who negotiates a rhyme with more than one syllable in it as “another Gilbert come to town” ever sees this volume, they’ll simply lock themselves in their room! For a rereading of PINAFORE, PATIENCE, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD and RUDDIGORE, all of them contained in this one volume, will convince them anew that there is only one Gilbert, and that, futhermore [sic], his myriad of imitators fade into utter nothingness beside the brilliance and undying sparkle of his famous songs and ballads.",
            "Another Modern Library volume (number 26) contains THE MIKADO, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, IOLANTHE, and THE GONDOLIERS. The two volumes belong in the library of every dramatic critic, musical comedy author, and tired business man in America. (Fall 1925)",
            "Original ML collection. Published 25 November 1925.WR19 December 1925. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1938, nearly two years afterThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan(G23) was published as a ML Giant.",
            "Gabriel complained that his middle initial had been omitted from the title page and jacket and was assured that it would be included in future printings.",
            "H.M.S. Pinafore and Other Playsis not listed among the ML’s 99 best-selling titles during the first six months of 1928; Gilbert’sThe Mikado and Other Plays(29) ranked fifty-sixth.",
            "118b.  Title page reset (1925)",
            "Title page completely reset; transcription as 118a except line 6: INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT W. GABRIEL",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–218 [219–224].  [1–7]16[8]8",
            "Contents as 118a except: [ii] pub. note A4; [219–224] ML list. (Fall 1925)Note:The copyright andFirststatements are retained on p. [iv] of the first printing of 118b; printings examined with 1927 and later lists have only the manufacturing statement on p. [iv].",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B1 with “GILBERT W. GABRIEL” (including middle initial) listed as the author of the introduction. Text on front as 118a, including the misspelling “futhermore” (Spring 1927)Note:There may have been an earlier printing of the jacket with Gabriel’s middle initial.",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "If you are a Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiast (and who is not?), here, for your constant delight, are four W. S. Gilbert librettos—those merry, spoofing plays to which you have sung and whistled Sir Arthur Sullivan’s inspired tunes. All the sprightliness, the gay satire and the felicity of rhyme are yours for the reading! This is one of the two volumes of W. S. Gilbert’s plays in the Modern Library; the other (No. 26) containsThe Mikado,The Gondoliers,The Pirates ofPenzanceandIolanthe. (Fall 1933)",
            "There was a spring 1939 printing of jacket 2 afterH.M.S. Pinafore and Other Playswas discontinued. The spring 1939 jackets were stamped “DISCONTINUED TITLE” and were used on copies sold as remainders.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Gilbert,Mikado and Other Plays(1918–1938)  29",
            "Gilbert and Sullivan,Complete Plays(Giant, 1936–1971)  G23"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "119",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM JAMES",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PHILOSOPHY OF WILLIAM JAMES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1925–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 114
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "119a.  First printing (1925)",
            "[within double rules] THE PHILOSOPHY OF | WILLIAM JAMES |Drawn from His Own Works| [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HORACE M. KALLEN | OF THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376].  [1–10]16[11]16(16+1) [12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D4; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1925, by | The Modern Library, Inc. | [short rule] | First Edition | December, 1925; v–vii PREFACE signed p. vii: H. M. Kallen.; [viii] blank; [ix] CONTENTS; [x] blank; 1–55 INTRODUCTION | THE MEANING OF WILLIAM JAMES FOR | “US MODERNS” signed p. 55: Horace M. Kallen.; [56] blank; 57–368 text; 369–370 APPENDIX I | DATES AND FAMILY NAMES; 371–375 APPENDIX II | THE WORKS OF WILLIAM JAMES; [376] blank.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–378].  [1–11]16[12]18.  Contents as 119a except: [ii] pub. note D5; [376–378] blank;Firststatement omitted.Note:A later printing with the same pagination but the collation [1–11]16[12]16(16+1.2) has only the manufacturing statement on p. [iv].",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–382].  [1–12]16[13]4.  Contents as 119a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [377–382] ML list. (Spring 1935)",
            "Variant C:Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–390].  [1–12]16[13]8.  Contents as variant B except: [377–381] ML list; [382–383] ML Giants list; [384–390] blank. (Spring 1939)",
            "Contents:Philosophy and the Philosopher – The World We Live In – The Self – How We Know – The Powers and Limitations of Science – The Realities of Religion – The Individual and Society – Education – The American Scene – Death and the Value of Life.Note:Kallen organized selections from James’s works into chapters with these titles.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B1.",
            "Text on front:",
            "What William James thinks about man, and the world, and man’s place in it, he has said in many books and many scattered papers. These do not present a complete system of philosophy, but rather special and intensive studies of problems Mr. James felt to be momentous and living at the time. The systematic statement of his position which he aimed at in “Some Problems of Philosophy” was denied him; he died before the book was half done.",
            "The selections which make up this book have been chosen with the view of presenting the philosophy of William James systematically in his own words and in the convenient compass, with some approximation to that rounded wholeness he himself would have given it had he lived to complete his work. (Fall 1925)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket C:Uniform philosophy jacket in moderate green (145) and black on cream paper. Signed: WC.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The world recognizes that William James stands pre-eminent among the philosophers of America. His writings have had an influence that has reached beyond the borders of philosophy and into the realms of the social sciences, psychology and religion. In this volume the essence of his contributions to the thought of our day is concentrated. Always the lucid writer and the profound thinker, his good sense and forthright style clear away pretences and obscurities of thought. His is a philosophy that reconciles man to the stream of existence. (Fall 1934)",
            "Original ML collection. Published December 1925.WR19 December 1925. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "Kallen received royalties of 10 cents a copy for his editorial work onThe Philosophy of William James. His royalties during the first six months of 1926 totaled $179.40. The ML probably paid flat permissions fees to James’s original publishers. A few days afterThe Philosophy of William Jameswas published Cerf invited Kallen to edit a similar volume devoted to Bertrand Russell, but Kallen appears to have declined. The ML publishedSelected Papers of Bertrand Russell(147) in October 1927. The volume credits Russell as editor but most of the editorial work appears to have been done by Manuel Komroff. In November 1926 Kallen proposed a companion volume devoted to George Santayana. Cerf was interested and initially told Kallen to go ahead, but he canceled the project three months later, fearing that Charles Scribner’s Sons, which published most of Santayana’s works, would not grant the necessary permissions. Ten years later Scribner’s published its own collection,The Philosophy of Santayana, which was reprinted in the ML in 1942 (see 355).",
            "Sales ofThe Philosophy of William Jamesduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 58th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942‑October 1943 it was low in the second quarter of ML sales.",
            "119b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "THE PHILOSOPHY | OF | WILLIAM JAMES |Selected from His Chief Works| WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HORACE M. KALLEN | OF THE NEW SCHOOL | FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–390].  [1–12]16[13]8",
            "Contents as 119a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [377–382] ML list; [383–384] ML Giants list; [385–390] blank. (Spring 1944; fall 1948)",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–382].  [1–12]16[13]4.  Contents as 119b except: [377–382] ML list. (Spring 1947)",
            "Variant B:Pagination as 119b.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]8[7]32[8]16.  Contents as 119b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1953, BY HORACE M. KALLEN (Fall 1957)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish brown (44) and dark blue (183) on tan paper with title in reverse on inset dark reddish brown panel bordered in dark blue, other lettering in dark blue below pane; designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 119a jacket 3. (Spring 1942)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "James,Varieties of Religious Experience(1936–1969)  296",
            "James,Writings of William James(Giant, 1968– )  G111"
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        "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm).",
        "Most ML books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages).",
        "All new titles were published in the standard format, with the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 108 mm) and the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4¼ in. (167 x 110 mm). The ML’s standard format increased in 1939 to a trim size of 7 x 4⅝ in. (177 x 118 mm) with the binding measuring 7¼ x 4¾ in. (183 x 122 mm) and in 1969 to a taller, slightly slimmer trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (183 x 115 mm) with the binding measuring 7½ x 4⅝ in. (190 x 118 mm). Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound as gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages).",
        "ML books were printed by the Ferris Printing Co. in New York City during the early months of 1926. Later in the year the ML switched to Parkway Printing Co., 400 Lafayette St., New York City. Parkway continued to print all ML books for decades to come except for a small number of titles before the 1960s that were printed by offset lithography.",
        "Beerbohm,Zuleika Dobson(1926)  36c*",
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        "*Zuleika Dobson(36) was published in the Boni & Liveright series in 1918 and discontinued around the end of 1922; Cerf and Klopfer restored it to the ML in March 1926. All families of printings in the ML are described under 1918."
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          "In general, titles from the B&L era were provided with Adler title pages only when the text was reset or augmented with new content. Examples include Flaubert,Madame Bovary(25.2a) in 1927 and Gautier,Mademoiselle de Maupin & One of Cleopatra’s Nights(51g) in 1935."
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          "The first two 1926 titles, Brontë,Wuthering Heights(120) and Anderson,Poor White(121), were published in uniform typographic jacket B1 with no torchbearer on the front panel, “The Modern Library” in upper- and lowercase letters on a deep reddish orange band near the bottom of the front panel, and a list of ML titles on the flaps and back panel. All other titles added to the series in 1926 were published in uniform typographic jacket B2, with Bernhard’s torchbearer added to the front panel above the descriptive text and “THE MODERN LIBRARY” printed in uppercase letters on the deep reddish orange band near the bottom of the front panel.",
          "Uniform typographic jacket B2 and later jackets have the following text on the front and back flaps:",
          "95¢ net ($1 in Canada)",
          "On the inside of this jacket is a list, arranged alphabetically by authors, of all the titles inthe modern library. It is worthy of your attention.",
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          "the modern library, in less than ten years, has become the most important collection of attractively priced books of the better kind in America, its scope constantly growing, and its popularity spreading to every corner of the world where English books are read.",
          "The reason is obvious. modern library books give full value. Titles are selected with rigid care to represent the very best in modern literature and thought. Constant improvement is being effected in the manufacture of the books. They are printed from new, clear type, on a superior quality paper and bound in full limp fashion, the tops stained and the decorations in genuine gold. They will fit into any pocket and are ideal for a journey or the library table. Their introductions are brilliant and authoritative; a list of the men who have contributed introductions to the modern library reads like a Literary “Who’s Who” of America.",
          "The notion is an obvious one to express but bears repeating: it is possible for a poor man to gather unto himself a library as extensive and as “correct” as any bibliophile if he will make use of the modern library and kindred series of older classics. One book a week, at a cost scarcely noticeable, and in time one may harvest for his own consumption the wisdom and the dreams of the ages!",
          "This text was used without revision on jacket flaps through July 1933. Beginning with Brontë,Jane Eyre(260) in August 1933 the front flaps have descriptive text about individual titles.",
          "The back panel of uniform typographic jacket B2 states:",
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          "There must be dozens of other titles in the series that you have always wanted to read and that you did not know were obtainable at so low a price. A complete list of the titles of the modern library will be found inside of this jacket. Jot down the numbers of the volumes you desire on the coupon below and give it to your bookseller. If there is no bookseller in your neighborhood, the publishers will supply you.",
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          "Cerf and Klopfer tried to include several titles published by Alfred A. Knopf after they bought the Modern Library, but Knopf refused to allow any of his publications to be reprinted in the series. His standards of production and design were the highest of any major American trade publisher, and he “did not in those days care to see cheap editions published of our most distinguished books” (Knopf, letter to GBN, 4 May 1977). Knopf also had other reasons for his coolness toward the ML. He associated Cerf with Horace Liveright, whom he loathed; in particular he resented the ML edition of W. H. Hudson’sGreen Mansions(90). It was Knopf’s edition ofGreen Mansions, published in 1916, that established the work in the United States, but Knopf did not own the copyright.Green Mansionswas in the U.S. public domain because its original American publication by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1904 used imported sheets of the English edition. The U.S. Copyright Act of 1891 limited American copyright to works that were printed and bound in the U.S.; the use of imported sheets cast a work irretrievably into the U.S. public domain. When Liveright addedGreen Mansionsto the ML he did not pay royalties to Knopf. Moreover, he reprinted it with John Galsworthy’s introduction, which had been written for the Knopf edition but does not appear to have been copyrighted. Relations between Knopf and the ML remained cool until January 1929, when a luncheon meeting organized with the help of Blanche Knopf led to friendly relations between the two firms.",
          "Before 1929 Cerf appealed directly to several Knopf authors in an attempt to secure their support for ML editions of their works. He wrote toJoseph Hergesheimer:",
          "It is all very well for us to advertise that our Modern Library contains books by all the great modern American writers … but I am extremely conscious of the fact that so long as no book of yours is on the list, there is a glaring gap that we cannot explain.” He asked whether “there is no way for us to have one of your books in the library. I find Mr. Knopf very elusive and vague on the subject of adding any volumes on which he owns the copyright to our series—a condition which I very much regret, because as you know, there are many other items besides your books on his list, which could be put in the Modern Library, to the advantage of everybody. . . . Is there not some way in which you can prevail upon Mr. Knopf to let us have one of your books?",
          "Cerf indicated that the ML would preferThe Three Black Penniesabove all others (Cerf to Hergesheimer, 30 March 1926). Hergesheimer’s standing declined in the 1930s, and Cerf did not renew his offer after relations with Knopf improved.",
          "Another Knopf author that Cerf tried to get for the ML was Arthur Machen. He was especially interested in Machen’sThe House of Souls(Knopf, 1922) orThe Hill of Dreams(Knopf, 1923). During a 1926 visit to London Cerf took Machen to lunch at Claridge’s and suggested a ML edition of one of the books. Machen’s American agent indicated that both books were in the U.S. public domain but that the rights situation was complicated (Bernice Baumgarten to Cerf, 8 June 1927). Cerf indicated that Machen “is anxious to see them in the Library; he is, as usual, as you know, in need of money. However, I believe that we could not do either of these books without getting into a serious jam with Knopf, and I would do nothing about them unless we had his definite consent” (Cerf to Baumgarten, 8 June 1927). Machen also did not want to oppose Knopf in any way. He wrote: “My reason is that it was he who brought me out in your country & did everything in his power to make me popular in America; also that he has paid me extremely handsome fees for writing introductions. . . . Therefore I should not feel happy in opposing him in any matter” (Machen to Cerf, 5 July 1926). None of Machen’s books were reprinted in the ML, but he wrote an introduction to the ML edition of Smollett’sExpedition of Humphry Clinker(179). Cerf paid him $100 for the introduction, twice the ML’s usual fee.",
          "Other works that Cerf considered adding to the series included Montesquieu’sPersianLetters, Frank Swinnerton’sNocturne, and a volume of Edmond Rostand’s plays to includeCyranode Bergerac,Chanticleer,andL’Aiglon. He asked John Erskine to write an introduction toPersian Letters, but the volume never appeared (Cerf to Erskine, 4 October 1926). Swinnerton’s literary agent declined the offer forNocturne(Brandt & Brandt to Cerf, 16 October 1926), and the ML ended up publishingCyrano de Bergerac(174) as a separate volume in 1929.",
          "Horace M. Kallen suggested a volume of Bernard Shaw’s works. Shaw was opposed to inexpensive reprints of his plays and kept tight control of his copyrights. Cerf replied, “If you can suggest how in hell’s bells we can sign Shaw up for such a volume, you will immediately be elected Patron Saint of the Modern Library” (Cerf to Kallen, 13 October 1926). It was not until the mid-1950s, following Shaw’s death, that the ML was able to publish two collections of his plays. Shaw relaxed his opposition to inexpensive reprints on one occasion toward the end of his life. In 1946 he allowed Penguin Books to publish a million copies of his plays—ten volumes in printings of 100,000 copies each—on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday.",
          "Henry Hoyns of Harper & Bros. suggested W. E. Woodward’sBunk, which Harper’s had published three years earlier (Hoyns to Cerf, 15 March 1926). The Boston publisher Lewis C. Page, who had failed on more than one occasion to persuade B&L to reprint Gustav Frenssen’s novelHolyland, repeated his suggestion to the ML’s new owners (Page to ML, 17 September 1926). Page also suggested Balzac’sPhysiology of Marriagefor the ML. Cerf responded, “The Lord knows it is dull enough reading, but the title might make it a good seller, and there is just a chance that we will be able to make some arrangement with you for its publication late next year” (Cerf to Page, 16 February 1926). Page replied, “You are entirely right in your analysis of the literary qualities and trade appeal. It is heavy reading for Modernists, but the title is alluring, and we have a steady sale” (Page to Cerf, 19 February 1926).",
          "Christmas gift boxes",
          "For the 1926 Christmas season the ML packaged fifty titles in boxed sets of five volumes each. The ten boxed sets were sold primarily in department stores and were intended for “that vast army of Christmas book buyers who like to have their shopping made as simple as possible for them” (ML ad,PW, 4 September 1926, pp. 803–4). Each set was devoted to a particular theme and sold for $4.75, the same price as five volumes purchased separately. Unlike subsequent Christmas gift boxes, books in the 1926 sets appear to have been indistinguishable from ML volumes sold separately. None of the boxed sets from 1926 are known to have survived. The ten sets were:",
          "1.Masterpieces of French Romance: Gautier,Mademoiselle de Maupin; Flaubert,Madame Bovary; Dumas,Camille; France,The Red Lily; and Maupassant,UneVie.",
          "2.Great English Novels: Butler,TheWay of All Flesh; Hardy,The Return of the Native; Meredith,Diana of the Crossways; Brontë,Wuthering Heights; and Hudson,Green Mansions.",
          "3.Modern Drama: Ibsen,A Doll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People; Tolstoy,Redemption and Two Other Plays; Schnitzler,Anatol, Living Hours, The Green Cockatoo; O’Neill,The Moon of theCaribbeesand Six Other Plays of the Sea; and Wilde,Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan.",
          "4.Short Stories:Best Russian Short Stories; Balzac,Short Stories; Kipling,Soldiers Three; Maupassant,Love and Other Stories; andBest Ghost Stories.",
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          "6.Books of Modern Thought:The Philosophy of William James; Nietzsche,ThusSpakeZarathustra; Schopenhauer,Studies in Pessimism; Ellis,TheNew Spirit; andAn Outline of Psychoanalysis.",
          "7.Great Modern Poetry: Whitman,Poems; Swinburne,Poems; Dowson,Poems and Prose; Blake,Poems; and Wilde,Poems.",
          "8.Five Great Juveniles: Carroll,Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass,The Hunting of theSnark; Van Loon,Ancient Man;Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, ed. Yeats; Wilde,Fairy Tales and Poems in Prose; and Stevenson,Treasure Island.",
          "9.BellesLettres: Pater,TheRenaissance;The Art of Audrey Beardsley;A Modern Book of Criticism; Moore,Confessions of a Young Man; and Pepys,Passages from theDiary of Samuel Pepys.",
          "10.Leading English Authors of Today: Douglas,South Wind; Beerbohm,Zuleika Dobson; George,A Bed of Roses; Lawrence,Sons and Lovers; and Shaw,An Unsocial Socialist.",
          "Ten gift boxes to choose from may have been too many, and $4.75 may have been more than many shoppers wished to spend on a gift. The boxed sets continued to be listed in the ML’s spring–summer 1927 catalog, but there were no gift boxes for the 1927 holiday season. The following year a single Christmas gift box of three ML volumes in distinctive jackets and bindings was offered at $2.85. Three gift boxes of three volumes each were offered during the 1929 Christmas season."
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            "TITLE": "WUTHERING HEIGHTS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1969; 1978–",
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            "120.1a.  Firstprinting (1926)",
            "[within double rules] WUTHERING HEIGHTS | [rule] | BY | EMILY BRONTE [sic] | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ROSE MACAULEY [sic] | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [2], 1–390 [391–392].  [1–12]16[13]18",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv] [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition|January,1926; v–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: Rose Macaulay.; xi–xix BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE | OF | ELLIS AND ACTON BELL signed p. xix: Currer Bell. | (Charlotte Brontë.) |September19, 1850.; [xx] blank; xxi–xxvi EDITOR’S PREFACE | TO THE NEW EDITION OF | WUTHERING HEIGHTS signed p. xxvi: Currer Bell. | (Charlotte Brontë.); [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–390 text; [291–392] blank.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket B1a without torchbearer.",
            "Text on front:",
            "‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ was hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials. The statuary found a granite block on a solitary moor; gazing thereon, he saw how from the crag might be elicited a head, savage, swart, sinister; a form moulded with at least one element of grandeur—power. He wrought with a rude chisel, and from no model but the vision of his meditations. With time and labour, the crag took human shape; and there it stands colossal, dark, and frowning, half statue, half rock; in the former sense, terrible and goblin-like; in the latter, almost beautiful, for its colouring is of mellow grey, and moorland moss clothes it; and heath, with its blooming bells and balmy fragrance, grows faithfully close to the giant’s foot. CHARLOTTE BRONTË",
            "ML edition printed from duplicate plates of the edition published in 1926 in Jonathan Cape’s Travellers’ Library. Published January 1926.WR6 February 1926. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70. Reissued 1978.",
            "Macaulay had agreed to write an introduction toWuthering Heightswhen the ML was published by B&L. The ML edition was announced for May 1925 (B&L advertisement,PW, 14 March 1925, p. 847), but the introduction failed to arrive and publication was postponed. Cerf, who had just bought the ML from Liveright, hoped to call on Macaulay when he visited England in Junebut was unable to see her. Shortly after his return he wrote, “Do you remember telling Horace Liveright that you would write a short introduction for the Modern Library edition of Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights”? We want to publish this volume in November, and I would therefore appreciate very much indeed, receiving this introduction within a month.” He indicated that it did not have to be longer than four or five pages and added, “. . .  the usual stupendous honorarium of $50 will be sent you immediately on its receipt” (Cerf to Macaulay, 6 August 1925). Macaulay sent the introduction on 23 August 1925. After thanking her he added: “I do hope before long we may have one of your own books in the series. I think that TOLD BY AN IDIOT would make an ideal addition to the Modern Library” (Cerf to Macaulay 10 September 1925).",
            "A slightly abridged version of Macaulay’s introduction was also included in the British edition ofWuthering Heightspublished in 1926 in Jonathan Cape’s Travellers’ Library. In the ML edition the first paragraph of the introduction concludes with the following three sentences:",
            "There must be, there must always have been, something magnetic about these Irish Yorkshire parson’s daughters. One result of this is that every available fact about their personalities and lives is now familiar knowledge, together with some things that are not facts at all, such as the theory which attributes “Wuthering Heights” to the poor ineffectual dipsomaniac brother, Bramwell Brontë, who boasted to his friends that it was his work, but who, so far as has transpired, never wrote a good line of verse or prose in his life. It is supposed the only connection he had with “Wuthering Heights” was that Emily put some of his love-sick raving into the mouth of her Heathcliff.",
            "In the Traveller’s Library introduction the paragraph ends with the words, “. . . every available fact about their personalities and lives is now familiar knowledge, together with some things which are not facts at all.”",
            "Except for the preliminaries, ML and Travellers’ Library printings are printed from identical plates. The only difference is that the Travellers’ Library plates have signature numbers at the foot of the first page of each gathering. The typography is typical of other Travellers’ Library volumes, so the ML appears to have acquired a duplicate set of Travellers’ Library plates. The cooperative arrangement may have been worked out when Cerf was in London in the summer of 1925.",
            "The title-page misspellings of Brontë (“Bronte”) and Macaulay (“Macauley”) were corrected in the second printing.",
            "Blue Ribbon Books used the ML plates, including the Macaulay introduction, for a 1939 printing ofWuthering Heightsin its new reprint series Triangle Books. Books in the series were clothbound and sold for 39 cents a copy.",
            "Sales ofWuthering Heightsduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 72nd out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was solidly in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. The regular ML edition slipped below the first quarter during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. This probably reflects a loss of sales in the academic market following the inclusion ofWuthering Heightsas one of the first titles in Modern Library College Editions, a paperbound series launched in 1950 specifically for classroom use.",
            "120.1b.  Title-page spellings corrected (1927)",
            "Title as 120.1a except lines 4 and 7: EMILY BRONTË | . . . | . . . | ROSE MACAULAY",
            "Pagination and collation as 120.1a.",
            "Contents as 120.1a, includingFirststatement on p. [iv].",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [2], 1–390 [391–396].  [1–13]16[14]4.  Contents as 120.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [391–394] ML list; [395–396] blank. (Fall 1928)",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [2], 1–390 [391–404].  [1–13]16[14]8.  Contents as variant A except: [391–395] ML list; [396–397] ML Giants list; [398–404] blank. (Spring 1938)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2 with torchbearer.",
            "Text on front:",
            "‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ was hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials. The statuary found a granite block on a solitary moor; gazing thereon, he saw how from the crag might be elicited a head, savage, swart, sinister; a form moulded with at least one element of grandeur—power. He wrought with a rude chisel, and from no model but the vision of his meditations. With time and labour, the crag took human shape; and there it stands colossal, dark, and frowning, half statue, half rock; in the former sense, terrible and goblin-like; in the latter, almost beautiful, for its colouring is of mellow grey, and moorland moss clothes it; and heath, with its blooming bells and balmy fragrance, grows faithfully close to the giant’s foot.  CHARLOTTE BRONTË (Fall 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on coated cream paper with inset illustration of a house on a moor with dark bluish green sky and stars in reverse; borders in dark bluish green, lettering in black. Signed: Brienza.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Emily Brontë’s brooding imagination evoked as thwarted and tragic a group of human creatures as ever walked the bleak moorlands or had their existence in the dark byways of life. The barren world in which their villanies [sic] flourished forms the background for deeds as weird as they are sinister and for passions as fierce as they are persistent.Wuthering Heightsis by common consent one of the most compelling novels in the English language. It is a book compact of beauty and loveliness, hate and cruelty and heartrending pathos. (Fall 1933)Note:The misspelling of “villainies” is retained on jacket flaps at least through fall 1952.",
            "120.1c.  Titlepage reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] WUTHERING | HEIGHTS | BY | EMILY BRONTË | INTRODUCTION BY | ROSE MACAULAY | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [2], 1–390 [391–404].  [1–13]16[14]8",
            "Contents as 120.1b variant B except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements. (Fall 1943; fall 1947)",
            "JacketA:Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43), strong green (141), strong reddish orange (35), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper depicting a stone house and yard on a rainy moor; title in reverse with three-dimensional highlighting in black and author in black with three-dimensional highlighting in reverse on inset moderate reddish brown panel simulating parchment with curled edges. Backstrip in strong reddish orange with torchbearer and frame around title in strong green, lettering in reverse. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as 120.1b jacket C. (Spring 1943)",
            "JacketB:As jacket 5 except backstrip in black, torchbearer and title panel in strong pink (2), and lettering in reverse. (Spring 1947)",
            "120.2a.Textreset;Gettmannintroduction added (1950)",
            "WUTHERING | HEIGHTS | BY EMILY BRONTË | INTRODUCTION BY | ROYAL A. GETTMANN |Professor of English|University of Illinois| WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY | FRITZ EICHENBERG | [torchbearer E5] |THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxii, [1–2] 3–400.  [1–12]16[13]8[14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvi Introduction | BY ROYAL A. GETTMANN; xvii Bibliography; [xviii] genealogical table of Linton and Earnshaw families; xix–xxvi Biographical Notice | OF | ELLIS AND ACTON BELL signed p. xxvi: CURRER BELL | [within square brackets] Charlotte Brontë |September19, 1850.; xxvii–xxxii Editor’s Preface | TO THE NEW EDITION OF | Wuthering Heights signed p. xxxii: CURRER BELL | [within square brackets]CharlotteBrontë; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–400 text.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 120.2a.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]24[7]32[8]16.  Contents as 120.2b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "JacketA:As 120.1c jacket B. (Fall 1952)",
            "JacketB:Fujita pictorial jacket in black, deep purplish red (256) and brilliant yellow (83) on coated white paper with silhouette of barren tree and birds in reverse and lettering in deep purplish red, brilliant yellow and in reverse, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "ThoughWuthering Heightswas written by a woman who remained a recluse all of her life, it is one of the most powerful and passionate novels in the English language. The romantic story of the destruction caused by the frustrated love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, set against the moors of England, creates a rare blend of violence and beauty.",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML. ML edition (pp. xxvii‑xxxii, [1]–400) printed from plates originally made for the Illustrated Modern Library with pagination of the Editor’s Preface revised. In ML and MLCE printings Charlotte Brontë’s Biographical Notice is reset in smaller type to match that of Gettman’s introduction. ML and MLCE printings include Eichenberg’s wood-engraved chapter heads that were made for the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Illustrated Modern Library (IML 18) but not the full-page wood engravings.",
            "The Illustrated Modern Library edition ofWuthering Heights(IML 18), published in November 1946, was printed from plates made from a new typesetting. The 1943 Book-of-the-Month Club edition ofWuthering Heightshad a wood-engraved chapter heading for the first chapter only. For the Illustrated Modern Library edition Eichenberg made 20 additional wood engravings for the chapter heads. SinceWuthering Heightsconsists of 34 chapters, several of the wood engravings were used twice and one (pp. 38, 141, 248) is used three times.",
            "New plates made for the Illustrated Modern Library were usually used for subsequent printings of the regular ML edition. This appears to have been the intention, since the preliminaries for the regular ML edition ofWuthering Heights, including Macaulay’s introduction, were reset to match the rest of the text. However, the original plates were used when the regular ML edition ofWuthering Heights(120.1c) was reprinted in fall 1947. No regular ML printings with the reset text have been seen prior to 120.2a, when the Illustrated Modern Library plates were used with a new introduction by Royal A. Gettmann.",
            "Gettmann received $150 for his introduction (Stein to Gettmann, 24 January 1950).",
            "120.2b.  Reissueformat(1978)",
            "[wood engraving of rooftop and barren tree] | WUTHERING | HEIGHTS | BY EMILY BRONTË | INTRODUCTION BY | ROYAL A. GETTMANN | WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY | FRITZ EICHENBERG | [torchbearer M] |THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 120.2a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 120.2a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, AUGUST 1950 | Copyright 1943, 1946, 1950 by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1971, 1974, 1978 by Random House, Inc.; [xvii]A Selected Bibliography[revised].Note:The three copyright dates apply to Eichenberg’s wood engraving at the head of chapter 1, first used in the 1943 edition ofWuthering Heightspublished by Random House for the Book-of-the-Month Club; the 20 additional wood-engraved chapter headings he made for the 1946 Illustrated Modern Library edition; and Gettmann’s introduction.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap as 120.2b.",
            "Published fall 1978 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60458-X."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "121",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SHERWOOD ANDERSON",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "POOR WHITE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1939",
            "ML_NUMBER": 115
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "121.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] POOR WHITE | [rule] | BY | SHERWOOD ANDERSON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–371 [372–380].  [1]18[2–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright1920,byB. W. HUEBSCH, INC. | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY , INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1926; v–viii INTRODUCTION signed p. viii: Sherwood Anderson. | November 10, 1925.; [1] part title: BOOK I; [2] blank; 3–371 text; [372] pub. note about ML edition ofWinesburg, Ohio; [373–378] ML list; [379–380] ML subject index. (Fall 1925)Note:Priority with variant A not established.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–371 [372–376].  [1–12]16.  Contents as 121 except: [373–376] incomplete ML list;Firststatement retained on p. [iv]. (Fall 1925)Note:Priority with 121 not established. The “first printing” of 8,000 copies noted in RH records may have represented both printings with fall 1925 lists. If so they were probably placed on sale simultaneously.",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–iv] v–viii [ix–x], [2], [1–2] 3–371 [372].  [1–12]16.  Contents as 121 except: [ii] pub. note about ML edition ofWinesburg, Ohio; [iv] manufacturing statement; [ix] dedication: TO | TENNESSEE MITCHELL ANDERSON; [x] blank; [1] part title: BOOK I; [2] blank; [1] fly title; [372] blank.Note:Variant B includes the dedication to Tennessee Mitchell Anderson that was omitted from earlier ML printings at Anderson’s request, and the printing described transposes the fly and part titles. Some printings of variant B correct the order with the fly title on p. [1] and the part title on p. [1].",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B1.",
            "Text on front:",
            "POOR WHITE tells the story of the American power that dots a vast valley with cities overnight, and builds a network of industry, making quick men rich and fearful men poor. The hero works for this force although he doesn’t like or understand it. He is a dreamy, rather stupid “poor white” boy who “piddles around” with little mechanical tricks while he is a bored telegraph operator—until an invention made [sic] him suddenly rich and famous. Then comes the “poor white’s” love, and again the forces that twist men make Hugh McVey’s story a wild and terrible one, bigger than the mere story of one man. If, as the critics have said, Anderson’s WINESBURG, OHIO, marks the point of our literary adolescence, POOR WHITE testifies to our artistic majority. It transcends the limitations of his earlier books and develops their latent qualities the promise of his previous work is fulfilled. (Fall 1925)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "As the interpreter of Middle Western life, Sherwood Anderson holds a supreme position among American novelists.Poor White, likeWinesburg, Ohio(No. 104 in the Modern Library), became immediately upon its appearance the forerunner of a vital school of contemporary writing. This story of new forces, creating cities overnight, making men rich and powerful or poor and rejected, takes its origin directly from our own soil and from the American way of life with all the naturalness and humanity for which Anderson has become world celebrated. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by B. W. Huebsch, 1920; Huebsch merged with Viking Press, August 1925. ML edition (pp. [1]–371) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with the dedication omitted in early printings. Published February 1926.WR13 February 1926. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1939.",
            "When Anderson became a B&L author in April 1925, Liveright expressed interest in taking over his earlier books from Huebsch and includingPoor Whitein the ML in the fall (Liveright to Anderson, 11 April 1925; Anderson Papers, Newberry Library). A clause in Anderson’s contract with B&L stated: “The publisher further agrees to immediately endeavor to purchase from B. W. Huebsch, if the author so advises in writing, the reprint rights for Poor White for The Modern Library” (contract dated 10 April 1925; Anderson Papers). Liveright sold the ML beforePoor Whitecould be added to the series. It is not known whether reprint rights for the ML edition were negotiated before or after the sale.",
            "For writing the introduction Anderson received a complete set of ML books instead of the usual $50 fee (Cerf to Anderson, 14 November 1925). He wrote in the introduction: “There is this book, ‘Poor White’—now to be published in The Modern Library, tricked out in a new dress, going to call on new people. The Modern Library is something magnificent. Long rows of names—illustrious names. My book, ‘Poor White,’ feels a little like a countryman going to live in a great modern sophisticated city” (ML ed., p. vi).",
            "The dedication to Tennessee Mitchell Anderson, from whom Anderson was divorced in 1924, was omitted from the ML edition at his request (Anderson to Cerf, undated but before 14 November 1925). The dedication was inadvertently restored in later printings (see variant B).",
            "Sales ofPoor Whiteduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 85th out of 147 ML titles. Printings of the ML edition totaled 15,000 copies by April 1930, including printings of 4,000 copies (August 1927), 1,000 copies (August 1929), and 2,000 copies (April 1930).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Anderson,Winesburg, Ohio(1921–1973)  96"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "122",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "OSCAR WILDE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "DE PROFUNDIS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1934",
            "ML_NUMBER": 117
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "122.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] DE PROFUNDIS | [rule] | BY | OSCAR WILDE | [rule] | EDITED, WITH A PREFATORY | DEDICATION BY | ROBERT ROSS | [rule] | INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY | FRANK HARRIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [26], xiii–[xiv], 1–154 [155–164].  [1–6]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A4; [3] title; [4]Copyright1909,byG. P. PUTNAM’S SONS | (For Revised Edition) | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1926; [5–15] INTRODUCTION signed p. [15]: Frank Harris. | February, 1926.; [16] blank; [17–23] A PREFATORY DEDICATION signed p. [23]: Robert Ross; [24] blank; [25] PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.; [26] blank; xiii CONTENTS.; [xiv] blank; 1–154 text; [155–160] ML list; [161–164] ML subject index. (Fall 1925)",
            "Contents:Four Letters Written from Reading Prison – De Profundis – Two Letters to theDaily Chronicleon Prison Life.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [28], 1–154 [155–164].  [1]16(±4) [2–6]16.  Contents as 122 except: [26] repetition of p. [7]; [27] CONTENTS.; [28] blank; [155–158] ML list; [159–163] ML subject index; [164] blank;Firststatement retained on p. [4]. (Spring 1927)Note:Page numeral “xiii” removed from plates; the plate for p. [7] was misimposed (and probably transposed with the plate for p. [26]) resulting in the cancellation and reprinting of the fourth leaf of the first gathering.",
            "Variant B:Pp. [28], 1–154 [155–156].  [1–5]16[6]12.  Contents as variant A except: [2] pub. note D5; [26] blank; [155–156] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“De Profundis” and “Papers On Prison Life,” included in this volume, were, with “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” the last writings of Oscar Wilde. The original manuscript consists of eighty close-written pages on blue stamped prison foolscap paper; it was written at intervals during the last six months of the author’s imprisonment, when courage and hope had been crushed from his soul, and his sense of grievance against Lord Alfred Douglas had been fanned to fever heat.",
            "Frank Harris’ illuminating introduction appears exclusively in the Modern Library edition of “De Profundis.” (Spring 1926)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1905; revised edition with additional matter published by Putnam, 1909. ML edition (pp. [17]–154) printed from plates of revised Putnam edition with frontispiece portrait of Wilde omitted, page numerals removed from preliminaries, and table of contents revised to include Harris’s introduction. Published April 1926.WR15 May 1926. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued as a separate volume, fall 1934; the entire contents, including Harris’s introduction and the prefatory dedication, were added to Wilde’sPicture of Dorian Gray(1.2b).",
            "Sales ofDeProfundisduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 62nd out of 147 ML titles.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Wilde,Fairy Tales and Poems in Prose(1918–1931)  58",
            "Wilde,AnIdeal Husband, A Woman of No Importance(1920–1931)  77",
            "Wilde,Intentions(1921–1928)  93",
            "Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray(1917–1934; 1963–1971; 1985–1991)  1",
            "Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray & DeProfundis(1934–1963)  1.2b",
            "Wilde,Plays of Oscar Wilde(1932–1971; 1980– )  241",
            "Wilde,Poems(1917–1931)  19",
            "Wilde,Poems and Fairy Tales(1932–1970)  242",
            "Wilde,Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan(1920–1931)  76"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "123",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1928",
            "ML_NUMBER": 118
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "123.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] THE MAIDENS OF | THE ROCKS | [rule] | BY | GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY | ANNETTA HALLIDAY-ANTONA | AND | GIUSEPPE ANTONA | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], [1] 2–296 [297–300].  [1–9]16[10]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A4; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1898,byTHE PAGE COMPANY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1926; [1]–14 PROLOGUE.; [15] part title: I.; [16] blank; 17–296 text; [297–300] ML list. (Fall 1925)",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "This romance originally published under the title of “The Virgins of the Rocks”, was written by D’Annunzio when his position as the greatest modern Italian master of prose was already secure. Other of his novels in the Modern Library series are “The Flame of Life”, (volume number 65), “The Child of Pleasure”, (volume number 98), and “The Triumph of Death”, (volume number 112). (Spring 1926)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Richmond & Son, 1898, and subsequently by L. C. Page & Co., 1902. ML edition (pp. [1]–296) printed from Richmond/Page plates. Publication announced for May 1926.WR16 October 1926. First (and only) printing: 2,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1928.",
            "Lewis C. Page promoted reprints of his firm’s publications so aggressively that Liveright once told him: “Without any offense to you, it appears to us that you are trying to bludgeon us to take titles that are absolutely unsuitable for us and undesirable so that we may have the privilege of continuing others on our list that are. For the time being, at least, we do not even care to add another D’Annunzio to our list, although some time next year we might very gladly consider The Intruder or The Maidens of the Rocks” (Liveright to Page, 10 July 1924; RH box 128, L. C. Page & Co. file 7). Page took this statement as a firm commitment on Liveright’s part to include bothThe Maidens of the RocksandThe Intruderin the ML. When Cerf and Klopfer took over the series he demanded that they pay advances of $240 against royalties of 8 cents a copy for each title. Cerf and Klopfer acquiesced and paid him $480 with the intention of publishing one title in 1926 and the other the following year (Page to ML, 2 September 1925; ML to Page, 10 September 1925).",
            "The Maidens of the Rockssold poorly and Cerf informed Page at the beginning of 1927 that no Page title would be added to the ML that year. Page responded with a pitch forThe Intruder, noting that it was part of the trilogy that includedThe Child of PleasureandThe Flame of Lifeand corresponded with them “in motif and sex appeal.” He describedThe Maidens of the Rocksas “a sweet, pleasant, agreeable enough story, but does not have the same appeal as is expected by the readers of the other D’Annunzio stories. With us it has always run far behind any of the other four books in sales; whereas, THE INTRUDER has always run neck and neck in demand with THE CHILD OF PLEASURE, and almost up to the two leaders—THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH and THE FLAME OF LIFE.” He concluded: “D’Annunzio’s following want sex stuff. THE INTRUDER and the other three volumes are sex novels. D’Annunzio’s following do not want children’s stories. THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS is a childish story” (Page to Cerf, 7 February 1927).",
            "Cerf wrote later, “I very much doubt whether we will ever include ‘The Intruder’ in the Modern Library. . . . We are inclined to mark up the advance royalty we paid you on this title as a loss. I have a strong feeling that four D’Annunzio titles are too many as it is in a library with a total of less than 150 books” (Cerf to Page, 15 November 1927).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "D’Annunzio,Flame of Life(1918–1936)  62",
            "D’Annunzio,Triumph of Death(1923–1931)  102",
            "D’Annunzio,Child of Pleasure(1925–1931)  113"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "124",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HERMAN MELVILLE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "MOBY DICK",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1976",
            "ML_NUMBER": 119
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "124a.  Firstprinting (1926)",
            "[within double rules] MOBY DICK | [rule] | BY | HERMAN MELVILLE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | RAYMOND WEAVER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], 1–565 [566–570].  [1–18]16[19]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1926; v–viii INTRODUCTION signed p. viii: Raymond Weaver |March,1926.; [ix] CONTENTS; [x] blank; [xi–xii] ETYMOLOGY; [xiii]–xxi EXTRACTS; [xxii] blank; 1–[566] text; [567–570] ML list. (Fall 1925)Note:Firststatement also appears on a printing with pub. note D5 on p. [ii] and [567–570] blank; probably the second printing but priority not established.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 124a. Contents as 124a except: [ii] pub. note A5; [iv]IntroductionCopyright,1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule]; [567–570] ML list. (Fall 1927)Note:Copyright statement reset with first line entirely in italic.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“In this wild, beautiful romance, Herman Melville seems to have spoken the very secret of the Sea, and to have drawn into his tale all the magic, all the sadness, all the wild joy of many waters. It stands quite alone; it strikes a note no other sea writer has ever struck. It is a work not only unique of its kind, but a great achievement—the expression of an imagination that rises to the highest, and so is amongst the world’s great works of art.” —John Masefield",
            "(The Modern Library edition of “Moby Dick” is complete and unabridged).(Fall 1926)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial in strong red (12) and black on cream paper with inset black-and-white illustration by Rockwell Kent of a ship under full sail; title and borders in strong red with title superimposed over Kent illustration, other lettering in black. (Spring 1932)Note:Kent’s illustration was created for the 3-volume limited edition ofMoby Dickpublished by Lakeside Press in 1930. Later that year Random House published a one-volume trade edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting; the MLG edition (G65) printed from RH plates appeared in 1944. Kent’s illustration appears on p. 81 of RH/MLG printings. The reproduction of the illustration on jacket C is slightly cropped at the foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the comparatively few books in the world’s literature about which it is safe to foretell the verdict of posterity,Moby Dickstands in the first rank. Universally recognized as one of the greatest of all tales of the sea, it will live by its own surge and elemental force. This mighty history of the pursuit of the vindictive monster, upon which Herman Melville lavished all the resources of his imagination and Jovian hate, is the symbol and the substance of reckless adventure and indomitable courage. (Spring(1939)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published June 1926.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained.  Discontinued 1976/77.",
            "Melville was regarded as a minor American author before the 1920s. The Library of Congress classification for American Literature, the PS’s, published in 1915, assigns a range of 49 numbers each to nineteenth-century American authors who were perceived as first rank. Emerson and Hawthorne have ranges of 49 numbers, as does John Greenleaf Whittier. Works by and about Hawthorne are classified within the range PS 1850‑1898, for example. In contrast, Melville is assigned a range of nine numbers (PS 2380‑2388). This reflects Melville’s reputation in 1915, when he was regarded primarily as a minor author of South Sea romances likeTypeeandOmoo.Moby-Dicksold poorly when it was published in 1851 and was out of print by 1887.",
            "The critical reevaluation of Melville began in the 1920s with the publication of Raymond Weaver’s biography,Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic(George H. Doran, 1921), followed by the first publication ofBilly Budd, a major work that Melville left in semi-final form. Weaver edited the manuscript and published it inBilly Budd and OtherProsePieces(London: Constable, 1924); a revised version appeared four years later inShorter Novels of Herman Melville(Horace Liveright, 1928).",
            "Weaver had been one of Cerf’s favorite professors at Columbia. His biography of Melville was published a year or two after Cerf graduated with a degree in journalism. In his posthumously published autobiography, based on oral history interviews conducted by Columbia University’s Oral History Office, Cerf states: “Raymond Weaver’s course in Comparative Literature was extraordinary. Inside of three weeks this man had even the athletes reading Dante and Cervantes and Melville . . . and discussing them with deep interest. He was a persuasive teacher and a wonderfully nice man” (Cerf,At Random, pp. 17–18).",
            "Weaver wrote introductions to two editions ofMoby-Dickthat were published as the revival of interest in Melville was getting under way. His introduction to the edition published by Albert & Charles Boni in 1925 is completely different from the introduction he wrote the following year for the ML.",
            "The ML may have tried to position its edition ofMoby-Dickto appeal both to readers looking for escapist romance and those who appreciated the darker, allegorical aspects of Melville’s work. The quote from Masefield on the front panel of jacket A refers to “this wild, beautiful romance” and to Melville’s having “drawn into his tale all the magic, all the sadness, all the wild joy of many waters.” In contrast, Weaver’s introduction refers to Melville’s having chosen “as a symbol of the malice and terror that he felt at the core of existence . . . a whale of leperous [sic] whiteness” and to “Melville’s dark intent” (p. vii).",
            "Sales ofMoby Dickduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 20th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942‑October 1943 it was in the middle of the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It ranked 29th out of 360 titles during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. A complete list of ML printings ofMoby Dickfrom January 1931 through October 1944 shows a surge of demand following American entry into the Second World War. There were eleven printings between 1931 and 1941 totaling 26,000 copies (an average of 2,360 copies a year) and seven printings between 1942 and 1944 totaling 23,000 copies (an average of 7,660 copies a year).",
            "Cerf and Klopfer used the ML plates for a 1931 printing ofMoby Dickunder the imprint Carlton House, which was used mainly for dollar “specials” intended for sale in department stores. The 1931 Carlton House titles included at least 13 titles printed from ML plates. In a departure from the usual format, the 1931 titles used good quality paper, were bound in green, blue, or maroon leather, had gilt tops, and were sold in black slipcases at a retail price of $2.50. The ML printed 500 copies of each title. The books were placed in leading department stores in major cities as an experiment. Most of the stores did not do well with the books. One of the ML’s sales representatives indicated that they would have been all right before the Crash, but 1931 “was one of those years when even $2.50 was a high priced book” (Carl Smalley to Cerf, 18 August 1932).",
            "The ML also publishedMoby Dick(G65) in 1944 in the Giants series, using plates of the RH edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent.",
            "All ML editions of Melville’s novel, including the Giant, use the spelling “Moby Dick” on the title page and throughout the text instead of the conventional hyphenated spelling “Moby-Dick.” Most editions of the work, including the 1851 first printing and the 1983 Library of America edition, use the hyphen, but there are other reputable editions that omit it.",
            "The Modern Library paperback edition, published in 2000 from a new typesetting with Kent’s illustrations and an introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick, is inconsistent. The title isMoby-Dick or, The Whale, but the biographical note (pp. v–vi) refers to Melville’s novel asMoby Dick, without the hyphen. Hardwick’s introduction uses the hyphenated form when referring to the title of the book and the unhyphenated form when referring to the whale. The Library of America edition (1983), which includesRedburnandWhite-Jacketas well asMoby-Dick, uses the hyphen as part of the title, and the running heads on verso pages (pp. 774–1406) are MOBY-DICK. Running heads on recto pages record chapter titles. Chapter 41 is titled “Moby Dick” without the hyphen, with the result that running heads on recto pages of Chapter 41 (pp. 985–991) are MOBY DICK.",
            "124b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "Moby Dick | BY | HERMAN MELVILLE |Introduction byRAYMOND WEAVER | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 124a.",
            "Contents as 124a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1926, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [567–570] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), dark grayish yellow (91) and black on coated white paper with inset black-and-white illustration by Rockwell Kent of Ahab with sextant; reprinted and slightly cropped from the 1930 edition ofMoby Dickpublished by RH and reprinted in MLG (p. 715); lettering in reverse against moderate blue background ruled in dark grayish yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone, March 1940; unsigned. Front flap as 124a jacket C. (Fall 1947)",
            "124c.  Howard introduction added (1950)",
            "MOBY | DICK | OR, | THE WHALE | [rule] |By Herman Melville| [rule] | INTRODUCTION BYLeon Howard|Professor of English, The University of California| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii], 1–565 [566–576].  [1–19]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvi INTRODUCTION | By Leon Howard; xvii BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; [xviii] blank; [xix] CONTENTS; [xx] dedication; [xxi–xxii] ETYMOLOGY; [xxiii]–xxxi EXTRACTS; [xxxii] blank; 1–[566] text; [567–572] ML list; [573–574] ML Giants list; [575–576] blank. (Spring 1952)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 124c.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16[10]32[11]16.  Contents as 124c except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [567–574] ML list; [575–576] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "JacketA:As 124b. (Spring 1953)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "In the little more than one hundred years sinceMoby Dickwas first published, critics have probed its inexhaustible symbolic treasures. The general reader has also found great wealth as he participated in the hunt for the white whale. He encountered an adventure story of magnificent sweep and suspense. From its incomparably effective opening sentence, “Call me Ishmael,” to its dramatic end when the white whale triumphs and all hands, except Ishmael, perish, Melville makes everyone—the reader most of all—share Captain Ahab’s obsessive belief that he alone can destroy the white, evil leviathan.Moby Dickis more than a tale of the pursuit of a monster; it is an allegory of relentless hatred and evil redeemed by man’s indomitable courage. (Fall 1954)",
            "JacketB:Fujita pictorial jacket in deep blue (179), deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with inset wood engraving of whale destroying a whaling boat; lettering in deep blue, deep reddish orange and black, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“Moby Dickpossesses an unusual, if not unique, literary form which cannot be compared to that of the conventional novel, drama or travel book. It is a realistic story of life aboard a whaling vessel, a romance of adventure and strange characters, a drama of heroic determination and conflict and a technical treatise on whaling. . . . Because of its unconventional complexity, it is a disturbing book. . . . Like all great books,Moby Dickhas the potentiality of enriching itself with the substance of each new reader’s emotions and ideas, and it has grown greater in its implications with the passage of time.”  —from the Introduction by Leon Howard",
            "Originally published with the Howard introduction in MLCE (1950) and subsequently in the regular ML. Professor Austin Warren of the University of Michigan was originally invited to write the introduction. He agreed to a deadline of 30   March and a $200 fee but withdrew two days before it was due, pleading illness and expressing dissatisfaction with the fee compared to the royalty offered by the competing series Rinehart Editions (Albert Erskine to Warren, 26 January 1950; Warren to Erskine, 28 March 1950). Erskine turned to Leon Howard, then at Northwestern University, who agreed to write the introduction for the $200 fee (Erskine to Howard, 31 March 1950).",
            "Melville’s dedication to Nathaniel Hawthorne, omitted from earlier ML printings, is included in 124c.",
            "124d.  Title-page device reset (1968/69)",
            "Title as 124c except line 10: [torchbearer K]",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 124c variant. (Spring 1967)Note:Torchbearer K was first used in fall 1968; ML lists were not updated after spring 1967.",
            "Jacket:As 124c jacket B.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Melville,Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell Kent (Giant, 1944–1962; 1982– )  G65",
            "Melville,Selected Writings(Giant, 1952– )  G80"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "125",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "REMY DE GOURMONT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "A NIGHT IN THE LUXEMBOURG",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1932",
            "ML_NUMBER": 120
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "125.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] A NIGHT IN THE | LUXEMBOURG | [rule] | BY | REMY DE GOURMONT | [rule] | PREFACE AND APPENDIX | BY | ARTHUR RANSOME | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–8] 9–215 [216–224].  [1–7]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A4; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1926; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [7] part title: TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE; [8] blank; 9–18 TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE signed p. 18: Arthur Ransome.; [19] fly title; [20] blank; [21] part title: PREFACE; [22] blank; 23–29 PREFACE; [30] blank; [31] fly title; [32] blank; [33] drawing of KOPH medal; [34] blank; 35–190 text; [191] part title: APPENDIX | REMY DE GOURMONT | BY | ARTHUR RANSOME; [192] blank; 193–215 APPENDIX; [216] blank; [217–222] ML list; [223–224] ML subject index. (Fall 1925)",
            "Variant:Pp. [1–8] 9–215 [216].  [1–6]16[7]12. Contents as 125 except: [2] pub. note D5; [4] manufacturing statement; [216] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "This book, at once criticism and romance, is the best introduction to the works of one of the finest intellects of our time. In France and in England it created a sensation, but for every prurient mind that, distorting the book’s intent, greeted it with accusations of indecency and blasphemy, there were a dozen readers who appreciated the depth and the nobility of M. de Gourmont’s philosophy.",
            "“A Night in the Luxembourg” is for the intelligent reader of our generation what “Mademoiselle de Maupin” was for the generation of Swinburne—“a golden book of spirit and sense.” (Spring 1926)",
            "Jacket B: Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1928)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by John W. Luce & Co., 1912; new bibliographical edition published by Luce, 1919. ML edition (pp. [5]–215) printed from plates of the 1919 Luce edition. Publication announced for July 1926.WR21 August 1926. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1933.",
            "Edmund Wilson described Gourmont as “the most distinguished critical champion of the [Symbolist] movement” (Axel’s Castle, p. 22).",
            "Cerf initially offered Luce royalties of 2 cents a copy (Cerf to John W. Luce & Co., 14 October 1925). In the end the ML paid royalties of 4 cents a copy. There was a second printing of 2,000 copies in 1928 and two additional printings of 1,000 copies each in 1930 and 1931.A Night in the Luxembourgwas listed in 1931 as one of the ML’s worst-selling titles (“Notes on the Modern Library,” RH box 117, Publicity folder).",
            "Ransome’s appendix on Remy de Gourmont was originally published inFortnightly Review(June 1912).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Gourmont,A Virgin Heart(1927–1932)  141"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "126",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THOMAS HARDY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 121
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "126a.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] THE RETURN | OF THE NATIVE | [rule] | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], xxxi–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–2] 3–506 [507–518].  [1–16]16[17]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A4; [3] title; [4]Introduction Copyright,1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1926; [5]PREFACEsigned: T. H |July1895.; [6] blank; xxxi–[xxxiv] table of contents; [1] part title:BOOK FIRST|THE THREE WOMEN; [2] blank; 3–[507] text; [508] blank; [509] map of Hardy’s Wessex; [510] blank; [511–516] ML list; [517–518] ML subject index. (Fall 1925)Note:The copyright statement on p. [4] is an error; the book does not contain an introduction.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "In this novel—which the editors of the Modern Library consider one of the greatest in the English language—Thomas Hardy reaches the high water mark of his glorious genius. There are scenes in this book, and characters, that will burn themselves into the memory of the reader, never to be forgotten; passages of writing whose sheer beauty is unsurpassed in all literature. “The Return of the Native” is dominated by the tragic overtones of the Hardy conviction of inevitability—the powerlessness of man before his fate. (Spring 1926)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Henry Holt & Co., 1878. New bibliographical edition with Hardy’s 1895 Preface and map of Hardy’s Wessex published by Harper & Brothers, 1895; plates used for successive Harper printings, including a 1922 printing in Harper’s Modern Classics. ML edition (pp. [5]–[509]) printed from Harper plates. Published August 1926.WR20 November 1926. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Return of the Nativewas the fourth best-selling title in the ML during the first six months of 1928. It ranked low in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 and the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "The ML paid Harper’s royalties of 4 cents a copy. Sales of the ML edition totaled 42,543 copies by December 1930. Printings between August 1931 and November 1939 totaled at least 24,000 copies.",
            "126b.  Title page reset (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE RETURN OF | THE NATIVE | [rule] | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [12], [1–2] 3–506 [507–508].  [1–16]16[17]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4] manufacturing statement; [5]PREFACEas 126a; [6] blank; [7–10] table of contents; [11] fly title; [12] blank; [1]–[508] as 126a.Note:Page numerals removed from table of contents, fly title leaf added, map of Hardy’s Wessex omitted.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B. Text on front as 126a. (Fall 1927)",
            "JacketB:Pictorial expressionist jacket in light brown (57) and dark gray on tan paper depicting a male figure walking through a stylized landscape; lettering in dark gray. Signed: Hynd. (Spring 1929)Note:The ML experimented with several pictorial jackets in 1929 in connection with three boxed sets of three titles each that were intended for sale as Christmas gifts. The boxed sets, which were sold primarily in department stores, wereThree Great French Romances,Three Great Renaissance Romances, andThree Great Modern Novels. Hynd’s jackets for each title in theThree Great Modern Novelsgift box—Butler,Way of All Flesh(13.1d jacket B) and Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(171.1a jacket B) in addition toThe Return of the Native—were exceptional examples of expressionist graphics. Their use was confined to the 1929 gift box and they were never used on copies of the books sold separately.",
            "126c.  Preliminaries repaginated; printed fromduplicateset of plates (1929)",
            "Title as 126b.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [2], [1–2] 3–506 [507–508].  [1–16]16[17]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Books by Thomas Hardy|inTHE MODERN LIBRARY; vPREFACEsigned: T. H. |July1895.; [vi] blank; vii–[x] CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–[508] as 126a.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Kinship with nature and tenderness with human frailty characterize Thomas Hardy’s brooding and powerful novel,The Return of the Native. He sets his stage on the heaths and in the villages of his beloved Wessex and unfolds a drama that becomes the living symbol for the universal struggle of existence. His characters have the solidity of the landscape against which they enact their tragic fates, and if one stands out above the others, she is Eustacia Vye, as memorable a woman as life or the art of Thomas Hardy could create. (Spring 1934)",
            "JacketB:Pictorial, probably a smaller version of 126d jacket. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1938; probably unsigned. (Not seen)",
            "The Harper plates used for ML printings through 1928 had become badly worn and Klopfer decided that the ML could not make another printing from them. He asked Harper’s for their “other set [of plates] so we can do a decent looking job” (Klopfer to Harper & Bros., 16 May 1929). Harper’s promised that a new set of electros would be ready by 21 June (Harper & Bros. to Klopfer, 13 June 1929). The ML went to press later that month with a new printing of 4,000 copies.",
            "There are minor differences between the two sets of plates in addition to the pagination of the preliminaries. The plates used for 126a–b include signatures, though 126a–b are not printed as signed. The plates used for 126c–d do not have signatures. On p. 146, line 5, “lost their charm” appears correctly in 126a–b and incorrectly as “lost there charm” in 126c–d. On p. 201, lines 24–25, the sentence “Now I’ll wish you good morning” is broken at the end of line 24 after “you” in 126a–b and after “good” in 126c–d. There are probably other differences as well. When a reader in 1931 called the ML’s attention to the error on p. 146, the ML informed Harper’s but the plates were not corrected.",
            "126d.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "The Return of | the Native | by Thomas Hardy | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 126c.",
            "Contents as 126c except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [2], [1–2] 3–506 [507–516].  [1–16]16[17]8.  Contents as 126d except: [509–514] ML list; [515–516] ML Giants list.(Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark grayish brown (62), medium gray (265) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a stone bridge over a stream; lettering in reverse and black, all against medium gray background and within three dark grayish brown frames. Designed by Paul Galdone; unsigned. Front flap as 126c jacket A. (Spring 1940)",
            "There were plans in 1950 to includeThe Return of the Nativein MLCE. Albert Guerard was invited to write the introduction (ML to Guerard, 30 June 1950), but he declined on the grounds that he had just written an introduction for the competing series Rinehart Editions. The ML then approached Donald Davidson of Vanderbilt University, who initially declined because of other commitments. The ML extended the deadline, and Davidson accepted the assignment. He submitted his introduction in spring 1951 and received the ML’s $150 fee. However,The Return of the Nativenever appeared in MLCE, perhaps because of the competing Rinehart edition. Davidson’s introduction does not appear to have been used in any form.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hardy,Jude the Obscure(1927–1990)  145",
            "Hardy,Mayor ofCasterbridge(1917–1971)  17",
            "Hardy,Tess of the D’Urbervilles(1932–1971; 1979–1986)  234"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "127",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DANIEL DEFOE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "MOLL FLANDERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1970; 1985–1991",
            "ML_NUMBER": 122
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "127.1a.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] THE | FORTUNES and MISFORTUNES | OF THE FAMOUS | MOLL FLANDERS | [rule] | BY | DANIEL DEFOE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–328 [329–342].  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1926 | [short double rule]; v–ix THE PREFACE; [x] blank; 1–328 text; [329–330] blank; [331–336] ML list; [337–340] ML subject index; [341–342] blank. (Fall 1925)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–328 [329–334].  [1–10]16[11]12.  Contents as 127.1a except: [ii] pub. note A4; [329–332] ML list; [333–334] blank. (Spring 1927)Note:Firststatement retained on 1927 printing.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“Never before had I seen so much candour in print, with the exception of the Bible. So I judged ‘Moll Flanders’ to be a second Bible that all true believers should study with profit and reverence. How much more to be preferred is this simple candour of Defoe’s great novel to the suggestiveness in some of our present-day writings!” —W. H. Davies (Fall 1926)",
            "(The Modern Library edition of “Moll Flanders” is complete and unabridged)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1926.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970; reissued 1985–1991.",
            "Sales ofMoll Flandersduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 52nd out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling title in the regular ML during November 1951–October 1952.",
            "127.1b.  Title page reset (1933)",
            "[within double rules] THE | FORTUNES and MISFORTUNES | OF THE FAMOUS | MOLL FLANDERS | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, | Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of Threescore Years, | besides her Childhood, was Twelve Years a Whore, five Times a Wife | (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Years a Thief, Eight | Years a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv’d Honest, | and dy’d a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums. . . . | [rule] | BY | DANIEL DEFOE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–328 [329–334].  [1–10]16[11]8[12]4",
            "Contents as 127.1a variant except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [329–334] ML list. (Fall 1933)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Born with the most rudimentary kind of moral sense, Moll Flanders made a career of harlotry, thievery and penitence. The book of her fortunes and misfortunes, her high misdemeanors and amorous delinquencies, remains today, as it was two hundred years ago, the liveliest and most candid record of a bawd’s progress on the primrose path. The looseness of Moll’s life in folly and wickedness points the moral that the wages of sin need not be punishment and death; sometimes penitence alone redeems the most versatile sinner. (Fall 1933)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in grayish yellow green (122), strong orange (50) and black on coated white paper depicting a woman with parasol and a man in background with an eyeglass and walking stick; lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1937; signed. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1939)",
            "There was a fall 1939 printing of 127.1b after the ML’s larger format was introduced. Not all ML titles could be switched immediately to the new format since jacket art that was not being replaced had to be adapted to the larger format. The two printings in spring and fall 1939 were probably small ones. The fall 1940 printing described under 127.1c was probably the first in the Blumenthal format. Copies of the fall 1939 printing in the balloon cloth format have been seen with the remainder stamp of a red star on the rear endpaper.",
            "127.1c.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES | OF THE FAMOUS | Moll Flanders |Who was Born inNewgate, and during a Life of Three-|score Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Years a|Whore, five Times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother),|Twelve Years a Thief, Eight Years a Transported Felon|in Virginia, at last grew Rich,liv’dHonest, anddy’da|Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums. . .|by| DANIEL DEFOE | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 127.1b.",
            "Contents as 127.1b except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [329–333] ML list; [334] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 127.1b jacket B in pale yellow green (121) instead of grayish yellow green and with minor alterations in background. (Fall 1940)",
            "127.1d.Schorerintroduction added (1950)",
            "[decorative rule] | THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES | OF THE FAMOUS | Moll Flanders &c. |Who was Born inNewgate, and during a Life ofcontinu’d|Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was|Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to|her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a|Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich,liv’d|Honest, and died a Penitent, Written from her own|Memorandums. . . |byDANIEL DEFOE |Introduction byMark Schorer |Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiii [xxiv], 1–328.  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvii INTRODUCTION | by Mark Schorer; xviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; xix–xxiii THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE; [xxiv] blank; 1–328 text.",
            "Jacket:As 127.1c jacket. (Fall 1951)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Erskine offered Schorer $150 to write the introduction; Schorer accepted the invitation but asked for $250, which he indicated was more in line with the terms offered by Rinehart Editions (Erskine to Schorer, 26 January 1950; Schorer telegram to Erskine, 30 January 1950). Erskine countered with an offer of $200 which Schorer accepted.",
            "127.2a.  Text reset; printed from offset plates (1967)",
            "[ornament] | THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES | OF THE FAMOUS |Moll Flanders &c.|Who was Born inNewgate, and during a Life ofcontinu’d|Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood,|was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife|(whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief,|Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia,|at last grew Rich,liv’dHonest, and died a Penitent,|Written from her own Memorandums. . . | [within ornamental brackets]by| DANIEL DEFOE |Introduction by| MARK SCHORER | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [1–2] 3–384 [385–388].  [1–13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1950, 1967, by Random House, Inc.; v–xix INTRODUCTION |by MarkSchorer; [xx] blank; xxi–xxii BIBLIOGRAPHY; xxiii–xxviii THE PREFACE; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–384 text; [385–386] ML Giants list; [387–388] blank. (Spring 1967)Note:Bibliography revised from 127.1d.",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in black, deep purplish red (256) and strong brown (55) on coated white paper; title and author in black ornamented lettering, ornamental flourishes in deep purplish red, strong brown and black, series in strong brown, all against white background. The somewhat crowded feel of the 127.2a jacket is corrected in the 127.2b jacket which not only is ¼ inch taller but reduces the size of the lettering and decoration by a few millimeters.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Moll Flanders, published in 1772, was among the first novels to appear in English, and contributed to the development of the novel form. It relates the autobiography of its unrestrained heroine, who was born in Newgate Prison and spent parts of her life as a harlot, a wife, a thief, a convict, and finally a prosperous penitent in the American colonies. Moll is one of the great picaresque figures in literature, whose vitality and gusto remain undiminished by the passage of time.",
            "Printed from offset plates made from a new typesetting.",
            "127.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 127.2a through line 15; lines 16–17: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 127.2a.",
            "Jacket:Taller version of Fujita 127.2a jacket with lettering and decoration on the front panel photographically reduced by a few millimeters to create a more open feel.",
            "127.1e.  Reissueformat(1985)",
            "DANIEL DEFOE | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] MOLL FLANDERS | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], 1–328 [329–332].  Perfect bound.",
            "[1] woodcut illustration of a woman reclining on a couch; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | November 1985; 1–328 text; [329–332] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on kraft paper with inset woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn; title in reverse on strong reddish brown panel, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Born with the most rudimentary kind of moral sense, Moll Flanders made a flamboyant life of prostitution, thievery and, finally, penitence. This vivid saga of a beautiful, clever woman, her high misdemeanors and delinquencies, her varied careers as a prostitute, a charming and faithful wife, a thief and convict, remains today the liveliest, most candid record of an eighteenth-century woman’s progress through the hypocritical labyrinth of her society ever recorded. This book, written by Defoe under an assumed name, so his readers would think it an accurate journal of one woman’s life, remains a picaresque novel of astonishing vitality.",
            "Printed from the original letterpress plates with Schorer introduction and Author’s Preface omitted. Published fall 1985 at $9.95. ISBN 0-394-60530-6. Discontinued fall 1991.",
            "The letterpress plates show serious signs of wear. Some of the page numerals in the headline are particularly battered. The Modern Library reverted to letterpress printing for some volumes in the reissue format (R. D. Scudellari to GBN, interview), probably to take advantage of price breaks for using idle letterpress equipment after most book printing had shifted to offset lithography.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Defoe,Robinson Crusoe & The Journal of the Plague Year(1948–1970)  411"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "128",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LUDWIG LEWISOHN",
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            "TITLE": "UP STREAM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1939",
            "ML_NUMBER": 123
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "128a.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] UP STREAM | AN AMERICAN CHRONICLE | [rule] | BY | LUDWIG LEWISOHN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, 1–299 [300–308].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1926; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN | LIBRARY EDITION OF UP STREAM signed p. xii: Ludwig Lewisohn. | July 16, 1926.; 1–2 PROLOGUE; 3–299 text; [300] blank; [301–306] ML list; [307] ML subject index: Russian literature in the Modern Library; [308] Distinguished writers who have written introductions to titles in the Modern Library. (Fall 1925)",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Ludwig Lewisohn’s “Up Stream” appeared first in the Spring of 1922. The color and charm of the book and the continuous beauty of its prose established it immediately as an important and permanent contribution to American letters. The Modern Library edition, containing a new introduction by the author, and certain revisions that he deemed vital in the text, will undoubtedly win a tremendous new audience for the book. (Fall 1926)",
            "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1922. The B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format; ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with revisions by the author. Published October 1926.WR20 November 1926. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1940.",
            "Sales ofUp Streamduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 36th out of 147 ML titles.",
            "Klopfer invited Stephen S. Wise, rabbi of the Free Synagogue of New York, to write the introduction. “Our honorarium for such an introduction is only fifty dollars,” he noted, “but we would really like to have your name among the people who have written introductions to our volumes” (Klopfer to Wise, 18 December 1925). Wise replied that he had not likedUp Streambut would be willing to write an introduction to a ML edition of Lewisohn’sIsrael(Wise to Klopfer, 21 December 1925). In the end Lewisohn wrote his own introduction to the ML edition.",
            "Lewisohn took advantage of the new typesetting to revise the text. He informed Klopfer: “The revision of the book is a matter of great moral and literary importance to me . . . I shall write a fairly extended—not too extended—new introduction etc. At all events you shall have the book in such shape as I should wish it to be read in the future” (Lewisohn to Klopfer, 26 June 1926). The passages Lewisohn revised concerned his marriage to Mary Lewisohn, from whom he had recently separated. He removed a number of references to his wife from the ML text and rewrote others. In the B&L edition, for example, after noting that he sold his fourth story toUncle Remus’s Magazinefor $125, Lewisohn wrote:",
            "My father was, characteristically, aglow; he saw visions of grandeur. My mother’s womanly and solitary heart yearned over Mary. So Mary and I were married and we all settled down in an old, roomy house in Queenshaven. The house overlooked the bay and from our study windows Mary and I watched the horned moon float over the silken swell of the dark waters and listened to the tide. . . . (B&L, p. 135; suspension points are in the original of all quoted passages from the B&L and ML texts).",
            "Lewisohn revised the passage as follows for the ML edition:",
            "My father was, characteristically, aglow; he saw visions of grandeur. Mary, furthermore, insisted that we must be married to save her honor and her very life. I was a gentleman still and a Southerner. I was sorry, helpless and confused. I tried to hope that my mother would be less lonely. I tried to hope many things to still the fatal monitions within me. . . .",
            "We all settled down together in an old house overlooking the bay. I think that, in spite of youth and inexperience and their faults, I tried to make the best of things. But Mary’s responsibilities to her family robbed her of the power, even though she had had the will, to be my wife or—despite her age, the daughter of my parents. It was perhaps not all her fault that she was a burden and unhelpful; it was absurd that, under these circumstances, she had neither humility nor true kindness, but was as exacting as a bride of eighteen. She was a middle-aged woman who had insisted on marrying a man not much older than her oldest child. She acted like Dora Copperfield. . . . Something indomitable must have been in me that I did not go under . . . a strength and a faith. . . . (128a, pp. 159–60)",
            "A complete inventory of changes in the ML text that have been noted are the following, with the page of the 1922 Boni & Liveright edition given first, followed by the corresponding page of the 1926 Modern Library printing:  pp. 131/154; 135–36/159–60; 138/162; 141/167; 145/171; 146/172; 148/175; 150/177; 154/181–82; 177/210; 180/214;  187/222; 188/223; 189/225; 218/263; 221/266.",
            "When Mary Lewisohn saw the revised edition ofUp Streamshe threatened to sue the ML for libel. She specifically objected to the passage: “Mary, furthermore, insisted that we must be married to save her honor and her very life. I was a gentleman still and a Southerner.” Cerf asked Lewisohn to write a long letter giving in detail his reasons for including the sentences. “The entire affair promises to be a dreadful nuisance, but the lady is determined in her course and I suppose we will all have to go through with it. I await a letter from you at your very earliest convenience” (Cerf to Lewisohn, 19 January 1927).",
            "128b1.  Second printing, first state (1927)",
            "Title as 128a.",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], 1–299 [300–304].  [1–9]16[10]14",
            "Contents as 128a except: [ii] pub. note A5; [iv]Copyright,1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule]; | vii–xi INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN | LIBRARY EDITION OF UP STREAM signed p. xi: Ludwig Lewisohn. | July 16, 1926.; [xii] blank; [301–304] ML list. (Spring 1927)Note:Pp. xi and 159–160 are reset; the introduction is a page shorter than in 128a.",
            "Two changes were made in the second printing in response to Mary Lewisohn’s objections. The original B&L text was substituted for the passage on pp. 159–60 quoted above, and the following passage was omitted from the introduction:",
            "I say this in all humility and say it in order to record the fact that the general texture of Up Stream remained free, has always been free, of the unveracity that marked a small number of passages now changed or expunged. Why, in my ardent search for the truth of things, did I deliberately falsifyoneelement in my life and draw falselyonecharacter? Through a mistaken kindliness? Yes. But more through shame—shame of the all but unbelievable physical and moral facts. . . . That blot on the book has now been wiped out. . . . If Up Stream is still worthy of being read; if it is worthy of being remembered—let it be read and remembered in the form in which it is now definitively printed here. . . . (128a, p. xi)",
            "128b2.  Second printing, second statewith introductioncancelled(1927)",
            "Title as 128a.",
            "Pp. [i–iv], 1–299 [300–304].  [1]16(-3,4,5,6) [2–9]16[10]14",
            "Contents as 128b1except: [v]–[xii] cancelled.",
            "Mary Lewisohn was not satisfied with the changes in the second printing. On 29 November 1927, three days after the date of the second printing, the ML agreed to substitute the original B&L text for the revisions supplied by Ludwig Lewisohn and to drop the introduction altogether. The introduction was cancelled in remaining copies of the second printing. The table of contents which listed the introduction is also cancelled in all copies of 128b2examined.",
            "128c.  Third printing (1928)",
            "Title as 128a.",
            "Pp. [i–vi], [2], 1–299 [300–304].  [1]16(-4,5,±6) [2–9]16[10]14",
            "Contents as 128b1except: [ii] pub. note A6; [1] textual note: The Modern Library announces with this de- | finitive edition, the final form of UP STREAM | corrected to correspond with the original text | published by Boni & Liveright, 1922.; [2] blank. (Fall 1928)Note:Pp. vii–[xii] cancelled; [1–2] are inserted as a replacement leaf.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi], [2], 1–299 [300–308].  [1]16(-4,5,±6) [2–10]16. Contents as 128c except: [305–308] blank. (Fall 1928)Note:Copies have been seen without the replacement leaf. It appears likely that 128c and 128c variant are two states of the same printing, differing only in the number of leaves in the final gathering.",
            "The third printing (12 July 1928) inadvertently retained Lewisohn’s introduction. The introduction was cancelled, apparently before any copies were distributed, and the textual note required by the ML’s agreement with Mary Lewisohn was inserted as a replacement leaf.",
            "128d.  Fourth printing (1929)",
            "Title as 128a.",
            "Pp. [8], 1–299 [300–304].  [1–9]16[10]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule]; [5] textual note as 128c; [6] blank; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; 1–2 PROLOGUE; 3–299 text; [300] blank; [301–304] ML list. (Spring 1929)",
            "Variant:Pp. [8], 1–299 [300–312].  [1–10]16. Contents as 128d except: [301–305] ML list; [306–312] blank. (Spring 1932)",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The original text complete and unabridged, with a prologue by the author.” (Spring 1929)Note:The Prologue was not new to the ML edition; it had been part ofUp Streamsince its original publication in 1922. The jacket statement somewhat disingenuously covers up the fact that the introduction which Lewisohn wrote for the ML edition was no longer included.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Burning indignation and the will to find a way into a full creative life have been the essence of Ludwig Lewisohn’s writings.Up Streamis at once his spiritual autobiography and the lyrical, yet savage, outcry against the forces that stifled him. It is a book of protest and affirmation, honest, unashamed and electrical with fierce passion. In the literature of America’s coming of age,Up Streamoccupies a unique place; it is the record of a soul’s awakening and its final declaration of creative independence. (Spring 1935)",
            "The fourth printing was the first to satisfy the requirements of the ML’s agreement with Mary Lewisohn without resorting to cancellation. Lewisohn had made many small changes in the text when he revisedUp Streamfor the ML, and a number of these remained in the ML text after those that Mary Lewisohn objected to had been removed. Cerf wrote to Ludwig Lewisohn in 1936 thatUp Streamcontinued to sell at the rate of 1,000 copies or more each year “and considering the length of time that the book has been in print, I regard that as a pretty gratifying record” (Cerf to Lewisohn, 13 November 1936).",
            "Three other books by Lewisohn appeared in the ML.A Modern Book of Criticism(75), an original ML anthology that he edited, was published in spring 1920 and remained in print through 1936.The Story of American Literature(G43), originally published asExpression in America, was added to the Giants in spring 1939. Lewisohn began to lobby for the inclusion of his novelThe Island Withinshortly after the Giant was published. Cerf thought that two Lewisohn titles in the series were “more than enough” but suggested thatUp Streammight be dropped andThe Island Withinpublished in its place. Lewisohn approved “with all the vociferousness at his command” (Cerf to Cass Canfield, Harper & Bros., 12 October 1939).The Island Within(329) sold poorly and was discontinued two and a half years later.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Lewisohn, ed.,AModern Book of Criticism(1920–1936)  75",
            "Lewisohn,Story of American Literature(Giant, 1939–1956)  G43",
            "Lewisohn,The Island Within(1940–1942)  329"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "129",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES JOYCE",
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            "TITLE": "DUBLINERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 124
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "129.1a.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] DUBLINERS | [rule] | BY | JAMES JOYCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION | BY | PADRAIC COLUM | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [5–6] 7–288 [289–294].  [1]16(±3) [2–9]16[10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright 1926 By| THE MODERN LIBRARY, Inc. | [short double rule]| First Modern Library Edition|1926| [short double rule]; v–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: PADRAIC COLUM. | October, 1926. | New Canaan, Conn.; [xiv] blank; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; 7–288 text; [289–292] ML list; [293–294] blank. (Spring 1927)Note:The third leaf of the first gathering (pp. v‑vi of the Introduction) has been cancelled and replaced by a newly printed leaf that has been tipped in. All copies of the first printing that have been examined contain the replacement leaf. It is not known what caused the leaf to be  cancelled and replaced.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 129.1a.  [1–9]16[10]8.  Contents as 129.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [289–293] ML list; [294] ML Giants list. (Fall 1937)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "THE AUTHOR:",
            "James Joyce is the Irish novelist whose epical satire “ULYSSES” has been hailed as the greatest product of the realistic movement in literature.",
            "THE BOOK:",
            "“DUBLINERS” was written in 1905, and the author spent the next seven years trying o make his publisher live up to a contract to bring out the book. For the reader who has never sampled Joyce, “DUBLINERS” is an ideal introduction. (Fall 1926)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “A book of representative stories by the author of ‘Ulysses,’ hailed as the greatest product of the realistic movement in literature.” (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The publication by Random House of James Joyce’sUlyssesafter the ban had been lifted by Judge John M. Woolsey’s decision, sustained afterward by the Court of Appeals, lends new importance to the Modern Library edition ofDubliners. This collection of short stories is definitely related to Joyce’s later work, in that many of its characters figure in the epical satire,Ulysses, and the autobiographical novel,A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(Modern Library No. 145). By itself,Dublinersis a lasting contribution to the literature of the short story. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published in London by Grant Richards, 1914; published in U.S. by B. W. Huebsch, 1916, using sheets of the first English edition. First American edition, printed from plates made from a new typesetting, published by Huebsch, April 1917. Huebsch merged with Viking Press in August 1925. ML edition (129.1, pp. [5]–288) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates. Publication announced for 25 November 1926.WR1 January 1927. First printing: 5,000 copies.",
            "Sales ofDublinersduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 84th out of 147 ML titles. There was a second printing of 3,000 copies in April 1927 and a third printing of 2,000 copies in July 1928. By April 1950 there had been twenty-eight printings for a total of 60,000 copies (Slocum and Cahoon, p. 17).",
            "129.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "Dubliners|byJAMES JOYCE |introduction byPADRAIC COLUM | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 129.1a.  [1–9]16[10]8",
            "Contents as 129.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [289–294] ML list. (Spring 1943)",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–v] vi–xiii [xiv], [5–6] 7–288 [289–294].  [1–7]16[8]8[9–10]16.  Contents as 129.1b except: [iv] Copyright 1926, 1954 by The Modern Library, Inc.; [v]–xiii INTRODUCTION as 129.1a. (Spring 1955)Note:Page numeral “v” removed from plates.",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1926, 1954, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [289–290] ML Giants list; [291–294] blank. (Fall 1964)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in medium gray (265) and black on cream paper with lettering in black (including three lines on a diagonal axis) and torchbearer in reverse, all against medium gray background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 129.1a jacket B. (Spring 1943)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in dark gray (266) and dark green (146) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against dark gray background; rules at top, center and foot in dark green. Front flap as 129.1a jacket B. (Spring 1946).",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "The collection of fifteen stories under the title ofDublinerswas James Joyce’s first published work in prose. Previously he had issued a book of verse,Chamber Music. These initial efforts were followed byA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(Modern Library No. 145), the playExiles, the modern epicUlysses(Modern Library Giant G-52) and finally,FinnegansWake. The tales inDublinersare related to Joyce’s later work both in locale and in many of the characters who have a fuller development inUlysses. By themselves these tales, written by Joyce in his early twenties, are a distinguished contribution to the literature of the short story and are an augury of the master work which was to follow. (Fall 1953)",
            "Jacket C:As jacket B except on coated white paper with background in strong blue (178) and rules in strong yellow green (117). Front flap as jacket B revised text. (Fall 1964)",
            "129.2a.  Corrected text(1969)",
            "DUBLINERS | JAMES JOYCE | [torchbearer K] THE MODERN LIBRARY : NEW YORK",
            "7½ inches.  Pp. [1–4] 5–224.  [1–7]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] First Modern Library Edition, 1969, with corrected text by | Robert Scholes in consultation with Richard Ellmann | Copyright © 1967 by the Estate of James Joyce; 5–6 A NOTE ON THE TEXT signed p. 6: [at left] October 1967 [at right] —Robert Scholes |Center for Textual Studies, University of Iowa; [7] table of contents; [8] blank; 9–224 text.",
            "Jacket:Fujita jacket in black, light purple (222) and strong yellowish green (131) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse and light purple and four-leaf clover in strong yellowish green, all against black background. Statement on front: “The Definitive Text restoring Joyce’s manuscript style and his later corrections”. Front flap: First four sentences as 129.1b jacket B revised text except references to ML numbers and words “the modern epic” describingUlyssesomitted.",
            "Following text added:",
            "Joyce himself described these stories as a series of chapters in the moral history of his community. By themselves they bear the unmistakable stamp of Joyce’s genius and are an augury of the master works which were to follow.",
            "This definitive edition ofDublinersis as near as possible to the version Joyce wanted to see published. The text has been prepared by Robert Scholes of the University of Iowa, in consultation with Richard Ellmann, Joyce’s biographer.",
            "Corrected text originally published by Viking Press, 1967. ML edition (pp. 5–224) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Viking edition. Published spring 1969 at $2.45.",
            "The statement “First Modern Library Edition, 1969, with corrected text . . .” is retained on all printings of 129.2. Among other changes the corrected text follows Joyce’s preference for initial dashes to indicate dialogue in place of quotation marks. The original English edition published by Grant Richards in December 1914 and the first American edition published by Huebsch in 1917—and all subsequent American printings before 1967—used quotation marks.",
            "Printings of 129.2a exist in both the 7¼ and 7½ inch formats. The 7½ inch format superseded the 7¼ inch format for newly added ML titles in 1969. Printings of many earlier titles continued to appear in the 7¼ inch format because of the time it took to adapt older jackets to the taller format. The first ML printing of 129.2a, despite being completely redesigned and printed from new plates, appears to have been in the 7¼ inch format. There was at least one early printing in the 7½ inch format. The 7¼ inch format was used for the final printing or printings. The ISBN 394-60124-6 (without the initial 0) was added to the back panel of a 7¼ inch jacket in the early 1970s; jackets for previous printings of 129.2a in both formats lack the ISBN. What is probably the last printing in the 7¼ inch format has been seen in plain endpapers instead of Fujita’s decorated endpaper. Plain endpapers were characteristic of late printings in the 1970s; some copies have the remainder mark of a large reddish purple “H” stamped on the front endpaper. Conclusive evidence in support of the 7¼ or 7½ inch format as the 1969 first printing has not been established, but it is difficult to understand why late printings would switch, perhaps inadvertently, to the 7¼ inch format if all previous printings had been in the larger format.",
            "There appears to have been a gap of several years between the discontinuation of 129.2a and the publication of 129.2b.",
            "129.2b.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "DUBLINERS | JAMES JOYCE | THE MODERN LIBRARY : NEW YORK [torchbearer M]",
            "7½ inches.  Pagination as 129.2a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 129.2a except: 5–6 A NOTE ON THE TEXT signed p. 6: [at left] October 1967 [at right] –Robert Scholes.Note:Scholes’s affiliation omitted.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep purplish blue (197) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap with 129.2a text slightly revised and abridged.",
            "Published fall 1978 at $4.95. ISBN 0-394-60464-4.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Joyce,Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(1928–1956)  156",
            "Joyce,Ulysses(Giant, 1940– )  G50"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "130",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE GISSING",
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            "TITLE": "NEW GRUB STREET",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1926–1943; 1985",
            "ML_NUMBER": 125
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "130.1a.  First printing (1926)",
            "[within double rules] NEW GRUB STREET | [rule] | BY | GEORGE GISSING | [rule] | INTRODUCTION | BY | HARRY HANSEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv [xv–xvi], 1–552 [553–560].  [1–18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1926,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1926; v–xii introduction signed p. xii: Harry Hansen. | Bronxville, N. Y. | November, 1926.; xiii–xiv CONTENTS; [xv–xvi] blank; 1–552 text; [553–556] ML list; [557–558] ML subject index; [559–560] blank. (Spring 1927)",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv [xv–xvi], 1–552.  [1–17]16[18]12.  Contents as 130.1a except: [ii] pub. note D5.Note:Firststatement retained on at least one printing of variant A.",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as 130.1a. Contents as 130.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [553–558] ML list. (Spring 1935)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“New Grub Street” is George Gissing’s book of the heart, a chronicle of characters that he knew through the intimacy of suffering shared and defeats experienced or understood. It is called back to life today because of the insistent determination of a new age to regard Gissing as a stylist second to none, a keen analyst of motives, and an extraordinary literary figure whose inexplicable hardships stir the imagination of an age surfeited with material things. (Spring 1927)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The only complete and unabridged edition of this book that exists today”. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "For those who cherish the dream of writing and for those who read and ponder the whole mystery of the anguish and ecstasy of authorship,New Grub Streetis a book of revelation. Not only does it expose the shifts and subterfuges of meagre talents to provide marketable stuff and the devotion and sacrifice of those who consecrate themselves to the severest of arts, but it lays bare Gissing’s own fierce struggle against vulgarity and the world’s indifference. In that sense, it is a true book of the heart. (Spring 1938)",
            "Originally published in London by Smith, Elder (3 vols., 1891); originally published in U.S. by C. A. Brewster, 1904, using sheets of the second British edition. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1926.WR25 December 1926. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1943; new ML edition published 1985.",
            "Cerf initially asked H. G. Wells to write the introduction. He told Wells thatNew Grub Streetwas “long out of print in this country, and knowing your enthusiasm for the work, I am wondering whether you will add a short introduction for us.” He offered the ML’s usual $50 fee and reminded Wells thatAnn Veronicacontinued to sell very well in the series (Cerf to Wells, 13 January 1926). Wells declined, but six years later he wrote an introduction to the fine press edition ofThe Time Machinepublished by Random House.",
            "Sales ofNew Grub Streetduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 91st out of 147 ML titles.",
            "Coustillas (pp. 565–69) provides a detailed inventory of variant bindings and other details of successive ML printings.",
            "130.1b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "New Grub Street | BY | GEORGE GISSING | INTRODUCTION BY HARRY HANSEN | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 130.1a.",
            "Contents as 130.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [553–557] ML list; [558–559] ML Giants list; [560] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset black panel, background in moderate red, series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Text on front and front flap as 130.1a jacket B. (Fall 1940)",
            "Coustillas reports two additional printings of 130.1b that can be dated spring 1941 and spring 1942 based on lists of ML titles at the end of the volumes.",
            "130.2.  Reissueformat(1985)",
            "GEORGE GISSING | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] NEW GRUB STREET | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–5] 6–425 [426].  Perfect bound.  8¼ x 5⅝ in. (210 x 140 mm)",
            "[1–2] blank; [3] woodcut illustration of author at writing table; [4] blank; [5] title; [6] first modern library edition April 1985 | Copyright © 1962 by Irving Howe; [1–2] Contents; [3] fly title; [4] blank; [5]–425 text; [426] biographical note.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on kraft paper with inset woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of author at writing table; title in reverse on strong reddish brown panel, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "New Grub Street, one of the first exponents of Naturalism in English literature, has been described as a cross between the works of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, and is much acclaimed for its portrait of the unsuccessful literary life in 19th century London. It is the story of Edward Reardon, a novelist whose valiant and painstaking attempts to maintain the standards of his art in the face of severe financial pressure are opposed by an unsympathetic wife. In sharp contrast to Reardon is his friend Jasper Milvain, an essayist who adjusts himself with shocking ease to currently materialistic ideals. A grimly realistic look at the hardships and compromises of the modern literary world,New Grub Streetis an underground classic.",
            "Bibliographical edition originally published 1962 by Houghton Mifflin Co. in its textbook series Riverside Editions, with an introduction and bibliographical note by Irving Howe. ML edition (pp. [1–2], [5]–425) printed either from Houghton Mifflin letterpress plates or from offset plates made from the Houghton Mifflin edition, with Howe’s introduction and bibliographical note omitted. The Houghton Mifflin edition placed its fly title before the table of contents; when the ML reversed the order it removed the page numeral “4” from the second page of the table of contents. Published April 1985 at $8.95. ISBN 0-394-60525-X.",
            "Coustillas indicates that the printing in the reissue format was remaindered in the year of publication (p. 569).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Gissing,Private Papers of HenryRyecroft(1918–1942)  45"
          ]
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      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1927",
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "1927",
        "Brown,House with the Green Shutters(1927)  139*",
        "Hearn,Some Chinese Ghosts(1927)  140",
        "Gourmont,Virgin Heart(1927)  141",
        "Schreiner,Story of an African Farm(1927)  142",
        "Bierce,In the Midst of Life(1927)  143",
        "Meredith,Ordeal of RichardFeverel(1927)  144",
        "Hardy,Jude the Obscure(1927)  145",
        "Butler,Erewhon(1927)  146",
        "Russell,Selected Papers(1927)  147",
        "Saltus,Imperial Orgy(1927)  148",
        "Renan,Life of Jesus(1927)  149",
        "*Cerf and Klopfer publishedThe House with the Green Shuttersunder the author’s full name George Douglas Brown rather than his better-known pseudonym George Douglas."
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf and Klopfer created Random House as a subsidiary of the Modern Library, Inc., to create and distribute “books of typographic excellence in America” (announcement on Random House letterhead with Rockwell Kent’s newly designed device of a ramshackle house, 24 January 1927). The letter to booksellers appears to be the first time Kent’s device was used. The second appearance was probably Random House’s “Announcement Number One” in February 1927 of seven limited editions from Nonesuch Press (reproduced in Cerf,At Random, p. 66). The officers of the new venture were Cerf, Klopfer, and Elmer Adler of the Pynson Printers. Random House became the exclusive American distributor for books published by Francis Meynell’s Nonesuch Press and the Golden Cockerel Press, the most important English private presses.",
          "The first book published under the Random House imprint was a limited edition of Voltaire’sCandidewith illustrations by Rockwell Kent. It was printed by Elmer Adler at his Pynson Printers and published in spring 1928. The colophon states: “Of this first book with imprint of Random House 1470 numbered copies are printed on all rag French paper and 95 coloured in the studio by the artist. Hand set in type designed by Lucien Bernhard, paragraph designs by Rockwell Kent; both cast by the Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfort. The composition and press work completed by the Pynson Printers in the month of April MCMXXVIII . . . New York.” Rockwell Kent’s signature appeared between the date and the place of publication.",
          "The market for fine limited editions collapsed after the 1929 stock market crash, and Random House gradually turned toward trade publishing.",
          "Two years after Cerf bought the ML from Horace Liveright he approached Liveright about buying the rest of the firm. Richard Simon, a former Boni & Liveright vice-president who co-founded Simon and Schuster in January 1924, also appears to have tried to buy Boni & Liveright around the same time. Liveright wrote to his second cousin and close friend Alfred Wallerstein (3 August 1927):",
          "Since I saw you last, Bennett Cerf and Dick Simon asked me to put a price on the business, Bennett having offered me $250,000 and I believe that he could be gotten to pay $300,000. I wrestled with my soul a good deal and have come to the definite conclusion that publishing is a pretty fine vocation, that there is lots of chance of doing good in it, and that with proper management, while we won’t make a fortune, I should have a good steady safe income here. I am getting no younger and if I cut adrift from publishing, it might not have a good spiritual effect on my life. I’ve let everyone around the office know this and I’ll see that the publishing world at large knows it too. I’m thinking pretty much now in publishing terms, although, of course, the theatre does occupy some of my time and thoughts (Horace Liveright Papers, University of Pennsylvania Library, box 19, Wallerstein family folder)."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Cerf and Klopfer added nineteen new titles and discontinued five titles from the Boni & Liveright period, bringing the total number of active titles to 139."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new ML titles except Lawrence,The Rainbow(138) were published in the standard format, with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type, Lucian Bernhard’s torchbearer A2, and the last line of the title page as PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK, all within a double-rule frame. Reprints of earlier titles continued to use their original ML, Inc. title pages."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Imitation leather in dark green, brown, or dark blue; spine lettering in gold and Bernhard’s torchbearer in gold on the front cover."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Bernhard endpaper printed in light yellowish brown."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jacket",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in uniform typographic jacket B2 with Bernhard’s torchbearer on the front panel. Uniform typographic jacket B1 continued to be used on reprints of most pre-1926 titles."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Hudson,Purple LandxHardy,Jude the Obscure. (Fall) Hardy,Jude the ObscurexDumas,Three Musketeers."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The original American publishers turned down Cerf’s requests for reprint rights to several titles that the ML was able to publish between 1930 and 1933—Ernest Hemingway,The Sun Also Rises(190);John Dewey,Human Nature and Conduct(195); Joseph Conrad,Victory(238); Anatole France,Penguin Island(253); and Sinclair Lewis,Arrowsmith(254). Scribner’s rejected Cerf’s request to reprint Ring Lardner’sHow to Write Short Stories. It was not until 1941 that the ML was able to includeRound Up, a 1929 collection that the ML published under the titleThe Collected Short Stories of Ring Lardner(344).",
          "Cerf pursued other titles that never appeared in the series. Among these were a volume of plays by John Millington Synge, Francis Brett Young’sCrescent Moon, Paul Leicester Ford’sThe Honorable Peter Stirling, Lytton Strachey’sLandmarks in French Literature, Lord Charnwood’sAbraham Lincoln, O. Henry’sThe Trimmed Lamp, and William McFee’sCaptain Macedoine’s Daughter.",
          "William Lyon Phelps at Yale University suggested several titles, including Henry James,The Turn of the ScrewandThe American; Santayana,Soliloquies in England; Turgenev,A HouseofGentlefolk; Bunyan,The Holy War; Swift,Gulliver’s Travels; Mill,On Liberty; and Wells,The Wheels ofChance(Phelps to Cerf, 9 February 1927). Of theseThe Turn of the Screw(189) andGulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books(212) were published in the ML in 1930 and 1931. Mill’sOn Libertywas included inThe English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill(G45) in 1939 and inThe Philosophy of John Stuart Mill(537) in 1961.",
          "The literary agency Brandt & Brandt suggested John Dos Passos’sManhattan Transfer, but Cerf thought there was not enough demand to justify a ML edition (Cerf to Bernice Baumgarten, Brandt & Brandt, 26 May 1927). The ML later published three other titles by Dos Passos:Three Soldiers(248) in 1932,The 42nd Parallel(307) in 1937, andU.S.A.(G42) in 1939. Brandt & Brandt also suggested W. L. George’sSelected Short Stories(10 October 1926). Cerf declined, noting that George was well enough represented in the ML byA Bed of Roses(Cerf to Brandt & Brandt, 17 October 1927).",
          "Klopfer wanted to add Christopher Morley’s novelWhere the Blue Begins, but Doubleday, Page had assigned reprint rights to Grosset & Dunlap, whose dollar reprints were distributed through a wide variety of retail outlets (Klopfer to Morley, 5 November 1927). In contrast, the ML was sold primarily in bookstores and the book departments of major department stores.",
          "Isador Feinstein (later widely known as the journalist I. F. Stone) offered to translate La Rochefoucauld’sMaxims and Memoirsfor the ML (Feinstein to ML, 26 August 1927)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cabell,Cream of the Jest(1927)  131",
          "Cellini,Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini(1927)  132",
          "Hawthorne,Scarlet Letter(1927)  133",
          "Hudson,PurpleLand(1927)  134",
          "Nietzsche,Ecce Homo & The Birth of Tragedy(1927)  135",
          "Spinoza,Philosophy(1927)  136",
          "Aiken, ed.,Modern American Poets(1927‑1940),Modern American Poetry(1940–1945),Twentieth-Century American Poetry(1945–  )  137",
          "Lawrence,The Rainbow(1927)  138"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Atherton,Rezanov(1917)",
          "Davidson,Poems(1924)",
          "MacBean,Marjorie Fleming’s Book(1921)",
          "Ouida,In aWinterCity(1923)",
          "Sinclair,The Belfry(1918)"
        ]
      },
      "HEAD": "Spring",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 131,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES BRANCH CABELL",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CREAM OF THE JEST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1939",
            "ML_NUMBER": 126
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "131.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE CREAM OF | THE JEST | [rule] | BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | INTRODUCTION | BY | HAROLD WARD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xii [xiii–xvi], [1–2] 3–250 [251–256].  [1–8]16[9]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1917,by| JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [short double rule] |Eighth Printing|First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [v] linecut of cryptogrammic seal; [vi] blank; [vii] dedication; [viii] blank; ix–xiiIntroductionsigned p. xii: Harold Ward. | New York, |30 October, 1922.; [xiii–xv]Contents; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] part title: BOOK FIRST; 3–250 text; [251–254] ML subject index; [255–256] blank. (Fall 1925)",
            "Variant A:Pagination and collation as 131. Contents (includingFirststatement) as 131 except: [251–254] ML list. (Spring 1927)Note:The spring 1927 list has been seen on two subsequent printings: one as variant A except: [ii] pub. note A5; another (withFirststatement omitted) as variant A except: [ii] pub. note A6. It is possible that 131, 131 variant A, and perhaps copies with pub. note A5 were counted as part of the 8,000-copy first printing.",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as 131. Contents as 131 except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [251–252] blank; [253–256] ML list. (Fall 1928)",
            "Variant C:Pagination and collation as 131. Contents as 131 except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]Copyright,1917,by| JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [short double rule]; [1] part title: BOOK FIRST; [2] blank; [251–255] ML list; [256] blank. (Spring 1932)Note:The part title replaces the fly title used in earlier ML printings, and the verso of the leaf is blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“The Cream of the Jest is in ground plan an attempt to lay bare the secret soul of Felix Kennaston, a successful novelist—not the Bovaryan pseudo-soul visible to his wife and his neighbors, but that esoteric spirit which transcends time and space, and has its adventures in the superworld of the imagination. Outwardly, Kennaston is a discreet and reputable man—a convinced monogamist, a dutiful householder, a docile Presbyterian. But within him there dwells an adventurer who ranges the whole of the visible universe, and a lover who has found his heart’s desire. Upon the framework of this story Mr. Cabell hangs the loot of much intellectual marauding—brilliant bits of irony, penetrating reflections upon faiths and ideas, a whole agnostic philosophy. It would be difficult to match this book in American fiction . . . A thing obviously writtencon amorejoyously without regard to markets. The reader it will attract is precisely the reader most worth attracting. It is not a popular novel, not a story, not a mere time-killer: it is a piece of literature.” —H.L. Mencken. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The charming vagaries of the inhabitants of James Branch Cabell’s mythical world are, like our own, gropings and blunderings toward the illusion of a better way of life. Guided by this sceptical and urbane philosopher, this man of humor and uncanny insight, we explore the enchanted kingdom of Poictesme, following the adventures of Felix Kennaston in quest of the eternal “something else.” Through the allegory ofThe Cream of the Jestwe discover something of what is in this world and in the worlds desired by men. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published by Robert M. McBride & Co., 1917; new bibliographical edition 1922 (the fifth McBride printing) with introduction by Harold Ward added and “slight revisions and additions” (Brussel, p. 55) in the text. ML edition (pp. [v]–250), including Ward’s introduction, printed from plates of the second McBride typesetting with McBride half title used as a fly title in early ML printings. Publication announced for January 1927.WR12 March 1927. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1940.",
            "Cerf expressed interest inThe Cream of the Jestas early as July 1925, but only as a second choice if he was unable to get Cabell’sJurgenfor the ML. At that time McBride was thinking about publishing a “cheap edition of all of Cabell’s books, and for that reason we do not want to do anything that would militate against the sale of such an edition” (Guy Holt, McBride, to Cerf, 24 August 1925). The cheap edition never appeared, and McBride authorized a ML edition ofThe Cream of the Jestthe following year.Jurgen(271) was not included in the ML until 1934.",
            "The first ML printing was in November 1926, unusually early for a title announced for January publication. November 1926 was also the date of the eighth McBride printing, so the ML may have joined the McBride print run. (The verso of the title pages of 131 and 131 variant A state “Eighth Printing|First Modern Library Edition|1927”.) This might explain the inclusion of the outdated subject index in the first ML printing. The ML subject index in 131 and the spring 1927 list in 131 variant A occupy the same number of pages, but plates for the ML’s spring lists usually weren’t available as early as November.",
            "In addition to the first printing of 8,000 copies, the RH archives (which may be incomplete) record printings of 5,000 copies each in August 1927 and September 1928, a printing of 2,000 copies in May 1930, and printings of 1,000 copies each in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, and 1937, for a total of at least 25,000 copies.",
            "Sales ofThe Cream of the Jestduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 33rd out of 147 ML titles.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Cabell,Beyond Life(1923–1935)  104",
            "Cabell,Jurgen(1934–1943)  271"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "132",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BENVENUTO CELLINI",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1970; 1985–1991",
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              3,
              150
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "132a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] AUTOBIOGRAPHY | OF | BENVENUTO CELLINI | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–485 [486–490].  [1–15]16[16]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A4; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1927 | [short double rule]; [5] part title: PEDIGREE | OF | THE | CELLINI; [6] genealogical table; [1] part title: BOOK FIRST; [2] blank; 3–478 text; [479] part title: NOTES; [480] blank; 481–485 NOTES | ON THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI AFTER THE YEAR 1562; [486] blank; [487–490] ML list. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Thoroughly characteristic of its splendidly gifted and barbarically untameable author are these autobiographical memoirs—a production of the utmost energy, directness and racy animation, setting forth one of the most singular careers in all the annals of fine art. Cellini’s amours and hatreds, his passions and delights, his love of the sumptuous and the exquisite in art, his self–applause and self-assertion, running now and again into extravagances which it is impossible to credit, make this one of the most singular and fascinating books in existence. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Pictorial without horizontal borders or rules in black on pale blue (185) paper with inset illustration of a man with sword facing a woman at left. Signed: Davidson. (Spring 1929)Note:Used on copies sold as part of Three Renaissance Romances gift box, Christmas 1928 and 1929.",
            "JacketC:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "JacketD:Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper with inset illustration as jacket B; borders in moderate blue, lettering in black. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of all the great personalities of the Renaissance, none more completely embodies the bold and sumptuous period than Benvenuto Cellini. His autobiography, like his work in rare jewels and marble, is a record of grandeur and beauty. It remains today, as it has for almost three centuries, unparalleled in literature as a chronicle of a life consecrated to passion and to pleasure, to vast and delicate creative enterprises and to dangerous escapades. Its vivacity and its untameable defiance give it an unchallenged first rank among all the autobiographies of the world. (Fall 1934)",
            "JacketE:Pictorial in dark grayish blue (187), light gray (264), medium gray (265), black and gold on coated white paper with inset black-and-white illustration shaded in light and medium gray of a man and woman embracing with Florentine rooftops in background; title and translator in reverse against dark grayish blue background, decorations in gold. Designed by Paul Galdone, April 1938; unsigned. Front flap as 132a jacket D. (Spring 1939)",
            "Symonds translation originally published in London, 1888. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1927.WR12 March 1927. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1970; reissued 1985–91.",
            "TheAutobiography ofBenvenutoCeilliniwas one of the ten best-selling titles in the ML during the first six months of 1928. It was in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. During the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 it ranked toward the top of the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. Sales totaled 126,884 copies by spring 1958.",
            "The Autobiography of Benvenuto Celliniwas shifted from ML 3 to ML 150 in fall 1943 when the 3-volume Shakespeare was published as ML 1–3.",
            "132b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] The Autobiography | OF | BENVENUTO | CELLINI | Translated by | JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 132a.",
            "Contents as 132a except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [486–490] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Larger version of 132a jacket E. (Spring 1942)",
            "JacketB:Fujita pictorial jacket in vivid reddish orange (34), deep yellowish green (132), medium gray (265), and black on coated white paper with inset oval portrait of Cellini in medium gray, black and white against deep yellowish green panel bordered in vivid reddish orange; lettering in vivid reddish orange and in reverse. Front flap slightly revised from 132a jacket D.",
            "132c.  Reissueformat(1985)",
            "BENVENUTO CELLINI | [2-line title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | BENVENUTO CELLINI | [below panel] TRANSLATED BY JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 132a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 132b except: [1] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of; [4] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | November 1985.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on kraft paper in strong reddish brown (40) and black with inset woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of Cellini holding a quill pen with sculpture on pedestal in background. Woodcut by Stephen Alcorn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This remarkable biography, written between 1558 and 1562, reads like a picaresque novel. It is, in fact, one of the most important documents of the 16th century. Benvenuto Cellini, an audaciously self-serving Florentine goldsmith, tells of his escapades with the frankness and egoism characteristic of the Renaissance man, describing a life of unequaled grandeur, passion and adventure. It remains today one of the world masterpieces of autobiographical writing.",
            "Published November 1985 at $9.95. ISBN 0-394-60528-4."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "133",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SCARLET LETTER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 93
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "133.1a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE | SCARLET LETTER | [rule] | BY | NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM LYON PHELPS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–303 [304].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D6; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; v–vi PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION dated p. vi: Salem,March30, 1850.; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: William Lyon Phelps. | New Haven, Conn., |December,1926.; 1–303 text; [304] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 133.1a. Contents as 133.1a except: [iv] manufacturing statement only. (Balloon cloth binding D)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“I consider Hawthorne the most consummate literary artist in American literature, and ‘The Scarlet Letter’ the greatest book ever written in the Western Hemisphere. It holds its place among the fifteen best novels of the world.” —William Lyon Phelps",
            "The inclusion of “The Scarlett Letter” in this series adds the name of Hawthorne to a roster of American authors that already contains Poe, Whitman, James, Melville, Dreiser, Anderson, Hearn, Crane, Bierce, O’Neill, Hecht and Beebe. As many more American works will be added as can be found to be consistent with the standards of the Modern Library.(Spring 1927)",
            "Front flap as Jacket B except has misspelling “Phrynne.” (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the few authors who have escaped the iconoclastic onslaughts of modern criticism, Nathaniel Hawthorne stands unassailed and with undiminished prestige among America’s immortals. Generations of readers have been moved by the austere and relentless power ofThe Scarlet Letter. For its revelation of a guilt-stricken attitude toward sin, for its intense human interest and its purity of diction and accuracy of analysis, for its interpretation of the Puritan way of life, the story of Hester Phrynne [sic] has inevitably become part of our national legacy. (Fall 1933)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1927.WR12 March 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "When Cerf invited Phelps to write the introduction he indicated thatThe Scarlet Letterwas being added to the series as part of “our endeavor to include . . . as many great American works as possible” and reminded the Yale professor that the ML had no introduction by him (Cerf to Phelps, 5 October 1926). Phelps missed the 15 November deadline by nearly a month and offered to waive the $50 fee (Phelps to Cerf, 12 December 1926), but Cerf sent it to him anyway.",
            "The text of 133.1 is that of the second edition (Clark, p. 162).",
            "The Scarlet Letterdid not rank among the 99 best-selling ML titles during the first six months of 1928. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It ranked high in the second quarter if ML titles by the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "133.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE | SCARLET | LETTER |byNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE |Introduction byWILLIAM LYON PHELPS | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 133.1a.",
            "Contents as 133.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in moderate red (15) and black on tan paper; title and statement of responsibility in reverse on inset moderate red panel, other lettering in black. Front flap includes the misspelling “Phrynne” as 133.1a jacket B. (Spring 1941)",
            "JacketB:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), dark yellow (88), light bluish green (163), deep yellow green (118) and black on cream paper with title and author in deep reddish orange on inset cream panel bordered in dark yellow against black background; silhouette at foot of cream panel depicting eight figures, highlighted in light bluish green and deep yellow green, standing around a pillory. Statement on front panel:Introduction byWILLIAM LYON PHELPS. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo].  (1946)",
            "133.2.  Text reset; Gerber introduction added (1950)",
            "THE|SCARLET|LETTER| [short rule] | A ROMANCE | [short rule] | BY |Nathaniel Hawthorne| Introduction by | JOHN C. GERBER | Professor of English, | State University of Iowa | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiv, [1–2] 3–300 [301–302].  [1–9]16[10]8[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; vContents; [vi] blank; [vii]–xxxiIntroduction| BY JOHN C. GERBER; [xxxii] blank; xxxiii–xxxivBibliography; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3Author’s Preface| TO THE SECOND EDITION; [4] blank; [5]–300 text; [301–302] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 133.1b jacket B but front panel statement “Introduction byWILLIAM LYON PHELPS” omitted. Front flap as 133.1a jacket B with spelling of “Prynne” corrected. (Spring 1951) Front flap reset with “ruthless” substituted for “iconoclastic” in first sentence and an additional sentence added at the end: “For a centuryThe Scarlet Letterhas been an American classic.” (Fall 1954)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Stein offered Gerber $150 to write the introduction (Stein to Gerber, 25 January 1950). He also sought Gerber’s advice about the text: “We are planning to reset the text ofThe Scarlet Letterfor the college edition and I want to check with you on the best text available. Our present text is that of the second edition, though I suspect that it occasionally backslides” (Stein to Gerber, 6 March 1950). Gerber recommended the text of the third or stereotyped edition published by Ticknor, Reed and Fields in 1850 (Gerber to Stein, 11 April 1950). Stein indicated that the text, including the “Preface to the Second Edition,” was being set from the stereotyped edition (Stein to Gerber, 17 April 1950).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hawthorne,Complete Novels and Selected Tales(Giant, 1937– )  G35"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "134",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "W. H. HUDSON",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PURPLE LAND",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1949",
            "ML_NUMBER": 24
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "134a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE PURPLE LAND | [rule] | BY | W. H. HUDSON | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM McFEE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390].  [1–12]16[13]8(8+3)",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction,Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; v–vi PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION signed p. vi: W. H. H. |September, 1904.; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION TO “THE | PURPLE LAND” signed p. xvi: William McFee | Westport, Conn., |December,1926; 1–389 text; [390] blank.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–400].  [1–12]16[13–14]8.  Contents (includingFirststatement) as 134a except: [390–400] blank.Note:Priority with 134a not established.",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–392].  [1–12]16[13]12.  Contents (includingFirststatement) as 134a except: [390–392] blank.Note:Firststatement omitted from later printings in balloon cloth binding.",
            "Variant C:Pagination and collation as variant B. Contents as variant B except: [iv] manufacturing statement. (Balloon cloth binding)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Joseph Conrad wrote of W. H. Hudson: “You can’t tell how this fellow gets his effects. He writes as the grass grows; the good God makes it there, and that is all there is to it.” Possibly it was because he was not overly occupied with “getting an effect”, that Hudson’s prose steals upon us like a change in the evening sky, or on the surface of the sea at sunrise.",
            "The Purple Land of which Hudson writes has vanished and become the model republic of Uruguay. Roads and railways cut through the vast savannahs over which Hudson’s youthful hero rode. The incredibly innocent and romantic young ladies whom he met have borne daughters, who visit Paris and New York and take back with them shingled heads, golf-sticks and police dogs. The golden age of the Banda Oriental is gone, but it is preserved forever in the crystal clarity of these pages, the legacy of one of the great spirits of his age. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Whether considered as a romance, a book of travel and geography, a naturalist’s excursion, or a nostalgic remembrance,The Purple Landretains through the years an undimmed charm. The crystalline quality of its prose, the leisurely pace at which it rambles through the wide savannahs and sweeping pampas give it the serene simplicity of greatness. It captures the spirit of a glamorous lost land and conveys the power and imaginative insight of its famous chronicler.The Purple Landis a companion volume in the Modern Library toGreen Mansions(No. 89.) (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton and Co., 1905, using sheets of the second impression of the 1904 English edition; first American edition published by Dutton, 1916, with an introductory note by Theodore Roosevelt (Payne, p. 17). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1927.WR12 March 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1949.",
            "Cerf offered McFee $50 to write the introduction toThePurple Landand also expressed interest in including one of his books, especiallyCaptain Macedoine’s Daughter, in the ML (Cerf to McFee, 26 August 1926; McFee to Cerf, 28 August 1926). McFee’sCasuals of the Sea(223) was published in the ML in 1931.",
            "Sales ofThe Purple Landduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 67th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was at the bottom of the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales.",
            "134b.  Title page reset (c.1941)",
            "THE | PURPLE | LAND | BY W. H. HUDSON | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM McFEE | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–389 [390–400].  [1–13]16",
            "Contents as 134a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [391–396] ML list; [397–398] ML Giants list; [399–400] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in solid deep violet (208) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 134a jacket B. (Fall 1944)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hudson,Green Mansions(1921–1970) 90; (Illustrated ML, 1944–1950)  IML 13"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "135",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ECCE HOMO & THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1936",
            "ML_NUMBER": 68
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "135.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] ECCE HOMO | AND | THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY | [rule] | BY | FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | CLIFTON P. FADIMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, [1–2] 3–340 [341–342].  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Edition,1927; v–x PREFACE [toEcce Homo] signed p. x: Friedrich Nietzsche.; [1] author’s note; [2] blank; 3–161 text headed: ECCE HOMO | HOW ONE BECOMES | WHAT ONE IS; [162] blank; [163] part title: THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY | FROM THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC; [164] blank; 165–166 FOREWORD TO RICHARD WAGNER; 167–340 text; [341–342] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 135. Contents as 135 except: [ii] pub. note D5; [iv] copyright andFirststatements omitted; list of books by Nietzsche in ML added. (Balloon cloth binding)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“ECCE HOMO” is a fitting summary of Nietzsche’s character as a man and his achievement as a thinker. “The Birth of Tragedy” is one of the most difficult of his works to obtain in an adequate translation. Both are presented here complete and unabridged.",
            "Nietzsche’s other most important works may be obtained in Modern Library editions. “Thus Spake Zarathustra” is Volume Number 9, “Beyond Good and Evil” is Number 20, and “The Genealogy of Morals” is Number 62. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Ecce Homois a summary of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and his most robust affirmation of life. In these respects it is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography that proclaims with vigorous emphasis the virtues of strength and pride. The juxtaposition ofEcce HomoandThe Birth of Tragedyin one volume gains significance by opposite attitudes towards Richard Wagner. The latter work is dedicated to him “as my noble champion,” and the former contains many of Nietzsche’s most virulent attacks on the Master of Bayreuth. (Fall 1933)",
            "Original ML translation. Published February 1927.WR12 March 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1937 after the four Nietzsche volumes in the regular ML were repackaged asThe Philosophy of Nietzsche(G32).",
            "After discussing a ML edition of Nietzsche’sDawn of Daywith Macmillan, Cerf and Klopfer decided they wantedEcce Homoinstead. They hoped to use the translation that Macmillan imported from England and offered an advance of $200 against royalties of 4 cents a copy. They asked for rights to the translation for ten years and wanted assurance that Macmillan would not putEcce Homointo its series of inexpensive reprints, Modern Readers Series (Klopfer to George P. Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 2 June 1926). Macmillan had to submit the offer to its parent firm in London but the response was slow in coming.",
            "After waiting four months Cerf and Klopfer decided to commission their own translation (Klopfer to Brett, 5 October 1926). Irwin Edman of Columbia University was asked to suggest a translator. He recommended Horace Freiss, a colleague in the Philosophy Department. Freiss indicated that he could do it within six months, but this was longer than they wanted to wait. Edman then suggested Clifton Fadiman, one of his graduate students. Fadiman agreed to undertake the translation ofEcce HomoandThe Birth of Tragedyand to submit the manuscript by 6 December.",
            "Approval for use of the Macmillan translation arrived from London in mid-October, but Cerf and Klopfer had already made arrangements with Fadiman (Brett to Cerf, 14 October 1926; Cerf to Brett, 21 October 1926). Fadiman submitted his translation shortly after the deadline but in time for February publication. Cerf later noted that the ML edition ofEcce Homo & The Birth of Tragedywas the first time Fadiman’s name was attached to a literary work (“Trade Winds,”SRL, 22 May 1943, p. 37).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Nietzsche,ThusSpakeZarathustra(1917–)  9",
            "Nietzsche,Beyond Good and Evil(1917–1936)  28",
            "Nietzsche,Genealogy of Morals(1918–1936)  59",
            "Nietzsche,Philosophy(Giant, 1937–1970)  G32",
            "Nietzsche,Basic Writings(Giant, 1968–)  G113"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "136",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SPINOZA",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPINOZA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 60
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "136a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE PHILOSOPHY OF | SPINOZA | SELECTED FROM HIS CHIEF WORKS | [rule] | WITH A LIFE OF SPINOZA | AND AN INTRODUCTION BY | JOSEPH RATNER | OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] |All our modern philosophers, though often perhapsuncon-|sciously, see through the glasses which Baruch Spinoza ground.| Heine. | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–lxx, [1–2] 3–376 [377–378].  [1–9]16[10]16(±16) [11–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; v–viii PREFACE signed p. viii: Joseph Ratner. |October,1926.; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xxvi THE LIFE OF SPINOZA; xxvii–lxx INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF | SPINOZA signed p. lxx: Joseph Ratner.; [1] part title:FIRST PART| ON GOD | [4-line epigraph signed (on the fifth line) Spinoza.; all within single rules]; [2] blank; 3–376 text; [377] APPENDIX; [378] blank.Note:The second and third part titles are entirely in roman type. The third part title (pp. [249–250]) is a tipped-in replacement leaf. The content of the leaf is as follows: THIRD PART | ON MAN’S WELL-BEING | [5-line epigraph enclosed in a single-rule frame] All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the | quality of the object to which we are attached by love. | Love for an object external and infinite feeds the mind | with joy alone, a joy that is free from all sorrow. | Spinoza.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 136a.  [1–14]16.  Contents as 136a except: [1] part title: FIRST PART | ON GOD | [4-line epigraph from Spinoza in italic type, signed (on the fifth line) Spinoza.].Note:The other epigraphs are also reset in italic type with the single-rule frame omitted. (Imitation leather binding; probably the second printing)",
            "Format:The first printing is in the standard 6½ by 4¼ inch format with very narrow margins at the top and foot. Several later printings of 136a are about ¼ inch taller and wider than the standard format. Narrow margins were sometimes unavoidable when the ML printed from other publishers’ plates, but it was unusual for a typesetting designed for the ML to have such narrow margins. It is possible that the size of the type page was determined by an economic decision to limit the volume to fourteen gatherings of sixteen leaves each.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Mr. Ratner remarks that “after having been one of the liberating thinkers of mankind who was read but not honored, Spinoza is fast becoming one of the canonized of mankind who are honored but not read.” This volume with its Life, Introduction, and Selections will immensely assist to get Spinoza read and understood as well as honored. If Mr. Ratner had not actually accomplished the task, I should not have thought it possible to render evident and outstanding the significant ideas of Spinoza, freed from obscuring technicalities; and to do it in such a way as to make clear to the reader their kinship with perplexing religious, moral and intellectual questions of our own day. But Mr. Ratner has had the happy thought to set the extracts from Spinoza’sEthicsbetween selections from his more popular writings on the scriptures, miracles, etc., on one hand, and his views of the state, government, freedom of thought and speech, etc., on the other. This fact alone illuminates the value of Spinoza’s thought for the present in an extraordinary way. I shall be disappointed if Mr. Ratner’s volume does not have a marked influence in bringing Spinoza out of the professional class-room and enabling him to serve as a precious companion to men and women who need the light and leading which he can give.” —John Dewey.  (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial philosophy jacket in moderate blue (182) and brown on tan paper depicting a helmeted woman holding a scroll and lamp; borders in moderate blue, lettering in brown. Signed: WC. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Professor Ratner’s masterly arrangement of Spinoza’s philosophy has become the standard text in leading universities throughout the country. John Dewey writes: “I shall be disappointed if Mr. Ratner’s volume does not have a marked influence in bringing Spinoza out of the professional class-room and enabling him to serve as a precious companion to men and women who need the light and leading which he can give.” (Spring 1935)",
            "Original ML collection. Published February 1927.WR12 March 1927. First printing: Not ascertained.  Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Ratner was born in 1901 and received his M.A. from Columbia University in 1923. He was a lecturer and doctoral student in the philosophy department at Columbia when he compiledThe Philosophy of Spinoza. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1930.",
            "Cerf asked Morris R. Cohen of the City College of New York to comment on Ratner’s manuscript. Cohen suggested leaving out some of the sections on Biblical interpretation and substituting “some sections from the tract on Politics e.g. the section of government by law in a democracy. I believe the latter will interest ‘Modern’ readers more than the excessive amount devoted to biblical interpretation” (Cohen to Cerf, 6 October 1926). A few months after publication Cerf wrote, “Spinoza continues to sell far in excess of our expectations” (Cerf to Ratner, 7 June 1927).",
            "In April 1940, when he was an instructor at City College of New York, Ratner sold his rights toThe Philosophy of Spinozaand John Dewey’sIntelligence in the Modern World(G41) for $500. He also retained the unearned advance for the Dewey volume, which had been published the previous year; the unearned advance appears to have amounted to $700. The two books became the absolute property of the ML, and Ratner received no further royalties. He had the option to buy back the contracts at any time within the next two years for $1,200 minus royalties accrued from 1 January 1940.",
            "136b.  Title page reset(1941)",
            "THE PHILOSOPHY OF| SPINOZA | SELECTED FROM HIS CHIEF WORKS |With a Life of Spinoza and an Introduction by| JOSEPH RATNERofColumbiaUniversity| “All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps | unconsciously, see through the glasses which | Baruch Spinoza ground.” HEINE | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 136a.  [1–14]16",
            "Contents as 136a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 136b. Contents as 136b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT 1927, 1954, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on inset dark red panel, other lettering in black. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 136a jacket C. (Spring 1941) Front flap revised with quotation from Dewey (which drops the hyphen from “class-room”) preceded by the following:",
            "That saintly and exalted philosopher, Baruch de Spinoza, wrote and lived as a man of reason and a champion of the freedom of thought and speech. For three centuries his writings have been one of the great glories of the human spirit. The selections in this volume offer the essence of Spinoza’s contribution to philosophy as derived fromTractatusTheologica-Politicus,Improvement of the UnderstandingandEthics. John Dewey wrote of this book: “I shall be disappointed . . .” (Fall 1953)",
            "136c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "Title as 135b except: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 136a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16.  Contents as 136b variant.",
            "Jacket:As 136b in dark bluish green (165) and moderate yellow green (120) on coated white paper with title in reverse on inset dark bluish green panel, other lettering in moderate yellow green; Fujita torchbearer on spine. Front flap as 136b revised text."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 137,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "CONRAD AIKEN",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              "MODERN AMERICAN POETRY",
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML"
            ],
            "TITLE": [
              "MODERN AMERICAN POETS",
              ".",
              "1940–1945"
            ],
            "DATE_RANGE": [
              "1927–1940",
              ".",
              "TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN POETRY"
            ],
            "ML_NUMBER": "1945–"
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "137.1a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] MODERN | AMERICAN POETS | [rule] | SELECTED BY | CONRAD AIKEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–367 [368–370].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright, 1927, by|Modern Library, Inc.| [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; v–ix PREFACE signed p. ix: Conrad Aiken.; [x] blank; xi–xiv CONTENTS; [1] part title: EMILY DICKINSON; [2] blank; 3–367 text; [368–370] blank.",
            "Contents (poets and number of poems):Emily Dickinson (13), Edwin Arlington Robinson (9), Anna Hempstead Branch (2), Amy Lowell (7), Robert Frost (8), Vachel Lindsay (2), Alfred Kreymborg (12), Wallace Stevens (5), William Carlos Williams (1), John Gould Fletcher (6), H. D. (7), T. S. Eliot (6), Conrad Aiken (10), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1), Maxwell Bodenheim (6).",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B. Jacket title:Modern American Poetry.",
            "Text on front:",
            "This anthology includes contributions by",
            "CONRAD AIKEN",
            "MAXWELL BODENHEIM",
            "ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH",
            "H. D.",
            "EMILY DICKINSON",
            "T. S. ELIOT",
            "JOHN GOULD FLETCHER",
            "ROBERT FROST",
            "ALFRED KREYMBORG",
            "VACHEL LINDSAY",
            "AMY LOWELL",
            "EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY",
            "EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON",
            "WALLACE STEVENS",
            "WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS",
            "At no time in the history of American letters has there been a poetic group so important or so heterogeneous, and no further proof than this collection is needed to indicate that American poetry, at the moment, is as vigorous and varied as any in the world. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. Jacket title:Modern American Poetry. (Spring 1929)",
            "JacketC:Non-pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on cream paper with title and decorations in reverse on inset dark bluish green panel; other lettering in black, borders in dark bluish green. Jacket title:An Anthology of Modern American Poetry.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The vigor and diversity of contemporary American poetry is made strikingly manifest in this anthology. The selections by Conrad Aiken are distinguished for their good taste and the wide range of poetic gifts they reveal. Each of the poets in this volume is generously represented by from a few to a dozen or more poems, an unusual feature in an anthology and one which does greater justice to the whole range of the poet’s work than would the selection of the familiar, isolated poem. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published in London by Martin Secker, 1922. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with the poets arranged chronologically instead of alphabetically, the addition of ten poems by Aiken, a few other additions and deletions, and minor revisions in Aiken’s preface. Published February 1927.WR12 March 1927. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Cerf offered Aiken royalties of 8 cents a copy forModern American Poetsand indicated that the ML was prepared to spend up to $700 for permissions. He anticipated sales of close to 5,000 copies a year. He urged Aiken to include his own poetry, which had been omitted from the Secker edition, and noted that he wouldn’t care if William Carlos Williams and Arturo Giovannitti were omitted (Cerf to Aiken, 12 March 1926). Aiken agreed to omit Giovannitti, who was represented by a single poem in the Secker edition, but not Williams; however, the number of Williams’s poems was reduced from seven to one. Other revisions consisted of the addition of Amy Lowell’s “The City of Falling Leaves,” bringing the number of her poems to seven, and the substitution of T. S. Eliot’s “Gerontion” and “The Hollow Men” for “Rhapsody on a Windy Night,” increasing the number of his poems from five to six.",
            "Aiken expressed interest in including Ezra Pound but wasn’t sure that permissions could be secured (Aiken to Cerf, 6 April 1926). In the preface to the Secker edition he stated: “I regret extremely that I have been unable to secure the permissions of Mr Edgar Lee Masters and Mr Ezra Pound for a selection from their work: both of them obviously belong in this book. I feel that I must apologize, also, for the absence of Mr Carl Sandburg, an absence for which my own critical perversity is alone responsible. Mr Sandburg’s poetry interests me in the mass, if I may put it so, but disappoints me in the item” (p. vi). The preface to the ML edition reads: “I feel that I must apologize for the absence of Mr. Carl Sandburg, Mr. Ezra Pound, and Mr. Edgar Lee Masters, an absence for which my own critical perversity is alone responsible. The work of these three poets interests me in the mass, if I may put it so, but disappoints me in the item” (p. vi). The revised edition (137.2) published in spring 1945 includes eleven poems by Pound and four by Sandburg but none by Masters.",
            "Later in 1945 Cerf refused to allow Aiken to include any of Pound’s poems in the ML Giant,An Anthology of Famous English and American Poetry(G68), the American portion of which consisted of a repackaging of Aiken’sComprehensive Anthology of American Poetry(169.2).",
            "137.1b.  Title page reset; titlechanged:Modern American Poetry(1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] MODERN | AMERICAN | POETRY | SELECTED | BY | CONRAD AIKEN | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY",
            "Pagination and collation as 137.1a.",
            "Contents as 137.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION, COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Typographic in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper; title in reverse on red panel at upper left, other lettering in black. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Jacket title:An Anthology of Modern American Poetry. Front flap as 137.1a jacket C. (Spring 1940)",
            "137.2.  Revised edition; titlechanged toTwentieth-Century American Poetry(1945)",
            "[within a frame of row ornaments]TWENTIETH-CENTURY| AMERICAN | POETRY | [short decorative rule] |Edited, and with a Preface, by|Conrad Aiken| [short decorative rule] | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–410 [411–412].  [1–13]16[14]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1944, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1944; v–ixACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [x] blank; xi–xviiiCONTENTS; xix–xxPREFACEsigned p. xx: CONRAD AIKEN |Brewster, Massachusetts.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–400 text; 401–402INDEX OF POETS; 403–410INDEX OF FIRST LINES; [411–412] blank.",
            "Contents (poets and number of poems):Emily Dickinson (23), Edwin Arlington Robinson (5), Anna Hempstead Branch (1), *George Santayana (2), *Trumbull Stickney (12), Amy Lowell (2), Robert Frost (15), *Carl Sandburg (4), Vachel Lindsay (2), Wallace Stevens (8), *Witter Bynner (5), William Carlos Williams (1), *Elinor Wylie (8), *Ezra Pound (11), Alfred Kreymborg (3), John Gould Fletcher (3), H. D. (4), *Marianne Moore (4), *Robinson Jeffers (4), *Marsden Hartley (2), T. S. Eliot (10), *John Crowe Ransom (7), Conrad Aiken (2), Edna St. Vincent Millay (3), *Archibald MacLeish (5), *Mark Van Doren (4), *E. E. Cummings (5), *H. Phelps Putnam (3), *Robert Hillyer (1), *Lee Anderson (1), *Edmund Wilson (3), *Louise Bogan (2), *Horace Gregory (3), *Malcolm Cowley (3), *Theodore Spencer (3), *R. P. Blackmur (3), *John Peale Bishop (4), *Yvor Winters (3), *John Wheelwright (2), *Allen Tate (1), *Hart Crane (6), *Leonie Adams (2), *Oscar Williams (5), *Marya Zaturenska (2), *Howard Baker (1), *Robert Penn Warren (3), *Kenneth Patchen (3), *Delmore Schwartz (4), *Richard Eberhart (4), *Muriel Rukeyser (2), *Karl Jay Shapiro (7), *John Malcolm Brinnin (3), *Harry Brown (2), *Lloyd Frankenberg (3), José Garcia Villa (8).Note:*Poets added in revised edition. Omitted from revised edition: Maxwell Bodenheim.",
            "Jacket:As 137.1b with new title and revised text on front. Front flap as 137.1a except last sentence revised as follows: “Each of the poets in this volume is generously represented by from a few to a dozen or more poems, and their names constitute an honor roll of writers who have given to modern American poetry the richest meaning of our own time.” (Fall 1951) Front flap revised with last clause replaced as follows: “Their names constitute an honor roll of writers who have given to our national poetry a new intensity and strength. They speak for a half century of growth in America.” (Fall 1955)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published March 1945.WRnot found. First printing: 3,000 copies.",
            "Aiken suggested revising and modernizingModern American Poetsin 1932 (Aiken to Cerf, 6 March 1932), but Cerf did not pursue the idea until fall 1943, when Aiken revised both of his ML anthologies. Poets that Aiken wanted to add to the twentieth-century anthology included Pound, Archibald MacLeish, John Crowe Ransom, and Marianne Moore. He indicated that he would increase the number of poems by Wallace Stevens and T. S. Eliot, cut back Alfred Kreymborg and James Gould Fletcher, and eliminate Maxwell Bodenheim altogether (Aiken to Cerf, 18 November 1943). He also expressed the intention of reducing the number of his own poems. However, whenTwentieth-Century American Poetrywas in galley proofs Linscott pointed out that Aiken occupied more space than any poet except Eliot (Linscott to Aiken, 20 September 1944). At that point Aiken eliminated all but two of his own poems.",
            "Wartime paper shortages prevented the ML from keeping all of its titles in print. By 1944 over a hundred titles were out of stock, and ML authors could no longer count on regular royalty income. Aiken wrote that fall, “What’s this gloomy news that the anthologies and other Mod Lib titles are going out of print, for lack of paper. This is indeed serious for us, as that their semi-annual royalty is practically our lifeline, and I don’t believe god will look after us if the Mod Lib doesn’t. Could you let me know what the situation really is, please sir? Will we get any royalties at all? Are the new editions coming out this year, or ever? Heaven have mercy upon us. This would be a body blow” (Aiken to Linscott, 4 November 1944). Linscott assured him that both of his ML anthologies were in print and that the revised editions would be printed when current stocks were exhausted (Linscott, 8 November 1944).",
            "The revised editions, both of which had 1944 copyright dates, appeared early in 1945 and sold out quickly. The ML hoped to make two additional printings of each anthology for a total of 21,000 copies for the year, but Linscott warned: “In view of the fluctuating paper situation and the possibility that there will be another drastic cut before the end of the year, it is difficult even to speculate on the number of your anthologies which we shall be able to print. . . . Please don’t count too heavily on these two additional printings, as there are so many demands that it may be simply impossible to allocate the necessary paper” (Linscott to Aiken, 19 March 1945).",
            "Twentieth-Century American Poetrywas out of stock for about six months in 1946, and the ML advanced Aiken $500 against 1947 royalties to help him get back to the United States from England (Linscott to Aiken, 6 November 1946). Not until fall 1948 could the ML announce, “Every title in the Modern Library and the Modern Library Giants is now in stock for the first time since the war” (PW, 18 September 1948, p. 1095).",
            "137.3a.  Revised edition (1963)",
            "TWENTIETH-CENTURY | AMERICAN | POETRY | [short decorative rule] |Edited, and with a Preface, by|Conrad Aiken| [torchbearer H] |Modern Library|New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–552 [553–554].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1944, 1963, by Random House, Inc.; v–xACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [xi]–xixCONTENTS; [xx] blank; [xxi]–xxiiPREFACEsigned p. xxii: Conrad Aiken |Brewster, Massachusetts; [1] fly title; [2] proem: THE POET’S TESTAMENT signed: George Santayana; 3–541 text; [542] blank; 543INDEX OF POETS; [544] blank; [545–552]INDEX OF FIRST LINES; [553–554] ML Giants list. (Spring 1963)",
            "Contents (poets and number of poems):Emily Dickinson (23), Edwin Arlington Robinson (5), Trumbull Stickney (12), Amy Lowell (2), Robert Frost (15), Carl Sandburg (4), Vachel Lindsay (2), Wallace Stevens (9), William Carlos Williams (6), Ezra Pound (13), Alfred Kreymborg (2), John Gould Fletcher (2), H. D. (4), Marianne Moore (7), Robinson Jeffers (4), T. S. Eliot (10), John Crowe Ransom (7), Conrad Aiken (2), Edna St. Vincent Millay (3), Archibald MacLeish (6), Mark Van Doren (3), E. E. Cummings (5), H. Phelps Putnam (3), Louise Bogan (2), Horace Gregory (3), Malcolm Cowley (3), Theodore Spencer (3), R. P. Blackmur (3), John Peale Bishop (6), Yvor Winters (3), John Wheelwright (2), Allen Tate (6), Hart Crane (6), Leonie Adams (2), Oscar Williams (4), Marya Zaturenska (2), Howard Baker (1), Robert Penn Warren (4), Delmore Schwartz (7), Richard Eberhart (2), Muriel Rukeyser (2), Karl Shapiro (7), José Garcia Villa (8), *John Hall Wheelock (2), *Horatio Colony (5), *John L. Sweeney (3), *Stanley Kunitz (3), *Edward Doro (2), *Kenneth Burke (5), *J. V. Cunningham (3), *Gene Derwood (2), *Weldon Kees (9), *Elizabeth Bishop (2), *Robert Lowell (3), *Jean Garrigue (2), *Theodore Roethke (3), *Reuel Denney (2), *John Berryman (1), *James Merrill (4), *Howard Nemerov (4), *Richmond Lattimore (2), *Adrienne Cecile Rich (5), *Louis O. Coxe (3), *Daniel Berrigan (4), *John Ciardi (1), *May Swenson (3), *James Wright (4), *W. S. Merwin (3), *Richard Wilbur (7), *Hy Sobiloff (4), *Ruth Stone (4), *David Wagoner (2), *Ned O’Gorman (2), *Robert Bagg (2), *Charles Philbrick (1), *George Starbuck (1), *Theodore Weiss (3), *Donald Justice (4), *Galway Kinnell (3), *Ann Sexton (4), *Claire McAllister (3).Note:*Poets added to 1963 edition. Omitted from 1963 edition: Anna Hempstead Branch, George Santayana, Witter Bynner, Elinor Wylie, Marsden Hartley, Robert Hillyer, Lee Anderson, Edmund Wilson, Kenneth Patchen, John Malcolm Brinnin, Harry Brown, Lloyd Frankenberg.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), vivid greenish yellow (97) and black on coated white paper; title and editor in reverse, series in black, other lettering in vivid greenish yellow, all against strong greenish blue background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The variety and brilliance of contemporary American poetry are reflected in this new selection by Conrad Aiken. Eighty-one poets are presented, and of these, twenty-three now appear in an anthology for the first time. Mr. Aiken’s awareness of what is relevant, rather than what is merely “modish,” makes this anthology a critical as well as historical record of the growth and major tendencies of American poetry during the first half of this century. (Spring 1963)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published April 1963.WR22 April 1963. First printing: 10,000 copies.",
            "Aiken expressed interest in revisingTwentieth-Century American Poetryin 1957 and raised the issue again shortly after Jason Epstein joined RH (Bernice Baumgarten to Cerf, 19 February 1957; Aiken to Epstein, 8 February 1959). Plans for a revised edition were under way by 1960. Epstein indicated that the cost of permissions for new poems would be at least $4,000. Aiken had to make certain that the length of the revised anthology did not exceed that of the previous edition by more than a third. If it exceeded that limit the revision would be regarded as a new collection, and it would require new permissions fees forallthe poems (Epstein to Aiken, 12 September 1960). By cutting 80 pages from the 1945 text, Aiken was able to add about 200 pages of new material (Aiken to Epstein, 13 January 1962).",
            "Aiken’s royalty was increased from 8 to 10 cents a copy. “In 1969 there was a printing of 5,000 copies. Since then there have been six printings totaling 26,575 copies.” The anthology was reprinted eight times before 1982 for a total of 47,000 copies in print (Bonnell and Bonnell, pp. 109, 120).",
            "137.3b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "Title as 137.3a except line 7: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 137.3a.",
            "Contents as 137.3a except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1963 |Copyright 1944,©1963 by Random House, Inc.; [553] biographical note; [554] blank.",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid red (11), deep blue (179) and black on coated white paper with title in black, other lettering in vivid red, and two decorative curved bands in deep blue and vivid red within black single-rule frame, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The variety, richness and depth of contemporary American poetry are reflected in this collection by Conrad Aiken. A balanced choice from the works of the major poets gives an idea of the range of each; Frost, Eliot, Stevens, and Lowell, among others, are represented by substantial selections, while Mr. Aiken opens a broader view of American poetry through selections from a wide variety of lesser known and newer poets.",
            "In all, eighty-one poets are presented, many of them for the first time in an anthology. The arrangement of this volume by Mr. Aiken, himself a much-honored poet, provides a critical as well as historical record of the major tendencies of American poetry during the first half of this century.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Aiken, ed.,American Poetry 1671–1928(1929–1944);Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry(1945–1978)  169",
            "Aiken and Benét, eds.,Anthology of Famous English and American Poetry(Giant, 1945–1971)  G68"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "138",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "D. H. LAWRENCE",
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            "TITLE": "THE RAINBOW",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1971; 1980–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 128
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            "138a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE RAINBOW | [rule] | BY | D. H. LAWRENCE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], 1–467 [468–472].  [1–13]16[14]8[15]16[16]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1915,byD. H. LAWRENCE | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; 1–467 text; [468] blank; [469–472] ML list. (Spring 1927)",
            "Format: To accommodate the original plates, the trim size ofThe Rainbowincreased to 6¾ x 4¼ in. (170 x 108 mm). After the balloon cloth binding was introduced in 1929 the trim size was widened to 6¾ x 4½ in. (170 x 113 mm).",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Ironically enough, it was the vain effort of a self-appointed censor to suppress “The Rainbow” that first called to the attention of the general public the enduring qualities of the book. It is one of those novels which England has produced that resembles its own immemorial oaks, with roots striking deep into the rich soil – the story of the Brangwens, whose menfolk, sturdy, lusty yeomen, might have had a place beside the knights and squires among the Canterbury Pilgrims. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The fierce ecstasy and sensual violence that pervade the novels of D. H. Lawrence reach their highest and most lyrical note inThe Rainbow. The sturdy generations of Nottingham Brangwens of whom Lawrence writes are men and women of his own blood, possessed as he was by the hot, fecund urgency of the flesh, and made aware of all the dark and mystical labyrinths of physical love.The Rainbowranks with the most distinguished works of fiction in our language dealing with sex, exalted and unashamed. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by B. W. Huebsch, 1915; reprinted from Huebsch plates by Thomas Seltzer, 1924; plates acquired by Albert & Charles Boni, 1926, and subsequently by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [v]–467) printed from Huebsch/Seltzer/Boni/Viking plates. Publication announced for March 1927.WR18 June 1927. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72; reissued 1980–90.",
            "The ML arranged its printings with A. & C. Boni through March 1931 and Viking Press from December 1932. There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in December 1927 and five additional printings between November 1928 and March 1931 totaling 12,000 copies. Incomplete records of printings from the following decade suggest that sales declined to about 1,000 copies a year after 1932 and increased in the early 1940s to about 2,000 copies a year.",
            "138b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE | RAINBOW | BY | D. H. LAWRENCE | [torchbearer D7 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 138a.  [1–14]16[15–16]8",
            "Contents as 138a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY D. H. LAWRENCE; [468–472] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 138a. Contents as 138b except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY D. H. LAWRENCE | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1943, BY FRIEDA LAWRENCE; [469–470] ML Giants list; [471–472] blank. (Spring 1958)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper; title in reverse on curved moderate blue panel at right, other lettering in black. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 138a jacket B. (Spring 1940)",
            "138c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "THE | RAINBOW | BY | D. H. LAWRENCE | [torchbearer K at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 138a.  [1]16[2–6]32[7–10]16.",
            "Contents as 138b variant except: [471–472] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on coated white paper with lettering in black and spectrum of five wavy bands in deep pink (3), strong orange (50), strong orange yellow (68), pale orange yellow (73), and brilliant yellow (83), all against white background. Front flap as 138a jacket B.",
            "138d.  Reissueformat(1980)",
            "THE | RAINBOW | BY | D. H. LAWRENCE | [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY  NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 138a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 138b except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY D. H. LAWRENCE | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1943, BY FRIEDA LAWRENCE.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial jacket on kraft paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Rainbowis D. H. Lawrence’s longest and most ambitious novel. He worked on it for three years, writing eight complete versions before he was satisfied. The story of three generations of a Nottingham family whose love affairs move backward and forward across the years, it is the first part of a trilogy that also includesWomen in LoveandAaron’s Rod. Almost immediately upon its publication in 1915, it was prosecuted and banned as pornographic.",
            "Published spring 1980 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60491-1.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Lawrence,Sons and Lovers(1923–1959; 1962–1990)  99",
            "Lawrence,Women in Love(1937–1990)  302",
            "Lawrence,Lady Chatterley’s Lover(1960–1990)  519"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "139",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE DOUGLAS BROWN",
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            "TITLE": "THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1930",
            "ML_NUMBER": 129
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "139a.  Firstprinting, trade issue (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE HOUSE WITH THE | GREEN SHUTTERS | [rule] | BY | GEORGE DOUGLAS BROWN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | GEORGE BLAKE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, 1–314 [315–316].  [1–10]16[11]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1911, by| THOMAS SELTZER | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright, 1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition|April, 1927; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: George Blake.; 1–314 text; [315–316] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Almost a quarter of a century has elapsed since this unique novel by George Brown gained, owing to the critical insight of Andrew Lang, rapid fame.",
            "In what manner Brown might have developed, had he lived, and to what heights he might have attained, are beyond conjecture. His book reaches out to us with singular, doomed power. The terrible conclusion gathers inevitably, though here is no purification of tragedy, no beating drums of a new era. In re-reading the novel, one notes how the author avoided the romantic temptation of making the House itself subjective; until in the last sentence—and this is true to country superstition and to physical belief—it assumes a sudden ominous existence: “They gazed with blanched faces at the House with the Green Shutters, sitting dark there and terrible beneath the radiant arch of the dawn!”",
            "The editors of the Modern Library consider this novel one of the finest in the entire series. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “A powerful, unforgettable novel that the editors of the MODERN LIBRARY rank with the finest in the series.” (Fall 1929)",
            "139b.Firstprinting, presentation issue (1927)",
            "Title as 139a.",
            "Pp. [i–ii], [2], [iii–vi] vii–xii, 1–314 [315–316].  [1]16(1+χ1) [2–10]16[11]4Note: Inserted leaf between pp. [ii] and [iii] with text facing the title page.",
            "Contents as 139aexcept inserted leaf: [1] blank; [2]The Modern Library, Inc. takes pleasure in|presenting this edition of “The House with|the Green Shutters” to the delegates to the|American Booksellers’ Convention, and their|guests, at the banquet at the Hotel Commodore,|New York, on May 12, 1927.",
            "Originally published in U.S. by McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901, with the author named as George Douglas. New bibliographical edition published by Thomas Seltzer, 1924; plates acquired by A. & C. Boni, 1926. ML edition (pp. [v], 1–314) printed from Seltzer/Boni plates. Publication announced for April 1927.WR28 May 1927. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1931.",
            "It is not known why Cerf and Klopfer publishedThe House with the Green Shuttersunder the author’s full name rather than his better-known pseudonym George Douglas.",
            "Seltzer describedThe House with the Green Shuttersas follows: “. . . this famous and extraordinary novel, from which, it is held, all modern fiction derives. It was the only long novel written by the young Scotchman before his early death. It came out in 1900, and was the first book that represented the reaction against the Victorian modes and moods” (Seltzer fall 1924 catalogue, p. 3). Cerf and Klopfer were equally enthusiastic. Cerf asked Heywood Broun to write the introduction to the ML edition, describing the work as “one of the swellest novels written in the past thirty years, and one that we hope to make twenty-five times as popular as it is, when we bring it out in the Modern Library” (Cerf to Broun, 26 October 1926).",
            "Broun agreed to write the introduction (Broun to Cerf, 31 October 1926) but failed to submit it by the deadline. The Blake introduction used in its place was originally written as an article for the British periodicalJohnO’London’sWeekly(8 March 1924, pp. 809–10) and never copyrighted in the United States. Cerf took Blake’s article, probably at the last moment, revised the opening paragraph, added a reference to the ML edition, and forwarded it to the printer. The origin of the introduction was not acknowledged and Blake received no payment for its use. When Blake learned that the ML had used his work he wrote a letter of protest toSaturday Review of Literature(“A Writer’s Grievance,”SRL, 10 September 1927, p. 110).",
            "Cerf and Klopfer did everything they could to popularizeThe House with the Green Shutters, including distributing a portion of the first printing at the American Booksellers’ Convention in May 1927, but it failed to attract a wide audience. The first Modern Library printing of 8,000 copies was larger than average. Cerf and Klopfer ordered a second printing of 1,000 copies in April 1930, apparently still hoping that it might catch on, then admitted defeat and discontinued the book at the end of the year."
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        },
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          "NUMBER": "140",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LAFCADIO HEARN",
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            "TITLE": "SOME CHINESE GHOSTS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1938",
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            "[within double rules] SOME CHINESE | GHOSTS | [rule] | BY | LAFCADIO HEARN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | MANUEL KOMROFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], i–ix [x], [7–13] 14–203 [204–206].  [1–6]16[7]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1887, by | ROBERTS BROTHERS | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [5] dedication; [6] Chinese ideogram; i–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: MANUEL KOMROFF | New York, |March,1927.; [x] blank; [7–8]PREFACEsigned p. [8]: L. H. | New Orleans, March 15, 1886.; [9]CONTENTS; [10] line drawing of face; [11] part title: The Soul of the Great Bell; [12] epigraph signed: Hao-Khieou-Tchouan: c. ix.; [13]–174 text; [175] part title: Notes; [176] blank; [177]–183 NOTES; [184] blank; [185] part title: Glossary; [186] Chinese ideogram; [187]–203 GLOSSARY; [204–206] blank.Note:The part title “Notes” on p. 175 is printed from badly worn type.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 140. Contents as 140 except: [4]Firststatement omitted; [175] part title: NOTES  (Balloon cloth binding withfall 1930 jacket)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Lafcadio Hearn was one of the very few white men who ever entered with real sympathy into the viewpoint of the East. As much as it was possible for an alien to do, he lived the actual daily life of an Oriental. His writing about the East has, in consequence, a peculiarly authoritative note.",
            "“In preparing this volume”, he writes, “I sought especially to incorporate in it some of the weird beauty of the Chinese legend. . . . The humble traveler enters wonderingly into the vast and mysterious pleasure-grounds of Chinese fancy, and culls a few of the marvellous flowers there growing—a self-luminous hwa-wang, a black lily, a phosphoric rose or two—as souvenirs of his curious voyage”. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Nowhere is Lafcadio Hearn’s love for the mystical and his intimacy with the weird and unseen so vividly realized as in this volume of Chinese tales of the supernatural. These legendary stories haunt the reader as much for their fragrant prose as for their subtle and pervasive power. The unreal takes on reality and the magical becomes plain by the wizardry of the Greek-Irish writer who found his spiritual home and last resting-place in the Orient. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by Roberts Brothers, 1887. New bibliographical edition published by Little, Brown & Co., 1906. Little, Brown edition paginated [i–vii] viii [ix–x] [11–13] 14–203 [204].  ML edition (pp. [5–6], [7]–203) printed from Little, Brown plates with page numeral “viii” removed from second page of Hearn’s preface. Published May 1927.WR28 May 1927. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1939.",
            "The ML paid Little, Brown royalties of 7 cents a copy. Initial sales were good and a second printing of 3,000 copies was made in December 1927. The third and fourth printings for 1,000 copies each were completed in December 1930 and November 1931.",
            "Some Chinese Ghostssold 1,119 copies during the six-month period January–June 1928, placing it ninety-ninth out of 147 ML titles.",
            "There was a final printing of jacket B in spring 1939 after the ML editionwas discontinued. Most of the spring 1939 jackets are stamped “DISCONTINUED TITLE” and were used on copies sold as remainders."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "141",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "REMY DE GOURMONT",
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            "TITLE": "A VIRGIN HEART",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1932",
            "ML_NUMBER": 131
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "141.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] A VIRGIN HEART | [rule] | BY | REMY DE GOURMONT | [rule] | AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY | ALDOUS HUXLEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–8] 9–236 [237–240].  [1–7]16[8]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1925,by| ADELPHI COMPANY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [5]Prefacesigned: R. G.; [6] blank; [7] fly title; [8] blank; 9–236 text; [237–240] ML list. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "REMY DE GOURMONT’S somewhat cerebral passions have ample scope in the suave story of the courtship of a presumably innocent young girl by a sophisticated middle-aged man, incorporated in “A Virgin Heart.” Contrary to the accepted notion and to the ideas of the amorous M. Hervart, the modest, gentle, unassuming Rose is surprised at nothing, except the tepidity and reserve of her lover. Abstraction, insinuation and particularity are inextricably commingled in M. de Gourmont’s limpid and flexibly articulated prose.",
            "Aldous Huxley, undertaking the translation of the novel, conserved the flavor of the original and unobtrusively contributed to it the authentic energy of the English idiom. The result is a fresh product, almost a recreation of the French original, and may be considered almost as much a Huxley item as a De Gourmont.",
            "(Remy de Gourmont’s “A Night in the Luxembourg” is volume Number 120 in the Modern Library)  (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "Huxley translation originally published by Nicholas L. Brown, 1921. New edition published by the Adelphi Co., 1925, shortly before its acquisition by Greenberg: Publisher; subsequently published by Greenberg. ML edition (pp. [5]–236) printed from Adelphi/Greenberg plates. Published June 1927.WR16 July 1927. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1933.",
            "Edmund Wilson described Gourmont as “the most distinguished critical champion of the [Symbolist] movement” (Axel’s Castle, p. 22).",
            "Huxley’s translation ofA Virgin Heartappeared in the U.S. five years before Allen & Unwin published it in Britain.",
            "The ML paid Greenberg royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 5,000 copies and 4 cents a copy thereafter. Cerf asked Huxley, who translatedA Virgin Heart, to write an introduction to the ML edition. Huxley declined on the grounds that he was very busy and would have to refresh his memory ofAVirgin Heartand Gourmont’s other books (Huxley to Cerf, 29 March 1927). The ML edition was published without an introduction.",
            "Greenberg wanted to remainder 700 copies of its edition less than a year after the ML edition was published. Cerf asked Greenberg to refrain, noting that a remainder sale “would have a disastrous effect upon our Modern Library edition of this book, and would not be living up to the spirit of the agreement that you made with us. . . . Our sale of this title has been none too spectacular” (Cerf to R. I. Warshow, Greenberg, 21 October 1927).",
            "There were four subsequent printings of 1,000 copies each between November 1928 and December 1931. AfterA Virgin Heartwas discontinued, Cerf described it as “a complete failure in the Modern Library” (Cerf to Warshow, 24 May 1933). Ten thousand copies were sold, most of them when it was new in the series (Cerf to Warshow, 19 June 1933).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Gourmont,Night in the Luxembourg(1926–1932)  125"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "142",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "OLIVE SCHREINER",
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            "TITLE": "THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1942",
            "ML_NUMBER": 132
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "142a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE STORY OF AN | AFRICAN FARM | [rule] | BY | OLIVE SCHREINER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–6] 7–14, [vii] viii–ix [x], [1–3] 4–5 [6], [15–17] 18–375 [376–378].  [1–11]16[12]16(16+1.2)",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A5; [3] title; [4]Introduction Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [5] dedication; [6] blank; 7–14 INTRODUCTION signed p. 14: Francis Brett Young. |Anacapri:1926.; [vii]–ix AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION dated p. ix: June, 1883.; [x] blank; [1] GLOSSARY.; [2] epigraph signed: Alexis de Tocqueville.; [3]–5 CONTENTS.; [6] blank; [15] fly title; [16] blank; [17]–375 text; [376–378] ML list. (Spring 1927)",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 142a except: [376–382].  [1–12]16[13]4.  Contents as 142a except: [2] pub. note A6; [376] blank; [377–382] ML list. (Spring 1934)",
            "Variant B:Pp. Pagination and collation as variant A except: [1–7] 8–14 . . . . Contents as 142a except: [7]–14 INTRODUCTION; [376] blank; [377–381] ML list; [382] blank. (Spring 1938)Note:Page numeral “7” removed from plates.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Olive Schreiner finished “The Story of An African Farm” in 1879. Like many other good books, it was promptly rejected times without number, but was accepted finally by the London house of Chapman and Hall, on the advice of their reader, George Meredith.",
            "The book was an immediate success. It is difficult to imagine that a work so singular in atmosphere, so potent in its passion, should ever have been anything else. To this day, it ranks as the great epic of a South Africa that has ceased to exist—a civilization that heard its sentence of death when gold was discovered on the Ridge of the White Waters. (Spring1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The great epic of a South Africa that has ceased to exist.” (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "To George Meredith, then a publisher’s reader, belongs the credit for having saved from oblivion a manuscript that has become the spiritual expression of South Africa. Upon its publication in 1879,The Story of an African Farmwon world-wide acclaim for its author as a writer of genius. The burning passion that illuminates its pages gives conviction to a story unique in the annals of literature. Olive Schreiner was a child of the South Africa that has ceased to exist; her book is its crowning monument and memorial. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Roberts Brothers, 1888, and from 1898 by Little, Brown & Co. ML edition (pp. [5], [vii]–ix, [1]–5, [15]–375) printed from Roberts Brothers/Little, Brown plates with the reset dedication, repaginated preliminaries, and the added fly title of the 1924 Little, Brown printing. Young’s introduction replaced the introduction by S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner on pp. 7–14 of the 1924 Little, Brown printing. Publication announced for July 1927.WR20 August 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1942.",
            "Young received the ML’s standard $50 fee for writing the introduction.",
            "142b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE STORY | OF AN | AFRICAN | FARM | BY | OLIVE SCHREINER | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 142a variant B.",
            "Contents as 142a variant except: [2] blank; [4] INTRODUCTION, COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Spring 1941)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in moderate blue (182) and brown on cream paper with title and additional lettering in reverse on curved brown panel at right; author, series and torchbearer in reverse against moderate blue background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 142a jacket B. (1940).",
            "JacketB:As jacket A in moderate blue (182) and dark gray (266) on cream paper with curved dark gray panel at right; otherwise as jacket A. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "143",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "AMBROSE BIERCE",
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            "TITLE": "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1957",
            "ML_NUMBER": 133
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "143a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] IN THE MIDST | OF LIFE | TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS | [rule] | BY | AMBROSE BIERCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | GEORGE STERLING | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], i–xvi, [13–15] 16–403 [404].  [1–13]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1909,By| A. AND C. BONI, INC. | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1927,By| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition|August, 1927; [5] PREFACE | TO THE FIRST EDITION signed: A. B. | San Francisco, Sept. 4, 1891.; [6] blank; [7–8] CONTENTS; i–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: George Sterling. |San Francisco, October,1926.; [13] part title: SOLDIERS; [14] blank; [15]–403 text; [404] blank.",
            "Contents:Soldiers. A Horseman in the Sky – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – Chickamauga – A Son of the Gods – One of the Missing – Killed at Resaca – The Affair at Coulter’s Notch – The Coup de Grâce – Parker Adderson, Philosopher – An Affair of Outposts – The Story of a Conscience – One Kind of Officer – One Officer, One Man – George Thurston – The Mocking–Bird. Civilians. The Man Out of the Nose – An Adventure at Brownville – The Famous Gilson Bequest – The Applicant – A Watcher by the Dead – The Man and the Snake – A Holy Terror – The Suitable Surroundings – The Boarded Window – A Lady from Red Horse – The Eyes of the Panther.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“The question that starts to the lips of ninety-nine readers out of a hundred, even the best informed, will assuredly be: ‘Who is Ambrose Bierce?’ You may wander for years through literary circles and never meet anybody who has heard of him; and then you may hear some erudite student whisper in an awed voice: ‘Ambrose Bierce is the greatest modern prose writer!’” —Arnold Bennett",
            "“Bierce was the first writer of fiction to treat war realistically. He antedated even Zola. . . . So far in this life, I have encountered no more thoroughgoing cynic than Bierce. Out of the spectacle of life about him he got an unflagging and Gargantuan joy”.  —H. L. Mencken.",
            "George Sterling, lifelong friend of Ambrose Bierce, wrote the introduction for this volume two weeks before his tragic death. It was the last writing from his pen. (Spring 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "More and more the fame of Ambrose Bierce grows, not so much from his fantastic life and mysterious death, but from his haunting and unforgettable tales. His art is candidly inhuman, yet the clarity and perfection of his style and his dramatic fervor give these “terror tales” a secure place among the classic short stories of literature. The first two stories in this volume— “A Horseman in the Sky” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”—are generally considered Bierce’s best. (Fall 1935)",
            "Originally published asTales of Soldiers and Civiliansby E. L. G. Steele, 1891. New edition with a revised selection of stories published asIn the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civiliansby Neale Publishing Co., 1909 (The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, vol. 2); reprinted as a separate volume by Boni & Liveright, 1918, and Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. ML edition (pp. [5–8], [13]–403) printed from Neale/B&L/Boni plates. Publication announced for August 1927.WR5 November 1927. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1957.",
            "William Chislett, Jr., of Albright College in Pennsylvania corresponded with the ML in 1926 about an anthology of Bierce’s writings that he had prepared, but he was unable to secure the necessary copyright permissions (RH box 72, Chislett folder).",
            "143b.  Titlepage reset (1940)",
            "IN THE | MIDST | OF LIFE |Tales of|Soldiers and Civilians| BY | AMBROSE BIERCE |Introduction by| GEORGE STERLING | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 143a.",
            "Contents as 143a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT 1909, BY A. AND C. BONI, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering in reverse on dark blue panel tilted from right; background in dark reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 143a jacket B. (Spring 1940)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "144",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE MEREDITH",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 134
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "144a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE ORDEAL OF | RICHARD FEVEREL | [rule] | BY | GEORGE MEREDITH | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–592.  [1–18]16[19]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1927, by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition|September, 1927; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; 1–592 text.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–592 [593–600].  [1–19]16.  Contents as 144a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [593–597] ML list; [598–600] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "RICHARD FEVEREL is the first, as it is doubtless the favorite, of the astonishing succession of novels which placed Meredith among the demigods of English literature. Its essential theme is the question of a boy’s education, and the abortive attempt of a proud and opinionated father, hide-bound by theory and precept, to bring up his son through a system which controls all his early circumstances and represses many of the natural and wholesome impulses of adolescence.",
            "The Modern Library reprints RICHARD FEVEREL from the first edition of the book, retaining all the passages written in the full glow and vigor of his prime, that Meredith excised in some of the later editions of the book. (Fall 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial in moderate yellow green (120) and black on cream paper depicting a young man earnestly clasping the hand of a young woman standing by a garden turnstile.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Enthusiasts for the novels of George Meredith stand firm in their preference forThe Ordeal of RichardFeverel. Unanimously they agree that this study of adolescence is more than a penetrating psychological document; it is a vivid and absorbing dramatization of the conflict between two generations, made memorable by a glowing passion. After the first edition ofThe Ordeal of RichardFeverel, several passages, essential to its full appreciation, were deleted. These have been entirely restored in the Modern Library version. (Spring 1935)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for September 1927.WR5 November 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The note about the text printed as the second paragraph of jacket A also appears on p. [iv] of all printings of 144a.",
            "144b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE ORDEAL | OF | RICHARD | FEVEREL | BY | GEORGE MEREDITH | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–592 [593–600].  [1–18]16[19–20]8",
            "Contents as 144a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [593–597] ML list; [598–599] ML Giants list; [600] blank. (Spring 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark blue background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 144a jacket C. (Spring 1940)",
            "144c.  Stevenson introduction added (1950)",
            "THE ORDEAL | OF | RICHARD FEVEREL |A History of Father and Son|ByGeorge Meredith |Introduction by| Lionel Stevenson |Professor of English and|Chairman, Department of English|University of Southern California| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [2], 1–592 [593–594].  [1–18]16[19]8[20]16",
            "Contents as 144a except: [ii] blank; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; ix–xxvi INTRODUCTION | by Lionel Stevenson; xxvii–xxviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [593–594] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 144b.(Spring 1940)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "Devoted readers of the novels of George Meredith insist upon their preference forThe Ordeal of RichardFeverel. Its appeal is ageless because it is a tale of adolescence and young love overcoming the prejudices and obstructions of an older generation; it is a psychological study as well as an idyll of youth. Written a century ago, this romantic story of thwarted and triumphant love still retains the glow of the best of the novels of this genre of its period. After the first edition ofThe Ordeal of RichardFeverel, several passages, essential to its full appreciation, were deleted in subsequent printings. These have been entirely restored in the Modern Library volume. (Spring 1956)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Stevenson received $150 for the introduction (Stein to Stevenson, 25 January 1950).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Meredith,Diana of the Crossways(1917–1956)  14",
            "Meredith,The Egoist(1947–1970)  401",
            "THOMAS HARDY.  JUDE THE OBSCURE.  1927–1990.  (ML 135)",
            "145.1a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] JUDE THE OBSCURE | [rule] | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], [1–3] 4–488 [489–494].  [1–15]16[16]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A5; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1895, by| HARPER & BROTHERS |Copyright, 1923, by| THOMAS HARDY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [5–6] PREFACE signed p. [6]: T. H. |August, 1895.; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; [9] fly title; [10] epigraph from Esdras; [1] part title: Part I | AT MARYGREEN; [2] blank; [3]–488 text; [489–492] ML list; [493–494] blank. (Spring 1927)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 145.1a. Contents as 145.1a except: [2] pub. note A6; [4] copyright andFirststatements omitted. (Fall 1928).Note:The epigraph is shifted from the verso of the fly title to the verso of the part title (p. [2]) by fall 1930.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Thomas Hardy’s conviction that men and women “are but helpless puppets in the hands of mischievous fate” is carried to its most relentless conclusion in “Jude the Obscure”. Such a storm arose after its publication in 1895 that Hardy swore he would never write another novel.",
            "“Jude” is not for the reader who is approaching Hardy for the first time. But to the genuine lover of his writing, it occupies a place all its own, and the pathetic figure of little “Father Time” stands out as one of his most unforgettable creations.",
            "(Hardy’s “The Mayor of Casterbridge” is Volume No. 17 in the Modern Library, and “The Return of the Native” is volume No. 121) (Fall 1928)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The last colossus among the Victorians brooded upon humanity’s brave, pathetic struggle for existence and recorded it with a profound but suspended judgment. Obsessed as he was with the intricate and inexorable patterns woven by fate, he hewed out his monumental novels. By common consent,Jude the Obscureis his masterpiece. Since its publication in 1895, it has been accorded the world’s admiration and is acknowledged today as one of the most completely unbiased works of fiction in the English language on the complicated questions of sex and instinct. (Fall 1935)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial jacket in strong yellowish brown (74), deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with inset wood engraving in black of a town street with cottage at left, tree at right and church tower in background; lettering in black and in reverse, all (including wood engraving) against strong yellowish brown background and enclosed in triple-rule frame in deep reddish orange. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as jacket B. (Spring 1938)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harper & Brothers, 1895. ML edition (145.1, pp. [5–7], [10]–488) printed from a set of 1895 Harper plates with illustrations omitted. Publication announced for September 1927.WR5 November 1927. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1990.",
            "The ML paid Harper’s royalties of 8 cents a copy. There were six additional printings totaling 16,000 copies between 1928 and 1931; printings between 1932 and 1939 totaled 11,000 copies. The ML’s printers damaged the plate for p. 107 sometime between 1929 and 1932; the last three lines of that page are missing in one or more printings from that period. The plate was repaired after Klopfer pointed out the problem (Klopfer to Harper & Bros., 13 April 1933; A. W. Rushmore, Harper & Bros., to Klopfer, 17 April 1933).",
            "145.1b.  Title page reset (c.1941)",
            "JUDE | THE | OBSCURE | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 145.1a.",
            "Contents as 145.1a variant except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [1] part title reset: PART I | AT MARYGREEN; [489–493] ML list; [494] blank. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket:Probably enlarged version of 145.1a jacket C. (Not seen)",
            "145.2.  Text reset (1945)",
            "JUDE THE | OBSCURE |by| THOMAS HARDY | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [1–2] 3–503 [504].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY HARPER & BROTHERS | COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY THOMAS HARDY; v–vi Preface signed p. vi: T. H. |August, 1895.; viiContents; [viii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–503 text; [504] blank.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 145.1a jacket C except background in deep orange yellow (69) and wood engraving against cream background. Front flap as 145.1a jacket B. (Fall 1945)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "Generally considered Thomas Hardy’s masterpiece,Jude the Obscurehas held an honored place for six decades among the greatest modern novels in the English language. Its brooding concern with the strange and capricious turns of fate in Jude Fawley’s lifelong struggle against enormous odds in the search for happiness gives this tale of aspiration and defeat the quality of classic tragedy. (Fall 1953)",
            "145.3a.  Text reset (1967)",
            "Jude | The Obscure |by Thomas Hardy|“The letterkilleth”| Edited by Robert C. Slack | CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY | THE MODERN LIBRARY · New York [torchbearer J]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxxv [xxxvi], [1–2] 3–438 [439–444].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]16[7–8]32[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1967, by Random House, Inc.; [v] Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xxvi Introduction | [rule] | by Robert C. Slack dated p. xxvi: Pittsburgh  February, 1967; xxvii–xxix Selected Bibliography; [xxx] blank; xxxi–xxxiiPreface to the First Editiondated p. xxxii:August1895.; xxxii (cont.)–xxxvPostscriptsigned p. xxxv: T. H. |April1912.; [xxxvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–438 text; [439–440] ML Giants list; [441–444] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid red (11), deep brown (56) and black on coated white paper with author in brown script, title in red and brown decorative lettering and series in black, all against white background.",
            "Front flap incorporates first sentence of 145.2 revised text followed by:",
            "It is, in Hardy’s own words, a story “of a deadly war waged with old Apostolic desperation between flesh and spirit.” Its brooding concern with the strange and capricious turns of fate in Jude Fawley’s lifelong struggle for dignity against enormous odds gives this tale of aspiration and defeat the quality of classic tragedy.",
            "This Modern Library edition reproduces the text of the 1912 Wessex edition, which incorporated all of Hardy’s final revisions. The Introduction is by Robert C. Slack of Carnegie-Mellon University.",
            "Printed from offset plates made from a new typesetting, following the text of the second edition (1903). Published November 1967.",
            "Slack comments in the introduction about changes Hardy made between the 1895 first printing and the second edition in 1903. He states:",
            "One scene in particular had offended many readers; Mrs. Oliphant branded it “more brutal in depravity than anything which the darkest slums could bring forth.” In the second edition of the novel (1903), Hardy quietly toned down this passage, and the alterations he made remained in the definitive text finally approved by the author in 1912. The scene is the one in which Arabella first makes Jude’s acquaintance by flinging the pizzle of a pig at him (Chapter vi of Part I). In the original version the franker imagery makes unmistakably clear  the root of the attraction that Arabella has for Jude, and a modern reader may well find the original text more effective. A portion of the scene illustrates the difference:",
            "[1895]",
            "They met in the middle of the plank, and Jude held out his stick with the fragment of pig dangling therefrom, looking elsewhere the while, and faintly colouring.",
            "She, too, looked in another direction, and took the piece as though ignorant of what her hand was doing. She hung it temporarily on the rail of the bridge, and then, by a species of mutual curiosity, they both turned, and regarded it.",
            "‘You don’t think I threw it?’",
            "‘O no.’",
            "‘It belongs to father, and he med have been in a taking if had wanted it. He makes it into dubbin.’",
            ". . .",
            "They talked a little more and a little more, as they stood regarding the limp object dangling across the handrail of the bridge.",
            "[1903]",
            "They met in the middle of the plank, and Jude, tossing back her missile, seemed to expect her to explain why she had audaciously stopped him by this novel artillery instead of by hailing him.",
            "But she, slyly looking in another direction, swayed herself backwards and forwards\t on her hand as it clutched the rail of the bridge; till, moved by amatory curiosity, she turned her eyes critically upon him.",
            "‘You don’t think I would shy things at you?’",
            "‘O no.’",
            "‘We are doing this for my father, who doesn’t want anything thrown away.’",
            ". . .",
            "They talked a little more and a little more, as they stood regarding each other and leaning against the handrail of the bridge.",
            "In the revision Hardy has intentionally subdued the piece of pig’s flesh, and the scene of course is weakened. . . .  (Introduction, pp. xxi–xxii).",
            "145.3b.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 145.3a with line 6 omitted and torchbearer M instead of J.",
            "Pagination as 145.3a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 145.3a except: [iv] First Modern Library Edition, November 1967 | © Copyright 1967 by Random House, Inc.; [439–444] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial jacket on kraft paper with lettering in very dark red (17) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap slightly revised and abridged from 145.3a.",
            "Published fall 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60462-8.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hardy,Mayor of Casterbridge(1917–1971)  17",
            "Hardy,Return of the Native(1926–1970)  126",
            "Hardy,Tess of the D’Urbervilles(1932–1971; 1979–1986) 234"
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          "NUMBER": "146",
          "METADATA": {
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            "TEXT": [
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            "TITLE": "EREWHON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1932",
            "ML_NUMBER": 136
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            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxvii [xxviii], 1–308.  [1–10]16[11]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright, 1927, by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [v] PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; | [vi] blank; vii–x PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION dated p. x:June9,1872.; xi–xv PREFACE TO THE REVISED | EDITION signed p. xv: SAMUEL BUTLER. |August7, 1901.; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii CONTENTS; xix–xxvii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxvii: Lewis Mumford. | August, 1927.; [xxviii] blank; 1–308 text.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 146a except: [309–316].  [1–10]16[11]12.  Contents as 146a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] copyright andFirststatements omitted; [309–313] ML list; [314–316] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“It is not wonderful that such a man as Butler should be the author of ‘Erewhon’, a shrewd and biting satire on modern life and thought—the best of its kind since ‘Gulliver’s Travels.’ . . . To lash the age, to ridicule vain pretension, to expose hypocrisy, to deride humbug in education, politics, and religion, are tasks beyond most men’s powers; but occasionally, very occasionally, a bit of genuine satire secures for itself more than a passing nod of recognition. ‘Erewhon,’ I think, is such a satire.” (Fall 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Originally published in London, 1872, and in U.S. by E. P. Dutton & Co., 1907. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication scheduled for October 1927.WR28 January 1928. First printing: Not ascertained.ErewhonRevisitedadded 1933.",
            "Mumford received $50 for the introduction. When Cerf paid him he wrote, “You are the first author in the history of the Modern Library who delivered an introduction on time, and along with the enclosed check for $50 go our sincere and amazed thanks to you” (Cerf to Mumford, 5 April 1927).",
            "146b.ErewhonRevisedadded (1933)",
            "[within double rules] EREWHON | AND | EREWHON REVISITED | [rule] | BY | SAMUEL BUTLER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION | BY | LEWIS MUMFORD | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF – DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], [6], xix–xxvii [xxviii], [2], 1–622.  [1–20]16[21]8",
            "Contents as 146a except: [ii] pub. note D12; [iv]Copyright,1927,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |New Edition, 1933; [1–6] CONTENTS; [1] part title: EREWHON, OR | OVER THE RANGE; [2] blank; 1–308 text; [309] part title: EREWHON REVISITED; [310] blank; 311–313 AUTHOR’S PREFACE | TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION signed p. 313: SAMUEL BUTLER. |May1, 1901; [314] blank; 315–622 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate bluish green (164) and black on cream paper depicting a helmeted face with left half in black with feminine features and dove and olive branch on helmet and right half in moderate bluish green with male features contorted in anger and lightning bolts and snake on helmet; lettering in black except EREWHON in cream outlined in black, borders in moderate bluish green, all against cream background. (Spring 1933)",
            "Front flap:",
            "ErewhonandErewhonRevisited, considered by many the most important works of their kind produced in the nineteenth century, won a place for their author as one of the great satirists of all time. Samuel Butler has been ranked in the glittering company of Voltaire and Swift, and, like his literary predecessors, he spared neither church nor state, literature or science from the attacks of his sharp wit and ironic commentaries. Underneath his irrepressible, malicious laughter however, he waged a serious war with bigotry, sham and stupidity. (Spring 1936)",
            "ErewhonRevisitedoriginally published in London, 1901, and in U.S. by E. P. Dutton & Co., 1910.ErewhonandErewhonRevisitedfirst published together in Everyman’s Library, 1932. ML edition printed from existing 146a plates (Erewhon) together with plates made from a new typesetting (ErewhonRevisited). Published spring 1933.WR15 April 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The addition ofErewhonRevisitedwas part of an effort in the early 1930s to make ML books a better value in the Depression book market. In 1932 the ML combined Maupassant’sMademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories(8) andLove and Other Stories(72) into a single volume,The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant(243). Wilde’sPoems(19) andFairy Tales and Poems in Prose(58) were combined asThe Poems and Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde(242). Wilde’s two volumes of plays,Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan(76) andAn Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance(77) were combined asThe Plays of Oscar Wilde(241).",
            "146c.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "EREWHON | AND | EREWHON REVISITED | BY | SAMUEL BUTLER | INTRODUCTION BY | LEWIS MUMFORD | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 146b.",
            "Contents as 146b except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 145b.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]8[11]32[12]16.  Contents as 146c except: [iv] line added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1955, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong purplish blue (196) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid strong purplish blue background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 146b. (Spring 1941)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Butler,Way of All Flesh(1917–1970)  13"
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          "NUMBER": "147",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BERTRAND RUSSELL",
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            "TITLE": "SELECTED PAPERS OF BERTRAND RUSSELL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 137
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            "147a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] SELECTED PAPERS OF | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [rule] | SELECTED AND WITH A | SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], 1–390 [391–396].  [1–13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Edition| 1927; v–vi CONTENTS; [vii] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xix INTRODUCTION signed p. xix: Bertrand Russell. | London, | March, 1927.; [xx] blank; 1–390 text; [391–394] ML list; [395–396] blank. (Spring 1927)Note:Firststatement retained on copies with fall 1927 ML list and omitted from copies with spring 1928 list.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 147a. Contents as 147a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] copyright andFirststatements omitted; [391–395] ML list; [396] ML Giants list. (Spring 1936)",
            "Contents:A Free Man’s Worship – Mysticism and Logic – The State – Education – Science and Art under Socialism – The World As It Could Be Made – The Aims of Education – Questions – Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted – The Chinese Character – Causes of the Present Chaos – Moral Standards and Social Well-Being – Deciding Forces in Politics – Touch and Sight: The Earth and the Heavens – Current Tendencies – Words and Meaning – Definition of Number.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2a.",
            "Text on front:",
            "The contents of this volume were chosen by Bertrand Russell himself, and he prefaces them with a new introduction written especially for The Modern Library. Included are his two famous essays, “A Free Man’s Worship” and “Mysticism and Logic”, printed in full; significant chapters from “Education and the Good Life”; “Proposed Roads to Freedom”; Why Men Fight” [sicomission of quotation mark before title]; “The A B C of Relativity”, and much other material. (Fall 1927)",
            "Jacket B: Uniform typographic jacket B2b. Text on front as B2a except quotation mark added before “Why Men Fight”; last line has four words.",
            "JacketC:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Upon the completion of hisPrincipia Mathematica, in collaboration with Dr. Whitehead, Bertrand Russell reached the conclusion that little could be achieved by writings addressed exclusively to specialists. Abstract pursuits gave way to a quest for a better way of life, where co-operation, not competition, is the road to happiness. These essays reveal the quintessence of Bertrand Russell’s enlightened philosophy. They are for readers who are conscious of the social and political problems of our age and who seek solutions under the guidance of science and a humane philosophy. (Spring 1936)",
            "Original ML collection. Published October 1927.WR22 October 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Shortly after publication ofThe Philosophy of William James(119) Cerf invited Horace M. Kallen to edit a similar volume devoted to Bertrand Russell (Cerf to Kallen, 23 December 1925). Kallen appears to have declined, and Manuel Komroff took on the role of editorial midwife to the collection. Russell, in return for a full royalty, was supposed to select the contents and secure permissions from the original publishers. He seems to have had little interest in the project beyond writing the introduction, however, and Komroff ended up doing most of the editorial work. When the introduction arrivedCerf wrote Komroff:",
            "There seems to be a slight misunderstanding in the Bertrand Russell matter. He evidently believes that when he submitted his introduction to us, and vaguely O.K.’d the list of suggestions you sent him last Spring, his work would be entirely finished. I have just written him, however, that we want a very definite list from him as to what selections should be included in the volume. . . . He knows so much better than we do what really significant passages in his works are!” (Cerf to Komroff, 25 August 1926)",
            "Komroff replied with some exasperation that Russell “is all wet.” He went on:",
            "I took the trouble to make a catalogue of his popular books and mark to [sic] essays that were my favorites and in my mind had endured. The whole sceme [sic] was my idea in the first place and it would have been a simple matter for me to have put together a nice little volume of Russell’s Writings. But I figured it out; and there is so much work in the world that one can do that I thought if anything could be made on it the money should go to the author. But the dam [sic] hog never wrote me a line to even acknowledge the long list I had made out . . . (Komroff to Cerf, 15 September 1926).",
            "147b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "SELECTED | PAPERS OF | BERTRAND | RUSSELL | SELECTED AND WITH A | SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 147a.",
            "Contents as 147a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [391–395] ML list; [396] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 147a.  [1]16[2–6]32[7–8]16.  Contents as 147b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1955, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [391–396] ML list. (Spring 1957)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in very dark green (147) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with title in reverse on very dark green panel at upper left; other lettering in dark brown. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 147a jacket B. (Spring 1946) Flap text reset with “Dr. Alfred North Whitehead” in place of “Dr. Whitehead”. (Spring 1953)",
            "JacketB:As jacket A except in orange and moderate purplish red (258) on coated white paper. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (Fall 1963)"
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        {
          "NUMBER": "148",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDGAR SALTUS",
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            "TITLE": "THE IMPERIAL ORGY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1932",
            "ML_NUMBER": 139
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            "[within double rules] THE IMPERIAL ORGY | [rule] | BY | EDGAR SALTUS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | BEN RAY REDMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], vii [viii], [2], 1–237 [238].  [1–8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1920,byEDGAR SALTUS | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1927,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; v–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: Ben Ray Redman |Ogunquit,Maine, |August18, 1927.; [xii] epigraph from Swinburne; [xiii] dedication; [xiv] blank; vii table of contents headed:THE IMPERIAL ORGY;[viii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–237 text; [238] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "The story of the Russian Czars is one long carnival of cruelty and lust, of a great, overgrown, thoroughly rotten Oriental despotism gradually but certainly tottering to its fall. A whole dynasty plays its part in this book—Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, the Empress Catherine, and finally, Nicholas the Terrified. The Imperial Orgy is in effect a moving picture history of Russia with the Czars as the principle actors.",
            "This is the first Edgar Saltus title in the Modern Library. (Fall 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1920. ML edition (pp. [xii]–237) printed from B&L plates with illustrations omitted. Publication announced for November 1927.WR7 January 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1932.",
            "Redman received $50 for the introduction. There was a second printing of 1,000 copies in March 1930.The Imperial Orgywas listed in 1931 as one of the ML’s worst-selling titles (“Notes on the Modern Library,” RH box 117, Publicity folder)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "149",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ERNEST RENAN",
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            "TITLE": "THE LIFE OF JESUS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1927–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 140
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            "149a.  First printing (1927)",
            "[within double rules] THE LIFE OF JESUS | [rule] | BY | ERNEST RENAN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN HAYNES HOLMES | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], vii–ix [x], 15–393 [394].  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Introduction Copyright, 1927, by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1927; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] PREFACE [by the translator] dated:December8, 1863.; [8] blank; vii–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; 15–23 INTRODUCTION signed p. 23: John Haynes Holmes. | New York, May, 1927; [24] blank; 25–65 AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION, | In Which the Sources of This History Are Principally Treated; [66] blank; 67–393 text; [394] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket B1.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Ernest Renan’s whole education formed a preparation for his task of chronicling the beginnings of Christianity; all his studies were subsidiary to the historical treatment of what, in his view, was the most significant cycle of events in history.The Life of Jesuswas finally written in 1863 in Palestine, in the very midst of the scenes in which the tragic story it relates had taken place. The storm that broke when the book was published has never subsided, of course, and to orthodox Catholics it is still a creation of the devil. Their outcry that no one who did not admit the divinity of Jesus was qualified to write about him found expressions in diatribes singularly comparable to the current expressions of our Fundamentalist friends. John Haynes Holmes’ introduction appears exclusively in the Modern Library edition of this book. (Fall 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Even more a work of art than a history, Ernest Renan’sLife of Jesuswas the first biography of the Nazarene in the modern historical and literary sense, and it is still the best. The unprecedented sensation created when the book was published in 1863 has not yet subsided. Its most vehement antagonists and its most ardent admirers are in complete accord on the immense fund of learning and the consummate artistry with which Ernest Renan re-created the humble life of Christ and the beginnings of the Christian era. (Spring 1937)",
            "The ML used the translation by William G. Hutchinson, which was originally published in the U.S. by A. L. Burt Co. around 1898. ML edition (pp. [5–7], vii–ix, 25–393) printed from Burt plates with Hutchinson’s biographical sketch of Renan omitted, heading of p. [5] reset, and table of contents revised to include Holmes’s introduction. Published December 1927.WR7 January 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "Two other English translations were available besides Hutchinson’s.The Life of Jesuswas originally published in the U.S. by G. W. Carleton, 1874, in a translation by Charles Edwin Wilbour. A revised translation by the Biblical scholar Joseph Henry Allen, which was based on the 23rd French edition and made use of the Wilbour and Hutchinson translations, was published by Roberts Brothers in 1896 and subsequently by Little, Brown. The ML chose the less authoritative Hutchinson translation on economic grounds. The Allen translation was copyrighted and would have required royalty payments. The Wilbour translation was in the public domain, but the Roberts Brothers/Little, Brown plates were too large for the ML’s format. By buying a duplicate set of plates of the Hutchinson translation from the A. L. Burt Co. the ML was able to avoid paying royalties and the cost of resetting the text.",
            "Klopfer noted in 1943 that “some of our plates are pretty bad. . . . The Renan, for instance . . . shouldn’t be used for anything anymore” (Klopfer to Cerf, 4 July 1943, Bennett Cerf Papers, Columbia University Library; published in Cerf and Klopfer,Dear Donald, Dear Bennett, p. 87, with Renan transcribed from Klopfer’s difficult handwriting as “Renoir”). The bad plates continued to be used into the 1960s.",
            "Holmes, minister of the Community Church in New York City, received $50 for the introduction.",
            "149b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [8-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | LIFE | OF | JESUS | BY | ERNEST RENAN | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN HAYNES HOLMES | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], vii–ix [x], 15–393 [394–402].  [1–12]16[13]8",
            "Contents as 149b except: [2] blank; [4] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [395–399] ML list; [400–401] ML Giants list; [402]",
            "blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 149b.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]8[7]32[8]16.  Contents as 149b except: [4] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1927, 1955, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [394–401] ML list; [402] blank. (Fall 1966)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial jacket in grayish reddish brown (46) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset dark blue panel; background in grayish reddish brown with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 149a jacket B. (Fall 1941) Flap text reset with minor revisions. (Spring 1957)"
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        "PARAGRAPH": "Most new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type, Lucian Bernhard’s torchbearer A2, (some Fall titles had B or A3) and the last line of the title page as PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK, all within a double-rule frame. Reprints of earlier titles continued to use their original ML, Inc. title pages."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Imitation leather in dark green, brown, or dark blue with spine lettering in gold and the Bernhard torchbearer in gold on the front cover."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Spring 1928 titles were the last published in uniform typographic jacket B2. A redesigned typographic jacket was introduced in September and modified in October. In addition to uniform typographic jackets, a limited number of titles were also available in pictorial jackets. The option of pictorial jackets may have been inspired by the 1928 Christmas Gift Box, which featured pictorial jackets printed in spring 1928. Pictorial jackets are rare; the number of titles available with pictorial jackets as well as uniform typographic jackets is unknown. Two examples are reproduced in the illustrations.",
          "Uniform typographic jacket C, which was completely redesigned except for the torchbearer on the spine and the horizontal bands near the top and foot, was introduced in September 1928 and used on only two titles, Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel (162) and France, Revolt of the Angels (163). Both jackets were printed on pale yellow paper;       series THE MODERN LIBRARY appeared in the lower. The paragraph of descriptive text that had been used on the front panel of ML jackets since 1917 was dropped completely. In its place was the title in large capitals that could be read easily from a distance of five or six feet, a torchbearer that was nearly twice the size of the torchbearer on uniform typographic jacket B2, and brief descriptive text in smaller type. The jacket for The Revolt of the Angels stated, “One of the five of Anatole France’s greatest books available in this edition”; that of Gargantua and Pantagruel stated, “Intelligently condensed into one volume by prof. donald douglas of Columbia University.” The colored rules did not make the books stand out on bookstore shelves, and uniform jacket C was replaced the following month by uniform typographic jacket D.",
          "Uniform typographic jacket D, introduced with the two October titles, Symonds, Life of Michaelangelo Buonnaroti (164) and The Philosophy of Schopenhauer (165), was a significant improvement. The new jackets differed from uniform typographic jacket C in two respects. The colored rules near the top and foot were extended to the upper and lower edges of the jacket, creating colored borders 7/16 inch wide which extended over the front and back panels, backstrip, and jacket flaps. And the jackets were printed in different color combinations. The borders were printed in deep reddish orange, moderate blue, or moderate yellowish green; the paper stock was light greenish blue, brilliant yellow, or pale yellow. Most booksellers displayed Modern Library books together. The vivid and varied colors of the jacket borders and paper stock significantly increased the visual appeal of groups of ML books displayed in book and department stores.",
          "The Modern Library printed new uniform jackets for the entire series, not just for newly published titles. First printings of Gargantua and Pantagruel and Revolt of the Angels, originally published in uniform typographic jacket C, are also found in uniform typographic jacket D.",
          "The text on the back panel of uniform typographic jackets C and D was also revised.",
          "The upper band which indicates the author on the front panel and spine, contains the following statement on the back panel:",
          "the modern library",
          "Books that have something to say",
          "to the Modern Mind",
          "The area between the upper and lower bands states:",
          "How manymodern librarybooks",
          "haveyou read?",
          "A complete list of the 150 books in The Modern Library series will be found on the inside of the jacket. They are representative works by modern authors of the first rank, supplemented by a group of books that, although they were written centuries ago, are stillmodernin the full sense of the word. How many of these books have you read? How many are in your library? Handsome, durable, and inexpensive Modern Library editions enable them to be secured at a fraction of their usual cost. Jot down the numbers of volumes you desire on the coupon below. Give it to your bookseller. If there is no bookseller near you, the publisher will supply you.",
          "Like uniform jacket B2, a complete list of Modern Library titles is printed inside uniform typographic jackets C and D."
        ]
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating key",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Dumas,Three MusketeersxApuleius,Golden Ass. (Fall) Apuleius,Golden AssxDostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf expressed interest in several titles published by Doubleday, Doran, including works by Joseph Conrad (Victory,Lord Jim,Youth,Chance, orNigger of the Narcissus), Aldous Huxley (Chrome YelloworAntic Hay), W. Somerset Maugham (Of Human Bondage,The Moon and Sixpence, orThe Trembling of a Leaf), William McFee (CaptainMacedoine’sDaughter,Command, orCasuals of the Sea), and Horace Walpole (Fortitude). He offered the ML’s highest royalty—12 cents a copy—on any of these books (Cerf to Russell Doubleday, 25 April 1928), but Doubleday, Doran was not receptive. The Modern Library was able to include seven of these titles—Victory,Lord Jim,Antic Hay,Of Human Bondage,Moon and Sixpence,Casuals of the Sea, andFortitude—in the early 1930s as a result of its purchase of the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary. (See the introductory matter for 1930 for more information on the Sun Dial Library purchase.)",
          "Another author Cerf wanted in the ML was Ernest Hemingway. He told Hemingway, “We are very anxious indeed to add a book of yours to our Modern Library series” (Cerf to Hemingway, 29 October 1928). The ML was able to secure reprint rights toThe Sun Also RisesandA Farewell to Armsin the early 1930s;The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingwaywas added to ML Giants in 1942.",
          "When Cerf told Sinclair Lewis that he wanted one if his books in the series, Lewis replied that the decision was up to Harcourt, Brace (Lewis to Cerf, 1928). The ML was able to addArrowsmithin 1933 and three additional titles by Lewis in the 1940s and 1950s.",
          "Bernice Baumgarten of the literary agency Brandt & Brandt suggested a ML edition of John Dos Passos,Three Soldiers, which had never appeared in a reprint edition (Baumgarten to Cerf, 6 March 1928). Cerf, who had previously declined to reprint Dos Passos’sManhattan Transfer, replied, “We will not be interested in doing John Dos Passos’ ‘Three Soldiers’ in the Modern Library. I know the book well, and though I think it is an excellent piece of work, I do not feel that Dos Passos quite rates the Modern Library” (Cerf to Baumgarten, 7 March 1928). Cerf later changed his mind. Three books by Dos Passos were published in the ML in the 1930s:Three Soldiers(1932: 248),The42nd Parallel(1937: 307), andU.S.A.(1939: G42).",
          "Cerf offered Harcourt, Brace an advance of $1,800 against royalties of 12 cents a copy for reprint rights to Lytton Strachey’sQueen Victoria, provided the ML could print from Harcourt plates (Cerf to Harrison Smith, 21 April 1928). Harcourt, Brace declined on the grounds that Strachey’sElizabeth and Essex, published that year, would revive interest in the earlier work (Harrison Smith to Cerf, 11 May 1928). Strachey’sEminent Victorianswas added to the series in 1933.",
          "Cerf also wanted to include anthologies devoted to American poetry and English poetry. Conrad Aiken’sAmerican Poetry, 1671–1928: A Comprehensive Anthology(169.1), published early in 1928, was compiled for the Modern Library. Cerf sought permission to reprint John Drinkwater’sAnthology of English Verse(Houghton Mifflin, 1924), but the publisher rejected the offer (Curtis Brown to Cerf, 13 July 1928).",
          "Klopfer offered a $4,000 advance against a royalty of 12 cents a copy for James Stephens’sCrock of Gold(Klopfer to H. C. Latham, Macmillan, 27 November 1928). Despite subsequent offers, the book never appeared in the ML. Appleton declined Cerf’s offer of a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for Stephen Crane’sRed Badge of Courage(Cerf to John W. Hiltman, Appleton & Co., 12 December 1928). The ML finally secured reprint rights to Crane’s novel fourteen years later.",
          "E. Clark Stillman suggested a volume of Heinrich Heine’s poems for the ML and offered to do the translations (Stillman to ML, 15 June 1928). A reader suggested a volume of poetry by Alfred Noyes. Cerf replied to the latter suggestion, “. . . the idea is a mighty good one, and we shall investigate it at once” (Cerf to Mrs. R. G. Pattern, 29 October 1928). Nothing came of either suggestion."
        ]
      },
      "CHRISTMAS_GIFT_BOX": {
        "HEAD": "Christmas gift box",
        "PARAGRAPH": "For the 1928 Christmas season the ML offered a boxed set titledThree Renaissance Romancesconsisting of three titles—Cellini,Autobiography(1927: 132), Merejkowski,Romance of Leonardo da Vinci(1928: 154), and Symonds,Life of MichelangeloBuonarroti(1928: 164) in distinctive bindings and jackets. The bindings were brightly colored Keratol, a treated book cloth stamped in a geometric pattern, with the same gold stamping as other volumes of the period. The Cellini binding was light greenish blue (172), Merejkowski was vivid orange (48), Symonds was light yellowish green (135). Each jacket had an inset illustration printed in black on colored paper; the jackets are described in the entries for each title. Volumes in Keratol bindings have spring 1928 jackets and fall 1928 lists at the end of the volumes, except for Cellini which has no list. The retail price of each set was $2.85. Orders came mainly from department stores. Cerf noted after the Christmas season that the boxed set had proved so popular that it would be carried in stock regularly (Cerf to Desmond FitzGerald, 13 February 1929). This does not appear to have been done, but theThree Renaissance Romancesgift box was offered again during the 1929 Christmas season."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Douglas,Old Calabria(1928)  150",
          "Zola,Nana(1928)  151",
          "Tomlinson,Sea and the Jungle(1928)  152",
          "Dumas,Three Musketeers(1928)  153",
          "Merejkowski,Romance of Leonardo da Vinci(1928)  154",
          "Starrett, ed.,Fourteen Great Detective Stories(1928)  155",
          "Joyce,Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(1928)  156",
          "O’Neill,Emperor Jones; The Straw(1928)  157",
          "Sterne,TristramShandy(1928)  158",
          "Dreiser,Twelve Men(1928)  159",
          "Hauptmann,Heretic ofSoana(1928)  160"
        ]
      },
      "HEAD": "Spring",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": "150",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "NORMAN DOUGLAS",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "OLD CALABRIA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1935",
            "ML_NUMBER": 141
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "150.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] OLD CALABRIA | [rule] | BY | NORMAN DOUGLAS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–440.  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–viii INTRODUCTION signed p. viii: Norman Douglas; 1–440 text.",
            "Variant (1931 printing):Pagination and collation as 150. Contents as 150 except: [iv] copyright andFirststatements omitted.  (Seenin balloon cloth binding)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket A.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Norman Douglas’ best known travel book has never before been published in a popular edition. Its inclusion in the Modern Library exactly two years after “South Wind” was added to the series, makes available to the readers of the Library Mr. Douglas’ two most representative works. (Fall 1927)",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)Note:Seen on copies of the first printing in imitation leather binding.",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1915, using sheets of the English edition. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting, omitting the index and illustrations. Publication announced for January 1928; probably published in December 1927.WR7 January 1928. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1936.",
            "The ML arranged its edition directly with Douglas, who wrote a new introduction and received royalties of 5 cents a copy. The ML edition was the first to be printed in the U.S. Cerf offered to sell duplicate plates to the English publisher Martin Secker for use in his New Adelphi Library, but Secker decided not to includeOld Calabriain the series (Cerf to Secker, 25 July 1928; Secker to Cerf, 14 August 1928).",
            "There was a second printing of 3,057 copies in March 1931 (Woolf, p. 46).",
            "Sales during the first six months of 1928 placedOld Calabria37th out of 147 ML titles. It was listed in 1931 as one of the ML’s worst-selling titles (“Notes on the Modern Library,” RH box 117, Publicity folder). It was discontinued after returns from booksellers exceeded sales during the last part of 1935.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Douglas,South Wind(1925–1968)  114"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "151",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EMILE ZOLA",
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            "TITLE": "NANA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 142
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "151.1a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] NANA | [rule] | BY | EMILE ZOLA | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ERNEST BOYD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, 1–517 [518–524].  [1–16]16[17]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A5 without lower thin rule; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Ernest Boyd. | New York, |November,1927.; 1–517 text; [518] blank; [519–522] ML list; [523–524] blank. (Fall 1927)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“NANA”, Zola’s famous story of the theatrical underworld in Paris, is an excellent example of the virtues and faults of the acknowledged founder of the realistic school in modern fiction. “Zola”, writes Burton Rascoe, “was a boorish and heavy handed seducer who urged upon the novel a very raw and potent drink. He showed that life, even in fiction, might be stripped of the enameled exterior of cultural standards and refinements, and the substratum of animality that cannot die be portrayed in its true light.” (Fall 1927)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1928)",
            "Jacket C: Three French Romances gift box. (1929)",
            "JacketD:Pictorial in strong yellowish pink (26) and black on light pink paper with inset oval illustration of a woman with parasol and four winged cherubs; lettering in black except title in strong yellowish pink and black, borders in strong yellowish pink. (Fall 1932)",
            "JacketE:Pictorial in dark yellowish pink (30) and moderate reddish brown (43) on cream paper with head-and-shoulders illustration of a woman glancing to her right; lettering in moderate reddish brown except title in dark yellowish pink outlined in moderate reddish brown, borders in dark yellowish pink. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Banned in England in 1888 for its so-called obscenity,Nanahas since come to be regarded the highest achievement among the novels of the Naturalist school. Its author is now acknowledged as the source from which the English realists and our own Frank Norris and Theodore Dreiser derive their greatest influence. Regardless of the sensational aspects of this work and its niche in literary history,Nanalives as a novel by its own vigor and the incomparable skill and fidelity with which it is written. (Spring 1935)",
            "Plarr translation originally published in a limited edition by the Lutetian Society (London, 1894) and in U.S. by Boni & Liveright, 1924. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published January 1928.WR18 February 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Modern Library used the Victor Plarr translation without identifying the translator. When a film version produced by Samuel Goldwyn and starring the Russian actress Anna Sten was released in 1934, the ML urged booksellers to stockNanain quantity and distributed copies of the movie poster to major bookstores.",
            "Sales ofNanaduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 2nd out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was low in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "151.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "NANA |by| EMILE ZOLA |introduction byERNEST BOYD | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 151.1a. Contents as 151.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [519–523] ML list; [524] blank. (Spring 1943)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38), light reddish brown (42) and black on coated cream paper depicting a woman with parasol and hatbox crossing a street while a man in top hat watches from a passing carriage; lettering in black and dark reddish orange. Front flap as 151.1a jacket D. (Fall 1943)",
            "151.2.  Text reset (1946)",
            "NANA |by| EMILE ZOLA |Introduction byERNEST BOYD | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–545 [546–548].  [1–16]16[17]8[18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Ernest Boyd | New York, |November, 1927.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–545 text; [546–548] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 151.1b. (Fall 1947) Front flap reset with minor revisions and following phrase added at end: “. . . and with which it reflects actual life.” (Fall 1955)",
            "Printed from plates made from a new typesetting.",
            "The new typesetting, made in 1945, was designed by Stefan Salter to allow for the possible inclusion ofNanain the Illustrated Modern Library. Chapter openings were dropped to the center of the page so that illustrations or decorations could be added if desired (Ray Freiman to Salter, Wolff Mfg. Co., 17 July 1945).Nananever appeared in the Illustrated Modern Library."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "152",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "H. M. TOMLINSON",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1950",
            "ML_NUMBER": 99
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "152a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE SEA AND THE | JUNGLE | [rule] | BY | H. M. TOMLINSON | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, 1–332 [333–334].  [1–10]16[11]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: Christopher Morley. | December, 1927.; 1–332 text; [333–334] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“In ‘The Sea and the Jungle’ we have surely one of the great achievements of maritime narrative. There need be no fatuous comparisons. Sometimes they are useful as a label for the instruction of those who must have things expressed in terms of what they know already. But in speaking of this book, that has earned its right to stand among the most thoughtful of our time, we can be absolute. The author’s own casual phrase will serve, ‘This is a travel book for honest men.’ Beneath the sheer beauty of the writing you will find that plain virtue, that honesty, that fidelity to the ungainly fact.”  —Christopher Morley(Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial in light green (144) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a man making his way through jungle foliage; lettering in black, borders in light green. Signed: Loederer. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "From the moment H. M. Tomlinson, caught and caged by the city, watched the Putney bus take on a casual passenger, and then the Skipper himself, until theCapellamade port from Pará and the Madeira jungle, this book spreads a tapestry of pictures and places, adventures and yarns, and talk of great things and little in the sure accents of truth.The Sea and the Jungleis more than a travel book or a maritime narrative; it is writing of sheer beauty, unswerving fidelity and scrupulous honesty. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton Co., 1913, using sheets of the English edition published by Duckworth. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1928.WR17 March 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1950.",
            "The Sea and the Jungleappears to have been in the U.S. public domain because of its original publication in the U.S using imported sheets. The ML paid royalties directly to Tomlinson.",
            "Sales ofThe Sea and the Jungleduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 15th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was low in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales.",
            "152b.  Title page reset (c.1941)",
            "THE SEA | AND THE | JUNGLE | BY H. M. TOMLINSON | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, 1–332 [333–342].  [1–11]16",
            "Contents as 152a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [333–338] ML LIST; [339–340] ML Giants list; [341–342] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on cream paper; lettering in black on inset cream panel, background in dark bluish green with series in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 152a jacket C. (Spring 1942)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "153",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALEXANDRE DUMAS",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE THREE MUSKETEERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 143
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "153.1a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE | THREE MUSKETEERS | [rule] | BY | ALEXANDRE DUMAS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], 1–596.  [1–18]16[19]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1928; 1–596 text.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B.",
            "Text on front:",
            "The Modern Library offers you herewith a complete and unabridged “Three Musketeers” in one volume to slip into your coat pocket or tuck into an accessible corner of your library shelf. For the next time a fit of boredom or weariness assails you, a dose of d’Artagnan and his three musketeers—Porthos, Athos, and Aramis—is confidently prescribed. (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on cream paper depicting four swords held aloft with a plumed hat perched on one of the swords; lettering in black, borders in vivid red. Signed: Staloff. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "However much the industry of Alexandre Dumas is held up as an example of literature in its first manifestations of mass production,The Three Musketeersstill throbs with undiminished pulse for the modern reader. Around those three inseparables, Athos, Parthos [sic] and Aramis, and their fourth comrade in arms and adventure, d’Artagnan, there is a glamorous aura and romantic flourish. They are the progenitors of those “cape and sword” characters whose persistence in fiction is the best tribute to the man who created them in their first and final perfection. (Spring 1934)",
            "Anonymous translation previously published in U.S. by A. L. Burt Co. ML edition printed from Burt plates. Publication announced for February 1928.WR26 May 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded spring 1950 by Le Clercq translation (153.2).",
            "The ML bought a set of plates from Burt. Neither Burt nor the ML knew the name of the translator or the date of the translation (Doris Schneider to E. P. Dutton Co., 4 April 1929).",
            "Sales ofThe Three Musketeersduring the first six months of 1928 placed it 18th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was low in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "153.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "[within triple rules]The Three|Musketeers| BY | ALEXANDRE DUMAS | [torchbearer E1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], 1–596 [597–604].  [1–19]16. Contents as 153.1a except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [597–601] ML list; [602–603] ML Giants list; [604] blank. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset moderate blue panel, background in cream. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 153.1a jacket C. (Fall 1941)",
            "153.2.  LeClercqtranslation (1950)",
            "THE THREE | Musketeers |byALEXANDRE DUMASIn a new|translation byJacques Le Clercq | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–712 [713–718].  [1–23]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1950; v–viiCONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xiiiINTRODUCTIONsigned p. xiii: Jacques Le Clercq; [xiv] blank; xv–xviiAUTHOR’S PREFACE; [xviii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–712 text; [713–718] ML list. (Spring 1950)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep blue (179) and deep yellowish pink (27) on cream paper with line drawing of musketeers and lettering in deep yellowish pink and black on inset cream panel; background in deep blue with pattern of fleurs-de-lis in deep yellowish pink.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This brand-new translation of one of the world’s masterpieces of adventure is alive with the excitement that has held generation after generation of readers spellbound. For those three inseparables, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, with their fourth comrade-in-arms, d’Artagnan, there never can be a dull moment. They are the archetypes of the “cape and sword” heroes whose persistence in fiction is the best possible tribute to Alexandre Dumas, the man who created them in their first and final perfection. (Spring 1950)Note:Copies of the first printing are most often seen in spring 1950 jackets, but it was not unusual for jackets of new ML titles published in January to have lists from the previous season. Copies of this jacket have been reported with the fall 1949 ML list (MLC 47, April 2004, p. 6).",
            "Le Clercq translation commissioned by ML. Published spring 1950.WR18 February 1950. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "154",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ROMANCE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 138
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "154a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE ROMANCE OF | LEONARDO DA VINCI | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE | ORIGINAL RUSSIAN OF | DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xii, 1–637 [638–644].  [1]16(2+1) [2–20]16[21]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; [iii] translator’s dedication; [iv] blank; v–xii FOREWORD AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH signed p. xii:BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY. |At the Sign of the Blue Faun,|Autumn of1927.; 1–635 text; 636–637 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [638] blank; [639–642] ML list; [643–644] blank. (Fall 1927)Note:Pp. [iii–iv] are an inserted leaf.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xiv], 1–637 [638–642].  [1–20]16[21]8. Contents as 154a except: [i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule]; [xiii] translator’s dedication; [xiv] blank; blank leaf at end omitted. (Spring 1928)",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xiv], 1–635 [636–642].  [1–20]16[21]8. Contents as variant A except: translator’s notes omitted; [636] blank; [637–640] ML list; [641–642] blank. (Spring 1930)",
            "Variant C:Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xiv], 1–637 [638].  [1–20]16[21]6. Contents as variant A except: [ii] pub. note D12; ML list omitted. (Fall 1934 jacket)Note:Translator’s notes restored.",
            "Jacket A: Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Merejkowski’s trilogy of historical romances, collectively entitledChrist and Antichrist, have been translated from the original Russian into every European language.The Death of the Godsis the first of the three, and has for its central figure Julian the Apostate;Leonardois the second; and the third isPeter and Alexis, which is based on the tragic story of Peter the Great and his son. Despite the fact thatLeonardo da Vincihas been heretofore available only in very expensive editions in America, its popularity has increased each year. Mr. Guerney’s new and complete translation for the Modern Library brings within the reach of many new thousands of readers the best biography of what was probably the most versatile genius in all history. (Fall 1927; spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial on light yellowish green (135) paper with inset right profile drawing of Leonardo in black; lettering in black without horizontal borders and rules. Signed: M.S. [Max Schwartz]. (Spring 1928)Note:Used on copies sold as part of Three Renaissance Romances gift box, Christmas 1928.",
            "Jacket C:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket D: As jacket B except on moderate reddish orange (37) paper.Note:Used on copies sold as part of Three Renaissance Romances gift box, Christmas 1929.",
            "JacketE:Pictorial in green and black on cream paper with drawing as jacket B; lettering in black, borders in green. Signed: M.S. (Spring 1931)",
            "JacketF:Typographic in grayish reddish brown (46) and black on yellow paper with torchbearer omitted from front panel and title (THE | ROMANCE OF | LEONARDO | DA VINCI) and borders in grayish reddish brown; other lettering in black. (Fall 1931) Later printings in dark purplish gray (234) with front flap:",
            "The insatiable spirit and the unparalleled genius of Leonardo Da [sic] Vinci give radiance to this biographical romance. The heroic grandeur of Leonardo’s achievements in art and science, the fecundity of his mind and the illimitable reaches of his imagination are revealed against the glowing background of the Renaissance. Kings and popes and courtiers, artists and philosophers and poets throng the scene. Dominating them all is Leonardo in a portrait that might have been wrought by one of his own contemporaries. (Fall 1934)",
            "Original ML translation. Published 1 March 1928.WR17 March 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Publication was originally announced for November 1927 on the basis of Guerney’s promise of a finished manuscript by the beginning of September. The translation took longer than expected; the ML did not receive final installment until 13 January 1928 (Cerf to Ronald Wilkinson, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 14 January 1928).",
            "The Romance of Leonardo da Vincisold 12,264 copies during the first six months of 1928, making it the ML’s best-selling title. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "The ML edition sold nearly 76,000 copies during its first five years with annual sales as follows: 23,651 copies (1928); 20,933 copies (1929); 14,447 copies (1930); 9,404 copies (1931); and 7,334 copies (1932) (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938). It was the ML’s best-selling title during the first half of 1928, with sales of 12,264 copies. During the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 it sold 4,736 copies, placing it in the third quarter of ML sales.",
            "154b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "The Romance of | LEONARDO | DA VINCI | TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN OF | DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI | BY BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], 1–637 [638–642].  [1–20]16[21]8. Contents as 154a variant A except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; v–[xii] as 154a; [638–642] ML list. (Fall 1940)Note:Page numeral “xii” removed from plates.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 154b.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]8[11]32[12]16. Contents as 154b except: [iv] line added: COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1955, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [638] blank; [639–640] ML Giants list; [641–642] blank. (Spring 1964)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial jacket in moderate reddish brown (43), deep green (142) and other     colors on coated white paper depicting Leonardo holding a paint brush with city of Florence in background; title and series in reverse, other lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, June 1940; unsigned. Front flap as 154a jacket E. (Spring 1942)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Merejkowski,Death of the Gods(1929–1940)  173",
            "Merejkowski,Peter and Alexis(1931–1940)  227"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "155",
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "VINCENT STARRETT",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "FOURTEEN GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1949",
            "ML_NUMBER": 144
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "155a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] FOURTEEN GREAT | DETECTIVE STORIES | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | VINCENT STARRETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], 1–400.  [1–13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: V. S.; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xv OF DETECTIVE LITERATURE signed p. xv: Vincent Starrett. | November, 1927.; [xvi] blank; 1–400 text.",
            "Contents:The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe – The Red-Headed League, by A. Conan Doyle – The Blue Cross, by G. K. Chesterton – The Stanway Cameo Mystery, by Arthur Morrison – The Case of Oscar Brodski, by R. Austin Freeman – The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage, by Ernest Bramah – In the Fog, by Richard Harding Davis – The Age of Miracles, by Melville Davisson Post – The Absent-Minded Coterie, by Robert Barr – The Fenchurch Street Mystery, by Baroness Orczy – The Problem of Cell 13, by Jacques Futrelle – The One Best Bet, by Samuel Hopkins Adams – The Private Bank Puzzle, by Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg – One Hundred in the Dark, by Owen Johnson.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "This anthology includes stories by",
            "EDGAR ALLAN POE",
            "A. CONAN DOYLE",
            "G. K. CHESTERTON",
            "RICHARD HARDING DAVIS",
            "ARTHUR MORRISON",
            "ERNEST BRAMAH",
            "MELVILLE DAVISSON POST",
            "BARONESS ORCZY",
            "SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS",
            "OWEN JOHNSON",
            "EDWIN BALMER and",
            "WILLIAM MACHARG",
            "ROBERT BARR",
            "JACQUES FUTRELLE",
            "N. [sic] AUSTIN FREEMAN",
            "There are fourteen stories in all – some of them appearing in an anthology for the first time, all of them notable examples of a type of fiction whose popularity seems to know no bounds. (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Detective story addicts will need no introduction to any of the authors represented in this collection. It is an all-star list. The volume is particularly recommended to readers who are inclined to sneer at detective fiction in general, for here they may learn how thrilling—and how well-written—these tales can be made when fashioned by the masters of the craft! Many of these stories appear in an anthology for the first time. (Fall 1933)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published March 1928.WR7 April 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded 1949 by a revised edition edited by Howard Haycraft (424).",
            "Four years after the publication ofFourteen Great Detective StoriesStarrett suggested a volume of crook stories as a companion volume (Starrett to Cerf, 17 October 1932). Nothing came of this idea.",
            "Fourteen Great Detective Storieswas the ML’s tenth best-selling title during the first six months of 1928. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales.",
            "Starrett declined an invitation in 1946 to reviseFourteen Great Detective Stories, citing lack of time, the “wildly inadequate” fee, and his lack of sympathy with the hard-boiled genre which he believed should be represented (Starrett to Harry E. Maule, 28 July 1946). The revised edition, edited by Howard Haycraft, was published in 1949.",
            "155b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "FOURTEEN | GREAT | DETECTIVE | STORIES | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | VINCENT STARRETT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 155a. Contents as 155a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), light yellow (86) and black on coated white paper depicting a figure in top hat walking through deserted street of town at night with gas light in light yellow; lettering in reverse. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as 155a jacket B. (Spring 1941)Note:A redesigned version of the jacket was used on the revised edition ofFourteen Great Detective Stories, edited by Howard Haycraft and published in 1949. The redesigned jacket is based on Galdone’s 1940 jacket but is unsigned."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "156",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES JOYCE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1956",
            "ML_NUMBER": 145
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "156a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] A PORTRAIT of the ARTIST | AS A YOUNG MAN | [rule] | BY | JAMES JOYCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HERBERT GORMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [2], 1–299 [300–306].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1916,by| B. W. HUEBSCH | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Herbert Gorman |January,1928. | New York City.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–299 text; [300] blank; [301–304] ML list; [305–306] blank. (Fall 1927)Note:Firststatement retained on printing with spring 1928 list.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "No new method of writing has been more discussed in the last decade than Mr. Joyce’s so-called “stream of consciousness technique”; in this novel, which was published in 1915, he handled this method for the first time on a large scale.",
            "Herbert Gorman, in his introduction to this edition of “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” says: “So profound and beautiful and convincing a book is part of the lasting literature of our age, and if it is overshadowed by the huger proportions and profundities of “Ulysses,” we must still remember that out of it that vaster tome evolved and that in it is the promise of that new literature, new both in form and content, that will be the classics of tomorrow.” (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The publication by Random House of James Joyce’sUlysses, after the ban had been lifted by Judge John M. Woolsey’s epoch-making decision, lends importance to the Modern Library edition ofA Portrait of the Artist as a YoungMan. This earlier autobiographical novel is a prelude toUlysses, and it makes clear the method and the scope of the latter work. As the first novel to employ the stream of consciousness technique,A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mancreated a revolution in modern fiction. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in book form by B. W. Huebsch, 1916, and from 1925 by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [1]–299) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with Huebsch half title used as a fly title. Published March 1928.WR7 April 1928. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1956.",
            "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manwas the ML’s thirteenth best-selling title during the first six months of 1928. During the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was at the bottom of the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It slipped into the second quarter of ML titles during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 but sold 1,200 more copies on an annual basis than it had in 1942–43. There were thirty-eight ML printings by May 1950 for a total of 99,000 copies (Slocum and Cahoon, pp. 18–19).",
            "Viking Press publishedA Portrait of the Artistas a Young Manin its quality paperback series, Compass Books, in August 1956. Viking Press appears to have canceled the ML’s reprint contract in anticipation of the Compass edition and allowed the ML to sell out its existing stock.",
            "156b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "A Portrait of the Artist|As a Young Man| BY JAMES JOYCE |Introduction byHERBERT GORMAN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 156a.",
            "Contents as 156a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY B. W. HUEBSCH | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [301–306] ML list. (Fall 1944)",
            "Variant:Pagination, collation and contents as 156b except: [iv] second line added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1944, BY NORA JOYCE. (Fall 1955)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on cream paper; title in black on cream panel at top, other lettering in reverse or black on dark red panel at foot. Front flap as 156a. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. (Fall 1944)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in dark yellow (88), moderate bluish green (164) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black against dark yellow background except author in reverse on moderate bluish green band. Front flap as 156a. (Spring 1954)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Joyce,Dubliners(1926– )  129",
            "Joyce,Ulysses(Giant, 1940– )  G50"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "157",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EUGENE O’NEILL",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE EMPEROR JONES; THE STRAW",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1936",
            "ML_NUMBER": 146
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "157.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE EMPEROR JONES | THE STRAW | [rule] | BY | EUGENE O’NEILL | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | DUDLEY NICHOLS | [rule] | [torchbearer A4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS: NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], ix–xxv [xxvi], [2], 1–223 [224–230].  [1–8]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1921,byBoni and Liveright | [short double rule] |Introduction copyright, 1928,by| The Modern Library, Inc. | [short double rule] |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1928; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; ix–xxv INTRODUCTION signed p. xxv: Dudley Nichols. |New York|February,1928; [xxvi] blank; [1] part title: THE EMPEROR JONES; [2] CHARACTERS; 1–57 text; [58] blank; [59] part title: THE STRAW; [60] CHARACTERS; [61] SCENES; [62] blank; 63–223 text; [224] blank; [225–228] ML list; [229–230] blank. (Spring 1928)Note:Firststatement retained on printing with fall 1928 list.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "It was the production of “The Emperor Jones” in 1920 that put the final seal on Eugene O’Neill’s acceptance as one of America’s most important dramatists.",
            "The play is a story of a fear-crazed negro, told to the accompaniment of a rhythmical drumbeat which starts at a normal pulse and is slowly intensified until the heartbeat of the reader corresponds to the frenzied beat of the drums.",
            "“The Straw” was written in 1918—immediately preceding the composition of “The Emperor Jones.” (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Alternative pictorial jacket on pale blue (185) paper with inset illustration in black of a bare-chested black man making his way through jungle foliage; lettering in black without horizontal borders and rules. Signed: Davidson. (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket C:Uniform typographic jacket D. (1930)",
            "JacketD:Pictorial in strong orange (50) and black on yellow paper with inset illustration of a bare-chested black man making his way through jungle foliage; lettering in black, borders in strong orange. Signed: Davidson. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Diversity of form and content, an unswerving artistic integrity and an ever-renewing imaginative strength have given Eugene O’Neill his unchallenged place among the first dramatists of the world. Even if his reputation did not draw sustenance from his other published works, his pre-eminence would be assured byThe Emperor Jonesalone. It is atour de forceof heart-pounding relentlessness that strips naked the terror-stricken soul of a Negro.The Strawreveals another facet of Eugene O’Neill’s many-sided genius. (Spring 1935)",
            "The Emperor JonesandThe Straworiginally published by Boni & Liveright, 1921, in a volume with O’Neill’sDiff’rent. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for April 1928.WR9 June 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1937. Superseded February 1937 byThe Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape(299).",
            "Dudley Nichols of theNew York Worldwrote the introduction after O’Neill declined to write it himself (Cerf to O’Neill, 7 December 1927; Cerf to Nichols, 7 February 1928).",
            "O’Neill made several revisions in the text ofThe Emperor Joneswhen he prepared it forThe Complete Works of Eugene O’Neill(2 vols., Boni & Liveright, 1924). The most notable were the cutting of speeches by Smithers at the end of Scene One and the end of the play. In the revised version Scene One ends as follows:",
            "Smithers [Looks after him with a puzzled admiration]: ’E’s got ’is bloomin’ nerve with ’im, s’elp me. [Then angrily.] Ho—the bleedin’ nigger—puttin’ on ’is bloody airs! I ’opes they naps ’im an’ gives ’im an’ gives ’im what’s what!",
            "The original version continues:",
            "[Then putting business before the pleasure of this thought, looking around him with cupidity.] A bloke ought to find a ’ole lot in this palace that’d go for a bit of cash. Let’s take a look, ’Arry, me lad. [He starts for the doorway on right as",
            "[The curtain falls]",
            "The revised version of the play ends with Lem’s dialogue: “Gawd blimey, but yer died in the ’eighth o’ style, any’ow!” The original version continues:",
            "[Lemmakes a motion to the soldiers to carry the body out left. Smithers speaks to him sneeringly.]",
            "Smithers—And I s’pose you think it’s yer bleedin’ charms and yer silly beatin’ the drum that made ’im run in a circle when ’e’d lost ’imself, don’t yer? [ButLemmakes no reply, does not seem to hear the question, walks out left after his men. Smitherslooks after him with contemptuous scorn.] Stupid as ’ogs, the lot of ’em. Blarsted niggers!",
            "[Curtain falls]",
            "The Modern Library used the original version ofThe Emperor Jonesin some collections and the revised version in others.The Emperor Jones; The Strawwas probably set in type fromThe Emperor Jones,Diff’rent, The Straw(Boni & Liveright, 1921) and uses the original version.The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape(399), which supersededThe Emperor Jones; The Strawin the ML in 1937, also follows the original text. The 1972 Vintage Books edition ofThe Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, which superseded the Modern Library edition and is printed from plates made from a new typesetting, uses the original text. The original version also appears inSix Modern American Plays(441).",
            "In contrast, O’Neill’sNine Plays(G53), published in 1941 as a ML Giant and printed from plates originally used by Liveright, Inc. in 1932 and later by Random House, has the revised version ofThe Emperor Jones. The revised version also appears in the 3-volumePlays of Eugene O’Neill(624), published in the ML in 1982. The 3-volume edition was originally published by Random House in 1941 and revised in 1951 whenThe Iceman Comethwas added.",
            "The Emperor Jones; The Straw, with sales of 3,622 copies, was the 14th best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1928. Sales through 1932 were as follows: 5,855 copies (1928); 2,901 copies (1929); 1,921 copies (1930); 1,405 copies (1931); 756 copies (1932) (Cerf to O’Neill, 2 June 1933).",
            "The ML paid royalties to Boni & Liveright of 10 cents a copy.",
            "O’Neill became a Random House author after the Liveright bankruptcy in 1933. Saxe Commins, his editor at Liveright, also moved to Random House. In choosing between Coward-McCann and Random House, O’Neill wrote:",
            "Cerf . . . has drive and enthusiasm, coupled with keen shrewdness. Moreover, I felt Coward was trade publisher, pure and simple—but Cerf has more to his publishing than that, a love of beautiful books, an appreciation for good literature, an ambition to keep his firm above the level of the others, to expand only along lines of distinction. That, of course, appealed strongly to me. As for background for my stuff, there is no comparison. . . . Cerf has two unique things—Modern Library and Random House.",
            "He also thought Random House would offer better opportunities for Commins:",
            "I feel strongly that Cerf is the better bet for your present and future . . . with him, you will have a real chance to do your stuff and a most congenial atmosphere. . . . With Cerf you’ll undoubtedly be called upon to contribute real imagination and judgment of real writing, once you’ve fitted in there (O’Neill to Commins, June 1933; in Commins, ed.,“Love and Admiration and Respect”, pp. 159-60).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "O’Neill,Moon of theCaribbeesand Six Other Plays of the Sea(1923–1940)  101",
            "O’Neill,Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape(1937–1971)  299",
            "O’Neill,Long Voyage Home(1940–1971)  101e",
            "O’Neill,Nine Plays(Giant, 1941– )  G53",
            "O’Neill,Ah, Wilderness! and Two Other Plays(1964–1973)  559",
            "O’Neill,Playsof Eugene O’Neill, 3 vols. (1982– )  624"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "158",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LAURENCE STERNE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "TRISTRAM SHANDY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 147
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "158.1a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] TRISTRAM SHANDY | [rule] | BY | LAURENCE STERNE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], 1–270, 281–591 [592–596]; leaf of marbled paper inserted facing p. 202.  [1–18]16[19]8(8+1.2)",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1928 | [short double rule]; [5] dedicatory letter; [6] blank; [7]CONTENTS; [8] blank; [9] fly title: THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF | TRISTRAM SHANDY | GENTLEMAN; [10] blank; 1–270, 281–591 text; [592] blank; [593–596] ML list. (Spring 1928)Note:The ML list on pp. [593–596] is an inserted fold tipped in at the end of the last gathering. Some copies of the first printing lack the ML list. This is the only known example of a ML list that is not printed as part of the final gathering. Cerf and Klopfer may have decided that as long as they were tipping in a leaf of marbled paper they might as well tip in a ML list at the end of the volume.",
            "Variant:Pp. [10], 1–270, 281–591 [592].  [1–18]16[19]8. Contents as 158.1a except: [2] pub. note D12; [4]Firststatement omitted; leaf of marbled paper omitted. (Spring 1929 jacket)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "The Modern Library edition of Laurence Sterne’s immortal “Tristram Shandy” is complete and unabridged in this one volume—with every one of the author’s most unusual directions to the printer followed in minute detail. (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "Although the first part of “Tristram Shandy” appeared as long ago as 1760, the editors of the Modern Library feel that they need offer no explanation for its inclusion in a series of latterday classics. Could any writing be more modern in spirit than Laurence Sterne’s—more singularly frank and unconventional? Toby Shandy is a character that will remain universally lovable and admirable for all time. (1928)",
            "Jacket C:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front as jacket A. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "A world deprived of the joyous and audacious spirit ofTristramShandywould be unthinkable. For two centuries Laurence Sterne’s irrepressible book has served as an unfailing antidote for dullness and pomposity. Its whimsicality and its gusto, its playful digressions and its quaint irrelevancies have contributed to the world’s gaiety. Because it is a classic that retains all the freshness and buoyancy of temper that the present-day reader demands, the Modern Library fulfils its mission by presenting Sterne’s incomparable work in its complete and unabridged version. (Spring 1934)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for April 1928.WR9 June 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The leaf of marbled paper mentioned in the text (p. 202) is traditionally included in finer editions. Klopfer thought that its inclusion in the ML edition was “the height of luxury” (Klopfer to R.  H. Wilkinson, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 21 June 1928). It was a luxury the ML abandoned after the first printing.",
            "The omission of pp. 271–280 is deliberate. Printings ofTristamShandytraditionally skip ten pages between Book IV, Chapters 23 and 25. There is no Chapter 24. The text of Chapter 25 begins, “—No doubt, Sir,—there is a whole chapter wanting here—and a chasm of ten pages made in the book by it . . .” (p. 281).",
            "TristramShandywas the 17th best-selling title in the ML during the first six months of 1928. During the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 it ranked high in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "158.1b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] TRISTRAM | SHANDY | BY | LAURENCE | STERNE | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 158.1a variant.",
            "Contents as 158.1a variant except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong green (141), light yellowish pink (28) and black on coated white paper depicting a man in spectacles and wig; title and author in reverse with title on diagonal axis, other lettering in black, all against strong green background. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. The figure depicted on the jacket bears some resemblance to Joshua Reynolds’s portrait of Sterne, but it is not clear whether it is meant to be Sterne or Tristram Shandy. Kauffer’s illustration was also used in 1941 on the jacket of the ML Giant edition ofTristramShandy& A Sentimental Journey(G54) with the background in dark red. Front flap as 158.1a jacket B. (Fall 1940)",
            "158.2a.  Text reset (mid-1940s)",
            "The Life and Opinions of |TRISTRAM SHANDY|Gentleman|byLaurence Sterne | [torchbearer D6] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii [viii], [1–2] 3–312, 323–674.  [1–21]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [v] dedicatory letter; [vi] blank; vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–312, 323–674 text.Note:The marbled paper is restored in 158.2, but instead of tipping in a leaf of genuine marbled paper as in the first printing of 158.1a, p. 235 is printed in a black-and-white marbled pattern.",
            "Jacket:As 158.1b. (Fall 1947)",
            "158.2b.  Evans introduction added (1950)",
            "The Life & Opinions of| TRISTRAM SHANDY | Gentleman | [short decorative rule]ByLaurence Sterne |Introduction byBergen Evans |Professor of English,NorthwesternUniversity| [short decorative rule] | [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–312, 323–674 [675–676].  [1–20]16[21]8[22]16",
            "Contents as 158.2a except: [iv] Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvii INTRODUCTION | By Bergen Evans; xviii SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xix] dedicatory letter; [xx] blank; xxi CONTENTS; [xxii] blank; [675–676] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 158.1b. (Fall 1952) Front flap reset with minor revisions. (Fall 1956)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in regular ML. Evans received $150 for his introduction (Stein to Evans, 3 February 1950)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "159",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THEODORE DREISER",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "TWELVE MEN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1934",
            "ML_NUMBER": 148
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "159.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] TWELVE MEN | [rule] | BY | THEODORE DREISER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ROBERT BALLOU | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [2], 1–360 [361–364].  [1–11]16[12]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1919,byBoni&Liveright| [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Robert O. Ballou | Chicago, | April, 1928.; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–360 text; [361–364] ML list. (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "“Twelve Men” shows, with a few unimportant breaks, a deliberate return to Drieser’s first manner—the manner of pure representation, of searching understanding, of unfailing gusto and contagious wonderment. . . . Here are simply a dozen sketches of character—rotund, brilliantly colored, absolutely alive. The thing is done capitally, and, at its top points, superbly.H.L. Mencken",
            "In all these portraits there is that same sincere attempt to present the men as they are—the modern Heliogabalus, and the modern ascetic, the section boss, and the village patriarch. Here is wondrous, inscrutable, fascinating life as revealed in the diversity of twelve marionettes of the Great Impressario [sic]. It is one of the most unusual books in our literature, and certainly one of the best books that Dreiser has given us.BurtonRascoe(Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1932)",
            "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1919. ML edition (pp. [1]–360) printed from B&L plates with contents page omitted. Publication announced for June 1928.WR4 August 1928. First (and only) printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1934.",
            "Cerf negotiated the ML edition directly with Dreiser, who controlled the rights toTwelve Men. He initially offered Dreiser an advance of $1,200 against royalties of 12 cents a copy (Cerf to Dreiser, 6 October 1927). The reprint agreement dated 13 October 1927 provided for royalties of 11 cents a copy to Dreiser and 1 cent a copy to B&L for the use of their plates. B&L received $200 for approving the ML reprint; this appears to have been an advance against the plate rental and was deducted from the advance initially offered to Dreiser, who received $1,000 when the contract was signed.",
            "Dreiser wanted to use H. L. Mencken’s review in theNew York Sun(13 April 1919) as an introduction to the ML edition. Cerf offered Mencken $50 for permission to reprint it (Cerf to Mencken, 4 November 1927), but Mencken either declined or did not reply. He then asked Sinclair Lewis to write the introduction. Lewis indicated that he likedTwelve Menvery much but had no time since he was just beginning a new novel (Cerf to Sinclair Lewis, 13 December 1927; Lewis to Cerf, 3 January 1928). Charles Merz of theNew York Worldalso declined (Merz to Cerf, 9 February 1928). The introduction was finally written by Robert O. Ballou of theChicago Daily News, who began it with the words, “Dreiser ought to be doing this himself” (p. v).",
            "Sales of the ML edition were disappointing.Twelve Menranked 34th among the best-selling titles in the ML during the first six months of 1928 with sales of 2,358 copies, most of which were advance sales. Sales fell off steadily thereafter. A memo in the RH Papers (Box 77, Dreiser file) indicates a total sale of 9,749 copies as follows: 4,718 copies (1928); 1,837 copies (1929); 1,546 copies (1930); 681 copies (1931); 421 copies (1932); 380 copies (1933); and 166 copies (to October 1934).",
            "Several years after the ML edition was discontinued, Dreiser wrote thatTwelve Menwas no longer available in any edition. “My publishers, Simon and Schuster, have consistently refused, because of my inability to furnish them with a third volume of the Cowperwood Trilogy, to keep my works in print or to distribute them, and since that leaves me without a publisher other than yourself I would like to arrange for, at least, a reprint of this volume” (Dreiser to Cerf, 4 April 1939). Cerf explained whyTwelve Menhad been discontinued and added, “I believe that one of the main reasons that the Modern Library has remained popular all these years is that we have taken out the slow-moving titles each year and allowed the booksellers to return them for full credit, thereby assuring them a fresh stock with a turnover that warrants their keeping the line in a prominent position in their stores” (Cerf to Dreiser, 10 April 1939).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dreiser,Free and Other Stories(1924–1931)  106",
            "Dreiser,Sister Carrie(1932–1971)  230",
            "Dreiser,American Tragedy(Giant, 1956–1968)  G89"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "160",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GERHART HAUPTMANN",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE HERETIC OF SOANA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1931",
            "ML_NUMBER": 149
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "160.First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE | HERETIC OF SOANA | [rule] | BY | GERHART HAUPTMANN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HARRY SALPETER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii], [3–4] 5–192 [193–194].  [1–7]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1923,byB. W. HUEBSCH, INC. | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–xxxi INTRODUCTION signed p. xxxi: Harry Salpeter. | New York,February, 1928.; [xxxii] blank; [3] fly title; [4] blank; 5–192 text; [193–194] blank.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "The world knows Gerhart Hauptmann as dramatist, and, largely because of the nature of some of his dramas, as poet. When, in 1912, Gerhart Hauptmann, then fifty years of age, was awarded the Nobel prize for literature, it was “principally for his rich, versatile and prominent activity in the realm of the drama.” To a world which knows Hauptmann by his “The Sunken Bell,” there is no more convenient way of introducing a work of his which yet is not so widely known as by saying that “The Heretic of Soana” is to Gerhart Hauptmann’s prose fiction what “The Sunken Bell” is to his poetical dramas. (Spring 1928; Fall 1928)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by B. W. Huebsch, 1923, whose firm merged with Viking Press in 1925. ML edition (pp. [3]–192) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with the Huebsch half title used as a fly title. Published July 1928.WR4 August 1928. First (and probably only) printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued April 1931.",
            "The ML failed to identify the translator, Bayard Quincy Morgan. Viking Press pointed out the oversight, and Klopfer promised to add Morgan’s name to the next printing (Klopfer to Viking Press, 23 July 1930). However,The Heretic ofSoanasold poorly, and there does not appear to have been a second printing. Copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder marking of a star stamped on the endpaper."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "161",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ART OF WHISTLER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1936",
            "ML_NUMBER": 150
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "161.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE | ART OF WHISTLER | [rule] | BY | ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL | WITH | JOSEPH PENNELL, | AUTHOR OF “LIFE OF WHISTLER” AND | THE “WHISTLER JOURNAL” | [rule] | WITH THIRTY-TWO REPRODUCTIONS | IN THE AQUATONE PROCESS | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], 1–201 [202].  [1–14]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–viii ILLUSTRATIONS; ix–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: Elizabeth Robins Pennell | New York City – 1927; xv–xxi BIOGRAPHICAL TABLE OF DATES; [xxii] blank; 1–201 text and reproductions; [202] acknowledgment.Note:Firststatement seen on copies in balloon cloth binding. It is not known whether these are copies of the first printing or a subsequent printing.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket B2.",
            "Text on front:",
            "It so happens that this volume, Number 150 in the Modern Library, appears just ten years [sic] after the first book in the series—Oscar Wilde’s “Dorian Gray” it was—made its appearance in the shops. The editors feel that they can show their appreciation of the support accorded the entire series by booklovers of America in no more appropriate way than by publishing these reproductions of Whistler’s beautiful art, with an understanding biography by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, at the regular Modern Library price. (Spring 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “32 Reproductions in the Aquatone Process | With an understanding biography by Elizabeth Robins Pennell”. (Spring 1929)",
            "Original ML publication. Text and illustrations printed by the “aquatone process.” Published August 1928.WR8 September 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1936.",
            "The ML’s regular printers did letterpress printing only. The verso of the title page states: “Printed by theaquatone processby|Edward Stern & Company, Inc.”",
            "There were at least two printings ofThe Art of Whistler. The statement “First Modern Library Edition| 1928” appears to have been retained on all ML printings. The “First Modern Library Edition” statement was usually removed from letterpress plates after the first printing; ML books printed by offset processes typically retained such statements on all printings.",
            "The ML volume is “essentially a miniature version of the Pennells’ previous biography of the life of Whistler” (Getscher and Marks, p. 97).The Life of James McNeill Whistlerby Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell was originally published in two volumes by J. B. Lippincott (1908) and appeared in a one-volume revised version in 1911. Joseph Pennell died in 1926. Cerf invited Elizabeth Robins Pennell to edit and arrange a short version for the ML, and she prepared the manuscript on her own.",
            "Klopfer had vivid memories of the publication of the book. Cerf lost the manuscript that Mrs. Pennell had submitted and insisted on a coin toss to determine which of the two partners would convey the bad news to the author. Cerf won the toss, and Klopfer went to see Mrs. Pennell at her home in Brooklyn to explain what had happened. He was then in his mid-twenties, and the author was in her early seventies. Klopfer struggled to get around to the purpose of the visit; finally Mrs. Pennell said, “Young man, are you trying to tell me you lost the manuscript?”—and produced a back-up copy (Klopfer to Cerf, 20 November 1942; Klopfer interview with GBN, 5 July 1978).",
            "Shortly after publication ofThe Art of WhistlerKlopfer invited Mrs. Pennell to edit a companion volume,The Art of Joseph Pennell(Klopfer to Pennell, 9 March 1929), but the projected volume was never submitted.",
            "Klopfer offered Allen Lane, who distributed several ML titles in Britain before he founded Penguin Books in 1935, 1,000 unbound copies ofThe Art of Whistlerin sheets at 30 cents a set, which, he noted, “is darn near our actual cost.” He added, “We lose money on this book, but as we don’t sell very many it doesn’t make much difference” (Klopfer to Lane, 11 August 1931). In contrast, Suetonius’sLives of the Twelve Caesars(217), which was 150 pages longer than the Whistler volume but had no illustrations, could be supplied in sheets at 20 cents a set.",
            "Fall"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 162,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FRANÇOIS RABELAIS",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1944",
            "ML_NUMBER": 4
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "162a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] GARGANTUA AND | PANTAGRUEL | [rule] | BY | RABELAIS | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | DONALD DOUGLAS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–543 [544–548].  [1–17]16[18]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Donald Douglas. | New York, May, 1928.; [1] part title:The First Book of|RABELAIS| Treating of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings | of Gargantua; [2] blank; 3–543 text; [544] blank; [545–548] ML list. (Fall 1928)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket C with rules in moderate green (145). Text on front: “Intelligently condensed into one volume by Prof. Donald Douglas of Columbia University.” (Fall 1928)Note:The first printing in the imitation leather binding was sold initially in jacket A and subsequently in jacket B.",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1928)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The four books of Rabelais remain forever the four gospels of the joyous and irredeemable brotherhood of sinners. Against the weariness of a forbidding morality and the rumbling pretences of its pious advocates, there is always the wholehearted ribaldry and rollicking laughter of Rabelais. His gigantic nonsense and his gay and lecherous love of life give his books the stature and vitality of his own heroes. The Modern Library version, condensed by Professor Donald Douglas, is as faithful in spirit as it is intelligent in its selectiveness. (Fall 1933)",
            "Original ML abridgment of the Urquhart-Motteux translation. Published September 1928.WR13 October 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1945 following the publication ofTheComplete Worksof Rabelais(G66).",
            "The ML commissioned Douglas to prepare an abridged edition of Rabelais. The manuscript was due in May 1927, but Douglas’s work on it was held up by a succession of bouts with influenza. There were other problems as well. In one letter he told Cerf, “I had worked about six hours a day for a week on Rabelais . . . and then you told me the whole thing must be expurgated” (Douglas to Cerf, 6 October 1927). When he finally submitted the manuscript he exclaimed, “It was the hardest job I ever did in my life” (Douglas to Cerf, 4 January 1928).",
            "Douglas commented on the expurgation in the introduction: “To cleanse Rabelais (as is done in the present edition) is not, as H. G. Wells would say, like cleaning rabbits for the table. It is like cleaning the immense Augean stables. It is like purifying the fertility of the earth or turning the curious and inventive mind into a glass house for fear of stones. By the laws of our own age it has become necessary and obligatory” (pp. ix–x). Douglas’s edition was superseded in 1944 byTheComplete Worksof Rabelais(G66) in an unabridged translation by Jacques Le Clercq.",
            "Gargantuaand Pantagruelranked in the middle of the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942‑October 1943.",
            "The ML plates were used by Walter J. Black, Inc., for an undated printing.",
            "162b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "GARGANTUA | AND | PANTAGRUEL | BY | RABELAIS | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY DONALD DOUGLAS | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 162a.",
            "Contents as 162a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [544–548] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid yellow (82), dark reddish orange (38), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting Pantagruel in left profile; title in black and dark reddish orange, author in reverse, series in gray. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 162a jacket B. (Spring 1941)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Rabelais,Complete Worksof Rabelais, translated by Jacques Le Clercq (Giant, 1944–1970)  G66"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "163",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANATOLE FRANCE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE REVOLT OF THE ANGELS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1938",
            "ML_NUMBER": 11
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "163.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE REVOLT | OF THE ANGELS | [rule] | BY | ANATOLE FRANCE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], [1–6] 7–348.  [1–11]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1914, byDODD, MEAD & CO. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; [1–4] CONTENTS; [5] fly title; [6] blank; 7–348 text.Note:TheFirststatement appears to have been retained on the second printing. Copies in balloon cloth binding B (used April 1929‑November 1930) with pub. note D4 facing the title page have been seen with theFirststatement on the verso of the title page.",
            "Format:The first printing has a trim size of 6⅝ x 4¼ in. (167 x 108 mm); later printings revert to the ML’s standard trim size of 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 108 mm).",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket C with rules in deep blue (179). Text on front panel: “One of the five of Anatole France’s greatest books available in this edition.” (Fall 1928)Note:The first printing in the imitation leather binding was sold initially in uniform typographic jacket C and subsequently in uniform typographic jacket D.",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1928)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The mighty corridors of heaven and the mean and fashionable streets of Paris provide the scenes for Anatole France’s most fabulous satire. Angels and mortals, seraphim and syndicalists, demiurges and trollops mingle in love and in the daily pursuits of life. This novel, recounting the visitation to earth of the messengers of God and Satan, reveals Anatole France at his impious best as the subtle ironist and the resourceful historian of disillusion.The Revolt of the Angelsis one of five Anatole France titles in the Modern Library. (Spring 1934)",
            "Translation by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson originally published in U.S. by John Lane, 1914, and from 1922 by Dodd, Mead & Co. ML edition (pp. [1–4], 7–348) printed from a duplicate set of Lane/Dodd, Mead plates with running heads removed and original page numerals in the headline replaced by smaller numerals placed closer to the text. Published September 1928.WR13 October 1928. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1939.",
            "The Dodd, Mead trade edition ofThe Revolt of the Angelswas an attractive volume with a trim size of 8½ x 5⅝ inches. The type page (text and headline) measured 6¼ x 3½ inches, allowing generous margins. The Modern Library wanted to print from Dodd, Mead plates to avoid typesetting and plate making costs. However, the plates produced a type page that was barely ⅛ inch shorter than the Modern Library’s standard trim size (6⅝ x 4¼ inches). This was a problem.  [scan of Dodd, Mead ed. w ML Jacket Scans file]",
            "In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s the ML dealt with situations like this by photographing the original publisher’s edition, reducing the size of the type page photographically, and printing by offset lithography. The quality of printing was inferior to letterpress and printing costs were higher, but offset lithography saved the cost of a new typesetting. Cerf and Klopfer do not appear to have considered offset lithography as an option in the 1920s. Marshall Lee states, “The necessary techniques were developed in the early part of the century, but it was not until the 1920s that any considerable commercial printing was done by this method, and it was not until after World War II that it became a major book printing industry. The method would have had more use in its early days had it been able to deliver a better result, but the skills were not well enough advanced to avoid the gray, flat quality that marked lithography as a ‘cheap’ process” (Lee,Bookmaking, 2nd ed., p. 136).",
            "The Modern Library’s solution was to print from a duplicate set of Dodd, Mead plates with the running heads removed. The original page numerals were part of the headline, so the Modern Library had to add new page numerals. The added numerals were squeezed uncomfortably close to the first line of text, and they were set in a different font that was smaller and less compatible with the text than the original numerals. Margins on all sides were minimal. The first Modern Library printing was ⅛ inch taller than the series’ standard format; later printings reverted to the standard format with even narrower margins at the foot. The result was the one of worst looking books the Modern Library ever produced.",
            "The Revolt of the Angelssold well through 1931 and slowly thereafter. The ML edition was reprinted three times in 1929 and 1930 for a total of 17,000 copies in print. Between 1931 and 1936 there were three printings of 1,000 copies each. Sales totaled 18,915 copies by June 1936, shortly before the final printing. Subsequent sales were as follows: 366 copies (July–December 1936); 344 copies (1937); 319 copies (1938); and 256 copies (January–June 1939, after the ML edition was officially discontinued). The figures for July 1936–June 1939 include the resale of copies returned by booksellers; sales subject to royalty payments during this period totaled 753 copies.",
            "The Revolt of the Angelswas discontinued in 1938 because of declining sales, shortly before the ML introduced a new and larger format designed by Joseph Blumenthal that could have accommodated the Dodd, Mead plates more comfortably.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "France,The Red Lily(1917–1937)  7",
            "France,Crime ofSylvestreBonnard(1917–1942)  21",
            "France,QueenPédauque(1923–1933)  100",
            "France,Thaïs(1924–1938)  109",
            "France,Penguin Island(1933–1970; 1984– )  253"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "164",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 49
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "164a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE LIFE OF | MICHELANGELO | BUONARROTI | [rule] | BY | JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–viii, [2], 1–544 [545–550].  [1–17]16[18]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1928 | [short double rule]; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–544 text; [545–548] ML list; [549–550] blank. (Fall 1928)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 164a. Contents (includingFirststatement) as 164a except: [ii] pub. note A6. (Fall 1928) Probably a later printing but priority with 164a not established.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial without horizontal borders or rules with lettering and inset drawing of Michelangelo’sMosesin black on moderate reddish orange (37) paper. Signed: Davidson. (Spring 1928)  Reprintedspring 1929 on grayish red (19) paper.Note:Jacket used on copies sold as part of Three Renaissance Romances gift box, Christmas 1928 and 1929, and possibly as an alternate pictorial jacket on regular ML sales.The Life of Michelangeloin the 1928 gift box is bound in green Keratol and in balloon cloth in the 1929 gift box.",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in strong reddish orange (35) and black on cream paper with inset drawing as jacket B; lettering in black, borders in strong reddish orange. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "John Addington Symond’s [sic] biography is more than a study of a unique personality; it is an incarnation of the Renaissance and an evaluation of its most titanic symbol. In the ninety years of Michelangelo’s life, three-quarters of a century was consecrated to a burning sense of beauty, which took form in his colossal plastic figures and the impassioned sonnets. The versatile creator of the Sistine chapel, sculptor of the Medicean tombs, the architect and writer completely embodies the Carlyle-Nietzschean conception of “the hero as artist.” (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893, in 2 volumes. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1928.WR3 November 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "ThePWadvertisement announcing the publication ofThe Life of MichelangeloBuonarrotinoted that the ML edition was “1/8 the price of other editions!” (PW, 4 August 1928, p. 368).",
            "The Life of Michelangeloranked in the fourth quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "164b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules]The Life of|Michelangelo|Buonarroti| BY | JOHN ADDINGTON | SYMONDS | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 164a.",
            "Contents as 164a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [545–549] ML list; [550] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep orange (51), dark brown (59), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper depicting a large hand holding a book; title and author in dark gray with “MICHELANGELO” on a diagonal axis overlapping black sleeve and white background, series in deep orange. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 164a jacket C with placement of apostrophe corrected. (Spring 1941)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "Even more than a study of one of the most heroic personalities of history, John Addington Symond’s [sic] biography of Michelangelo becomes an evaluation of the Renaissance and its most titanic symbol. Of the ninety years of Michelangelo’s life, three-quarters of a century was consecrated to his great works of art. The unexcelled sculptured figures and the impassioned sonnets suggest two facets of his complex creative personality. The painter of the Sistine Chapel, the sculptor of the Medicean tombs, the architect and the writer indicate the versatility of his gifts and the richness of the heritage he has bestowed upon mankind. (Fall 1960)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Symonds,Renaissance in Italy, 2 vols. (1935–1941)  G19"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "165",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER",
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            "TITLE": "THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCHOPENHAUER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 52
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "165a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE PHILOSOPHY OF | SCHOPENHAUER | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | IRWIN EDMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–376 [377–378].  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; v–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: [at left] New York |May,1928 | [at right] Irwin Edman; [1] part title:First Book|THE WORLD AS IDEA| [short rule] | FIRST ASPECT | THE IDEA SUBORDINATED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF SUF- | FICIENT REASON: THE OBJECT OF EXPERIENCE | AND SCIENCE; [2] blank; 3–376 text; [377–378] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform pictorial jacket in orange and black on yellow paper. Signed: W.C.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The philosopher of the hopelessness of the human predicament, is the oracle of the young and the disenchanted. For those who dream of the unattainable and those who attain the sad reality of a dream, the cynical incisiveness of his writings has a singular charm and persuasion. This volume, edited by the foremost authority on Schopenhauer in America, Professor Irwin Edman, includes in essence the masterpiece,The World as Will and Ideaand all of the famous essay,The Metaphysics of the Love of the Sexes. (Spring 1935)",
            "Original ML collection. Published October 1928.WR3 November 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Philosophy of Schopenhauerwas low in the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "Edman received royalties of 5 cents a copy after the first 10,000 copies.",
            "165b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "THE PHILOSOPHY OF | SCHOPENHAUER |Edited, with an introduction byIRWIN EDMAN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–376 [377–386].  [1–12]16[13]8",
            "Contents as 165a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [377–382] ML list; [383–384] ML Giants list; [385–386] blank. (Spring 1946)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 165b.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]8[7]32[8]16. Contents as 165b except: [iv] second line added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1956, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [385] American College Dictionary advertisement; [386] blank. (Fall 1959)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and dark red (16) on cream paper with title in reverse on inset dark green panel bordered in dark red; other lettering in dark red, torchbearer in dark green. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 165a jacket B. (Fall 1946)",
            "165c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "Title as 165b except torchbearer K at right; rule omitted.",
            "Pagination and collation as 165b variant.",
            "Contents as 165b variant except: [377–384] ML list; [385–386] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in black, gray and green on coated white paper with following 8 lines within single-rule frame in green: “PHILOSOPHY OF | SCHOPENHAUER” printed three times in gray, title “THE | PHILOSOPHY OF | SCHOPENHAUER” in reverse with first line superimposed over last gray line; Fujita ML symbol in gray at upper left, editor in reverse below frame, all against solid black background; Fujita torchbearer on spine in green.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The first of modern philosophers to insist on the primacy of will over intellect, Schopenhauer, who himself derived much of his thought from Kant, started a movement whose influence was felt by Nietzsche, James, Bergson and Dewey. The continuing popularity of his work, however, rests not on his influence on other thinkers of his time or on the logical strength of his metaphysics, but on his resonant prose, and the accessibility to the nonacademic reader of what Irwin Edman calls, in his introduction, a “philosophy in the old and appealing meaning of the wisdom of life. . . . the alert, half-sad, half-cynical harvest of a candid eye.”",
            "This volume contains Schopenhauer’s major work,The World as Will and Idea, as well as the essay, “The Metaphysics of the Love of the Sexes.”",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Schopenhauer,Studies in Pessimism(1917–1934)  12"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "166",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCEL PROUST",
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            "TITLE": "SWANN’S WAY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1971; 1977–1982",
            "ML_NUMBER": 59
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "166.1a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] SWANN’S WAY | [rule] | BY | MARCEL PROUST | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | LEWIS GALANTIÈRE | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], 1–551 [552].  [1–17]16[18]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1928,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xv INTRODUCTION signed p. xv: Lewis Galantière. | New York, |September,1928.; [xvi] blank; 1–551 text; [552] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], 1–551 [552–560].  [1–18]16. Contents as 166.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [552] blank; [553–558] ML list; [559–560] blank. (Spring 1934)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1928)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in moderate orange (53) and black on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in reverse on inset scalloped black panel; borders in moderate orange, lettering in moderate orange and black. Signed: Brienza.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Swann’s Wayis the first volume of Marcel Proust’s life work,Remembrance of Things Past. Independently, it is a unique and stimulating novel, but in a larger sense, it is an overture to a magnificent symphony, announcing its theme and mood and bringing into being its empire of notable character creations. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Henry Holt & Co., 1922, using imported sheets of the Chatto & Windus edition. Published in one volume by Albert & Charles Boni, 1930; using plates made from a new typesetting. ML edition printed from Boni plates. Published November 1928.WR1 December 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72. Reissued 1977–1982.",
            "Klopfer initially offered royalties of 5 cents a copy, then increased the offer to 8 cents (Klopfer to Bernice Baumgarten, Brandt & Brandt, 23 March 1928 and 29 March 1928).",
            "The ML edition sold nearly 30,000 copies during its first four years with annual sales as follows: 11,874 copies; 8,854 copies; 5,395 copies; and 3,513 copies (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938).Swann’s Waywas high in the third quarter of ML titles during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. Sales increased significantly during the early 1950s. It ranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML sales during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952",
            "166.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "SWANN’S | WAY | BY | MARCEL PROUST | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | INTRODUCTION BY | LEWIS GALANTIÈRE | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 166.1a.",
            "Contents as 166.1a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [553–557] ML list; [558–559] ML Giants list; [560] blank. (Fall 1941)",
            "Jacket:Not seen; probably as 166.2a.",
            "166.2a.  Text reset (1948?)",
            "Title as 166.1b except lines 8–9: LEWIS GALANTIERE | [torchbearer D4]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–611 [612–618].  [1–18]16[19]12[20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE MODERN  LIBRARY, INC.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xivINTRODUCTIONsigned p. xiv: Lewis Galantiere. | New York,September,1928.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–611 text; [612] blank; [613–618] ML list. (Spring 1952)Note:The accent grave is omitted from Galantière’s name on the title page and at the end of the introduction. His name is seen in both forms, but Galantière appears to be the more formal and correct.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 166.2a.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]28[11]16. Contents as 166.2a except: [iv] second line added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1956, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and gold on coated white paper with silhouette of Proust in gold against solid moderate blue background with lettering in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 166.1a jacket B. (Fall 1951)",
            "166.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer (1968)",
            "Title as 166.1b through line 8; lines 9–10: [torchbearer K] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORKNote:The title page is a photographic reproduction of the 166.1b title page, including the accent grave in Galantière, with torchbearer K in place of torchbearer D3 and the rule omitted.",
            "Pagination as 166.2a.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]28[10]32[11]16",
            "Contents as 166.2a variant except: [612–613] ML Giants list; [614–618] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:As 166.2a.",
            "166.1c.Reissueformat(1977)",
            "SWANN’S WAY | MARCEL PROUST |Translated by| C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF |Introduction by| LEWIS GALANTIÈRE | [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York",
            "Pagination as 166.1b.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 166.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv]Copyright 1928 by The Modern Library, Inc.|Copyright renewed 1956 by The Modern Library, Inc.; [552–560] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in reddish brown and torchbearer in brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Swann’s Way, the first volume of Proust’s great seven-volume masterpieceRemembrance of Things Past, was first published in France in 1913, at Proust’s own expense. The most popular of his books, it stands alone as a unique recreation of what was actually Proust’s own childhood. Swann, the focal character, is the son of a stockbroker and has entered into an “unfortunate” marriage. Marcel, the narrator, remembers that his family’s guests during the early period of his life were practically limited to Swann, who, like the other people in Marcel’s early memories, seemed to him to be “abounding in leisure, fragrant with the scent of the great chestnut-tree.”",
            "“If I think of it,” says Marcel at the end ofRemembrance of Things Past, “the substance of my experience came to me through Swann.”",
            "Published fall 1977 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60429-6.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Proust,Within a Budding Grove(1930–1970)  194",
            "Proust,GuermantesWay(1933–1970)  264",
            "Proust,Cities of the Plain(1938–1970)  316",
            "Proust,The Captive(1941–1970)  340",
            "Proust,Sweet Cheat Gone(1948–1971)  408",
            "Proust,ThePast Recaptured(1951–1971)  443"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "167",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "APULEIUS",
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            "TITLE": "THE GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1937",
            "ML_NUMBER": 88
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "167.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] THE GOLDEN ASS | OF APULEIUS | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | W. ADLINGTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii], 1–301 [302].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1928 | [short double rule]; v–vii translator’s dedication; [viii] blank; ix–xii TO THE READER; xiii–xv THE LIFE OF LUCIUS APULEIUS BRIEFLY | DESCRIBED; [xvi] blank; xvii THE PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR | TO HIS SON FAUSTINUS | AND UNTO THE READERS OF THIS BOOK; [xviii] blank; 1–301 text; [302] blank.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The first of a selection of great classics, hitherto unobtainable in a popular edition, to be added to the Modern Library.” (Fall 1928)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1928.WR1 December 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1937.",
            "Cerf invited Edmund Wilson to write an introduction toThe Golden Assandoffered the ML’s standard $50 fee. “For a long time I have been meaning to ask you to write an introduction for one of our new additions to the Modern Library. . . . If you would rather write an introduction for another of the new titles, that could be arranged” (Cerf to Wilson, 18 July 1928). Wilson either declined or did not respond."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "168",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "VIRGINIA WOOLF",
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            "TITLE": "MRS. DALLOWAY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1928–1949",
            "ML_NUMBER": 96
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "168a.  First printing (1928)",
            "[within double rules] MRS. DALLOWAY | [rule] | BY | VIRGINIA WOOLF | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | VIRGINIA WOOLF | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 3–296.  [1–9]16[10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1925,byHARCOURT, BRACE & CO. | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1928,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1928 | [short double rule]; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Virginia Woolf. | London, |June, 1928.; [x] blank; 3–296 text.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1928)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Virginia Woolf’s vibrant sensitiveness to the casual, her unerring susceptibility to impressions and the firm texture of her prose combine to makeMrs. Dallowaya novel of distinction and absorbing interest. The events of the single day on which Clarissa Dalloway prepares for a party become a pageant of London. By means of technique both delicate and sure, a vivid chronicle of men and women of diverse character unfolds itself, revealing a cross-section of English life compressed into the flow of a few hours. (Fall 1936)",
            "JacketB:Non-pictorial jacket in light violet (210), deep reddish orange (36) and black on white paper with title in deep reddish orange on inset white panel on diagonal axis; author’s name in reverse and other lettering in black, all against light violet background. Designed by Valenti Angelo; unsigned. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1939)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1925. ML edition (pp. 3–296) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published December 1928.WR12 January 1929. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued fall 1949.",
            "ML sales ofMrs. Dallowaytotaled 61,000 copies (Kirkpatrick,Virginia Woolf, p. 26).Mrs. Dallowaysold 4,271 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales.To the Lighthouse(306) was in the fourth quarter during this period with sales of 3,203 copies.",
            "Lewis Miller, the RH sales manager, reviewed the jacket design that Angelo originally submitted and asked for revisions: “Would you try to do the lettering for the title in a little simpler fashion to increase visibility. Also the pinkish lettering against the white is perhaps not strong enough. Could I recommend that you think in terms of a darker ink for the lettering?” (Miller to Angelo, 15 March 1939).",
            "Harcourt, Brace decided in 1948 to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, in response to the burgeoning postwar college market. It served notice that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts forMrs. Dalloway,To the Lighthouse, and seven other titles, including works by E. M. Forster, Sinclair Lewis, Katherine Anne Porter, and Lytton Strachey (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). At that time the ML had 1,400 copies ofMrs. Dallowayin stock. Klopfer estimated that it would take six months for the books to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June 1948; 28 June 1948).",
            "168b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "MRS. | DALLOWAY | BY | VIRGINIA WOOLF | INTRODUCTION BY | VIRGINIA WOOLF | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 168a.",
            "Contents as 168a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination, collation and contents as 168b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HARCOURT, BRACE & CO. | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Fall 1942 jacket)",
            "Jacket2b:Enlarged version of 168a jacket 2a. (Spring 1942)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Woolf,To the Lighthouse(1937–1948)  306"
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        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "With a few exceptions such as Villon,Poems(55) andPassages from the Diary of Samuel Pepys(89), the Boni & Liveright series remained true to its name and limited its scope to modern works. Cerf and Klopfer increased the number of older works, but they did so slowly. They added Defoe,Moll Flanders(127) in 1926 andThe Autobiography ofBenvenutoCellini(132) the following year. Momentum began to increase in 1928 when Apuleius,Golden Ass(167), Sterne,TristramShandy(158), and Rabelais,Gargantuaand Pantagruel(162) were added. Five ML titles published in 1929 were older classics: Petronius,Satyricon(156), Smollett,Expedition of Humphry Clinker(159), Chaucer,Canterbury Tales(161), and Homer’sIliad(166) andOdyssey(167). Several of these works had been targets of censorship groups such as the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, which was sufficient to redeem them in the eyes of the shallowest modernist.",
          "Cerf and Klopfer were interested in publishing older classics besides those that appealed specifically to modernist readers, but they questioned whether the Modern Library was the appropriate vehicle for them. Responding to a list of suggestions for the ML in 1928, Klopfer commented, “The one that intrigues me most is the ‘Selected Poems of John Donne’, although I am not sure that he would fit into theModernLibrary” (Klopfer to John W. Gassner, 22 March 1928).",
          "For a time they contemplated starting a separate series of older classics along the lines of Everyman’s Library. They scoured the lists of Everyman’s Library, Loeb Classical Library, and the “100 Best Books” for potential titles. The lists they compiled consisted mainly of standard works of classical and English literature, together with those of the Renaissance and, to a lesser extent, French literature. After considering various names for the series, they seem to have settled tentatively on the name Seven Seas Library; that at least is the name that appears most often in penciled memos from this period. Other names included Phoenix Library, Salamander Library, Pantheon Library, Mercury Library, and Random House Classics.",
          "Another possibility they considered was taking over an existing series of standard classics. In 1929 Cerf wrote to J. M. Dent & Co., the English publishers of Everyman’s Library, offering to distribute the series in the United States. American distribution of the series had been handled since its inception by E. P. Dutton Co. The relationship between the two firms was very close, and Dent had no interest in changing American distribution of the series (Cerf to Hugh R. Dent, 12 December 1929; Dent to Cerf, 1 January 1930). Cerf’s inquiry may have contributed to the soured relations between Dutton and the Modern Library that persisted for many years.",
          "In the end Cerf and Klopfer decided not to start a separate series of older classics. Many of the works listed as potential titles for the Seven Seas Library eventually found their way into the Modern Library.",
          "Another change in scope was that the Modern Library gradually lost its European orientation and became a series with neither European nor American authors seemingly outweighing the other. Signs of increased interest in American authors appeared soon after Cerf and Klopfer bought the series. A 1926 advertisement featuring photographs of Modern Library authors showed four Americans—Walt Whitman, Sherwood Anderson, James Branch Cabell, and Eugene O’Neill—and one European, Anatole France (ML advertisement,New York Herald Tribune Books, 7 November 1926). The Modern Library catalogue for 1927, announcing publication ofThe Scarlet Letter, stated: “The addition of this splendid novel is consistent with the avowed intention of the publishers to include in the Modern Library as many American authors as possible” (ML catalogue, Spring-Summer 1927).",
          "American authors were added regularly to the ML after 1925. No year went by without the publication of works by Americans, but the balance was not tipped suddenly in their favor. Of the twelve titles published in 1926, three were by Americans: Anderson,Poor White(121), Melville,Moby-Dick(124), and Lewisohn,Up Stream(128). The greatest concentration of Americans added to the series before 1930 came in 1927, when six out of nineteen new titles were by American authors.",
          "As with the inclusion of older classics, the new emphasis on American works did not become abundantly clear until the 1930s. The stock market crash of October 1929 ended seven years of prosperity, but the ML entered the Depression in a strong position. As Cerf wrote in 1929, “The Modern Library is no longer an experiment; it has become an institution in the book world. . . . These ubiquitous books . . . at one time or another have penetrated into nearly every American home and into the libraries of many readers in other countries” (“The Modern Library,”Publishers’ Weekly, 9 February 1929, p. 657; published anonymously but written by Cerf)."
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        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Cerf and Klopfer added nineteen titles, bringing the total number of active titles to 167. No titles were discontinued. Minor discrepancies between the number of titles indicated here and on the back panels of ML jackets are due primarily to the ML’s practice of including titles projected for January publication on fall lists."
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        "Format and printing",
        "All new titles were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).",
        "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
        "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
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      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and the last line of the title page as PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK, all within a double-rule frame. Adler’s title page was used with two different torchbearers. The six titles published January–March had torchbearer B; the thirteen titles published April-December reverted to Lucian Bernhard’s torchbearer A2."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The imitation leather bindings used since 1917 had never been altogether satisfactory. Castor oil used in manufacturing the imitation leather caused the bindings to emit a fishy odor in warm weather. Cerf and Klopfer began to think seriously about abandoning the imitation leather bindings in 1928. After experimenting with various binding cloths, they discovered a natural finish balloon cloth manufactured by the Siegbert Book Cloth Corporation that seemed to meet their requirements. They prepared samples of the new binding, with semi-flexible covers, and showed them to several leading booksellers and department store buyers. The response was favorable, and they decided to go ahead.",
          "The balloon cloth binding was officially introduced with the Modern Library’s January 1929 publications, Conrad Aiken’sAmerican Poetry 1671–1928: A Comprehensive Anthology(169) and Gustave Flaubert’sSalammbô(170). The old spine and cover design continued to be used through March, but this was a temporary expedient. Shortly after they decided to substitute balloon cloth for imitation leather, Cerf and Klopfer asked Rockwell Kent, who had created the Random House device in 1927, to make a “simple . . . but characteristic Kentian design for the back-strip” (Cerf to Kent, 11 December 1928). Kent more than fulfilled his commission. He not only drew a striking new spine for Modern Library book, but redesigned the torchbearer and created new endpapers as well.",
          "Kent began with the idea of putting the torchbearer at the base of the spine, but decided that the figure was too attenuated for the space available. Still, he felt that the torch idea should be kept and wanted to use a sizable spot of gold to make the spine distinctive. His first solution was a design incorporating a candle. To Klopfer he wrote:",
          "After, I assure you, making more designs for that book-back than there are published works in the Modern Library; after considering and rejecting innumerable pictorial designs, nudes, phallic symbols, and so forth, as either inappropriate to book covers or indigestible to middle western and New England patrons of your publications; I have conceived and executed the somewhat trite, but I feel appropriate, device which I enclose, and if you feel that in employing a candle as part of it I have gone as far in suggestion as may be permitted, please realize that I have shown some restraint in not making that candle of the horrid dipped variety, so much in vogue in modern days (Kent to Klopfer, 26 January 1929).",
          "The candle was never used. Cerf had warned Kent that the balloon cloth would not take readily every kind of design, and the candle may have been too detailed to be stamped clearly. At that point Kent decided that nothing could be done with the original design and discarded it.",
          "Three weeks later he sent in an entirely new design. The new design, he noted, “should not only work out better in stamping but . . . in every way pleases me more” (Kent to Klopfer, 16 February 1929). Intended for the base of the spine, it consisted of an elegantly styled grape vine with intertwined branches, leaves, and bunches of grapes. Beneath the roots of the vine the words “Modern Library” were lettered in sans-serif capitals. Kent recommended that the lettering for the title and author at the head of the spine be drawn by hand. “You can get much more satisfactory spacing in that way,” he wrote. “There are innumerable professional letterers, any of whom can do this every month for you, promptly and at little cost” (Kent to Klopfer, 26 January 1929). The ML does not appear to have adopted this suggestion.",
          "For the front cover of the binding Kent redrew Bernhard’s torchbearer. He thought Bernhard’s figure was “good in design, but too grotesque to be in keeping with the serious nature of the Modern Library.” Kent drew a more graceful, floating figure, with the torch, instead of being held aloft, carried in front of the runner with the flare trailing over the runner’s head. He omitted the words “Modern Library” which had encircled Bernhard’s figure on the grounds that it was sufficient to have them on the spine. He also made two other changes in the figure. Bernhard’s figure faced left, toward the spine. Kent thought this a violation of common sense and precedent in book design and turned it around. He also altered its sex. Bernhard’s figure was assumed to be feminine; around the Modern Library office it was known as “a dame running away from Bennett Cerf.” Kent made his version neuter. “I defy you to discover the figure’s sex,” he told Klopfer. “That’s modern enough for you” (ibid).",
          "Kent’s binding design was introduced withThe Cabalaby Thornton Wilder, the Modern Library’s April 1929 title. Bernhard’s torchbearer was not completely superseded by Kent’s figure. It never again appeared on the binding or endpaper, but it continued to be used on Modern Library title pages and on many of the jackets.",
          "Kent’s work for the Modern Library was a remarkable achievement in book design. The combination of smooth balloon cloth and Kent’s spine and front cover designs produced what were perhaps the handsomest volumes the Modern Library ever published. Unfortunately, Kent’s design appears to have been overly ambitious for books that retailed at ninety-five cents. The extra gold it required increased the Modern Library’s binding costs by half a cent per copy. That half cent doomed the design, and it was used in its complete form for less than two years.",
          "The balloon cloth bindings were available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown. The Modern Library published each title simultaneously in all four bindings."
        ]
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Two endpaper designs were used in 1929. Lucian Bernhard’s endpaper printed in light yellowish brown remained in use through March. A new endpaper designed by Rockwell Kent was introduced in April in conjunction with his new binding. Copies of the first printing of Thornton Wilder,The Cabala(175), which was published in April but probably printed in March, exist with both endpapers. The paste-down and free endpapers both featured Kent’s torchbearer at the center, surrounded by a pattern of open books and the initials “ml”. The conjunct endpapers were identical except that the two torchbearers faced each other. For the first year Kent’s endpapers were available in four different colors—light grayish red (18), dark yellowish pink (30), light reddish brown (42), and pale green (149)—and were color coordinated with the balloon cloth bindings. Red bindings had light grayish red endpapers, blue and green bindings had pale green endpapers, and brown bindings had dark yellowish pink or light reddish brown endpapers.",
          "Beginning in fall 1930 all Kent endpapers were printed in moderate orange (53) and were used with all four binding colors. Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for John Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(1935) and three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper, with the central panels with Kent’s torchbearer unchanged but with the surrounding pattern of open books and the initials “ml” extended to fill the larger space, was introduced in spring 1940."
        ]
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All 1929 titles exceptThe Memoirs of Casanova(185) were originally published in uniform typographic jacket D. The Casanova jacket has an inset illustration of Casanova in left profile holding a candlestick in one hand and opening a bedroom door with the other while the candle casts a shadow of a satyr on the door.The Memoirs of Casanovaappears to be the first ML title to have been published initially in a pictorial jacket without the option of a uniform typographic jacket.",
          "An unknown number of ML titles were available in optional pictorial jackets as well as the uniform typographic jacket."
        ]
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Dating keys:(Spring) Dostoyevsky,Brothers KaramazovxChaucer,Canterbury Tales. (Fall) Chaucer,Canterbury TalesxHemingway,Sun Also Rises."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novelAll Quiet on the Western Front, with sales of 300,000 copies in its first year, toppedthe 1929 best-seller list (Hackett and Burke, p. 107). Cerf offered an advance of $5,000 to $10,000 against royalties of 12 cents a copy to reprint it in the ML, but the offer was a long shot (Cerf to Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 5 August 1929). The reprint edition ofAll Quiet on the Western Frontwas published by Grosset & Dunlap, which distributed its hardbound reprints through a wide range of retail outlets. In contrast, ML books were distributed primarily through traditional bookstores and the book departments of major department stores.",
          "In another long shot, Cerf offered a $6,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy for a volume of plays by George Bernard Shaw (Cerf to Lowell Brentano, 6 December 1929). Shaw retained tight control over his copyrights and refused to allow his works to appear in inexpensive reprint editions. It was not until the mid-1950s, following Shaw’s death, that the ML was able to publish two collections of his plays.",
          "Cerf sought reprint rights to Paul Leicester Ford’s novelThe Honorable PeterStirling, originally published by Henry Holt in 1894, but Grosset & Dunlap was also interested. Holt gave reprint rights to Grosset & Dunlap because they had published an earlier reprint of the book (Gilbert, p. 107). Cerf also expressed interest in a Robert Benchley anthology (Cerf to Herschel Brickell, Holt, 27 August 1929 and 11 December 1929).",
          "Hendrik Willem van Loon suggested his own book,Tolerance(Boni & Liveright, 1925), noting that it was “the sort of book to appeal to the free-thinkers and the free-thinking community is usually fairly poor” (Van Loon to Cerf, 16 February 1929). George Oppenheimer at Viking Press suggested André Tridon’sPsychoanalysis, originally published by B. W. Huebsch in 1919 (Oppenheimer to Klopfer, 22 October 1929). Both suggestions were rejected.",
          "Several months after Edmond Rostand’sCyrano de Bergerac(174) appeared in the ML, Duffield & Co. inquired if the ML would be interested in Rostand’s later playChantecleror Paul Verlaines’sPoems. Cerf declined both suggestions but expressed interest inTheHistory of Mr. Pollyby H. G. Wells (Cerf to Ridgely Hunt, Duffield, 24 October 1929).",
          "Albert Mordell sent his book,TheErotic Motive in Literature(Boni & Liveright, 1919), to Cerf for consideration. Cerf replied that it had no place in the ML because its “appeal is special, and many statements that would have sounded revolutionary in 1919 would fall flat today” (Cerf to Mordell, 13 December 1929). Interest in Mordell’s book revived in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was reprinted in a paperback edition by Collier Books and in hardcover for the library market by Octagon Books. Several translations were published in Chinese and Korean between the 1970s and the first decade of the twenty-first century.",
          "Christmas gift boxes",
          "The ML produced three Christmas gift boxes in 1929. Each set consisted of three ML titles in a slipcase. The books had specially designed pictorial jackets and were advertised as “specially boxed and bound in gay colors, with picture jackets” (ML ad,PW116, 21 September 1929, p. 1265).Three Great French RomancesandThreeGreat Modern Novelswere new;Three Great Renaissance Romanceswas first offered as a Christmas gift box in 1928. The Keratol bindings used in 1928 were replaced by colored balloon cloth which the ML had introduced as its standard binding earlier in the year. The pictorial jackets used forThree Great French RomancesandThree Great Renaissance Romanceswere later adapted for use on regular ML printings. Hynd’s pictorial jackets for theThree Great Modern Novelsgift box were exceptional examples of expressionist graphics but may have been too edgy for the ML’s mainstream audience. Their use was limited to the 1929 gift box; they were never adapted for use on copies of the books sold separately. The retail price of each set was $2.85. The 1929 gift boxes were the last, though unsold boxes continued to be listed in ML catalogs. The three sets were:",
          "1.Three Great French Romances: Zola,Nana; Gautier,Mademoiselle de Maupin; Flaubert,Madame Bovary.",
          "2.Three Great Renaissance Romances:Cellini,Autobiography; Merejkowski,Romance of Leonardo da Vinci; Symonds,Life of Michelangelo.",
          "3.Three Great Modern Novels: Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov; Butler,Way of All Flesh; Hardy,Return of the Native."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Aiken, ed.,American Poetry 1671–1928(1929–1944);A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry(1945)  169",
          "Flaubert,Salammbô(1929)  170",
          "Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(1929)  171",
          "Murphy, ed.,Outline of Abnormal Psychology(1929–1954); 172; Murphy and Bachrach, eds.,Outline of Abnormal Psychology, rev. ed. (1954)  172",
          "Merejkowski,Death of the Gods(1929)  173",
          "Rostand,Cyrano de Bergerac(1929)  174",
          "Wilder,Cabala(1929)  175",
          "Petronius,Satyricon(1929)  176",
          "Stendhal,Red and the Black(1929)  177",
          "Landis, ed.,Four Famous Greek Plays(1929)  178",
          "Smollett,Expedition of Humphry Clinker(1929)  179",
          "Ellis,Dance of Life(1929)  180",
          "Chaucer,Canterbury Tales(1929)  181",
          "Sudermann,Song of Songs(1929)  182",
          "Calverton, ed.,Anthology of American Negro Literature(1929)  183",
          "Van Vechten,Peter Whiffle(1929)  184",
          "Casanova,Memoirs of Jacques Casanova(1929)  185",
          "Homer,Iliad(1929)  186",
          "Homer,Odyssey(1929)  187"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": "None."
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 169,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CONRAD AIKEN, ed",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  A COMPREHENSIVE ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN POETRY.  1945–78.  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "AMERICAN POETRY 1671–1928",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1944",
            "ML_NUMBER": 101
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "169.1a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] AMERICAN POETRY | 1671–1928 | [rule] | A COMPREHENSIVE ANTHOLOGY | EDITED BY | CONRAD AIKEN | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, 1–362 [363–366].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; v–viiPREFACEsigned p. vii: Conrad Aiken.; [viii] blank; ix–xACKNOWLEDGMENTS; xi–xviiiContents; 1–356 text; 357–362 INDEX [titles]; [363–366] ML list. (Fall 1928)",
            "Contents (poets and number of poems):Anne Bradstreet (4), Thomas Godfrey (1), Philip Freneau (3), Richard Henry Dana (1), William Cullen Bryant (4), Edgar Allan Poe (18), Edward Coate Pinkney (2), T. H. Chivers (1), John Greenleaf Whittier (3), Oliver Wendell Holmes (1), James Russell Lowell (3), Maria White Lowell (1), Ralph Waldo Emerson (9), Henry David Thoreau (2), Julia Ward Howe (1), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (5), Walt Whitman (9), Louise Chandler Moulton (1), Richard Realf (1), Emily Dickinson (24), Helen Hunt Jackson (3), Edward Rowland Sill (1), John Townsend Trowbridge (1), George Henry Boker (1), Maurice Thompson (1), John Vance Cheney (1), Stephen Collins Foster (1), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (2), Herman Melville (1), John Burroughs (1), Joaquin Miller (1), Sidney Lanier (1), Henry Augustin Beers (1), John Bannister Tabb (1), Edwin Markham (1), William Vaughn Moody (3), Stephen Crane (1), George Cabot Lodge (1), George Santayana (4), Trumbull Stickney (6), Shaemas O’Sheel (1), Adelaide Crapsey (2), Edwin Arlington Robinson (4), Anna Hempstead Branch (2), Amy Lowell (3), Edgar Lee Masters (4), Vachel Lindsay (2), Robert Frost (10), Carl Sandburg (1), William Ellery Leonard (1), Alfred Kreymborg (1), John Gould Fletcher (3), H. D, (5), Louis Untermeyer (1), T. S. Eliot (6), Wallace Stevens (8), Edna St. Vincent Millay (2), John Hall Wheelock (1), Cale Young Rice (1), Elinor Wylie (5), Ezra Pound (7), E. E. Cummings (1), Archibald MacLeish (4), John Crowe Ransom (3), Marianne Moore (5).",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. Jacket title:A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry. (Fall 1928)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Conrad Aiken was guided in his selections for this volume by the principle that American poetry has reached the maturity and dignity of the poetry of older countries. With this conviction firmly in mind, he could afford to eliminate some of the stodgy old bards and make place for the refreshing and vital work of the poets who have arisen during the last quarter century. Besides being representative, this anthology has the merit of being always on the side of excellence as against sentimentality and mediocrity. (Spring 1934)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on cream paper with title and decorations in reverse on inset vivid red panel; other lettering in black, borders in vivid red. Jacket title:A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry. Front flap as jacket A. (Fall 1936)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published January 1929.WR23 February 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Revised edition published 1945 asA Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry(169.2a).",
            "Aiken’s anthology ranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 bestselling ML titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "Errors that Aiken noted in his own copy are listed in Bonnell and Bonnell, p. 92 (1982).",
            "169.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] AMERICAN | POETRY | 1671–1928 | A COMPREHENSIVE | ANTHOLOGY | EDITED BY CONRAD AIKEN | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 169.1a.",
            "Contents as 169.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [363–366] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark gray (266) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with title in reverse on dark gray panel at upper left; borders and other lettering in dark brown. Jacket title:A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry. Text on front: “An anthology that includes every American poet of note from the seventeenth century to the present day. A companion volume is ‘MODERN AMERICAN POETRY’ Volume no. 127 in The Modern Library.” Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 169.1a jacket A. (Spring 1942)",
            "169.2a.  Revised edition; title changed (1945)",
            "[within ornamental frame]A COMPREHENSIVE|ANTHOLOGY OF| AMERICAN | POETRY | [short decorative rule] |Edited by Conrad Aiken| [short decorative rule] | [torchbearer D6] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–490.  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1929, 1944, by Random House, Inc., New York; v–viiiACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ix–xiiINTRODUCTIONsigned p. xii: CONRAD AIKEN |Brewster, Massachusetts.| 1944; xiii–xxiiCONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–478 text; 479–481INDEX OF POETS; 482–490INDEX OF FIRST LINES.",
            "Poets added (*) and number of poems added or deleted for poets included in 1929 edition:Herman Melville (+5), Sidney Lanier (+1), Trumbull Stickney (+4), Amy Lowell (–1), Robert Frost (+4), Carl Sandburg (+3), Vachel Lindsay (+1), Wallace Stevens (+2), *Witter Bynner (5), Elinor Wylie (+1), Ezra Pound (+5), Marianne Moore (+1), *Robinson Jeffers (3), *Marsden Hartley (3), T. S. Eliot (+3), John Crowe Ransom (+3), Archibald MacLeish (+1), *Mark Van Doren (4), E. E. Cummings (+3), *H. Phelps Putnam (2), *Robert Hillyer (1), *Edmund Wilson (2), *Louise Bogan (1), *Malcolm Cowley (1), *Theodore Spencer (2), *R. P. Blackmur (2), *Yvor Winters (1), *John Wheelwright (2), *Allen Tate (1), *Hart Crane (3), *Oscar Williams (2), *Robert Penn Warren (2), *Kenneth Patchen (1), *Delmore Schwartz (2), *Richard Eberhart (1), *Karl Jay Shapiro (4), *John Malcolm Brinnin (1), *Lloyd Frankenberg (2), *José Garcia Villa (6).Note:None of the poets included in the 1929 edition were deleted from the 1945 edition.",
            "JacketA:As 169.1b except text on front: “A newly edited anthology that includes every American poet of note from the seventeenth century to the present day—a companion volume to TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN POETRY, No. 127 in the Modern Library.”",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "In revising this volume, Conrad Aiken was guided in his selections by the principle that American poetry has reached the maturity and dignity of the poetry of older countries. With this conviction in mind, he could eliminate some of the stand-bys of older anthologies and make place for the refreshing and vital work of the poets who have arisen in the quarter of a century between the two world wars. This anthology offers the work of the best American poets from the time of the Revolution to the present day. (Spring 1945)Note:Front flap reset in sans serif type from the flap text of 169.1a. It is not known if the reversion to the earlier text was deliberate or accidental. (Fall 1953)",
            "Jacket B:As 169.1b on coated white paper with dark purplish red (259) replacing dark gray and strong purplish red (255) replacing dark brown. Front flap as 169.1a. (Fall 1964)",
            "Published February 1945.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1978/79.Note:The copyright date is 1944, but publication ofA Comprehensive Anthology of Modern Poetryappears to have been delayed until early 1945 because of wartime paper shortages.",
            "A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetryalso comprised the American portion of the ML Giant,An Anthology of Famous English and American Poetry(G68b), published in December 1945. At Cerf’s insistence the initial printings of the Giant omitted the poems of Ezra Pound, who had been taken into custody in Italy in May 1945 and was later returned to the United States to face charges of treason. Cerf ignored Aiken’s strenuous objections but agreed to list the twelve omitted poems and to include that statement that Aiken had been “overruled by the publishers, who flatly refused at this time to include a single line by Ezra Pound” (Cerf’s distaste for Pound’s politics was focused entirely on the forthcoming anthology. There was never any suggestion of purging Pound fromA Comprehensive Anthology of American PoetryorTwentieth-Century American Poetry(137.2), both of which were published shortly before Pound’s arrest. The removal of Pound’s poems from the Giant was widely condemned, and they were restored in the 1947 printing (see G68).",
            "Since the regular ML edition ofA Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry(169.2) and Aiken’s portion of the Giant are printed from different type settings, it may be of interest to compare the two formats. With the restoration of Pound’s poems in G68b, the content of the two editions is identical except for a 7-line footnote on p. 788 of the Giant indicating that Pound’s poems had been restored. Both books are printed in the same typeface, but the Giant uses a larger point size. The type page of 169.2 consists of 41 lines, including the headline, compared to 43 lines in the Giant. The dimensions of the type pages are 146 x 86 mm in the regular edition and 170 x 101 mm in the Giant. Most of the poetry is unaffected by the width of the type page, but there are lines of Walt Whitman that occupy two lines of type in the regular edition and a single line in the Giant. Excluding preliminaries, indexes, and the fly title, the poems occupy 476 pages in the regular edition and 420 pages in the Giant.",
            "American Poetry 1671–1928andAComprehensive Anthology of American Poetrydo not include Phillis Wheatley, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, or any other African American poet. These and other African American poets had been represented inAn Anthology of American Negro Literature(183), edited by V. F. Calverton and published in the ML nine months after the first edition of Aiken’s anthology. Calverton’s anthology was out of print by the timeA Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetryappeared in 1945. The revised edition ofAn Anthology of American Negro Literature(372), edited by Sylvestre C. Watkins and available in the ML between 1944 and 1956, excluded poetry on the grounds that “five outstanding anthologies” edited by Arna Bontemps, James Weldon Johnson, Countee Cullen, Beatrice M. Murphy, and R. J. Kerlin had appeared since the publication of Calverton’s volume (Preface, p. xii). It does not appear to have occurred to Aiken to comment on the exclusion of African American poets from his anthology.",
            "169.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer (c.1969)",
            "Title as 169.2a except line 8: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 169.2a.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16. Contents as 169.2a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket:As 169.2a jacket B.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Aiken, ed.,Modern AmericanPoets(1927–1940);ModernAmerican Poetry(1940‑1945);Twentieth-Century American Poetry(1945–)  137",
            "Aiken and Benét, eds.,Anthology of Famous English and American Poetry(Giant, 1945–1971)  G68"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "170",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GUSTAVE FLAUBERT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SALAMMBÔ",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1934",
            "ML_NUMBER": 118
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "170.First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] SALAMMBÔ | [rule] | BY | GUSTAVE FLAUBERT | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], 1–354.  [1–11]16[12]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; 1–354 text.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall1928) Text on front panel: “Complete and unabridged in one volume”.",
            "JacketB:Uniform typographic jacket D.(Spring 1929)",
            "Text on front panel:",
            "Presented, with the compliments of Bennett A. Cerf and Donald S. Klopfer, to the guests of the Womens National Booksellers Association, in conclave at the Hotel Commodore, New York, March 7, 1929.Note:Presentation jacket on copy of first printing; the jacket was never used on copies for sale to the public.",
            "Translation unidentified. Portions of the translation are identical to the translation published in 1927 by the John Day Co., with an introduction by Ben Ray Redman. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication scheduled for January 1929.WR23 February 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1935.",
            "Cerf invited Will Durant to write an introduction toSalammbôafter Durant’s publishers, Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster, told him that Durant was an enthusiastic admirer of the work. Durant insisted on a fee of $100, twice what the ML usually paid, and then submitted a general essay on Flaubert. Cerf asked for changes, noting: “It seems to me much too obvious that this is just a chapter from a book with much too much about Madame Bovary in it, and much too little about Salammbo. And what there is about Salammbo is simply a synopsis of the story” (Cerf to Durant, 14 August 1928; Durant to Cerf, 16 August 1928; Cerf to Durant, 10 September 1928). Durant indicated that he didn’t have time to make changes, and the ML publishedSalammbôwithout an introduction.",
            "Four years afterSalammbôwas discontinued, James T. Farrell suggested Flaubert’sSentimentalEducationfor the ML (Farrell to Cerf, 1 February 1939). Cerf responded, “I am sorry to say that I see little point in adding another Flaubert title to the Modern Library at this time. We had to drop out both SALAMMBO and THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTHONY because of complete lack of demand, and even MADAME BOVARY doesn’t sell one-quarter of what it did ten and fifteen years ago” (Cerf to Farrell, 2 February 1939).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Flaubert,Madame Bovary(1917– )  25",
            "Flaubert,Temptation of St. Anthony(1921–1933)  82"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "171",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 151
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "171.1a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE BROTHERS | KARAMAZOV | [rule] | BY | FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–975 [976].  [1–30]16[31]14",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D7; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; v–vii TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE; [viii] blank; ix–xii CONTENTS; [1] part title: PART I | Book I | THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY; [2] blank; 3–975 text; [976] blank.",
            "Bindingand endpapervariants:The new binding design created by Rockwell Kent was introduced in April 1929, but Kent tested his design on copies of the first printing ofThe Brothers Karamazov, which was scheduled for publication in February.The Brothers Karamazovfirst appeared with Bernhard endpapers in balloon cloth binding A with spine lettering set from type. Copies of the first printing are also found in balloon cloth binding  with Kent’s grapevine design on the spine, his torchbearer in gold on the front panel, and the title and author on the spine stamped from lettering drawn by hand rather than set from metal type. There is also an intermediate stage between binding A and binding B1 which incorporates all elements of Kent’s design except hand lettering on the spine. Later printings appeared in balloon cloth bindings B2, with Kent’s torchbearer blind stamped on the front panel. The ML appears to have rejected Kent’s recommendation to employ letterers to create title and author statements for the binding spines of subsequent titles.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–975 [976–978].  [1–31]16. Contents (includingFirststatement) as 171.1a except: [1–2] blank; [976–978] blank. (Fall 1929 jacket)Note:Probably the second printing.",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–975 [976–980].  [1–31]16.  Contents as 171.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [976–980] ML list. (Spring 1931)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket B: Pictorial expressionist jacket in dark brown and bluish gray depicting an unclothed male figure with his head in his hand walking through a stylized landscape consisting of a flower, a combined moon and sun, and geometrical shapes. Signed: Hynd. (Spring 1929)Note:The ML experimented with several pictorial jackets in 1929 in connection with three boxed sets of three titles each that were intended for sale as Christmas gifts. The boxed sets, which were sold primarily in department stores, wereThree Great French Romances,Three Great Renaissance Romances, andThree Great Modern Novels. Hynd’s jackets for the volumes in theThree Great Modern Novelsgift box—Butler’sWay of All Flesh(13.1d jacket B) and Hardy’sReturn of the Native(126b jacket B) in addition toTheBrothers Karamazov—were exceptional examples of expressionist graphics. They were never adapted for use on regular ML printings.",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial jacket in dark red (16) and black on light gray paper with inset drawing of the three Karamazov brothers standing against a red background; lettering in black, borders in dark red. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Friedrich Nietzsche paid Fyodor Dostoyevsky the supreme compliment of acknowledging him his teacher, for he learned from the Russian that even a great criminal could be a great man. Dostoyevsky’s understanding of every exaltation and humiliation of the human spirit, his profound tenderness and compassion, his intensity and psychological clairvoyance are nowhere so completely realized as inThe Brothers Karamazov. Here the mystic and the realist at last come into accord and give to the world this crowning achievement of Dostoyevsky’s tormented and almost fabulous life. (Fall 1933)",
            "Garnett translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1912. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1929.WR23 March 1929. First printing: 20,000. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Klopfer inquired about the possibility of printing the ML edition from Macmillan plates but was informed that the Macmillan Co. in New York used printed sheets imported from England (Klopfer to George P. Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 31 October 1928; Harold S. Latham, Macmillan, to Klopfer, 9 November 1928). Cerf and Klopfer decided to assume the cost of original composition and announced that the ML edition was the first to be printed in the United States. Other publishers, they noted, “always imported it from England rather than undergo the great expense of making a new set of plates for so lengthy a book” (ML circular, RH box 133, Advertising 1929 folder 2). At 988 pagesThe Brothers Karamazovwas longest book the ML had published up to that time.",
            "The Brothers Karamazovsold about 30,000 copies in its first two-and-a-half years in the ML (Cerf to Robert Linscott, 9 October 1931). It ranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. In the early 1950s (November 1951–October 1952) it was the twelfth best-selling title in the ML; the Giant edition (G34) ranked in the second quarter of ML titles.",
            "The Brothers Karamazovwas one of four works to be published in the regular ML, ML Giants, and Illustrated ML. The other works included in all three series were Cervantes,Don Quixote(1930: 197), Giant (1934: G14), Illus ML (1946: IML 16); Fielding,History of Tom Jones(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5); and Whitman,Poems(1921: 94.1), title changed toLeaves of Grass(1929),Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose(1951: 440);Leaves of Grass(Giant,1940: G48), Illus ML (1944: IML )",
            "171.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE | BROTHERS | KARAMAZOV | BY | FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY |Translated byCONSTANCE GARNETT | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–975 [976–980].  [1–30]16[31–32]8.  Contents as 171.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [976–980] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in bluish gray (191), brilliant yellow (83) and black depicting an open horse-drawn carriage approaching a streetlight with tree and orthodox church in background; title in black highlighted in brilliant yellow and other lettering in reverse, all against bluish gray background. Designed by Paul Galdone, May 1939; unsigned. Front flap as 171.1a jacket B. (Spring 1943)",
            "171.2a.  Text reset (1944)",
            "The | Brothers | KARAMAZOV | by Fyodor Dostoyevsky |Translated byCONSTANCE GARNETT | [torchbearer E2] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–939 [940].  [1–29]16[30]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; v–vii TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE; [viii] blank; ix–xii CONTENTS; [1] part title: PART ONE | [illustration] |BOOK ONE|The History of a Family; [2] blank; 3–[940] text.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–939 [940–948].  [1–30]16. Contents as 171.2a except: [941–946] ML list; [947–948] ML Giants list. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket:As 171.1b. (Fall 1944)",
            "Printed from plates made for the Illustrated ML (IML 2.2a) and subsequently used for regular ML printings.",
            "171.2b.Slonimintroduction added (1950)",
            "The | Brothers | KARAMAZOV | BY FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY | TRANSLATED BYConstance Garnett| INTRODUCTION BYMarcSlonim|English Faculty,SarahLawrenceCollege| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library·New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, [1–2] 3–939 [940–952].  [1–29]16[30]8[31]16",
            "Contents as 171.2a except: [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xv [first 2 lines within curved single rules] INTRODUCTION | [rule] |By MarcSlonim; xvi SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xvii] dedication to Anna Grigorievna Dostoyevsky; [xviii] epigraph from John 12:24; xix–xx FROM THE AUTHOR; xxi–xxiv CONTENTS; [941–946] ML list; [947–948] ML Giants list; [949–952] blank. (Spring 1951)",
            "Variant:Pagination, collation and contents as 171.2b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [941–948] ML list; [949–950] ML Giants list; [951–952] blank. (Spring 1965)",
            "Jacket:As 171.1b.",
            "Front flap rewritten",
            "Among the great novels of the world,The Brothers Karamazovstands preeminent. It captures and conveys the highest exaltation and the deepest humiliation of the human spirit; it probes the soul and reveals, with profound psychological clairvoyance, the plight of man in search for some truth about himself. In Fyodor Dostoyevsky the mystic and the realist at last come into accord, and by his compassion and understanding he creates one of the enduring novels in Russian and world literature. (Fall 1958)",
            "Originally published with Slonim’s introduction in MLCE, 1950. Other additions were the dedication, the epigraph from John 12:24, and Dostoyevsky’s two-page preface “From the Author,” which Garnett had omitted and which the ML added on Slonim’s recommendation. Slonim received $200 for his introduction.",
            "171.2c.  Title page reset (1966)",
            "The | BROTHERS | KARAMAZOV | BY FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY | TRANSLATED BYConstance Garnett| INTRODUCTION BYMarcSlonim|English Faculty,SarahLawrenceCollege| [torchbearer J] |The Modern Library·New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi [xvii–xx], [1–2] 3–940.  [1]16[2–15]32[16]16",
            "Contents as 171.2b except: [iv] [2-line dedication] | COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [xvii–xviii] FROM THE AUTHOR; [xix–xx] CONTENTS; [2] epigraph from John 12:24; 3–940 text.Note:16 pages have been saved by shifting the dedication and epigraph, resetting the contents as 2 pages, and omitting ML lists at the end.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate orange (53), strong blue (178) and black on coated white paper with the three Karamazov brothers depicted in black on spine and front and back panels; author in moderate orange on spine and front and back panels, title on spine and series on front panel in strong blue, title and other lettering in reverse against illustrations of brothers on front and back panels, all against white background. Designed by Paul Bacon; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Among the great novels of the world,The Brothers Karamazovstands preeminent. It captures and conveys the highest exaltation and the deepest humiliation of the human spirit; it proves the soul and reveals, with profound psychological clairvoyance, the plight of man in search for some truth about himself. In Fyodor Dostoyevsky the mystic and the realist at last come into accord, and by his compassion and understanding he creates one of the enduring novels in Russian and world literature.",
            "171.2d.  Title page reset; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Fyodor Dostoyevsky | The [drawing of head of Dostoyevsky extending above line] Brothers | KARAMAZOV | [drawing] | Translated byConstance Garnett| Introduction byMarcSlonim|Sarah Lawrence College| [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York",
            "Pagination as 171.2c.  [1–30]16",
            "Contents as 171.2c except: [iv] [2-line dedication] | MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1929 | Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xv INTRODUCTION | [rule] |By MarcSlonim.Note:Curved rule frame removed from introduction and other headings.",
            "Jacket:Reduced version of G34b jacket B. Pictorial in moderate olive (107), deep orange yellow (69), light olive brown (94) and black on coated white paper with illustration in black and moderate olive depicting a field with buildings on the horizon at left; lettering in deep orange yellow except author in reverse, all within light olive brown frame.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Brothers Karamazov was published in 1880, shortly before Dostoyevsky’s death. It is the most greatly conceived of all his works and one of the most enduring masterpieces ever written.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dostoyevsky,Poor People(1917–1929) 10",
            "Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(1932)  228; (Illus ML, 1944)  IML 10",
            "Dostoyevsky,The Possessed(1936)  288",
            "Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(Giant, 1937)  G34; (Illus ML, 1943)  IML 2",
            "Dostoyevsky,The Idiot(Giant, 1942)  G60",
            "Dostoevsky,Best Short Stories(1955)  479*",
            "*All ML editions used the spelling Dostoyevsky exceptBest Short Storieswhich uses the spelling Dostoevsky. In recent decades “Dostoevsky” has become the most common transliteration of the author’s name in English-language editions of his works. “Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881” remains the “authorized form” used in library      catalogs to collocate the nearly 50 variant spellings that have been used to represent his name in the Roman alphabet."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "172",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GARDNER MURPHY, ed",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  GARDNER MURPHY and ARTHUR J. BACHRACH, eds.  AN OUTLINE OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY.  Rev. ed.  1954–1970.  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "AN OUTLINE OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1954",
            "ML_NUMBER": 152
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "172.1a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] AN OUTLINE OF | ABNORMAL | PSYCHOLOGY | [rule] | EDITED BY | GARDNER MURPHY | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxv [xxxvi], [1–2] 3–331 [332].  [1–11]16[12]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xxxv AN OUTLINE OF ABNORMAL | PSYCHOLOGY | EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION signed p. xxxv: Gardner Murphy.; [xxxvi] blank; [1] part title: MENTAL DEFICIENCY | (Feeble-Mindedness); [2] blank; 3–327 text; [328] blank; 329–331 GLOSSARY; [332] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “A series of articles by leading specialists on every phase of nervous and mental abnormality. H. L. Hollingworth, William White, Morton Prince, Bernard Hart, and others have contributed chapters.” (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), vivid purplish blue (194) and black on coated white paper with title in reverse on black band with pointed borders in vivid purplish blue; other lettering in reverse at top and foot against strong greenish blue background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The problems of abnormal psychology are as manifold as the problems of modern life. To understand the origins and manifestations of the psychoses that afflict us, we must come to a better comprehension of the biological and social factors involved. This handbook gives an all–inclusive view of the interrelationship of mental diseases to the forces in modern life which cause them. Here eminent authorities speak in non–technical terms for the layman, that he may better understand the causes and consequences of a maladjusted mental equipment. (Spring 1939)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published February 1929.WR23 March 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded fall 1954 by revised edition (172.2).",
            "Cerf asked Everett Dean Martin of the New School for Social Research in 1926 if there was any chance of including his bookPsychology: What It Has to Teach You about Yourself and Your World(W. W. Norton, 1924) in the ML. If not, he asked whether Martin would be interested in compiling an anthology on psychology as a companion toAn Outline of Psychoanalysis(108). Martin replied negatively to both (Cerf to Martin, 21 September 1926; Martin to Cerf, 28 September 1926).",
            "Cerf turned next to Gardner Murphy, who received royalties of 5 cents a copy.",
            "An Outline of Abnormal Psychologysold 1,634 copies during the first six months of 1930 and 1,113 copies during the first six months of the following year. It ranked low in the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during 1951–52.",
            "172.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "AN OUTLINE | OF | ABNORMAL | PSYCHOLOGY | EDITED BY | GARDNER MURPHY | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 172.1a.",
            "Contents as 172.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 172.1a jacket B. (Fall 1942)",
            "172.2.  Revised edition (1954)",
            "An Outline of | Abnormal Psychology | REVISED EDITION | Edited by | Gardner Murphy, Ph.D. |Director of Research, Menninger Foundation| and | Arthur J. Bachrach, Ph.D. |Director, Division of Clinical and Medical Psychology,|UniversityofVirginia| [torchbearer D6] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–3] 4–597 [598–606].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1954, by Random House, Inc.; [v]–vi Foreword signed p. vi: G.M.; [vii]–ix Contents; [x] blank; [xi]–xxxiii Introduction | byGardner Murphy; [xxxiv] blank; [1] part title: CHILDHOOD; [2] blank; [3]–589 text; [590]–597 Glossary; [598] blank; [599–604] ML list; [605–606] ML Giants list. (Fall 1954)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 172.2.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16. Contents as 172.2 except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1954, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [598–604] ML list; [605–606] ML Giants list. (Spring 1964)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38), dark greenish blue (174) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset black panel separated into upper and lower sections by a dark greenish blue band; background in dark reddish orange. Signed: [Miriam] Woods.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Abnormality, as Hippocrates suggested centuries ago, is essentially a matter of defect or of exaggeration, and so the line between what is normal behavior and what is abnormal behavior is a thin, shifting one. In the study of the range of human variability lies a key to sympathetic understanding of those who suffer the tragedy of a sick, disturbed mind. In such study, too, lies a key to a greater capacity to understand one’s own emotional and social growth and thus to cope more skillfully with the endless problems, crises, and frustrations of everyday living. In this book, eminent authorities, using non-technical language, introduce the layman to the scope and the new horizons of abnormal psychology. (Fall 1954)",
            "Revised edition published fall 1954.WR16 October 1954. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Murphy wrote Cerf in 1953 that a revision ofAn Outline of Abnormal Psychologywas badly needed. He indicated that he had recently reviewed the selections in the 1929 edition and that in almost every instance it would be possible to select a superior example to represent current research and practice. He noted that he would need a collaborator who was familiar with fields in which he was not up-to-date (Murphy to Cerf, 14 January 1953).",
            "Stein replied four months later that the ML was planning revisions of several titles, includingAn Outline of Abnormal Psychology. He suggested that Murphy engage a collaborator for a flat fee of $300, which would be paid as an advance against Murphy’s royalties, and indicated that the ML would pay up to $300 for permissions. The royalty rate was to remain at 5 cents a copy (Stein to Murphy, 15 May 1953). Murphy thought that $500 should be the minimum fee for a collaborator but believed that permissions would be less than $300. Stein agreed to the $500 collaborator’s fee and reduced the permissions budget to $200 (Murphy to Stein, 23 May 1953; Stein to Murphy, 29 May 1953). Murphy selected Bachrach as his collaborator. Bachrach made the preliminary selection of contents, and Murphy wrote a new introduction. The revised edition contained completely new material.",
            "The American Institute of Graphic Arts selectedAn Outline of Abnormal Psychologyas one of the fifty best books of 1954 (Fifty Books of the Year 1954: Catalog of the Thirty-third Annual Exhibition[New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1955], p. 34). The book was designed by Peter Oldenburg and manufactured by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Van Teslaar, ed.,Outline of Psychoanalysis(1924–1954)  108",
            "Thompson, Mazer, and Wittenberg, eds.,Outline of Psychoanalysis(1955–1971)  472"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "173",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE DEATH OF THE GODS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 153
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "173.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules][line 1 within square brackets] JULIAN THE APOSTATE | THE DEATH OF | THE GODS | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE | ORIGINAL RUSSIAN OF | DMITIRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–478].  [1–15]16[16]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; [v] translator’s dedication; [vi] blank, vii–x CRITICAL FOREWORD | By the Translator signed p. x: Bernard Guilbert Guerney. | The Blue Faun Bookshop, | 136 West 23rd St., | New York City.; [1] part title: PART FIRST; [2] blank; 3–470 text; 471–473 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [474] blank; [475–478] ML list. (Spring 1929)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–486].  [1–15]16[16]8. Contents as 173 except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [475–480] ML list; [481–486] blank. (Fall 1933)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket E in grayish brown (62) and black on light yellow green paper with 3-line title and borders in grayish brown, other lettering in black. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Merejkowski’s colossal trilogy, collectively entitledChrist and Anti-Christ, begins with the volumeThe Death of the Gods. It is a historical romance woven around Julian the Apostate, the first Roman emperor to be brought up in the Christian faith. The multi-colored background of the fourth century and the conflict for survival between paganism and Christianity provide Merejkowski with setting and theme for his most resplendent historical novel. (Spring 1936)",
            "Original ML translation. Published March 1929.WR27 April 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Merejkowski,Romance of Leonardo da Vinci(1928–1970)  154",
            "Merejkowski,Peter and Alexis(1931–1940)  227"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "174",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDMOND ROSTAND",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CYRANO DE BERGERAC",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 154
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "174.1a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] CYRANO | DE BERGERAC | [rule] | BY | EDMOND ROSTAND | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | BRIAN HOOKER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | CLAYTON HAMILTON | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–322 [323–324].  [1–10]16[11]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1923,byHENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; [v] dedication; [vi] acts of the play; [vii] THE PERSONS; [viii] blank; ix–xix PREFACE signed p. xix: CLAYTON HAMILTON | NEW YORK CITY: OCTOBER, 1923; [xx] blank; [1] part title: THE FIRST ACT | A PERFORMANCE AT THE HÔTEL DE | BOURGOGNE; [2] blank; 3–322 text; [323–324] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial jacket on blue paper with inset illustration of Cyrano seated while a kneeling Roxane holds his hand, without borders. (Spring?1929)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial in deep blue (179) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of Cyrano seated while a kneeling Roxane holds his hand; lettering in black, borders in deep blue. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Who can withhold a tear for Cyrano de Bergerac as he hides his preposterous nose in the darkness and lets his lyric utterances win the fair Roxane for the handsome but mute Christian de Neuvillette? Who has not been moved to pity by the romantic posturings of the unerring swordsman, this understudy knight of chivalry and ghost-writing maker of sonorous ballades? All the fine bravura of Edmond Rostand’s swaggering drama, all its poetical extravagance and glamor are here in Brian Hooker’s famous translation. (Fall 1933)",
            "Hooker translation originally published by Henry Holt & Co., 1923. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published March 1929.WR27 April 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "The Holt plates were too large for the ML’s format, so the ML reset the text and made new plates for its edition. The ML paid Holt royalties of 10 cents a copy, but Holt agreed to contribute to the cost of the new plates by accepting reduced royalties of 8 cents a copy on the first 30,000 copies. The ML paid Holt a $3,400 advance in December 1928 against royalties on the first 40,000 copies at this sliding scale.",
            "In 1936 Holt considered bringing out a school edition ofCyrano de Bergeracat an educational discount, and Richard Thornton, the president of Holt, asked Cerf if the ML would object. Klopfer expressed concern that it would interfere with ML sales to college bookstores, but he acknowledged that Holt had the right to do as it wished. “I’m merely putting in this feeble squawk to see if I can’t get you to change your mind.” Thornton assured Klopfer that the proposed edition was aimed at high schools and wouldn’t affect the college market. “I would not have proposed such a volume if I had felt it would have any serious effect on your own book” (Thornton to Cerf, 17 June 1936; Klopfer to Thornton, 18 June 1936; Thornton to Klopfer, 19 June 1936).",
            "Cyrano de Bergeracranked low in the second quarter of ML sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It was the tenth best-selling ML title during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. Sales may have been stimulated by the 1950 film starring Jose Ferrer.",
            "174.1b.  Title page reset(c.1940)",
            "CYRANO | DE BERGERAC | BY | EDMOND ROSTAND | TRANSLATED BY | BRIAN HOOKER | INTRODUCTION BY | CLAYTON HAMILTON | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–322 [323–332].  [1–11]16. Contents as 174.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY; [323–328] ML list; [329–330] ML Giants list; [331–332] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting Cyrano preparing to draw his sword with lettering in vivid reddish orange; spine panel in vivid reddish orange. Front flap as 174.1a. (Spring 1944)",
            "174.2.Text reset (1953/54)",
            "Cyrano de Bergerac | BY EDMOND ROSTAND | TRANSLATED BY BRIAN HOOKER | INTRODUCTION BY CLAYTON HAMILTON | [torchbearer D8] | THE MODERN LIBRARY",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xix [xx], 1–300.  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1923, by Henry Holt and Company|Copyright, 1951, by Doris C. Hooker; [v] dedication; [vi] acts of the play; [vii] THE PERSONS; [viii] blank; ix–xix PREFACE signed p. xix: CLAYTON HAMILTON |New York City: October, 1923.; [xx] blank; 1–300 text.",
            "JacketA:As 174.1b. (Spring 1956)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except strong purplish red (255) instead of vivid reddish orange. (Spring 1963)",
            "Jacques Le Clercq, whose translations of Rabelais’sGargantuaand Pantagruel(G66) and Dumas’sThree Musketeers(153.2) were published in the ML in 1944 and 1950, indicated in 1953 that he was working a rhymed verse translation ofCyrano de Bergeracand inquired if the ML would be interested in it. He commented, “Of course, the Hooker job is superb. However, it does not render Rostand’s complete text and, though a perfect transposition, nevertheless lacks the bravura quality that was inherent in Rostand.” Commins replied that the ML couldn’t consider changing the translation, which had “established itself as standard for many college courses” (Le Clercq to Saxe Commins, 4 February 1953; Commins to Le Clercq, 10 February 1953; Commins Papers, Box 5, Princeton University Library). Le Clercq’s translation ofCyrano de Bergeracdoes not appear to have been published.",
            "By 1953 the ML’s plates were badly worn and Klopfer declared the ML edition “a disgrace.” He wrote Holt that he wanted to keepCyranoin the series but that new plates had to be made. He suggested that Holt accept a 6-cent royalty on the first 25,000 copies printed from new plates, after which the rate would revert to 10 cents a copy. This time Holt declined to share the cost of new plates (Klopfer to Alfred C. Edwards, Holt, 6 May 1953; William E. Buckley, Holt, to Klopfer, 22 May 1953). The ML appears to have reset the text at its own expense. By the mid-1960s the ML was paying royalties of 5 cents a copy."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "175",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THORNTON WILDER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CABALA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1937",
            "ML_NUMBER": 155
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "175.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE CABALA | [rule] | BY | THORNTON WILDER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HERBERT GORMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [3–6] 7–230 [231–234].  [1–7]16[8]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]Copyright byA. & C. BONI,1926| [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright byTHE MODERN LIBRARY | 1929 | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: Herbert Gorman. | New York City, |March,1929.; [xiv] blank; [3]Contents; [4] blank; [5] part title: BOOK ONE: | First Encounters; [6] blank; 7–230 text; [231–234] ML list. (Spring 1929)",
            "Format: The Cabalawas the first ML title published in balloon cloth binding B. Copies with the statement “First Modern Library Edition | 1929” have been seen with the Bernhard endpaper, which was used through March 1929, the month in which the first printing was probably made, and also the Kent endpaper, which began to be used in April, the month in whichThe Cabalawas published. The earliest copies sold were almost certainly those in the Bernhard endpaper. Copies examined in jacket B have the Kent endpaper.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 175 except: [231–242].  [1–8]16.  Contents as 175 except: [ii]Firststatement omitted; [231–235] ML list; [236–242] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The first popular priced edition of the book that won for Thornton Wilder overnight a position among America’s leading writers.” (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in black on strong yellowish pink (26) paper with inset illustration of two women and two men seated around a table, casting shadows on an exotically decorated wall; lettering in black. Signed: N.B. (Spring 1929)Note:At this period the ML was making a limited number of titles available in pictorial jackets as an alternative to the uniform typographic jacket. Jackets A and B were superseded by jacket C in fall 1931.",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in grayish purple (228) and black on light purplish gray paper with inset illustration as jacket B; lettering in black, borders in grayish purple. (Fall 1931",
            "Front flap:",
            "The sensational success ofThe Bridge of San Luis Reyobscured for a time the fine lustre of Thornton Wilder’s earlier work,The Cabala. But critics and an enthusiastic minority of readers clung to their preference for the calm and suave classicism of the Italian tale in the Henry James tradition. The restraint and the mystical implications ofThe Cabala, the imaginative subtlety with which it is endowed, the firmness of its characterizations, its wit and irony, give it a place of eminence among contemporary novels. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published by Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. ML edition (pp. [iii], [3]–230) printed from Boni plates. The heading of the contents page of Boni printings was changed fromThe CabalatoContentsat some point between the sixth printing (January 1928) and the tenth printing (August 1928); ML printings use the second version of the contents page. Published April 1929.WR11 May 1929. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1937.",
            "Cerf invited Wilder to write a brief foreword to the ML edition. “I know that you have no great liking for doing introductions,” he wrote, “particularly to writings of your own; as a matter of fact it is not an introduction that we want for this book, rather a graceful salaam to send it on its way in its new format. . . . ‘The Cabala,’ at 95¢, is going to sell to a brand new audience that has never been able to afford to buy a book of yours before. In particular this new audience will be made up largely of college students. I am sure that just a few words stating how the book grew in your mind will be a fine thing to have in this edition” (Cerf to Wilder, 11 March 1929). He offered $100, double the ML’s usual fee, but Wilder did not succumb to the invitation. At the last moment Cerf turned to Herbert Gorman, offering him $50 for an introduction to be written within five days (Cerf to Gorman, 21 March 1929). Gorman met the deadline, and the ML edition went to press at the end of March.",
            "The Cabalasold well during its first two or three years in the series. There were two printings of 1,000 copies each in 1930 and another printing of 1,000 copies in 1931. The last printing recorded in the RH archives was for 1,000 copies in 1933."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "176",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "PETRONIUS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SATYRICON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1957",
            "ML_NUMBER": 156
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "176a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE SATYRICON | [rule] | OF | PETRONIUS ARBITER | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | WILLIAM BURNABY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | C. K. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–238 [239–242].  [1–8]16[9]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; v–xvi ON READING PETRONIUS |AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG| GENTLEMAN signed p. xvi: C. K. Scott Moncrieff.; xvii–xviii translator’s dedication signed p. xviii: W. Burnaby.; xix–xxiiTHE PREFACEsigned p. xxii:W.B.; 1–238 text; [239–242] ML list. (Spring 1929)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–238.  [1–7]16[8]16(16+1.2). Contents as 176a except: [ii] pub. note D12; [iv] manufacturing statement. (Fall 1932 jacket)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in deep red (13) and black on cream paper with profile drawing of a young Roman gazing at a bunch of grapes with an expression of satiated dissolution; borders in deep red, lettering in black. Signed: Robert Ball. (Fall 1932)",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in strong purplish red (255) and black on cream paper depicting two men and five nude women at a Roman orgy, with a banquet table in the foreground; lettering in black, borders in strong purplish red. Signed: L.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“By his dissolute life he had become as famous as other men by a life of energy, and he was regarded as no ordinary profligate, but as an accomplished voluptuary. . . . He became one of the chosen circle of Nero’s intimates, and was looked upon as an absolute authority on questions of taste in connection with the science of luxurious living.” This estimate of Petronius Arbiter by Tacitus completely characterizes the author ofTheSatyriconas the cultivated and depraved apotheosis of his uninhibited age. (Fall 1936)",
            "Abbey Classics edition with Scott Moncrieff introduction originally published in U.S. by Small, Maynard & Co., 1923, using sheets of the English edition. ML edition (pp. v–238) follows the text of the Abbey Classics edition with the substitution of modern typesetting conventions for Burnaby’s 17th-century practice of capitalizing nouns within sentences. Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for May 1929.WR13 July 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1957.",
            "TheSatyriconwas written during the reign of Nero. The Burnaby translation, originally published in 1694, was the first in English. Burnaby included supplements to the text, later shown to be spurious, that had been “discovered” in 1688. The first page of the ML text is headed: THE SATYRICON | OF PETRONIUS |THE SATYR OF|TITUS PETRONIUS ARBITER|With its Fragments,recover’dat Buda, 1688. (p. 1).",
            "The ML edition sold 2,015 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it one of the ML’s ten worst-selling titles. It did not rank among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952",
            "176b.  Title page reset (c.1941)",
            "THE | SATYRICON | OF | PETRONIUS ARBITER | TRANSLATED BY | WILLIAM BURNABY | INTRODUCTION BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–238.  [1–7]16[8]16(16+1.2),  Contents as 176a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–238 [239–246].  [1–8]16[9]6. Contents as 176b except: [239–244] ML list; [245–246] ML Giants list. (Spring 1946)",
            "VariantB:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–238 [239–250].  [1–8]16[9]8. Contents as 176b variant A except: [247–250] blank. (Fall 1947)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark grayish blue (187) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark grayish blue background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 176a jacket C. (Fall 1942) Front flap reset with last portion revised as follows: “This estimate of Petronius Arbiter by Tacitus completely characterizes the author ofTheSatyricon. For centuries he has been considered the symbol of a highly cultivated and depraved age. Most of all, he is remembered as its chronicler.” (Spring 1954)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "177",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "STENDHAL",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE RED AND THE BLACK",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1973; 1984–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 157
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "177a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE RED AND THE | BLACK | [rule] | BY | MARIE-HENRI BEYLE | [within square brackets] DE STENDHAL | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [7–8] 9–287 [288]; v–vi, 9–349 [350–358].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1926,byBONI AND LIVERIGHT | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; v–vi CONTENTS – VOLUME ONE; [7] fly title; [8] blank; 9–[288] text, chapters 1–30; v–vi CONTENTS – VOLUME TWO; 9–[350] text, chapters 31–75; [351]TO THE HAPPY FEW; [352] TRANSLATOR’S NOTE signed: C. K. S. M.; [353–356] ML list; [357–358] blank. (Spring 1929)Note:The gap of two pages between pp. vi and 9 in the second sequence of pagination reflects the omission of the fly title leaf of the second volume of the Boni & Liveright edition.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "From the time Honoré de Balzac pronounced Stendhal’s preeminence among the novelists of France until today, the author ofThe Red and the Blackhas retained and spread his influence among writers of every nationality. His story of Julien Sorel is incomparably the most astute and penetrating study of middle-class mores in all fiction. It is, in addition, a relentless dissection of the hypocrisy and opportunism of as unconscionable an upstart as ever violated the Seventh and other Commandments in order to get on in the world. (Spring 1933)",
            "Scott Moncrieff translation originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Boni & Liveright, 1926. ML edition (pp. v–[288]; v–[352]) printed from B&L plates. Published June 1929.WR13 July 1929. First printing: 4,000 copies. Discontinued 1973/74. Reissue format, 1984.",
            "The ML hyphenates the translator’s name as Scott-Moncrieff on the 177a title page and omits the hyphen in 177b‑e. Boni & Liveright was also inconsistent in its multi-volumeWorksof Stendhal, hyphenating the translator’s name on the title page ofThe Red and the Blackand omitting the hyphen on the title page ofThe Charterhouse of Parmaand the jackets of both works.",
            "The ML paid Liveright royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "The Red and the Blackranked high in the fourth quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It rose to the first quarter of ML sales during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. The dramatic increase in sales may reflect use ofThe Red and the Blackin college literature courses after the Second World War, when enrollments increased dramatically as large numbers of veterans took advantage of the G.I. Bill to earn college degrees.",
            "177b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "THE RED | AND | THE BLACK | BY MARIE-HENRI BEYLE | (DE STENDHAL) | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [i–ii] iii–iv, [7–8] 9–287 [288]; v–vi, 9–349 [350–358].  [1–20]16.  Contents as 177a except: [1] half title; [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT; iii–iv CONTENTS – VOLUME ONE; v–vi CONTENTS – VOLUME TWO; [353–357] ML list; [358] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "`",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 177b except: [i–ii] iii [iv] . . . Collation as 177b. Contents as 177b except: iii–[iv] CONTENTS – VOLUME ONE; [353–358] ML list.Note: Battered page numeral “iv” removed from plates. (Fall 1951)",
            "Variant B:As variant A except: [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1953, | BY GEORGE SCOTT-MONCRIEFF. (Spring 1955)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on curved black panel at right; background in very deep red with other lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Front flap as 177a. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in deep red (13) and black on coated white paper with title in reverse against overlapping circular designs in deep red and black; author in reverse on deep red patch and other lettering in black, all against white background. Signed: [George] Salter. (Spring 1957) Front flap as 177a.",
            "177c.  Title page reset; text partially repaginatedto createa single sequenceof pagination;offset printing (1967)",
            "THE | [rule] | RED | [rule] | AND | THE | [rule] | BLACK | [rule] | BY STENDHAL | (MARIE HENRI BEYLE) |Translated by| C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | THE MODERN LIBRARY [torchbearer J extending above line]New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [7–8] 9–630 [631–638].  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "Contents: [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1926, by Boni and Liveright | Copyright, renewed, 1953, by George Scott-Moncrieff; v–viii CONTENTS; [7] fly title: THE RED AND THE BLACK; [8] blank; 9–630 text; [631]TO THE HAPPY FEW; [632] TRANSLATOR’S NOTE signed: C. K. S. M.; [633] biographical note; [634] blank; [635–636] ML Giants list; [637–638] blank. (Spring 1967)Note:Pp. 9–349 of the second sequence of pagination in 177a–b are repaginated as pp. 289‑630 to create a single sequence of pagination from p. [7] through p. 630. The separate tables of contents at the beginning of each sequence of pagination are combined on pp. v–viii, and the title THE RED AND THE BLACK at the head of the first text page of what was originally volume two is omitted.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid red (11), deep blue (179) and black on coated white paper with first two words of title at top of inset vertical panel at left, all in vivid red; ampersand and last two words of title at top of inset vertical panel at right, all in black except ampersand in deep blue; other lettering in reverse on black panel, all against white background. Front flap slightly revised from 177a with third sentence ending: “a relentless dissection of hypocrisy and opportunism.”",
            "177d.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "Title as 177c except line 14: THE MODERN LIBRARY [torchbearer K extending above line]New York.",
            "Pagination as 177c.  [1–10]32.  Contents as 177c.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 177d. Contents as 177c except: [iv] modern library edition 1929 | [2 lines of copyright statements as 177c].Note:Priority with 177d not established.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 177c.",
            "177e.  Reissueformat(1984)",
            "STENDHAL | (MARIE HENRI BEYLE) | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] THE RED & THE BLACK | [below panel] TRANSLATED BY C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [1–8] 9–630 [631–638].  Perfect bound. Contents as 177c except: [1] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of priest and condemned man in cell with shadow of guillotine on wall; [2] blank; [1] title; [2] SECOND MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1984 | Copyright 1926 by Boni and Liveright | Copyright renewed 1953 by George Scott-Moncrieff; [3–6] CONTENTS; [7] fly title: THE RED & THE BLACK; [634–638] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on tan paper with inset woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of priest and condemned man in cell with shadow of guillotine on wall.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“True passion,” Stendhal wrote, “never thinks of anything but itself.” Based on an actual incident that Stendhal read about in theGazette desTribunauxin 1827,The Red and the Blackis a brilliant psychological portrait of passion, opportunism and political intrigue set in 19th-century Restoration France. It is the story of Julien Sorel, a young man of humble origins but high aspirations, whose prospects for a respectable public career are cut short by boundless egotism, tragic love, and revenge. Stendhal’s characters, from the calculating Julien with his Napoleonic yearnings, to the benevolent Abbé Pirard, to the Marquis de la Mole and the Jesuit de Frilair, are intimately connected with contemporary historical circumstances. The contrast between the “red” and the “black” symbolizes the conflict between liberals and conservatives, the army and the clergy. As sharp in its analysis of blind ambition as it is in its satire of bourgeois mores and French society,The Red and the Blackestablished Stendhal as one of the preeminent novelists of the 19th century.",
            "Published fall 1984 at $9.95. ISBN 0-394-60511-X.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Stendhal,Charterhouse of Parma(1937–1943)  298"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "178",
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "PAUL LANDIS",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "FOUR FAMOUS GREEK PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1950",
            "ML_NUMBER": 158
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "178a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] FOUR FAMOUS | GREEK PLAYS | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | PROF. PAUL LANDIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xviii, [1–2] 3–285 [286].  [1–9]16[10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xviii INTRODUCTION signed p. xviii: Paul Landis | Urbana, Illinois, |January,1929.; [1] part title: AGAMEMNON | BY | AESCHYLUS; [2] PERSONS OF THE DRAMA; 3–4 ARGUMENT; 5–285 text; [286] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 178a except: [286–294].  [1–9]16[10]12. Contents as 178a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]Firststatement omitted; [287–292] ML list; [293–294] blank. (Fall 1933)",
            "Contents:Agamemnon, by Aeschylus; translated by Lewis Campbell – Oedipus the King, by Sophocles; translated by F. Storr – Medea, by Euripides; translated by A. S. Way – The Frogs, by Aristophanes; translated by John Hookham Frere.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The glory that was Greece is nowhere so luminously reflected as in the mirror of her drama. Through the masks of tragedy and comedy, nobility and villainy, and all the duality of the human spirit, the life of man glows to passion and grows dim. Pity and terror in Æschylus, serene detachment in Sophocles, burning fervor for justice in Euripides and the robust intellectual comedy of Aristophanes—these qualities remain the message and the meaning of Greek drama. It is a heritage from antiquity that the modern spirit needs. (Fall 1933)",
            "Original ML anthology. Publication announced for July 1929.WR14 September 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded spring 1951 bySeven Famous Greek Plays, ed. Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O’Neill, Jr. (439).",
            "Cerf wrote shortly after publication, “The Greek Plays has done nobly, and has thoroughly justified its inclusion in the series. I am still regretting the fact, however, that we did not get permission to use the Gilbert Murray translations” (Cerf to Landis, 8 May 1930). Twenty-two years later the ML used Murray’s translation ofThe FrogsinSeven Famous Greek Plays(439).",
            "Four Famous Greek Playsranked low in the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943.",
            "178b.  Title page reset (c.1941)",
            "FOUR | FAMOUS GREEK | PLAYS |Edited, with an introduction by|ProfessorPAUL LANDIS | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 178a variant. Contents as 178a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [293–294] ML Giants list. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and bluish gray (191) on cream paper with lettering in dark red and in reverse on bluish gray panel at upper left; series in dark red below panel against cream background. Front flap as 178a. (Spring 1944)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Seven Famous Greek Plays, ed. Oates and O’Neill (1951–1970)  439",
            "Aeschylus,Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 1 (1960– )  526",
            "Aeschylus,Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 2 (1962–1976)  543",
            "Sophocles,Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 3(1960–1973)  527",
            "Sophocles,Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 4 (1961–1973)  533",
            "Euripides,Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 5 (1961–1973)  531",
            "Euripides,Complete Greek Tragedies,vol. 6 (1963–1973)  548",
            "Euripides,Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 7 (1963–1973)  552"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "179",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "TOBIAS SMOLLETT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 159
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "179a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE EXPEDITION OF | HUMPHRY CLINKER | [rule] | BY | TOBIAS SMOLLETT | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ARTHUR MACHEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, [2], 1–433 [434–438].  [1–14]16[15]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction copyright,1929,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Arthur Machen. | London, 1929.; xiii–xvi prefatory correspondence; [1–2] blank; 1–430 text; 431–433 NOTES; [434] blank; [435–438] ML list. (Spring 1929)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, [2], 1–433 [434].  [1–13]16[14]16(16+1.2). Contents through p. [434] as 179a except: [ii] pub. note D12; [iv]Firststatement omitted. (Fall 1936 jacket)Note:Pp. 431–[434] are an inserted fold.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. Title on front panel and spine misspelled: HUMPHREY [sic] CLINKER. (Spring 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. Title correctly spelled: HUMPHRY CLINKER. (Spring 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The rogues’ gallery of scoundrels and lusty wenches that gave flavor toRoderick RandomandPeregrine Pickleis matched by as humorous an array of delightful and cantankerous characters inHumphry Clinker. Here, too, are the caustic turns of speech, the sardonic wit and the acute powers of observation that have made Smollett’s books a plunder house for English writers during almost two centuries. And here, above all, is Smollett in a genial and mellow mood, but candid and outspoken, with the healthy frankness of the eighteenth century. (Fall 1936)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published August 1929.WR14 September 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf wanted to include a volume of Machen’s stories in the ML and proposed the idea to him when he visited London in summer 1926.The Hill of DreamsandThe House of Soulswere in the U.S. public domain, but Machen, who badly needed the money a ML edition would bring, felt he could approve the proposal only if Alfred A. Knopf, his American publisher, did not object (Machen to Cerf, 7 July 1926). Cerf approached Knopf on several occasions but was unable to secure his approval. He told Machen he hadn’t given up hope; meanwhile, he asked him to write an introduction to a volume by Smollett. He offered $100, twice the ML’s usual fee, and asked him which Smollett title he would recommend (Cerf to Machen, 21 April 1927). Machen indicated thatHumphry Clinker, “the work of Smollett’s softened old age” was his own favorite. However, he thought thatRoderick Randomwas “more characteristically Smollett: rough, hard, vigorous, cruel: I think it is the typical book to begin with. . . .” He expressed the hope that Cerf would send the money with his order for the introduction: “I am hard up” (Machen to Cerf, 30 April 1927). Illness delayed his work on the introduction by a year, but he wrote Cerf in April 1928 that he was ready to go ahead with it.",
            "Humphry Clinkerranked in the fourth quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "179b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE EXPEDITION OF | Humphry Clinker | BY | TOBIAS SMOLLETT | INTRODUCTION BY | ARTHUR MACHEN | [torchbearer E4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 179a. Contents as 179a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1929, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [434–438] ML list. (Spring 1940)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 179a except: [434–446].  [1–13]16[14]8[15]16. Contents as 179b except: [434] blank; [435–440] ML list; [441–442] ML Giants list; [443–446] blank. (Spring 1948)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and dark bluish gray (192) on cream paper with lettering in reverse on rounded very deep red panel at right; background in dark bluish gray with other lettering in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 179a. (Fall 1947)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "The rogues’ gallery of ruffians and lusty wenches that gave so much color toRoderick RandomandPeregrine Pickleis matched by an array of cantankerous characters inHumphry Clinker. Here, in the last of his novels as in the others, are the wit and wisdom, the acute powers of observation, and the sharp turn of phrase that characterize all of Tobias Smollett’s work. Here is Smollett, grown tolerant of human frailty after having screamed against it inRoderick Random, now writing in the mellow, satiric vein of amiable elderly people in whom there is a hard core of eccentricity.Humphry Clinker, now almost two hundred years old, still retains the freshness and the vigor of the best of the eighteenth-century novels. (Spring 1955)",
            "Fall"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 180,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HAVELOCK ELLIS",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE DANCE OF LIFE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1958",
            "ML_NUMBER": 160
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "180a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE DANCE OF LIFE | [rule] | BY | HAVELOCK ELLIS | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY | HAVELOCK ELLIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], [i–v] vi–xiv [xv–xvi], [2], [1] 2–363 [364–366].  [1–11]16[12]16(16+1.2).Note:Pp. 363‑366 are an inserted fold.",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1923,by| Havelock Ellis | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1929,by| The Modern Library | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; [i–iii] FOREWORD TO NEW EDITION signed p. [iii]: Havelock Ellis. | London |June,1929.; [iv] blank; [v]–xiv PREFACE signed p. xiv: H. E.; [xv] CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–342 text; [343] part title: INDEX; [344] blank; [345]–363 INDEX; [364–366] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 180a except: [364–370].  [1–12]16[13]4. Contents as 180a except: [2] pub. note A7; [364] blank; [365–369] ML list; [370] ML Giants list. (Fall 1937)",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "To classifyThe Dance of Lifeas a book of philosophy, as a spiritual autobiography or even as a book of personal affirmations does it scant justice. It is all of these and more. It is a book of aspiration, of growth and of revelation, written by a man who has partaken of life and contributed to its wisdom, grace and idealism.The Dance of Lifemay be considered the crowning achievement of Havelock Ellis’s life; it epitomizes his spirit and his work. (Spring 1938)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1923.ML edition printed from Houghton Mifflin plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1929.WR26 October 1929. First printing: 15,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1959.",
            "In addition to the ML printing, the new plates were used for 1929 printings in Houghton Mifflin’s Riverside Library and the Book League of America. A revised index keyed to the new typesetting appears in ML and Book League of America printings but not the Riverside Library printing, which ends on p. 342, the last page of text. The Book League of America contents page lists the index while the ML’s doesn’t. Ellis’s new foreword is unique to ML printings.",
            "The ML paid Houghton Mifflin an undetermined advance against royalties on the first 50,000 copies. There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in March 1931; printings reached 50,000 copies by October 1945.",
            "The Dance of Liferanked in the 3rd quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "180b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE | DANCE | OF | LIFE | BY | HAVELOCK ELLIS | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY HAVELOCK ELLIS | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 180a variant. Contents as 180a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY HAVELOCK ELLIS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1929, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [364] blank; [365–369] ML list; [370] blank. (Fall 1941)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep blue (179) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid deep blue background. Front flap as 180a. (Fall 1941) Front flap reset with last sentence revised as follows: “. . . Ellis’s long and productive life. It epitomizes his spirit and his work; it is the testament of a rich and generous mind.” Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. (Fall 1954)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Ellis,TheNew Spirit(1921–1932)  85"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "181",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEOFFREY CHAUCER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CANTERBURY TALES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 161
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "181.1a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE CANTERBURY | TALES | [rule] | BY | GEOFFREY CHAUCER | [rule] | EDITED BY THE | REV. WALTER W. SKEAT | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | LOUIS UNTERMEYER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–602 [603–608].  [1–19]16[20]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1929,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; v–vii INTRODUCTION signed p. vii: Louis Untermeyer. | New York, 1929.; [viii] blank; 1–578 text; 579–582 NOTE ON THE | LANGUAGE AND METRE; 583–602 GLOSSARY; [603–606] ML list; [607–608] blank. (Fall 1929)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "For centuries commentators have sought a particular attribute by which Chaucer earned the title of “the father of English poetry.” Now the secret of his genius no longer lies merely in his incomparable narrative powers, nor in his technical mastery. His unfailing vitality and his myriad attachments to reality and imagination reveal the true scope of the man and the poet. The Modern Library edition ofThe Canterbury Talesmakes his masterpiece available to scholar and general reader alike in its most authoritative version. (Fall 1936)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in brownish orange (54), gold and black on coated cream paper with black-and-white illustration of five mounted pilgrims and Canterbury Cathedral in distance; background in white ruled in gold, title in reverse against inset brownish orange panel at top, author in reverse highlighted in black against brownish orange panel at foot, other lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, December 1937; unsigned. Front flap as 181.1a. (Spring 1938)",
            "Skeat edition originally published as part ofThe Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucerby Oxford University Press (6 vols., 1897). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1929.WR26 October 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Untermeyer received $50 for the introduction. Sales totaled 87,132 copies by spring 1958.",
            "The Canterbury Talesranked high in the 3rd quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "181.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE | CANTERBURY | TALES |byGEOFFREY CHAUCER |edited byREV. WALTER W. SKEAT |introduction byLOUIS UNTERMEYER | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 181.1a. Contents as 181.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1929, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [603–608] ML list. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 181.1a jacket. Front flap as 181.1a. (Spring 1945)",
            "181.2.  Text reset (1946)",
            "GEOFFREY CHAUCER | The | Canterbury | Tales | EDITED BY REV. WALTER W. SKEAT | INTRODUCTION BY LOUIS UNTERMEYER | [torchbearer E3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], 1–642 [643–652].  [1–19]16[20]8[21]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1929, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; 1–4 Introduction signed p. 4:Louis Untermeyer; [5] fly title in gothic lettering; [6] blank; 7–614 text; 615–618 Note on the Language and Metre; 619–642 Glossary; [643–648] ML list; [649–650] ML Giants list; [651–652] blank. (Fall 1946)Note:The running title (THE | CANTER- | BURY | TALES) and chapter titles (THE |Clerkes| TALE) appear respectively in the outer margins of verso and recto pages, along with page numerals.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 181.2.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]8[11]32[12]16. Contents as 181.2 except: [4] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1929, 1937, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [651] American College Dictionary advertisement; [652] blank. (Fall 1959)",
            "Jacket:As 181.1b except in dark reddish orange (38) instead of brownish orange. (Fall 1946) Front flap reset with last sentence revised: “. . . its most authoritative version, the famous Walter W. Skeat edition.” (Fall 1959)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Chaucer,Troilus and Cressida(1940–1944)  327"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "182",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HERMANN SUDERMANN",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SONG OF SONGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1941",
            "ML_NUMBER": 162
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "182a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[written double rules] THE SONG OF SONGS | [rule] | BY | HERMANN SUDERMANN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [1–4] 5–640 [641–642].  [1–19]16[20]16(16+1.2)",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [1] title; [2]Copyright,1909,by| J. G. COTTA’SCHE BUCHHANDLUNG NACHFOLGER | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; [3] fly title; [4] blank; 5–640 text; [641–642] blank.Note:Pp. 639–642 are an inserted fold.",
            "Variant:Pp. [2], [1–4] 5–640.  [1–19]16[20]16(16+1). Contents as 182a except: [2]Firststatement omitted; blank leaf omitted at end.Note:Pp. 639–640 are an inserted leaf. (Spring 1932 jacket)",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The path of Lilly Czepanek’s destiny was made radiant and tragic by her own beauty. Her life was consecrated to love. As it was with Shulamite, who inspired Solomon’s Song of Songs, so love had set a seal upon Lilly’s heart. All the denials of poverty, the violences of lechery and the longings of her own dream world only made her more desirable in the eyes of men. Hermann Sudermann’s novel of a woman who walked in sin is a romance in the cause of love beyond purity. (Fall 1935)",
            "Seltzer translation originally published by B. W. Huebsch, 1909, and after 1925 by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [3]–640) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with Huebsch half title used as a fly title. Published October 1929.WR23 November 1929. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1942.",
            "ML printings do not identify the translator. Huebsch and Viking printings attribute the translation to Thomas Seltzer, but it was actually by his wife Adele Seltzer, who wanted to publicize her husband’s name. Thomas Seltzer’s contribution was typing the manuscript that was submitted to Huebsch (Levin,Dare to Be Different, pp. 85, 269).",
            "The ML paid Viking royalties of 8 cents a copy. There were three additional printings of 2,000 copies each between April 1930 and April 1931 and five known printings of 1,000 copies each between November 1932 and April 1941.",
            "Sudermann’s novel was read more widely in the early decades of the 20th century than it is today. Jackets of early ML printings ofMadame Bovary(25.1) state on the front panel: “Today there are two more novels that are likely to be classed with [Madame Bovary] . . . Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina’ and Sudermann’s ‘Song of Songs.’” (see 25.1a).",
            "182b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE SONG | OF SONGS | BY | HERMANN | SUDERMANN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 182a variant. Contents as 182a variant except: [2] blank; [2] COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY J. G. COTTA’SCHE | BUCHHANDLUNG NACHFOLGER.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with front panel divided into upper section in cream and lower section in deep reddish orange; lettering in black on both, torchbearer in reverse on lower section. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 182a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Sudermann,Dame Care(1918–1936)  31"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "183",
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "V. F. CALVERTON",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN NEGRO LITERATURE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1944",
            "ML_NUMBER": 163
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "183a1.  First printing, first state (1929)",
            "[within double rules] ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN | NEGRO LITERATURE | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | V. F. CALVERTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, 1–535 [536–540].  [1–17]16[18]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii PREFACE signed p. viii: V.F.C.; ix–xii CONTENTS; 1–17 THE GROWTH OF NEGRO LITERATURE |By V.F. CALVERTON; [18] blank; [19] part title: FICTION | Short Story; [20] blank; 21–525 text; [526] blank; [527] part title: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; [528] blank; 529–535 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; [536] blank; [537–540] ML list. (Fall 1929)",
            "Contents:Fiction: Short Story. Fern, by Jean Toomer – The Goophered Grapevine, by Charles Waddell Chesnutt – The Yellow One, by Eric Walrond – Blades of Steel, by Rudolph Fisher.  Fiction: Novel (chapters). The Fire in the Flint, by Walter White – The Dark Princess, by W. E. B. Du Bois – There Is Confusion, by Jessie Fauset – The Blacker the Berry, by Wallace Thurman – Quicksand, by Nella Larsen – Home to Harlem, by Claude McKay – Walls of Jericho, by Rudolph Fisher.  Drama. Plumes, by Georgia Douglas Johnson – ’Cruiter, by Jonathan Matheus.  Poetry. Poems by Phyllis [sic] Wheatley, Albert A. Whitman, Frances E. Harper, James Madison Bell, Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., James D. Corrothers, Paul Lawrence Dunbar (3), Fenton Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Angelina Weld Grimke, Countee Cullen (7), William Stanley Braithwaite, James Weldon Johnson, Jean Toomer (2), Claude McKay (4), Jessie Fauset, Lewis Alexander, Frank Horne, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, Sterling A. Brown, Langston Hughes (4).  Spirituals. Swing Low Sweet Chariot – Go Down Moses – All God’s Chillun Got Wings – Dere’s No Hidin’ Place Down Dere – Deep River.  Blues. St. Louis Blues – Friendless Blues – Mountain Top Blues – The Blues I’ve Got – Loveless Love. Labor Songs. Work Song – Water Boy – Casey Jones – John Henry – Rain or Shine.  Essays. The Negro in American Fiction, by Benjamin Brawley – The Negro in American Culture, by Alain Locke – Negro’s Gift to American Music, by Clarence Cameron White – The Freedmen’s Bureau, by W. E. B. Du Bois – The Negro Digs Up His Past, by Arthur A. Schomburg – The Negro Migration, by Charles S. Johnson – The Negro and the New Economic Life, by Abram L. Harris – Organized Labor and the Negro, by Charles Wesley – The Disgrace of Democracy, by Kelly Miller – La Bourgeoisie Noire, by E. Franklin Frazier – I Investigate Lynchings, by Walter White – Our Greatest Gift to America, by George S. Schuyler – Fifty Years of Negro Citizenship, by Carter G. Woodson – Dominant Forces in Race Relations, by Thomas Dabney.  Autobiography (chapters). Autobiography, by Frederick Douglass – Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington – The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, by James Weldon Johnson.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D.",
            "Text on front:",
            "A comprehensive anthology that presents a striking picture of the intellectual development of the American negro. The volume contains short stories, significant excerpts from novels, essays, spirituals, poetry, and blues, and includes contributions by Booker T. Washington, Walter White, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Eric Walrond, Countee Cullen, and many others.  (Fall 1929)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published October 1929.WR23 November 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded 1944 by a revised edition edited by Sylvestre C. Watkins (372).",
            "When W. C. Handy authorized the inclusion of five blues he had copyrighted, he stipulated that copyright notices were to be printed on the same pages as the lyrics. Calverton acknowledged Handy generously in the preface but neglected to include the individual copyright notices. Handy or his representative contacted the ML shortly after publication, insisting that the agreement be honored. Klopfer contacted the ML’s legal counsel about the matter (Klopfer to Edwin A. Falk, 27 November 1929). He subsequently wrote to H. Wolff Estate, the ML’s binders, informing them that pp. 223–28 were being reprinted and that corrected sheets would be sent over immediately. He asked that the bindery’s truckmen pick up all copies on hand and return them to the bindery’s stock. “It is necessary to have this cancel made on the entire edition,” he stated, “and all future editions will, of course, be correctly printed” (Klopfer to Miss J. A. Lanning, H. Wolff Estate, 26 December 1929). The corrected state of the first printing is described under 183a2.",
            "Calverton’sAnthology of American Negro Literaturesold 3,243 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it near the top of the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales.",
            "Calverton’s anthology was superseded in 1944 by a new edition edited by Sylvestre C. Watkins (372). Watkins omittedpoetry and other material.",
            "183a2.  First printing, second state (1929)",
            "Title as 183a1.",
            "Pagination as 183a1.  [1–7]16[8]16(±6.7.8.9.10.11) [9–17]16[18]4",
            "Contents as 183a1except pp. 223–34 canceled and replaced by 3 pairs of newly printed conjunct leaves with pp. 223–27 revised to include authorship statements and copyright notices for each of the five compositions in the section on “Blues.”",
            "Jacket:As 183a1. (Fall 1929)",
            "183b.  Second printing(1930)",
            "Title as 183a1.",
            "Pagination and collation as 183a1. Contents as 183a1except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; pp. 223–27 with authorship statements and copyright notices as 183a2. (Spring 1930)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, 1–535 [536–548].  [1–7]16[18]8. Contents as 183b except: [ii] pub. note D5; [536–548] blank. (Fall 1933 jacket)",
            "Jacket:As 183a1. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Negro achievement in the arts has kept pace with a change in intellectual conviction. Injustice and discrimination have proven a challenge, and that challenge is being answered with the literature produced by the colored race during the last decade. This anthology gives a comprehensive picture of the struggle of a people to affirm its own genius. It is representative of a new consciousness; it gives evidence of a determination to end the admission of inferiority and to begin to assert the unique and durable qualities of a race. (Fall 1933)",
            "183c.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "ANTHOLOGY OF | AMERICAN | NEGRO | LITERATURE |EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY| V. F. CALVERTON | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, 1–535 [536–548].  [1–17]16[18]8Contents as 183b variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [537–541] ML list; [542–543] ML Giants list; [544–548] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper with title and editor in reverse on very deep red panel at upper left; background in cream with other lettering in black below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 183b. (Spring 1941)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Calverton, ed.,Making of Man(1931–1970)  215",
            "Calverton, ed.,Making of Society(1937–1959)  308",
            "Watkins, ed.,Anthology of American Negro Literature(1944–1956)  372"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "184",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CARL VAN VECHTEN",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "PETER WHIFFLE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1935",
            "ML_NUMBER": 164
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "184.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] PETER WHIFFLE | [rule] | BY | CARL VAN VECHTEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], 1–247 [248].  [1–8]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1922,byALFRED A. KNOPF INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] epigraphs from Herman Melville, Dencombe, Remy de Gourmont, Edmund Gosse, and Edwin Ellis; [8] blank; 1–247 text; [248] blank.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “Mr. Van Vechten’s most popular novel introduces a continuous procession of restless modern sophisticates—artists, writers, actors, and the like. They are drawn from life, and indeed, many of them appear under their own names.” (Fall 1929)",
            "Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. ML edition (pp. [5]–247) printed from Knopf plates. Published November 1929.WR21 December 1929. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1935.",
            "James Crowder, the ML’s midwestern sales representative, suggested the inclusion ofPeter Whiffle(Crowder to Cerf, 21 December 1928). At this time Knopf remained cool toward the series because of his lingering resentment over the ML edition ofGreen Mansions(90). However, Cerf had become friendly with Blanche Knopf and the two of them were trying to put together a peace treaty (Cerf to Crowder, 24 December 1928). Relations between Knopf and the ML improved after a January 1929 luncheon meeting. Shortly thereafter Cerf offered Knopf a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy forPeter Whiffle. He also offered to pay Van Vechten $100, double the ML’s usual fee, to write an introduction. Knopf transmitted the offer to Van Vechten, who indicated that he preferred that the book appear without an introduction. Van Vechten also wanted to make some corrections in the plates before Knopf turned them over to the ML (Knopf to Cerf, 13 February 1929).Peter Whifflewas the first copyrighted Knopf title to be reprinted in the ML.",
            "There was a second printing of 1,000 copies in August 1932."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "185",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JACQUES CASANOVA",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 165
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "185a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE MEMOIRS OF | JACQUES CASANOVA | [rule] | EDITED BY | MADELEINE BOYD | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ERNEST BOYD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, 1–492.  [1–15]16[16]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1929; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Ernest Boyd. | New York,May, 1929.; 1–492 text.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, 1–492 [493–500].  [1–16]16. Contents as 185a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [493–497] ML list; [498–500] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in dark red (16) and black on grayish paper with inset illustration of Casanova holding a candlestick in one hand and opening a bedroom door with the other while the candle casts a shadow of a satyr on the door; lettering in dark red. Signed: Wuyts. (Spring 1929)Note:The Memoirs of Casanovaappears to be the first ML title to have been published initially in a pictorial jacket without the option of a uniform typographic jacket.",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on grayish paper with inset illustration from jacket A; lettering in black, borders in very deep red. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The pursuit of women and adventure was the chief activity of Casanova’s life. Amorous and exciting exploits demanded all his energy and ability. When old age tempered his audacity, he retired to write the nostalgic recollections of his youthful prowess. The manuscript which has come down to us in various condensations has been the joy of those who cultivate delectable but forbidden pleasures, as it has been anathema and despair to prudes. The Modern Library edition includes the most vivid encounters and escapades of a glamorous life. (Fall 1936)",
            "Unidentified translation edited and probably abridged for the ML by Madeleine Boyd. Published November 1929.WR21 December 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML sold exclusive reprint rights to the Madeleine Boyd edition to Garden City Publishing Co. for $1,500. The ML supplied duplicate plates (omitting the introduction) and retained all rights to publish its own edition (Robert F. de Graff, Garden City, to Cerf, 22 January 1932). A full-sized edition with illustrations by Victor Candell was published by Garden City later that year under the imprint Sun Dial Press.",
            "The Memoirs of Jacques Casanovaranked in the 3rd quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "185b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE MEMOIRS | OF | JACQUES | CASANOVA |EDITED BY| MADELEINE BOYD |INTRODUCTIONBY| ERNEST BOYD | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, 1–492 [493–500].  [1–16]16. Contents as 185a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [493–498] ML list; [499–500] ML Giants list. (Fall 1944)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 185b.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16. Contents as 185b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, 1957, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Fall 1960)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light bluish green (163) and black on textured white paper depicting a man and woman on the steps of a villa, illuminated by moonlight; lettering in black with title highlighted in light bluish green. Designed by Paul Galdone, April 1940; signed. Front flap as 185a jacket C. (Fall 1944)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "The pursuit of women and adventure was the principal activity of Casanova’s life. By his own account, amorous and other exciting exploits demanded virtually all of his energy and resourcefulness. When old age tempered his passions, he retired to write the recollections of his youthful escapades. The manuscript which has come down to us from the eighteenth century in various condensations has delighted those readers who cultivate an interest in accounts of forbidden pleasures. It has also brought a little discomfort to the prudish-minded. This edition includes some of the most vivid encounters and escapades of Casanova’s crowded life. (Fall 1960)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "186",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HOMER",
            "TEXT": [
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            "TITLE": "THE ILIAD",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1982",
            "ML_NUMBER": 166
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "186.1a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE | ILIAD OF HOMER | [rule] | DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE | BY | ANDREW LANG  WALTER LEAF | ERNEST MYERS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], 1–464 [465–466].  [1–14]16[15]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; [5] PREFATORY NOTE; [6] poem signed: A. L.; poem signed: E. M.; 1–464 text; [465] poem signed: W. L.; [466] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in moderate red (15) and black on yellow paper with illustration of Achilles with spear and shield and Troy in flames in background; title and borders in moderate red, other lettering in black. Unsigned but probably by Staloff, the designer of the companion jacket forThe Odyssey(187.1a jacket B). (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the books of antiquity which adorn the Modern Library series, none is in greater favor than Homer’sIliadand its companion volume,The Odyssey(No. 167). The immortal epic of the wrath of Achilles and the siege of Troy is as vivid to the contemporary reader as it must have been to Homer’s first enraptured listeners seven centuries before the Christian era, and as it has remained through the ages in its various renderings. The Lang-Leaf-Myers translation was chosen upon the urgent advice of the leading authorities in England and America. (Spring 1936)",
            "Lang-Leaf-Myers translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1883. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1929.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded fall 1964 by Rees translation (186.2).",
            "The ML originally planned to use the 17th-century translations of George Chapman for its editions of Homer’sIliadandOdyssey. Advance advertising referred to the Chapman translations, as did fall 1929 catalogs and ML lists—including the lists inside first printings of the Homer jackets. The Lang-Leaf-Myers translation ofThe Iliadand the Butcher and Lang translation ofThe Odysseywere substituted at the last moment on the advice of several college professors. “We discovered that we could sell five times as many books in the new translation as we could have had we used the Chapman, since the Lang, Leaf, and Myers one is used in almost all of the colleges” (Cerf to George M. McKanday, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 25 November 1930).",
            "The Prefatory Note (p. [5]) indicates that Books I–IX were translated by Leaf, X–XVI by Lang, and XVII–XXIV by Myers, but that the whole was revised by all three translators.",
            "The ML hoped to use Macmillan plates, but Macmillan had to secure approval from its parent firm in London and was unable to make a solid offer until the end of October. By that time the ML had begun composition so that the books could be published in December.",
            "The Iliadranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 and rose into the lower part of the first quarter during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. Sales totaled 122,292 copies by spring 1958.",
            "186.1b.  Title page reset (c.1941)",
            "THE ILIAD | OF | HOMER | DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE | BY | ANDREW LANG  WALTER LEAF | ERNEST MYERS | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [6], 1–464 [465–474].  [1–15]16.  Contents as 186.1a except: [2] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [467–472] ML list; [473–474] ML Giants list. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark red background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 186.1a jacket B. (Spring 1943)",
            "186.1c.Highetintroduction added (1950)",
            "THE ILIAD | OF HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | ANDREW LANG, WALTER LEAF | AND ERNEST MEYERS [sic] | [short swelled rule] | INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT HIGHET | PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–464.  [1–15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | By Gilbert Highet; xv–xvi WORKS IN ENGLISH | ABOUT THE HOMERIC POEMS; 1–464 text.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv [xv–xvi], 1–464.  Collation as 186.1c.  Contents as 186.1c except: [xv–xvi].Note:Page numerals “xv” and “xvi” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket:As 186.1b. Front flap as 186.1a jacket B. (Spring 1950) Front flap reset with last sentence slightly revised. (Spring 1957)",
            "Highet received $300 for his introductions toThe IliadandThe Odyssey(Stein to Highet, 26 January 1950). The first section of the introductions (“The World of theIliadand theOdyssey”) is common to both volumes, as is the bibliography. Highet’s introductions were also included in printings ofThe IliadandThe Odysseyin Modern Library College Editions, which were introduced in fall 1950. Most of the introductions written for MLCE appeared first in that series and were subsequently added to regular ML printings.",
            "The Prefatory Note and the poems on pp. [6] and [465] of 186.1a–b are omitted from 186.1c.",
            "Myers’s name was misspelled on the reset title page. Highet pointed out the error shortly after publication (Highet to Crary, 8 September 1950). There is a memo in the RH Papers ordering the correction on the MLCE title page. The title page of the regular ML edition does not appear to have been corrected.",
            "186.2.  Rees translation (1964)",
            "THE | ILIAD | OF | HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–529 [530].  [1]16[2–8]32[9–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] dedication; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1963, by Ennis Rees; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: ENNIS REES; xiii–xiv SELECTED | BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–516 text; 517–529 INDEX; [530] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in grayish yellowish brown (80), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with line of Greek soldiers in brilliant yellow looming over a stone wall represented by intersecting black lines; lettering in reverse and black, all against grayish yellowish brown background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With the publication ofThe Iliad, Ennis Rees has completed the monumental work of translating all of Homer into natural, free-flowing verse, and he has fulfilled the promise of his brilliant translation ofThe Odyssey.",
            "The tale of heroes and gods who fought the Trojan War is now available in a translation at once faithful to the superb original and extremely accessible to the contemporary reader.",
            "Rees translation originally published by Random House, 1963. ML edition(pp. v–529) printed from RH plates with the dedication and title page adapted from the RH printing. Published fall 1964.WR16 November 1964. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1982/83.",
            "Epstein wanted to include Richmond Lattimore’s verse translation ofThe Iliadin the ML in 1960, but reprint rights do not appear to have been available (Epstein to Roger Shugg, University of Chicago Press, 6 January 1960). RH published Rees’s verse translation ofThe Odysseylater that year, followed by his verse translation ofThe Iliadin 1963. Rees’s volumes were designed so that the plates could be used for ML printings.",
            "The ML title page reproduces the title exactly as it appears in the RH printing, but the statement of responsibility for the translator (TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES) and the imprint are reduced in size, significantly improving the balance and aesthetic appeal of the ML title page. The dedication facing the title page is reduced from four lines in the RH printing (THIS TRANSLATION | IS DEDICATED | TO JEFFREY, AMY, | AND ANDREW) to two lines (TO JEFFREY, AMY, | AND ANDREW) in the ML.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Homer,The Odyssey(1929–1971)  187",
            "Homer,Complete Works(1935–1973)  G18"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "187",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HOMER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ODYSSEY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1929–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 167
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "187.1a.  First printing (1929)",
            "[within double rules] THE | ODYSSEY OF HOMER | [rule] | DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE | BY | S. H. BUTCHER AND A. LANG | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–383 [384].  [1–12]16[13]12.",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1929 | [short double rule]; v–ix PREFACE; also on p. ix: PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; [x] poem signed: A. L.; xi–xxiv INTRODUCTION | Composition and Plot of the Odyssey; 1–383 text; also on p. 383: poem signed: A. L.; [384] blank.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "JacketB:Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on yellow paper with illustration of Odysseus standing at the bow of a boat; title and borders in moderate blue, other lettering in black. Signed: Staloff. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the books of antiquity which adorn the Modern Library series, none is in greater favor than Homer’sThe Odysseyand its companion volume,The Iliad(No. 166). The immortal epic of the ten-year wanderings of Ulysses remains as vivid to the contemporary reader as it was when first recited to Homer’s enthralled audience many centuries before the Christian era. The Modern Library edition of the Butcher and Lang prose translation has been adopted by many leading universities as the standard text of this classic. (Fall 1936)",
            "Butcher and Lang translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1879. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1929.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded spring 1962 by Rees translation (187.2).",
            "See 186.1a for information about the selection of the Butcher and Lang translation.",
            "TheOdysseyranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943, slightly belowThe Iliad. It was near the top of the second quarter during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, four titles belowThe Iliad.",
            "187.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE ODYSSEY | OF HOMER | DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE BY | S. H. BUTCHER AND A. LANG | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–383 [384–392]. [1–13]16.",
            "Contents as 187.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [385–389] ML list; [390–391] ML Giants list; [392] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in very dark bluish green (166) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid very dark bluish green background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 187.1a jacket B. (Spring 1941)",
            "187.1c.Highetintroduction added (1950)",
            "THE ODYSSEY | OF HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | S. H. BUTCHER AND A. LANG | [short swelled rule] | INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT HIGHET | PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–383 [384].  [1–11]16[12]8[13]16.",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | by Gilbert Highet; xv–xvi WORKS IN ENGLISH | ABOUT THE HOMERIC POEMS; 1–383 text; [384] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 187.1b. (Fall 1949)",
            "See 186.1c for notes about Highet’s introductions toThe IliadandThe Odyssey. The front matter on pp. v–xxiv and the poem on p. 383 of 187.1a–b were omitted from 187.1c when Highet’s introduction was added.",
            "187.2.  Rees translation (1962)",
            "THE | ODYSSEY | OF | HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES | [torchbearer H] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp [i–vi] vii–xviii, [1–2] 3–416 [417–430].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16.",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1960, by Ennis Rees; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–[viii] CONTENTS; ix–xv INTRODUCTION signed p. xv: ENNIS REES; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii SELECTED | BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–409 text; 410–416 INDEX; [417–422] ML list; [423–424] ML Giants list; [425–430] blank. (Spring 1962)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), moderate greenish yellow (102) and black on coated white paper with a small ship in moderate greenish yellow against sea represented by wavy black lines; lettering in reverse and black, all against strong greenish blue background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This is a completely new translation of the ODYSSEY of Homer. Brilliantly done in natural, free-flowing verse, it is the most readable version available to modern readers.",
            "The successful recapture here of the flavor and meaning of the ODYSSEY will enable the reader to see fully why the epic story of the wanderings of Odysseus has been one of the most treasured legacies of ancient Greece. (Spring 1962)",
            "Rees translation originally published by Random House, 1960. ML edition (pp. vii–416) printed from RH plates, with the title page adapted from the original plates. Published spring 1962.WR4 June 1962. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Rees’s translation ofThe Odysseyfilled the need for a modern verse translation. Richmond Lattimore’s verse translation ofThe Odysseydid not appear until 1967, sixteen years after his translation ofThe Iliad. The Lattimore translation probably would not have been available to the ML in any case.\tRees’s verse translation ofThe Iliadwas published in 1963 and was added to the ML the following year (see 186.2). Both of Rees’s volumes were designed so that the plates could be used for ML printings.",
            "The ML title page reproduces the title exactly as it appears in the RH printing, but the statement of responsibility for the translator (TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES) and the imprint are reduced in size, significantly improving the balance and aesthetic appeal of the ML title page. The 3-line dedication facing the title page in the RH printing, which is identical to that in Rees’s translation ofThe Iliad, is shifted in the ML printing to the recto of the third leaf (p. [v]).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Homer,TheIliad(1929–1982)  186",
            "Homer,Complete Works(1935–1973)  G18"
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      "HEAD": [
        1930,
        "Spring",
        "Fall",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The Modern Library’s purchase of the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday, Doran subsidiary that specialized in hard-cover reprints, was announced on 4 April. The Sun Dial Library had been in existence since 1923 and was a reprint series of modern literary works similar in format and scope to the Modern Library. In 1930 it included fifty-three titles that sold for one dollar a copy. The Sun Dial Library had never been a strong rival, but it was the only American series that competed with the Modern Library to any extent and Cerf regarded it as potentially dangerous (Cerf to James L. Crowder, 2 April 1930).",
          "The purchase of the Sun Dial Library gave the Modern Library access to a number of titles that Cerf and Klopfer had tried to secure from Doubleday in the past. The series included major works by Joseph Conrad, Aldous Huxley, W. Somerset Maugham, William McFee, and Christopher Morley, all of whom were Doubleday authors. Other desirable titles in the series included Katherine Mansfield’sGarden Party, Bram Stoker’sDracula, and H. G. Wells’sTono-Bungay.",
          "As part of the agreement the Modern Library secured reprint rights to four Doubleday titles—Arnold Bennett’sOld Wives’ Tale, Aldous Huxley’sPoint Counter Point, W. Somerset Maugham’sOf Human Bondage, and Horace Walpole’sFortitude—that were not part of the Sun Dial Library. Cerf and Klopfer had been trying to secure reprint rights to these titles for several years. The Modern Library agreed to pay Doubleday, Doran royalties of 12 cents a copy for these four titles—two cents more than Cerf and Klopfer were then paying for any other book in the ML with the exception of Dreiser’sTwelve Men(159). The four titles were added to the Modern Library between September 1930 and January 1931.",
          "Eleven of the 53 titles in the Sun Dial Library were added to the ML between 1931 and 1937: Conrad,Lord Jim(210); Mansfield,The Garden Party(214); Morley,Parnassus on Wheels(213); McFee,Casuals of the Sea(223); Wells,Tono-Bungay(225); Stoker,Dracula(231); Conrad,Victory(238); Dos Passos,Three Soldiers(248); Huxley,Antic Hay(233); Maugham,Moon and Sixpence(283); and Collins,The Moonstone(G31). All of these exceptThe Moonstoneappear to have been protected by copyright and could not have been included in the ML without the permission of Doubleday, Doran.",
          "The purchase of the Sun Dial Library was a straight cash transaction. The Modern Library acquired the entire stock of Sun Dial Library books, about 87,000 volumes, and got the right for five years to add any title from the series for which Doubleday, Doran controlled the copyright. No plates were involved since Garden City Publishing Co., like other reprint publishers, printed from the original publishers’ plates. The total cost was just under $25,000. This represented the exact manufacturing cost of each volume, a royalty of ten cents a copy, and an additional payment of $5,000.",
          "The books were transferred to the Modern Library’s warehouse at the Wolff Bindery in New York. Cerf estimated that no more than half of the books could be sold at full price. Cerf and Klopfer hoped at first to sell enough books at the regular price to enable them to remainder the rest at the end of the year and still break even (Cerf to Crowder, 10 April 1930). Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, the big New York department stores, placed orders for one thousand copies each and disposed of them at sale prices of about 69 cents a copy. By June the stock was down to 60,000 copies. At that time Klopfer indicated that they had abandoned the idea of remaindering the books (Klopfer to G. E. Rogers, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 3 June 1930). By early 1931 Sun Dial Library books were being offered at discounts ranging from 42 percent on fifty copies to 55 percent on a thousand or more. Salesmen were urged to try to get one big account in each city to take a large selection at these discounts, but Cerf asked them not to press booksellers too hard (Cerf to Carl J. Smalley, 15 January 1931 and 11 June 1931).",
          "Other ways were found to dispose of the weakest titles. Many of them were bartered for Modern Library advertising in college newspapers, and several booksellers agreed to accept Sun Dial Library books as the Modern Library’s contribution toward cooperative advertising. By September 1933 the Sun Dial Library stock was almost gone.",
          "Cerf commented to the ML’s senior sales representative, “Considering the general depression, our Modern Library sales seem to be holding up wonderfully. The new picture jackets help, and the Fall additions should cause general satisfaction, I believe” (Cerf to Crowder, 11 July 1930).",
          "The ML ordered new typesettings and plates for three of its most popular titles: Maugham,Of Human Bondage(199), Bennett,Old Wives Tale(207), and Stoker,Dracula(231).",
          "Ernest Hemingway paid tribute to the ML’s format in December 1930. He had shattered his arm in a serious car accident in early November and was recuperating in Key West after spending seven weeks in a Billings, Montana hospital. In a letter to Cerf typed by his wife Pauline he gratefully described Modern Library books as “the proper size for one-handed reading” (Hemingway to Cerf, 26 December 1930)."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Nineteen titles were added and four were discontinued, bringing the number of active titles to 182. Minor discrepancies between the number of titles indicated here and on the back panels of ML jackets are due primarily to the ML’s practice of including titles projected for January publication on fall lists. Fall 1930 jackets also list Merejkowski,",
          "Peter and Alexis(227), which was originally announced for August 1930 but was delayed until December 1931."
        ]
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Except for Rockwell Kent’sWilderness(205) all new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and torchbearer A2, A3, or C1 (see individual entries).Wildernesshad an individually designed title page featuring an illustration by Kent; torchbearer B appears on the verso of the title page."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published in all four bindings. See the illustration of Huysmans,Against the Grain, which shows four copies of the fall 1930 first printing, each in a binding of a different color.",
          "Rockwell Kent’s B1 binding with the grape vine design at the base of the spine and his torchbearer stamped in gold on the front panel was used in its full form through spring 1930. The additional gold required for the B1 binding increased the ML’s costs by half a cent per volume, and the binding was discontinued after a single season.",
          "The balloon cloth B2 binding was used for the first seven titles published in fall 1930. The B2 binding is identical to B1 except for the torchbearer, which is blind stamped on the front panel. Titles published initially in the B2 binding are Cervantes,Don Quixote(197), Mencken,Selected Prejudices(198), Maugham,Of Human Bondage(199), Goethe,Faust(200), Walpole,Fortitude(201), Young,The Medici(202), and Huxley,Point Counter Point(203).",
          "Balloon cloth binding C replaced Kent’s original design for the last three titles published in 1930: Plato,Works(204), Kent,Wilderness(205), and Huysmans,Against the Grain(206). Kent’s grape vine design is omitted from the spine, but his torchbearer, reduced in size from 36 to 27 mm, is again stamped in gold on the front panel. Balloon cloth binding C was used through April 1931 and was superseded by balloon cloth binding D in May 1931.",
          "Early in 1930 Klopfer asked H. Wolff, the ML’s bindery, to look into the potential savings of using imitation gold (“oriental tissue”) instead of genuine gold on the bindings, noting that it would have to save at least a penny per book to make the change worthwhile (Klopfer to Bert Wolff, 23 January 1930). Wolff indicated that imitation gold would save .003 per copy or $3.00 per thousand—a savings of $1,500–1,800 a year (Wolff to Klopfer, 20 January 1930). As a test Klopfer asked that the ML’s May title,Oriental Romances(196), be stamped in imitation gold. Wolff mistakenly used imitation gold on the ML’s entire current binding order of 118,404 volumes instead of genuine gold as specified in the contract (RH Box 766, Wolff folder). Balloon cloth binding B2 with the torchbearer blind stamped on the front panel appears to have been the solution to the problem."
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "Library Edition",
        "Twenty-five ML titles were offered in special bindings for the library market. The flexible balloon cloth bindings used for volumes sold in stores did not withstand repeated readings and thus were not well suited to library use. Volumes in the “Library Edition” were bound in sturdy blue buckram over stiff boards with headbands at the head and foot of the spine. Unlike the balloon cloth bindings in the regular ML, the bindings were reinforced with mull, also known as crash—a strip of sturdy starched fabric that was glued over the folded gatherings at the spine, with flaps extending about half an inch on each side that were glued to the inside of the front and back boards. The titles were:",
        "American Poetry1671–1928: A Comprehensive Anthology, ed. Aiken (169.1)",
        "Beebe,Jungle Peace(116)",
        "Best Ghost Stories(67)",
        "Best Russian Short Stories, ed. Seltzer (18)",
        "Brontë,Wuthering Heights(120)",
        "Carroll,Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, The Hunting of the Snark(111)",
        "Cellini,Autobiography(132)",
        "Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(171)",
        "Douglas,South Wind(114)",
        "Fourteen Great Detective Stories, ed. Starrett(155)",
        "France,Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard(21)",
        "Hardy,Return of the Native(126)",
        "Hudson,Green Mansions(90)",
        "Ibsen,A Doll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People(6)",
        "Lewisohn,Up Stream(128)",
        "Melville,Moby Dick(124)",
        "Meredith,Diana of the Crossways(14)",
        "Meredith,Ordeal of Richard Feverel(144)",
        "Merejkowski,Romance of Leonardo da Vinci(154)",
        "Nietzsche,Thus Spake Zarathustra(9)",
        "Schreiner,Story of an African Farm(142)",
        "Sterne,Tristram Shandy(158)",
        "Symonds,Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti(164)",
        "Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray(1)",
        "Wilde,Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan(76)",
        "Fifteen of the titles were ones that Cerf and Klopfer added between fall 1925 and 1928; ten had originally appeared in the Boni & Liveright series. The attempt to market ML books to libraries was not a success, probably because the small size of the volumes and the narrow margins did not allow for rebinding.",
        "Buckram bindings for the library market were again made available for many ML titles in the 1960s, more than twenty years after the ML introduced its larger format. This time the optional buckram bindings appear to have been successful.",
        "Hemingway,Sun Also Rises(1930)  190",
        "Tolstoy,Anna Karenina(1930)  191",
        "Huneker,Painted Veils(1930)  192",
        "Tchekov,Plays of Anton Tchekov(1930)  193",
        "Proust,Within a Budding Grove(1930)  194",
        "Dewey,Human Nature and Conduct(1930)  195",
        "Komroff, ed.,Oriental Romances(1930)  196",
        "Cervantes,Don Quixote(1930)  197",
        "Mencken,Selected Prejudices(1930)  198",
        "Maugham,Of Human Bondage(1930)  199",
        "Goethe,Faust(1930)  200",
        "Walpole,Fortitude(1930)  201",
        "Young,Medici(1930)  202",
        "Huxley,Point Counter Point(1930)  203",
        "Plato,Works of Plato(1930)  204",
        "Kent,Wilderness(1930)  205",
        "Huysmans,Against the Grain(1930)  206",
        "Discontinued",
        "Dunsany,Book of Wonder(1918)  42",
        "Evolution in Modern Thought(1918)  35",
        "Fabre,Life of the Caterpillar(1925)  115",
        "Wilson,Selected Addresses and Public Papers(1918)  63"
      ],
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Rockwell Kent endpapers used in spring 1930 were available in three different colors and were color coordinated with the balloon cloth bindings. Blue and green bindings continued to be paired with pale green (149) endpapers; brown bindings examined had light reddish brown (42) endpapers; and red bindings had endpapers in light orange (52).",
          "Beginning in fall 1930 all Kent endpapers were in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for the oversize volume, John Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(1935: 280) and three spring 1939 titles—Irving Stone,Lust for Life(317), Isak Dinesen,Seven Gothic Tales(320), andSix Plays of Clifford Odets(321) that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
        ]
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Ten of the 1930 titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Seven appeared in uniform typographic jacket D. Maugham,Of Human Bondage(199) was published in uniform typographic jacket E; Huxley,Point Counter Point(203) had a non-pictorial jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Hemingway,Sun Also RisesxGoethe,Faust. (Fall) Goethe,FaustxConrad,Lord Jim."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf wanted to include John Galsworthy’sForsyte Sagain the Modern Library but realized that Scribner’s was unlikely to grant reprint rights. He wrote Maxwell Perkins in 1930, “I eagerly await hearing of Mr. Scribner’s reaction to my suggestion for theForsyte Saga. I hope that I did not move him to physical violence. I am convinced the idea is not as ridiculous as it very likely appears at first blush” (Cerf to Perkins, 4 December 1930). Perkins replied that there was no possibility of granting reprint rights (Perkins to Cerf, 4 December 1930). Nine years later Cerf offered an advance of $7,500 to publishThe Forsyte Sagaas a Giant (Cerf to Perkins, 26 September 1939). Galsworthy’s sequence of three novels and two interludes never appeared in the ML.",
          "Cerf contacted John W. Luce & Co. about rights to a John Millington Synge anthology (Cerf to Mr. Schaff, 23 June 1930). Cerf contacted Longman’s for the rights to H. Rider Haggard’sShe, J. C. Van Dyke’sHistory of Painting, and G. F. Young’s history from 44 B.C. to 1453 A.D.,East and West through Fifteen Centuries(Cerf to J. Ray Beck, 25 September 1930). The only one of these titles that was ever added to the ML wasShe—and that was over 25 years later, when Haggard’sShe & King Solomon’s Mines(492) appeared in the ML in 1957.",
          "James Crowder, the ML’s sales representative for the Middle West, suggested Goethe’sFaustandThe Sayings of Confucius(Crowder to Cerf, 12 April 1930 and 30 September 1930).Faust(200) was published in the ML that fall.The Wisdom of Confucius(312) appeared in the ML in 1938 and became one of the ML’s perennial best-selling titles. V. F. Calverton, who editedAn Anthology of American Negro Literature(183) for the ML in 1929, offered to editTales of E. T. A. Hoffmanfor the series; Cerf indicated that the book was a possibility in the future (Cerf to Calverton, 10 December 1930).",
          "The ML decided not to publish Guillaume Apollinaire’sLa Rome des Borgiaafter a reader’s report judged it pornographic and valueless as history. The reader commented, “The whole simply stinks of obscenity and abnormality” (“Ray” to Klopfer, 18 February 1930).",
          "Ferris Greenslet urged Cerf to publish a ML edition of Alain-Fournier’s novelThe Wanderer(Le Grand Meaulnes), which was originally published in Paris in 1913 and appeared in an English translation published by Houghton Mifflin in 1928, fourteen years after the young author’s death in action in the First World War. “I hope very much that you are going to feel like doing something about THE WANDERER, both because we would like the business and because I personally have a profound interest in extending the reputation of Alain Fournier” (Greenslet to Cerf, 5 September 1930). Cerf appears to have been skeptical about its sales potential. Roger L. Scaife, who would move from Houghton Mifflin to Little, Brown & Co. a short time later, replied to Cerf: “You may be right about THE WANDERER. The story took hold of us here so strongly that we thought it a gem that should be preserved and sold year after year. Whether that is possible or not, I do not know. Your judgment is understandably better than mine in this case” (Scaife to Cerf, 6 October 1930). A new English translation by Frank Davison was published in 1959 under the titleThe Lost Domainby Oxford University Press in its World’s Classics series and reprinted in Penguin Modern Classics asLe Grand Meaulnesin 1966. A third English translation by Robin Buss appeared in Penguin Classics in 2007 under the titleThe Lost Estate.",
          "The Marxist poet and novelist Isidor Schneider, who was in charge of advertising at Horace Liveright, Inc., and whose wife, Helen Berlin, had been Cerf and Klopfer’s first secretary, recommended Ivan Goncharov’sOblomovfor the ML. The Natalie Duddington translation, published by Macmillan the previous year, was the first complete translation in English. Schneider, who later served as literary editor of theNew Masses, consideredOblomovone of the world’s ten best novels (Schneider to Cerf, 1 April 1930; Schneider Special Manuscript Collection, Columbia University Library). The Duddington translation was published in Everyman’s Library in 1932, butOblomovwas never added in the ML."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Overton, ed.,Great Modern Short Stories(1930)  188",
          "James,Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master(1930)  189"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 188,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "GRANT OVERTON",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "GREAT MODERN SHORT STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1943",
            "ML_NUMBER": 168
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "188a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] GREAT MODERN | SHORT STORIES | [rule] | EDITED BY | GRANT OVERTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–371 [372–374].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1930,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930 | [short double rule]; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–ix FOREWORD signed p. ix: Grant Overton; [x] blank; [1] part title: HEART OF D    ARKNESS | JOSEPH CONRAD; [2] Copyright, 1903, by Doubleday, Page & Co.; 3–371 text; [372–374] blank.Note:TheFirststatement is not completely removed from the second printing; lines 4–5 are deleted from p. [iv] but line 3 is retained. Line 3 is deleted in later printings.",
            "Contents:Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad – The Three-Day Blow, by Ernest Hemingway – The Apple-Tree, by John Galsworthy – Paul’s Case, by Willa Cather – I’m a Fool, by Sherwood Anderson – The Prussian Officer, by D. H. Lawrence – Miss Brill, by Katherine Mansfield – The Runaways, by Glenway Wescott – At Your Age, by F. Scott Fitzgerald – Counterparts, by James Joyce – The Letter, by W. Somerset Maugham.",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on cream paper with inset panel in vivid red divided diagonally into four parts depicting a country village, skyscrapers, a sailing ship, and industrial smokestacks; borders in vivid red, lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Controversies over the merits of favorite short stories are endless. Everyone is staunch in his own preferences and can argue at length in their behalf. The tales collected in this volume support no theory, nor do they follow a pattern intended to emphasize a special set of virtues; they are catholic in choice and represent the most notable works in the short-story form of such masters as Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, Somerset Maugham, Katherine Mansfield, D. H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson and Glenway Westcott. (Spring 1934)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published January 1930.WR8 February 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1943. Superseded 1943 byGreat Modern Short Stories, ed. Bennett Cerf (361).",
            "Most of the stories were selected by Cerf and Klopfer rather than Overton (see 361). Even so, Cerf thought that the anthology contained “glaring defects” and acknowledged, “Copyright difficulties . . . prevented our putting into this volume exactly what we would have liked to include” (Cerf to A. E. Coppard, 6 September 1934).",
            "Overton’s anthology and its successor sold 12,699 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it fourteenth out of 271 ML and Giant titles.",
            "188b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] GREAT | MODERN | SHORT | STORIES | EDITED BY | GRANT OVERTON | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY",
            "Pagination and collation as 188a.",
            "Contents as 188a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket 3:Non-pictorial in deep blue (179), pale yellow (89) and gold on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset deep blue panel and three deep blue bands at foot, all surrounded by pale yellow background with decorations in gold and yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone, March 1940; unsigned.Note:The jacket design in different color combinations was also used forFive Great Modern Irish Plays(1941: 339),Collected Short Storiesof Ring Lardner(1941: 344),Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker(1942: 353), and four existing ML anthologies:Best Ghost Stories(1919: 67b),Best American Humorous Short Stories(1920: 80f),Great Modern Short Stories(1930: 188b), andGreat German Short Novels and Stories(1933: 256b) when they appeared in the ML’s larger format in the early 1940s. Front flap as 188a jacket B. (Fall 1940)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Cerf, ed.,Great Modern Short Stories(1943)  361"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 189,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY JAMES",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE TURN OF THE SCREW; THE LESSON OF THE MASTER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 169
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "189a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] THE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [short rule] | THE LESSON OF THE MASTER | [rule] | BY | HENRY JAMES | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HEYWOOD BROUN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [2], 1–211 [212].  [17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1891, 1898,byTHE MACMILLAN CO. | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1930,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930 | [short double rule]; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Heywood Broun. | New York, |January,1930.; [x] blank; [1] part title: THE TURN OF THE SCREW; [2] blank; 1–134 text; [135] part title: THE LESSON OF THE MASTER; [136] blank; 137–211 text; [212] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in deep yellow green (118) and black on light grayish green paper with inset illustration of a chair by a window with gloves on the seat cushion, a vase encircled by a hand on the window ledge, and a man with outstretched hand peering through the window into the room; borders in deep yellow green, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "For sheer terror, for the spectral power to fasten itself upon the imagination, stirring and tormenting it,The Turn of the Screwis the apotheosis of the macabre in literature. Without abatement, it arouses the senses and numbs them, clutches at the heart and makes it beat faster, while it unfolds one of the greatest ghost stories of all time.The Lesson of the Masterportrays the inevitable penalties imposed on those who cherish a dream of perfection. It reveals Henry James as an incomparable story-teller and stylist. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published by the Macmillan Co., 1898(The Turn of the Screw) and 1892 (The Lesson of the Master). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for January 1930.WR8 March 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML’s original intent was to publishThe Turn of the Screwonly, to print from Macmillan plates, and to pay a $1,000 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy (H. C. Latham, Macmillan Co., to Klopfer, 26 November 1928). Cerf asked Willard Huntington Wright (S. S. Van Dine) to write an introduction, but Wright declined (“Dine” to Cerf, 25 March 1929).",
            "Final publication plans took shape in January 1930, when Macmillan granted permission to addThe Lesson of the Masterfor an additional payment of $100 (Latham to ML, 10 January 1930). Broun’s introduction, dated January 1930, makes no reference toThe Lesson of the Master. The ML also decided to reset both works. These changes delayed publication by a month or so. The royalty was renegotiated after both works entered the public domain. In the 1960s the ML was paying royalties of 2 cents a copy.",
            "The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Masterranked in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943, just belowThe Portrait of a Lady(291). James’s sales improved significantly by the early 1950s. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Mastersold 3,734 copies, making it seventy-fourth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML. James’sPortrait of a Ladysold 5,345 copies, placing it thirty-ninth.",
            "189b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [diamond ornament] | THE LESSON OF | THE MASTER | [diamond ornament] | By Henry James |Introduction byHEYWOOD BROUN | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 189a.",
            "Contents as 189a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, 1898, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 189b. Contents as 189b except p. [iv] line 2: INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1957. (Spring 1960 jacket)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in dark grayish brown (62) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel tilted on a diagonal axis; background in dark grayish brown with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 189a. (Spring 1946)",
            "189c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1967)",
            "The Turn | of the Screw | The Lesson of | the Master | by HENRY JAMES | Introduction by | Heywood Broun | [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library | New York",
            "Pagination and collation as 189a. Contents as 189b except: [iv] Copyright, 1891, 1898 by the Macmillan Company | Introduction Copyright, 1930 and renewed, 1957, | by The Modern Library, Inc.",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial in light olive brown (94), strong red (12) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black and strong red on inset light olive brown panel with two rules and ampersand in reverse; background in white.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Turn of the Screwwas first published in 1898 and has remained one of the most hauntingly ambiguous and variously interpreted works in literature.",
            "The Lesson of the Masterdiscloses James’ constant concern with the nature of the artist.",
            "Both titles reveal Henry James as an incomparable storyteller and stylist.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "James,Daisy Miller; An International Episode(1918–1934)  60",
            "James,Portrait of a Lady(1936–1973; 1983– )  291",
            "James,Wings of the Dove(1946–1969)  389",
            "James,Short Stories(Giant, 1948–1970)  G75",
            "James,Washington Square(1950–1970)  427",
            "James,The Bostonians(1956–1970)  480"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 190,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ERNEST HEMINGWAY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SUN ALSO RISES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1953",
            "ML_NUMBER": 170
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "190a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] THE SUN ALSO RISES | [rule] | BY | ERNEST HEMINGWAY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HENRY SEIDEL CANBY | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | rule | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–259 [260].  [1–8]16[9]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D8; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1926, byCHAS. SCRIBNER’S SONS | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; [v]–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Henry Seidel Canby. | New York |January,1930; [x] blank; [xi] dedication; [xii] epigraphs from Gertrude Stein andEcclesiastes; [1] part title: THE SUN ALSO RISES | [short rule] |BOOK I; [2] blank; 3–259 text; [260] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a woman with a glass of wine in the foreground and a bullfighter, a man’s head, and base of the Eiffel Tower in the background; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Instead of beginning his career as a writer of promise, Ernest Hemingway startled the world, and especially his own generation, withThe Sun Also Rises, his first full-length novel. The disinherited and disillusioned survivors of the World War discovered in him their spokesman, a writer free of sentimentality and cant who could summon forth characters true to their own experience and way of life.The Sun Also Risesis a chronicle of a lost generation drifting, frustrated and demoralized, to its doom. (Spring 1939)",
            "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. ML edition(pp. [xi]–259) printed from Scribner plates. Published February 1930.WR8 March 1930. First printing: 15,000 copies. Discontinued 1953.",
            "The ML paid Scribner’s a $6,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. Cerf had approached Scribner’s about a ML edition as early as 1927, when he offered a $1,200 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy (Cerf to Scribner’s, 17 September 1927). After meeting Cerf in New York Hemingway urged Scribner’s to let the ML have the book. He was pleased thatThe Sun Also Riseswas to appear in the series. But he declined Cerf’s offer of $200 to write an introduction—four times what F. Scott Fitzgerald received in 1934 for his introduction to the ML edition ofThe Great Gatsby—explaining that he couldn’t write an introduction to any book, least of all to one of his own. “I feel to write it would be taking $200 out of some critics [sic] pocket—but beside that I swear to you I couldn’t write it if I tried” (Hemingway to Cerf, 4 January 1930).",
            "Printings through 1934 were as follows: 5,000 copies (November 1930), 5,000 copies (October 1931), 3,000 copies (July 1933), 2,000 copies (December 1934).The Sun Also Riseswas the eighteenth best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 7,054 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the second quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales. It sold 5,678 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it thirty-third out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "Curiously, the 1949 Bantam paperback edition ofThe Sun Also Rises, despite the claim on the front cover that the text is “Complete and Unabridged,’ omits more than twenty references to Robert Cohn being Jewish. The first paragraph of Chapter 1 retains the passage that he learned boxing “to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton” (p. 1) but alters the third paragraph from “Robert Cohn was a member, through his father, of one of the richest Jewish families in New York . . .” to “one of the richest families in New York” (p. 2). Another example comes from Chapter XVIII, where the Scribner/Modern Library text reads “Brett’s got a bull-fighter,” he said. “She had a Jew named Cohn, but he turned out badly” (p. 214). The 1949 Bantam edition reads: “Brett’s got a bull-fighter,” Mike said. “A beautiful, bloody bull fighter” (p. 176).",
            "Scribner’s decided in the early 1950s to promote its backlist more vigorously and terminated the ML’s reprint contracts for all three Hemingway titles in the series (Whitney Darrow, Scribner’s, to Cerf, 29 October 1952). A few months later the ML reported thatThe Sun Also Riseswould be out of stock soon (ML to Charles Burgess, Jr., Scribner’s, 16 February 1953). Scribner’s published a $3.00 hardbound reprint in April 1953 and a $1.45 paperback in August 1957.",
            "190b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[within single rules] [8-line title and statement of responsibility within second single-rule frame] THE SUN | ALSO | RISES | BY | ERNEST | HEMINGWAY | INTRODUCTION BY | HENRY SEIDEL CANBY | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 190a.",
            "Contents as 190a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in vivid red (11), vivid yellow (82), yellowish gray (93) and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of a sword draped with a vivid red cloth, suspended against a black sky with vivid yellow sun and over yellowish gray earth; lettering in black and vivid red, background in white. Signed: McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 190a. (Spring 1942)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hemingway,Farewell to Arms(1932–1953)  237",
            "Hemingway,Short Stories(Giant, 1942–1954)  G59"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 191,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LEO TOLSTOY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ANNA KARENINA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 37
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "191.1a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] ANNA | KARENINA | [rule] | BY | COUNT LEO TOLSTOY | [rule] | [torchbearer C1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–950 [951–954].  [1]16(±3) [2–30]16",
            "[1–2] blank; [3] half title; [4] pub. note D7; [5] title; [6]First Modern Library Edition| 1930 | [short double rule]; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–950 text; [951–954] blank.Note:The title leaf (pp. [5–6]) was canceled and replaced with a newly printed leaf. It is not known why the original leaf was canceled.",
            "VariantA:Pagination as 191.1a.  [1–30]16. Contents (includingFirststatement) as 191.1a.Note:Priority with 191.1a not established; both were probably counted as part of the first printing of 20,000 copies.",
            "Variant B:Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–950 [951–956].  [1–30]16. Contents as 191.1a except: [1] half title; [2] pub. note D7; [3] title; [4] manufacturing statement; [951–954] ML list; [955–956] blank. (Spring 1931)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper depicting a seated woman in a moderate blue costume and a large black hat; borders in moderate blue, title in moderate blue, other lettering in black. Signed: Loederer. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "No estimate of Tolstoy the writer can ignore Tolstoy the man. People of every shade of conviction look upon him as one of the few Christians since Christ, and few dispute his position as one of the most forceful and influential literary figures of the nineteenth century.Anna Kareninais considered his greatest novel, and Anna, the protagonist, the most notable character in the vast gallery of his creations. (Spring 1934)",
            "Original U.S. publication of Constance Garnett translation not ascertained.ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1930.WR8 March 1930. First printing: 20,000 copies. Superseded fall 1965 by revised translation (191.2).\tKlopfer asked the ML’s printer to order enough paper for 20,000 copies ofAnna Karenina(Klopfer to Mr. Wilkins, H. Wolff Estate, 4 December 1929). The paper was the same stock used forThe Brothers Karamazov(171.1a).",
            "Anna Kareninaappears to have been the best-selling title in the ML in 1931 and the eighth best-selling title in 1934. It ranked low in the first quarter of ML titles during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 and moved up a few notches during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "191.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "ANNA | KARENINA | BY | COUNT LEO TOLSTOY | TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE GARNETT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–950 [951–956].  [1–30]16",
            "Contents as 191.1a variant B except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [951–956] ML list. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket C1:Pictorial in very dark green (147), gold and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of a soldier kissing a lady’s hand; background in very dark green with title and author in reverse, other lettering in black. Signed: Galdone. Adapted from MLG jacket (G21.1 jacket B). Front flap as 191.1a jacket B. (Fall 1944)",
            "191.1c.  Troyat introduction added (1950)",
            "ANNA | KARENINA | [short decorative rule] |By Count Leo Tolstoy| TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE GARNETT |With an Introduction by| HENRI TROYAT | [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–2] 3–950 [951–958].  [1–29]16[30]8[31]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xv INTRODUCTION | By Henri Troyat; xvi–xviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title with epigraph from Romans 12:19; [2] blank; 3–950 text; [951–956] ML list; [957–958] ML Giants list. (Fall 1950)",
            "Jacket C2:As jacket C1 except in deep green (142) instead of very dark green.",
            "Flap text revised:",
            "No estimate of Tolstoy the writer can be of any meaning if it disregards Tolstoy the man. As a man, he represents the best of nineteenth-century humanitarianism and a generous Christian morality. As a writer, he towers above all the literary figures of his time, and his two great novels—War and Peace(Modern Library Giant G-1) andAnna Karenina—are universally acclaimed as classics. Anna of the latter novel is considered the most notable character in the vast gallery of the great and obscure people who live in the pages of his works. The translation from the Russian by Constance Garnett is complete and unabridged. (Fall 1952)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Several authors were asked to write the introduction before Troyat accepted the assignment. Stein’s first choice was René Wellek of Yale University. Wellek declined because of other commitments and observed, “Mrs. Garnett for some strange reason . . . chose to call the husband of Anna Karenina also Karenina though this a feminine form and means Mrs. Karenin. He should be Karenin throughout the book” (Wellek to Stein, 28 January 1950). He also noted a few other errors in the ML’s text that were corrected in the plates for the MLCE printing. Stein offered to extend the deadline to enable Wellek to write the introduction. Wellek was willing, but instead of the ML’s $200 fee he wanted a $500 advance against a small royalty, which was the arrangement he had with Rinehart for his introduction to Gogol’sDead Souls. Stein indicated that $200 was all the ML could pay, and Wellek declined a second time (Wellek to Stein, 3 February 1950 and 1 March 1950). Richard G. Salomon of Kenyon College and Vladimir Nabokov, who was then teaching at Cornell University, also declined. Nabokov indicated that he could not write an introduction for a translation he had not checked for errors and that in any case his fee would be $500 (Nabokov telegram to Stein, 17 March 1950).",
            "Troyat agreed to write the introduction for the ML’s $200 fee (Troyat to Stein, 24 March 1950). It was written in French and translated by J. Robert Loy of Columbia University.",
            "191.2.  Translation revised (1965)",
            "[left page of 2-page spread] EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY | LEONARD J. KENT | AND | NINA BERBEROVA | THE CONSTANCE GARNETT TRANSLATION HAS | BEEN REVISED THROUGHOUT BY THE EDITORS | THE MODERN LIBRARY  NEW YORK | [torchbearer J] | [right page of 2-page spread] LEO TOLSTOY | [rule] | [inverted pyramid of 6 ornaments] ANNA [inverted pyramid of 6 ornaments] | KARENINA",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xxiii [xxiv–xxvi], [1–3] 4–855 [856–870].  [1–2]16[3–14]32[15–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii–iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, September, 1965| © Copyright, 1965, by Random House, Inc.; [v] editors’ dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–viii EDITORS’ NOTE; [ix]–xxiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxiii:October 1964| LEONARD J. KENT |Quinnipiac College|Hamden, Connecticut| NINA BERBEROVA |Princeton University|Princeton, New Jersey; [xxiv] blank; [xxv] table headed:Nineteenth-Century Russian Civil, Military, and Court Ranks; [xxvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] epigraph from Romans 12:19; [3]–851 text; [852] blank; [853]–855 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH; [856] blank; [857–864] ML list; [865–866] ML Giants list; [867–870] blank. (Fall 1965)Note:Firststatement and fall 1965 lists retained in subsequent printings. The first printing has Kent endpapers in gray.",
            "Jacket D:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), brilliant orange yellow (67), dark greenish yellow (103) and black on coated white paper with area below title and author ruled into 3 panels containing illustrations of a man’s head with moderate blue smoke, a woman’s head with moderate blue smoke, and a train emitting moderate blue smoke; lettering in black and moderate blue, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "ANNA KARENINAwas begun in 1873, seven years after the publication ofWar and Peace, and appeared in installments from 1875 to 1877. It is one of Tolstoy’s masterpieces, written at the height of his power and reflecting almost every aspect of his method and attitudes.",
            "Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova have revised the Constance Garnett translation, in the interests of clarity and accuracy, and, where necessary, to offer a better rendering in English of the sense of the original Russian. They have also provided an Introduction and notes on the text.",
            "Originally published as ML Giant (G21.2a), September 1965. Regular ML edition (pp. [i]–855) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from G21.2a. Published fall 1965.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Tolstoy,Death of Ivan Ilyitch(1918–1932)  64",
            "Tolstoy,Redemption and Two Other Plays(1919–1932)  71",
            "Tolstoy,War and Peace(Giant, 1931– )  G1",
            "Tolstoy,Anna Karenina(Giant, 1935– )  G21",
            "Tolstoy,Short Stories(1964–1971)  563",
            "Tolstoy,Selected Essays(1964–1969)  564",
            "Tolstoy,Short Novels, vol. 1 (1965–1971; 1979– )  571",
            "Tolstoy,Short Stories, vol. 2(1965–1970)  578",
            "Tolstoy,Short Novels, vol. 2(1966–1970)  584"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 192,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES HUNEKER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "PAINTED VEILS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1942",
            "ML_NUMBER": 43
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "192a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] PAINTED VEILS | [rule] | BY | JAMES HUNEKER | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–12] 13–310 [311–312].  [1–9]16[10]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1920,byJAMES HUNEKER | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; [5] THE SEVEN DEADLY VIRTUES; [6] blank; [7] text and epigraph; [8] blank; [9] text and epigraphs; [10] blank; [11] part title: THE FIRST GATE |At the first gate, the warder stripped her; he took the|high tiara from her head . . .; [12] blank; 13–310 text; [311–312] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong red (12), dark gray (266) and black on cream paper depicting a kneeling woman in strong red with her face in her hand, casting a dark gray shadow; borders in strong red, lettering in black. Signed: [Irving] Politzer. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "A bright constellation of artists, dilettantes and voluptuaries made Bohemian New York a haven for the practitioners of all the deadly sins. Into their midst came Easter Brandès with her operatic ambitions and luminous beauty. A great Isolde, she had the morals of a soprano and the heart of a pawnbroker.Painted Veilsis the story of her career as a singing harlot in a modern Babylon. It is told with the irrepressible mirth and flavor of that shrewd and ever-fascinating promenader among the seven arts— James Huneker. (Spring 1936)",
            "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1920. New bibliographical edition published by Horace Liveright, 1928. ML edition (pp. [5]–310) printed from 1928 Liveright plates with pp. [5] and [9] transposed. Published March 1930.WR12 April 1930. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1942.",
            "The ML paid Liveright a $5,000 advance.Painted Veilswas the ML’s best-selling title in 1930, followed by Hemingway’sSun Also Rises(190) and Merejkowski’sRomance of Leonardo da Vinci(154). It continued to sell well but did not rank among the ML’s twenty best-selling titles during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in September 1930 and a third printing of 3,000 copies in March 1931. ML printings totaled 26,000 copies by September 1933.",
            "Shortly afterPainted Veilswas published, Thomas R. “Tommy” Smith, the editor-in-chief of Boni & Liveright, suggested a ML edition of Huneker’s autobiographySteeplejack(Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930). Cerf replied, “We are doing awfully well with Painted Veils, but do you really think that anything else of Huneker’s will sell well? There is no question that Steeplejack is a hell of a lot better book” (Cerf to Smith, 26 February 1931). Five years later Max Perkins of Charles Scribner’s Sons indicated that the ML could add any of the Huneker titles it published, such asEssays, selected and introduced by H. L. Mencken (1929) orSteeplejack. Cerf replied, “I am afraid Huneker’s glory has faded too much . . . to make him a good bet for the Modern Library (Perkins to Cerf, 10 July 1936; Cerf to Perkins, 15 July 1936). The ML edition ofPainted Veilswas discontinued six years later.",
            "192b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] PAINTED | VEILS | BY | JAMES | HUNEKER | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 192a.",
            "Contents as 192a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY JAMES HUNEKER.",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in grayish red (19) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset grayish red panel; background in black with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Front flap as 192a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 193,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANTON TCHEKOV",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PLAYS OF ANTON TCHEKOV",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1956",
            "ML_NUMBER": 171
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "193a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] THE PLAYS OF | ANTON TCHEKOV | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | [rule] | PREFACE BY | EVA LE GALLIENNE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–300.  [1–9]16[10]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1930 | [short double rule]; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: Eva Le Gallienne. | New York, |November, 1929.; [xii] blank; [1] part title: THE SEA-GULL | A Comedy in Four Acts |First performed at St. Petersburg,|October 17, 1896; [2] CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY; 3–300 text.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–300 [301–308].  [1–10]16. Contents as 193a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [301–305] ML list; [306] ML Giants list; [307–308] blank. (Spring 1937)",
            "Contents:The Sea-Gull – The Cherry Orchard – Three Sisters – Uncle Vanya – The Anniversary – On the High Road – The Wedding.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "As eminent among modern dramatists as he is among short-story writers, Anton Tchekov is here represented by seven of his most important plays. For their penetrating revelation of character, for their sharp and poignant situations and for their compassionate understanding, these plays embody the method and the spirit that have made Tchekov world famous. His ability to convert commonplace events into universal experience, his pervasive humor and his unfailing insight make him not only one of the greatest of dramatists, but also one of the most revered. (Fall 1936)",
            "Jacket B1:Pictorial in vivid red (11), black and gold on coated white paper with drawing of Russian city with bridge over a river on inset vivid red panel; lettering on panel in black except author in reverse, background in black lined in gold. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1937, forStories of Anton Tchekov(232b jacket B); unsigned. Front flap as 193a. (Spring 1939)",
            "Superseded by Chekhov,Best Plays, trans. Stark Young (1956–86)  487",
            "The Plays of Anton Tchekovranked in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "The ML used the spelling “Chekhov” from 1917 through 1929 and the spelling “Tchekov” from 1930 through spring 1956. Eva Le Gallienne’s use of “Tchekov” in the typescript of her preface toThe Plays of Anton Tchekov(1930: 193)was probably responsible for the ML’s adoption of that spelling (RH box 89, Eva Le Gallienne file). The ML reverted to “Chekhov” in fall 1956 with the Stark Young translation ofBest Plays.",
            "193b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE PLAYS | OF | ANTON | TCHEKOV | TRANSLATED BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | PREFACE BY | EVA LE GALLIENNE | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 193b variant.",
            "Contents as 193a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [306–307] ML Giants list; [308] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–300.  [1–9]16[10]12. Contents as 193b through p. 300. (Fall 1944 jacket)",
            "JacketB2:Enlarged version of 193a, jacket B1. (Fall 1940)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Chekhov,Rothschild’s Fiddle and Other Stories(1917–1931)  27",
            "Chekhov,Storiesof Anton Tchekov (1932–1956);Stories of Anton Chekhov(1957–1963);Short Stories of Anton Chekhov(1964– )  232",
            "Chekhov,Best Plays, trans. Stark Young (1956–1986)  487"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 194,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCEL PROUST",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 172
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "194a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] WITHIN | A BUDDING GROVE | [rule] | BY | MARCEL PROUST | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], 1–396; [2], 1–356 [357–360].  [1–24]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1924,ByTHOMAS SELTZER | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; [5] TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [6] blank; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; [9] part title: PART I; [10] blank; 1–396 text; [1] part title: PART II; [2] blank; 1–356 text; [357–360] ML list. (Spring 1930)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1929)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in pale blue (185) and black on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in reverse on inset scalloped black in black; borders in pale blue, lettering in pale blue and black. Signed: Brienza.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Remembrance of Things Pastis the general title for the life work of Marcel Proust, and one by one, the seven independent novels which comprise the whole are being made available for readers of the Modern Library.Swann’s Way, the first novel, is volume No. 59; this is the second novel; the third,The Guermantes Way, is No. 213. Other parts will be published later. The novels should be read in their proper order, that their subtlety and depth may be savored to the full. (Spring 1934)",
            "Scott Moncrieff translation originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Thomas Seltzer, 1924, and Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. ML edition (pp. [5–7], 1–396; 1–356) printed from Seltzer/Boni plates with table of contents revised and part titles added. Publication announced for April 1930 but moved forward to January.WR25 January 1930. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "There was a second printing of 3,000 copies in December 1930.Within a Budding Groveappears to have been omitted from the ML’s 1942–43 ranking of titles in terms of sales.",
            "194b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "Within a Budding Grove | BY MARCEL PROUST | translated by | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 194a.",
            "Contents as 194a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY THOMAS SELTZER; [357–360] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 194a.  [1]16[2–12]32[13]16. Contents as 194b except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY THOMAS SELTZER | COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [357–358] ML Giants list; [359] American College Dictionary advertisement; [360] blank. (Spring/fall 1959)",
            "JacketC:Pictorial in medium gray (265) and dark red (16) on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in dark red against solid medium gray background with lettering in reverse. Front flap as 194a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "All seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work,Remembrance of Things Past, are now available, complete and unabridged, for American readers in the Modern Library series. . . . Each of the seven novels is a separate entity and yet is an integral part of the grand design of Proust’s modern masterpiece. (Fall 1959)",
            "Jacket D:As jacket A except in strong green (141) and deep yellowish pink (27) on coated white paper. (Fall 1964)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Proust,Swann’s Way(1928–1971; 1977–1982)  166",
            "Proust,Guermantes Way(1933–1970)  264",
            "Proust,Cities of the Plain(1938–1970)  316",
            "Proust,The Captive(1941–1970)  340",
            "Proust,Sweet Cheat Gone(1948–1971)  408",
            "Proust,The Past Recaptured(1951–1971)  443"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 195,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN DEWEY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "HUMAN NATURE AND CONDUCT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1986",
            "ML_NUMBER": 173
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "195.1a1.  First printing, first state (1930)",
            "[within double rules] HUMAN NATURE | AND CONDUCT | AN INTRODUCTION | TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | [rule] | BY | JOHN DEWEY | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY | JOHN DEWEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–iv] v–vii, 14–336 [337–342].  [1–10]16[11]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1922,ByHENRY HOLT & CO. | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1930,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; v–ix FOREWORD TO THE MODERN | LIBRARY EDITION signed p. ix: John Dewey. | New York City, | Dec., 1929.; [x] blank; [iii] PREFACE signed: J. D. | February, 1921.; [iv] blank; v–vii CONTENTS; 14–332 text; 333–336 INDEX; [337–340] ML list; [341–342] blank. (Spring 1930)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930)",
            "Originally published by Henry Holt & Co., 1922. ML edition (195.1a1, pp. [iii]–vii, 14–336) printed from corrected Holt plates with the introduction (pp. 1–13) omitted; 195.1a2and subsequent printings of 195.1 are printed from the same plates and include the introduction. Published April 1930.WRnot found. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1986/87.",
            "Cerf initially approached Holt about a ML edition in 1927, offering an advance of $560 against royalties of 8 cents a copy (Cerf to Elliot Holt, 1 April 1927). Holt replied that the book continued to sell as a college text and the College Department objected to a ML edition (E. Holt to Cerf, 2 April 1927). Cerf tried again the following year when Herschel Brickell became head of the trade department after a reorganization of the firm. “I wish some day, that you could convince the new bosses that it might be a good thing for them to let us do John Dewey’s ‘Human Nature and Conduct’ in the Modern Library. We pay 10¢ a copy royalty a book, and do a first edition of 7500 copies, with a first payment of $750.00 upon signing of the contract. If you could put that over for us, you would win our undying devotion” (Cerf to Brickell, 13 February 1928).",
            "By 1929 arrangements for a ML edition were moving forward. Brickell told Cerf that he had written to Dewey for permission to proceed (Brickell to Cerf, 10 September 1929). Three weeks later Cerf asked Dewey to write an introduction to the ML edition, offering him a fee of $100 and suggesting Havelock Ellis’s introduction toThe Dance of Life(1929:180) as a model (Cerf to Dewey, 1 October 1929). Dewey agreed to write the introduction and sent a list of corrections to the text (Dewey to Cerf, 8 November 1929). Cerf asked Holt to charge the corrections to the ML’s account, but Holt corrected the plates at its own expense. Dewey’s new introduction was titled “Foreword to the Modern Library Edition” sinceHuman Nature and Conductalready included a preface and an introduction by Dewey.",
            "Someone appears to have assumed that Dewey’s new foreword superseded his introduction to the original edition, even though the introduction was paginated in Arabic numerals (pp. 1–13) and therefore was clearly part of the text. The first ML printing omitted the introduction. When the mistake was discovered the eighth leaf of the first gathering, with the last page of the contents on its recto and page 14 of Dewey’s text on its verso, was canceled in all remaining copies of the first printing. In its place a newly printed sheet consisting of a sewn gathering of 8 leaves (16 pages) was pasted to the stub of the canceled leaf in all remaining copies, thereby creating the second state of the first printing. The 16-page gathering consisted of p. vii (the last page of the contents with its verso blank), Dewey’s introduction (pp. 1–13), and the first page of Part One of Dewey’s text (p. 14). With the creation of the second state of the first printing (195.1a2) uncorrected copies became the first state of the first printing.",
            "There was a second printing of 2,000 copies in December 1930 and a third printing of 3,000 copies in August 1931. There were at least nine printings between March 1933 and May 1943 totaling 15,000 copies. A printing of 5,000 copies (March 1945) followed the end of wartime paper rationing.",
            "Human Nature and Conductwas low in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It ranked solidly in the second quarter of ML titles by the 12-month period November 1952–October 1953.",
            "195.1a2.  First printing, second state (1930)",
            "Title as 195.1a1.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–336 [337–342].  [1]16(–8+8) [2–10]16[11]12",
            "Contents as 195.1a1except: [viii] blank; 1–13 INTRODUCTION.Note:The eighth leaf of the first gathering (pp. vii, 14) of 195.1a1has been canceled and replaced by an inserted gathering of eight leaves (pp. vii–14).",
            "Jacket A:As 195.1a1. (Spring 1930)",
            "See the third paragraph of the publishing history notes under 195.1a1for information about the second state of the first printing.",
            "195.1b.  Second printing(1930)",
            "Title as 195.1a1.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–336.  [1–11]16",
            "Contents as 195.1a2except: [ii] pub. note D5; [iv]Firststatement omitted.",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The dean of American philosophy gives here the fruit of his lifelong researches in the dynamic interaction between human nature and the social environment. His thesis is the continuity of nature, man and society. Upon this conception he argues for a free and realistic morality and interprets individual and social psychology. The conclusions drawn by Professor Dewey provide a set of values to which the modern mind can subscribe with the fullest accord.Human Nature and Conductis an essential contribution to a better understanding of social relations. (Spring 1936)",
            "195.1c.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "HUMAN NATURE | AND CONDUCT |An Introduction to Social Psychology| BY JOHN DEWEY | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN DEWEY | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 191.1b.",
            "Contents as 195.1b except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "VariantA:Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–v] vi–vii [viii], 1–336.  [1–11]16. Contents as 195.1b except: [v]–vii CONTENTSNote:Battered page numeral “v” removed from table of contents. (Spring 1953 jacket)",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY JOHN DEWEY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1957, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Fall 1965/spring 1966 format)",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial in deep purplish blue (197) and dark gray (266) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on deep purplish blue panel at upper left; other lettering in dark gray against cream background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 195.1b. (Spring 1940)",
            "195.2a.  Text reset; offset printing (1967)",
            "HUMAN | NATURE AND | CONDUCT [ornament] |An Introduction to Social Psychology| JOHN DEWEY | [ornament]With an Introduction by John Dewey| THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York| [torchbearer J]",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xiv, [1–3] 4–306.  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1950, BY JOHN DEWEY | COPYRIGHT, 1930, AND RENEWED, 1957, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [v]–viiiForeword to|the Modern Library Editionsigned p. viii: John Dewey. | New York City, | Dec. 1929.; [ix]Prefacesigned: J. D. | February, 1921.; [x] blank; [xi]–xivContents; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–13Introduction; [14] blank; [15] part title:PART ONE| THE PLACE | OF HABIT IN | CONDUCT; [16] blank; [17]–302 text; [303]–306Index.",
            "Jacket D:Fujita jacket in deep yellowish green (132), deep brown (56) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black, deep yellowish green and brown and four stick figures in the same colors, all against white background. Front flap as 195.1b.",
            "195.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer (c. 1969)",
            "Title as 195.2a except line 8: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 195.2a.",
            "Jacket D as 195.2a.",
            "195.2c.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 195.2a except line 8: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 195.2a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 195.2a.",
            "Jacket E:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap slightly revised from 195.1b.",
            "Published fall 1977 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60439-3.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dewey,Intelligence in the Modern World(Giant, 1939–1970)  G41",
            "Dewey,John Dewey on Education(1964–1973)  565"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 196,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "MANUEL KOMROFF",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ORIENTAL ROMANCES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1935",
            "ML_NUMBER": 55
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "196.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] ORIENTAL | ROMANCES | [rule] | EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | MANUEL KOMROFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–306 [307–310].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1930,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930 | [short double rule]; v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Manuel Komroff. |New York, December,1929.; [x] blank; 1–306 text; [307–310] ML list. (Spring 1930)",
            "Contents:The Three Deceitful Women – Adventures of Pramati – Baar Danesh or Garden of Knowledge – Lessons in Love – The Three Haschich Eaters – Utpalavarna – Adventures of Mitragupta – The Eta Maiden and the Hatamoto – The Kazi of Ghazni and the Merchant’s Wife – All for a Pansa – How Hind Revenged Herself – The Wisdom of Visakha – The Vampire’s Stories – The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki – The Princess Zelica – Marriage of Avantisundari – How Yunus the Scribe Sold His Slave-Girl – The Faithful Wife of the King’s Attendant – The Lovers Who Died of Love – The Forty-seven Ronins – The Old Pair of Slippers – The Envious Vazir.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136) and black on brilliant yellow (87) paper depicting a couple with parasol crossing a curved footbridge with pagoda in background; borders in moderate yellowish green, lettering in black and moderate yellowish green. Signed: [Irving] Politzer. (Spring 1930)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published May 1930.WRnot found. First (and probably only) printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1935.",
            "Komroff began working onOriental Romancesin 1926 when he made a trip to London and acquired the source books from which he planned to select the contents (Komroff to Cerf, 15 September 1926). A note in the RH archives indicates that 8,421 copies were bound, so the first printing consisted of at least that many copies."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 197,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MIGUEL DE CERVANTES",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "DON QUIXOTE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 174
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "197.1a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] DON QUIXOTE | [rule] | BY | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES | [rule] | OZELL’S REVISION OF | THE TRANSLATION OF | PETER MOTTEUX | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HERSCHEL BRICKELL | [rule] | [torchbearer C1] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–936.  [1–30]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D7; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright, 1930, by The Modern Library, Inc.| [short double rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1930; v–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: Herschel Brickell. | New York | May, 1930; xv–xviii AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR; xix–xxiv THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE READER; 1–936 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid orange (48) and black on cream paper with drawing of Don Quixote holding a lance; borders in vivid orange, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (Spring 1930) Front flap: Not seen.",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for June 1930.WR6 September 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded fall 1964 by Putnam translation (197.2a).",
            "Brickell received $75 for his introduction. Cerf indicated that he didn’t have to submit it until the first week of May for a June publication date (Cerf to Brickell, 28 December 1929).",
            "Don Quixoteranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was in the first quarter of ML titles during the 12-month period November 1952–October 1953.Don Quixote(G14) was also available in MLG; sales of that edition were in the fourth quarter of ML titles during 1942–43.",
            "Cervantes was one of four authors who were published in the regular ML, ML Giants, and the Illustrated ML. The other works included in all three series were Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(1929: 171), Giant (1937: G34), Illus ML (1943: IML 2); Fielding,History of Tom Jones(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5); and Whitman,Leaves of Grass(1921: 94; initially titledPoems), Giant (1940: G48); Illus ML (1944: IML 12).",
            "197.1b.  Title page reset; introduction revised (c. 1940)",
            "DON | QUIXOTE | BY | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES | OZELL’S REVISION OF THE | TRANSLATION OF PETER MOTTEUX | INTRODUCTION | BY HERSCHEL BRICKELL | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 197.1a.",
            "Contents as 197.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; v–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: Herschel Brickell. | New York | May, 1930. | Revised | July, 1938.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting two lances touching oval target crossed by a broken lance; lettering in reverse, deep reddish orange and medium gray with QUIXOTE in reverse shaded in medium gray, all against black background. Signed: McKnight Kauffer.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The great French critic Sainte-Beuve calledDon Quixote“the Bible of Humanity.” For more than three and a quarter centuries it has maintained its position as the most eagerly read novel in any language. Its appeal is universal; scholars still discover a wealth of new meanings in it and general readers find constantly fresh enjoyment. The Modern Library edition, complete and unabridged, is Ozell’s revision of the translation of Peter Motteux. Herschel Brickell contributes a glowing introduction, with a biographical sketch of the creator of “one of the most impressive memorials to the spirit of man.” (Spring 1941)",
            "197.1c.  Title page reset(date not ascertained)",
            "DON QUIXOTE | [decorative rule] BY | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES | OZELL’S REVISION OF THE | TRANSLATION OF PETER MOTTEUX | INTRODUCTION BY HERSCHEL BRICKELL | [torchbearer not ascertained] | [decorative rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 197.1a.",
            "Contents as 197.1b.",
            "Jacket:Not seen.",
            "197.1d.  Doyle introduction added (1950)",
            "The Ingenious Gentleman| DON QUIXOTE | DE LA MANCHA |ByMiguel de Cervantes | [rule] | OZELL’S REVISION OF THE | TRANSLATION OF PETER MOTTEUX | [rule] |Introduction byHENRY GRATTAN DOYLE |Professor of Romance Languages and|Dean of Columbian College,|The George Washington University| [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library: New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii [xxiii–xxxii], [2], 1–936 [937–942].  [1–29]16[30]8[31]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvi INTRODUCTION |ByHenry Grattan Doyle; xvi (cont.)–xx BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; xx (cont.)–xxii SELECT READING LIST; [xxiii–xxvi] AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR; [xxvii–xxxii] THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE READER; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–936 text; [937–942] ML list. (Fall 1954)",
            "Jacket:As 197.1b with flap text updated and slightly revised. (Spring 1954)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. The regular ML edition was available by 1953, when Doyle first became aware of it. Doyle received $150 for his introduction (Stein to Doyle, 25 January 1950).",
            "197.2a.  Putnam translation (1964)",
            "The Ingenious Gentleman| Don | Quixote | DE LA MANCHA | [ornament] |Miguel de Cervantes| COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS |A new translation from the Spanish, with a Critical Text|Based upon the First Editions of 1605 and 1615, and with Variant|Readings, Variorum Notes, and an Introduction by| SAMUEL PUTNAM | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–xxx, [1–2] 3–1043 [1044–1056].  [1]16[2–17]32[18]16",
            "[1–2] blank; [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1949, by the Viking Press, Inc.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] translator’s dedication and epigraph in Spanish fromDon Quixote, pt. 2, chap. 25; vii–xxv TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION signed p. xxv: Samuel Putnam |Philadelphia, 1948; xxv (cont.)–xxx A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR OF |DON QUIXOTE; [1] part title: PART ONE | The Ingenious Gentleman | DON QUIXOTE | DE LA MANCHA; [2] blank; 3–6 PART ONE: CONTENTS; [7]–9 certificates, royal privilege, and dedicatory letter; [10] blank; 11–16Prologue; 17–23 PREFATORY POEMS; [24] blank; 25–463 text; [464] blank; 465–489 NOTES; [490] blank; [491] part title: PART TWO | The Ingenious Gentleman | DON QUIXOTE | DE LA MANCHA; [492] blank; 493–498 PART TWO: CONTENTS; 499–504 certificates, approbations, royal privilege; 505–508Prologue| TO THE READER; 509–510 dedicatory letter; 511–988 text; 989–1036 NOTES; 1037–1043 BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1044] blank; [1045–1052] ML list; [1053–1054] ML Giants list; [1055–1056] blank. (Fall 1964)Note:Fall 1964 ML lists retained in subsequent printings.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in very light green (143), strong orange (50), light brown (57), light brownish gray (60) and black on coated white paper with ink-and-wash drawing of a mounted Don Quixote holding a lance with Sancho Panza following behind him on a donkey; lettering in black, all against very light green background; spine lettering (author, title, translator) in black on inset strong orange panel. Designed by Warren Chappell; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This translation by Samuel Putnam—which has been greeted as a literary event of the first magnitude—captures for the first time in English the glory and the humor, the meaning and the feeling of the original.Don Quixote, the first modern novel, has for three and a half centuries maintained its place in the affections of every generation of readers. Its appeal is universal and inexhaustible—it has been called “the Bible of Humility” by the renowned French critic Saint-Beuve.",
            "The Samuel Putnam translation is now available, complete and unabridged, in this handsomely printed one–volume edition, with a critical text based upon the first editions of 1605 and 1615, and with variant readings, variorum notes, and an Introduction by the translator.",
            "Putnam translation originally published in two volumes by Viking Press, 1949. ML edition (pp. [v]–1043) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Viking edition. Published fall 1964.WR2 November 1964. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The Putnam translation replaced Ozell’s revision of the Peter Motteux translation in MLG in spring 1965. The offset plates for the Giant are also photographically reduced from the Viking edition, but the larger format of the Giant made possible a smaller reduction and resulted in a far more readable book. The reduction in the text page of 197.2 is about 18 percent as opposed to about 8 percent for the Giant (G14.2).",
            "197.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 197.2a except line 12: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxx, [1–2] 3–1043 [1044–1058].  [1–17]32",
            "Contents as 197.2a except: [1055–1058] blank. (Fall 1964)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), strong brown (155) and black on coated white paper with ink-and-wash drawing as 197.2a with newly designed lettering in deep reddish orange, strong brown and black, all against white background. Front flap as 197.2a.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Cervantes,Don Quixote(Giant, 1934– )  G14",
            "Cervantes,Don Quixote, illus. Salvador Dali (Illustrated ML, 1946–1949)  IML 16"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 198,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "H. L. MENCKEN",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED PREJUDICES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1935",
            "ML_NUMBER": 107
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "198.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] SELECTED | PREJUDICES | [rule] | BY | H. L. MENCKEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], 1–166.  [1–5]16[6]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1927,byALFRED A. KNOPF | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; [5] NOTE signed: H. L. M.; [6] blank; [7–8] CONTENTS; [9] fly title; [10] blank; 1–166 text.",
            "Contents:High and Ghostly Matters – Bryan – Conrad – Beethoven – Three American Immortals – The Husbandman – The Politician – Totentanz – Birth Control – Lovely Letters – Portrait of an Immortal Soul – Types of Men – Memorial Service – On Living in Baltimore – Catechism.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1930).",
            "Front flap:",
            "The irrepressible H. L. Mencken cuts loose at his favoritebêtes noireswith diabolical relish. He swings his bludgeon at matters divine and terrestrial, and, in passing, he thwacks the sit-spots of the respected and the revered, or bestows here and there an ungrudging accolade on the few who have attained the stature of titans. Prohibition, politics, pacifism, big business, beauty and birth control are among the targets for his shafts. In all,Selected Prejudicesis a bristling and mordant commentary on the variegated world we live in. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ML edition (pp. [5]–166) printed from Knopf plates. Publication announced for July 1930.WR6 September 1930. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January1936.",
            "The ML paid Knopf a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. The first printing was completed 2 July 1930; a second printing of 1,000 copies was ordered in September 1933."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 199,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "OF HUMAN BONDAGE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 176
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "199.1a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] OF | HUMAN BONDAGE | [rule] | BY | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1] 2–766.  [1–23]16[24]16(16+1.2)",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1915,by theGEORGE F. DORAN CO. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; [5] fly title; [6] blank; [1]–766 text.Note:Pp. 763–766 are an inserted fold.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket E with lettering and borders in black on moderate reddish orange (37) paper. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The history of W. Somerset Maugham’s masterpiece is a significant commentary on the changing and maturing taste in fiction. When it appeared in 1915, a few discerning critics hailed it as one of the first important novels of the twentieth century. For several years the public remained apathetic and the book almost suffered the fate of the casual novel. But its loyal champions fought to save it from oblivion. Today, no more popular novel exists in the English language. It has been one of the two best sellers in the entire Modern Library series for the last three years. (Fall 1933)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except on coated light yellow (86) paper. (Fall 1939)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Doran Co., 1915, and from 1927 by Doubleday, Doran & Co. ML edition (pp. [5]–766) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1930.WR18 October 1930. First printing: 15,000 copies.",
            "Cerf and Klopfer secured reprint rights in spring 1930 to four long-sought Doubleday titles—Of Human Bondage, Walpole’sFortitude(201), Huxley’sPoint Counter Point(203), and Bennett’sOld Wives’ Tale(207)—as part of a deal to buy the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary. The ML paid a $6,000 advance forOf Human Bondageand agreed to pay royalties of 12 cents a copy for each of the four titles, two cents more than it was then paying for any title with the exception of Dreiser’sTwelve Men(159). All four were added to the ML between September 1930 and January 1931. Doubleday’s new platesOf Human Bondagewere originally intended for the ML’s exclusive use, but they were used for a printing by Garden City Publishing Co. around 1933.",
            "In April 1968 the royalty increased from 12 cents a copy to 10 percent of the list price, which was then $2.45. Royalties on the Vintage paperback edition increased to 15 percent of the list price. RH paid a $30,000 advance against royalties for both editions. A third of the total was paid on signing, with subsequent payments of $10,000 due on1 January 1969 and 1 January 1970.",
            "In 1968 the ML considered transferringOf Human Bondageto the Giants series, which would have involved photographing the book and making new plates. In the end it was decided to leave it in the regular ML.",
            "Of Human Bondagewas one of the ML’s perennial best-selling titles. It ranked eighth in terms of sales in 1930 despite its fall publication date, moved up to second place during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file), and appears to have been in first place in 1934. Cerf reported sales for its first five years in the series as follows: 12,281 copies; 15,818 copies; 9,091 copies; 9,974 copies; and 11,277 copies (the figures appear to be for twelve-month periods but not calendar years). He indicated later that over 80,000 copies had been sold by the end of 1938 (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938; Cerf to Robert Lamont, Atlantic Monthly Press, 26 May 1939). During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943Of Human Bondagesold 18,505 copies, making it the best-selling title in the regular ML and the fourth best-selling title in the series as a whole. It sold 1,500 more copies than Dostoyevsky’sCrime and Punishment(228), then the second best-selling title in the regular series. By the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 it was the ML’s best-selling title with sales of 11,563 copies.",
            "199.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] OF HUMAN | BONDAGE | BY | W. SOMERSET | MAUGHAM | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–766.  [1–23]16[24]16(16+1.2)",
            "Contents as 199.1a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY GEORGE H. DORAN CO.Note:Page numeral “2” removed from plates; pp. 733‑766 are an inserted fold.",
            "Variant:Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–766 [767–778].  [1–24]16[25]8. Contents as 199.1b except: [767–772] ML list; [773–774] ML Giants list; [775–776] blank.  (Fall 1944)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper depicting a man in hat with London buildings in the background and sky in shades of vivid reddish orange; author and title in black against vivid reddish orange background, series in vivid reddish orange at foot. Front flap as 199.1a. (Spring 1941)",
            "199.2.  Text reset (1946)",
            "OF HUMAN | BONDAGE | BY | W. SOMERSET | MAUGHAM | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–760 [761–764].  [1–24]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY GEORGE H. DORAN CO.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–760 text; [761–764] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 199.2.  [1]16[2–12]32[13]16. Contents as 199.2 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY GEORGE H. DORAN CO. | RENEWED, 1942, BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM; [761–762] ML Giants list; [763–764] blank. (Spring 1963)",
            "Jacket:As 199.1b. (Spring 1946) Front flap reset with last sentence removed. (Fall 1957)",
            "The plates forOf Human Bondageand Maugham’sMoon and Sixpence(283) were becoming worn by 1944 and Haas decided to make new plates for both titles. Freiman contacted Doubleday, Doran to determine whether it was willing to supply new plates or at least pay part of the cost (Freiman memo to Haas, 13 November 1944). Doubleday, Doran agreed to reset and make new plates for both titles at its own expense as long as the ML agreed to keep them in print and promote them aggressively for at least ten years (Cedric R. Crowell, Doubleday, Doran, to Commins, 2 January 1945). The new plates were delivered to the ML’s printers in December 1945. The ML instructed Parkway Printing Co. to dispose of the old plates and use the new ones for all future printings (Regina Spirito to Bill Simon, Parkway Printing, 13 December 1945).",
            "199.3a.  Text reset; offset printing (1966/67)",
            "OF HUMAN | BONDAGE | [double rule] | by | W. Somerset Maugham | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], 1–684 [685–698].  [1]16[2–11]32[12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1915 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. | Renewed, 1942 by W. Somerset Maugham; [5] fly title; [6] blank; 1–684 text; [685–692] ML list; [693–694] ML Giants list; [695–698] blank. (Fall 1966)Note:Fall 1966 lists were retained in subsequent printings.",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket on coated white paper with lettering in vivid yellowish green (129), deep reddish purple (238) and black, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of Human Bondagehas remained one of the most popular novels in the English language since its original publication in 1915. Its description of the impact of the British public school system on the growth of an individual is still a definitive one. The torment of a young man involved in an obsessive and destructive love is delineated with compassion and insight, making this one of the most intelligent and important statements on the process of self-discovery. Maugham’s gift as a storyteller has never been more clearly demonstrated.",
            "In April 1968, when the list price was $2.45, the ML increased the royalty rate from 12 cents a copy to 10 percent of the list price. The new reprint contract also called for a 15 percent royalty on the Vintage paperback edition and a $30,000 advance against royalties for both editions. Even with the higher royaltyOf Human Bondageremained a profitable title for the ML (John J. Simon, memo to Tony Wimpfeimer, 14 May 1968).",
            "199.3b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 199.3a except line 6: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 199.3a.  [1–22]16",
            "Contents as 199.3a.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 199.3a.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Maugham,Moon and Sixpence(1935–1971)  283",
            "Maugham,Cakes and Ale(1950–1970)  428",
            "Maugham,Best Short Stories(1957– )  491"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 200,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "FAUST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 177
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "200a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] FAUST | [rule] | BY | JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE | [rule] | TRANSLATED, | IN THE ORIGINAL METRES, | BY BAYARD TAYLOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx [xxi–xxii], 1–179 [180]; [i] ii–xiv, [1] 2–258 [259–264].  [1–15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D9; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1870, by Bayard Taylor|Copyright, 1898 and 1912, by Marie Hansen Taylor| [short double rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1930; v–xvii PREFACE. [by Bayard Taylor]; [xviii] blank; [xix]–xx CONTENTS.; [xxi] AN GOETHE. signed: B. T.; [xxii] blank; 1–179 text; [180] blank; [i]–xi PART II. | INTRODUCTION. signed p. xi: B. T. | March, 1871.; [xii] blank; [xiii]–xiv CONTENTS. | SECOND PART OF THE TRAGEDY.; [1]–258 text; [259–262] ML list; [263–264] blank. (Fall 1930)Note:Firststatement retained on printings through fall 1933.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep purplish red (256) and black on cream paper with illustration of a bearded Faust holding a large book with a retort and beaker in the foreground; borders in deep purplish red, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Readers, critics and commentators have foundFaustinexhaustible in its new and illuminating riches. For a century and a quarter it has held its place among the world’s treasures. The variety and beauty of its plan and the depth of its implications give it the immortality for which its central character bargained with his soul. Faust remains the personification of humanity, tempted and tormented, groping toward the light. Of the fifty translations of the masterpiece, Bayard Taylor’s, in the original metres, most completely retains Goethe’s intention and spirit. (Fall 1933)",
            "Bayard Taylor translation originally published in two volumes by Fields, Osgood & Co. and its successor, James R. Osgood & Co., 1870–71; subsequently published by Houghton Mifflin Co. ML edition published by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin. Published September 1930.WR18 October 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "Faustwas in the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It ranked low in the first quarter of ML titles during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "200b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "FAUST | BY | JOHANN WOLFGANG | VON GOETHE | TRANSLATED, | IN THE ORIGINAL METRES, BY | BAYARD TAYLOR | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 200a.  [1–14]16[15–16]8",
            "Contents as 200a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1870, BY BAYARD TAYLOR | COPYRIGHT, 1898, AND 1912, | BY MARIE HANSEN TAYLOR; [259–263] ML list; [264] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep red (13) with black on coated white paper with still-life drawing of hourglass, books, theatrical mask, candlestick, and scythe in black and white; lettering in reverse, all against deep red background. Designed by Paul Galdone, May 1939; unsigned. Front flap as 200a. (Spring 1941)",
            "200c.  Lange introduction added (1950)",
            "Faust |A TRAGEDY|By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Translated, in the original meters,|by Bayard Taylor| [ornament] | INTRODUCTION BY | VICTOR LANGE |Professor of German Language and Literature,|Chairman of German Studies,|Cornell University| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–179 [180]; [i] ii, [1] 2–258.  [1–13]16[14]8[15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.| COPYRIGHT, 1870, BY BAYARD TAYLOR | COPYRIGHT, 1898 AND 1912, | BY MARIE HANSEN TAYLOR; v–xxi INTRODUCTION |ByVictor Lange; xxii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxiii]–xxiv CONTENTS OF THE | FIRST PART OF THE TRAGEDY; 1–179 text; [180] blank; [i]–ii CONTENTS OF THE | SECOND PART OF THE TRAGEDY; [1]–258 text.",
            "Jacket:As 200b. (Spring 1951) Front flap slightly revised. (Fall 1956)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Lange received $150 for his introduction (Stein to Lange, 25 January 1950). Stein noted that he wanted to drop three items by Taylor: the preface to Part I, which dealt with problems of the translation, the introduction to Part II, which was a general commentary, and the poem “An Goethe.” He suggested that anything pertinent in Taylor’s preface and introduction should be included in Lange’s introduction (Stein to Lange, 27 January 1950).",
            "200d.  Title page reset; offset printing (1967)",
            "FAUST |A Tragedy| [rule] | By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |Translated, in the original meters,|by Bayard Taylor| Introduction By | VICTOR LANGE | PROFESSOR OF GERMAN LITERATURE, | CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN, | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv [xxv–xxvi], 1–179 [180]; [xiii] xiv, [1] 2–258 [259–272].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16[8]32[9]16",
            "Contents as 200c except: [iv] Copyright, © 1967, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1870, by Bayard Taylor | Copyright, 1898 and 1912, by Marie Hansen Taylor; [xxii] blank; [xxiii]–xxiv BIBLIOGRAPHY [updated from 200c]; [xxv–xxvi] CONTENTS OF THE | FIRST PART OF THE TRAGEDY; [xiii]–xiv CONTENTS OF THE | SECOND PART OF THE TRAGEDY; [259–266] ML list; [267–268] ML Giants list; [ 269–272] blank. (Fall 1966)Note:Page numeral removed from contents of Part I; fall 1966 ML lists retained on subsequent printings.",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket on coated white paper with lettering in black and decoration in deep brown (56), all against white background. Front flap slightly revised and abridged from 200c.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Goethe,Sorrows of Young Werther & Novella(1984– )  638"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 201,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HUGH WALPOLE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "FORTITUDE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 178
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "201.1.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] FORTITUDE | [rule] | BY | HUGH WALPOLE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HUGH WALPOLE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], v–x, [7–10] 11–484 [485–490].  [1–15]16[16]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1913, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1930, BY THE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; [5] dedication; [6] blank; v–x A PREFACE TOFORTITUDE| BY | Hugh Walpole signed p. x: Hugh Walpole. | London, 1930.; [7–8] CONTENTS; [9] part title: BOOK I | SCAW HOUSE; [10] blank; 11–484 text; [485–488] ML list; [489–490] blank. (Fall 1930)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on cream paper with stylized illustration of a face in left profile, a book, a skull, and a figure riding a lion; borders in dark bluish green, lettering in black. Signed: Loeffel. (Fall 1930)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Doran Co., 1913, and from 1927 by Doubleday, Doran & Co. ML edition (201.1, pp. [5], [7]–484) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates. Published October 1930.WR8 November 1930. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Fortitudewas one of four Doubleday titles to which the ML secured reprint rights at the time it purchased the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co. (see 199). The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 12 cents a copy. Cerf told the press agent Lynn Farnol that Walpole received the highest advance against royalties that the ML had ever paid (Cerf to Farnol, 14 May 1941), but the amount was not indicated—and of course the advance would have been paid to Doubleday, Doran, which would have split it with Walpole.",
            "Cerf was unhappy with the appearance of the first printing. The plates, he told Doubleday, “are lousy, and we need some new ones” (Cerf to Robert de Graff, Garden City Pub. Co., 5 November 1930). When he sent a copy of the first printing to Walpole he apologized for its appearance and indicated that Doubleday had promised to supply new plates for subsequent printings (Cerf to Walpole, 26 November 1930).",
            "Fortitudewas in the middle of the fourth quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "201.2a.  Text reset (1931)",
            "Title as 201.1.",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–497 [498].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D7; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1913, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1930, BY THE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xi A PREFACE TOFORTITUDE| BY | Hugh Walpole signed p. xi: Hugh Walpole. | London, 1930.; [xii] blank; xiii–xiv CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK I | SCAW HOUSE; [2] blank; 3–497 text; [498] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 201.1. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the whole imposing list of novels written by Hugh Walpole there is none that has reached and maintained the popularity ofFortitude. The absorbing interest of its romantic story, its enthusiasm and its conviction make of it a rare phenomenon among books in an epoch of uncompromising realism. That it is Mr. Walpole’s favorite among all his novels can be readily understood. He says of it: “Fortitudeis a romance—a fairy-tale about a young man who very naively believed in almost everything.” (Fall 1934)",
            "Printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting. The plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. First printing from the new plates: 5,000 copies.",
            "All subsequent ML printings were from the new plates. The second and third printings from these plates in September 1934 and April 1936 were for 2,000 copies each. Sales declined significantly by the 1960s; 1967 sales were 600 copies.",
            "201.2b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "Fortitude | BY HUGH WALPOLE | INTRODUCTION BY HUGH WALPOLE | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 201.2a.",
            "Contents as 201.2a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong purplish blue (196) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid strong purplish blue background. Front flap as 201.2a. (Fall 1943) Front flap slightly revised. (Fall 1958)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 202,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "G. F. YOUNG",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE MEDICI",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 179
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "202a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] THE MEDICI | [rule] | BY | COLONEL G. F. YOUNG, C.B. | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], [2], 1–824.  [1–26]16[27]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1930,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930 | [epigraphs from Ovid and Cicero]; [v] dedication; [vi] epigraph from Andrew Lang; vii–xiii PREFACE signed p. xiii: G. F. Y. | Florence, 12th October1910.; [xiv] blank; xv–xvi CONTENTS; [xvii] CONTEMPORARY HISTORICAL EVENTS; [xviii] blank; xix–xxi AUTHORITIES CONSULTED; [xxii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–758 text; 759–824 NOTES.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong brown (55) and black on coated white paper depicting man with hat in left profile; borders in strong brown (top) and black (foot), lettering in black. Signed: EMcKK (E. McKnight Kauffer). (Fall 1930)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton (2 vols., 1909). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1930.WR8 November 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "In its advertising the ML emphasized, “This book has been available only in two bulky volumes, that sold for ten dollars and over” (PW118, 16 August 1930, p. 574).",
            "Shortly after the ML edition appeared Cerf authorized Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday, Doran reprint subsidiary, to make a duplicate set of the ML’s plates for a fee of $1,000. Garden City was planning to publishThe Mediciunder its Star Dollar Books imprint (Cerf to Robert de Graff, Garden City, 30 December 1930). No evidence of a printing in Star Dollar Books or any other Doubleday imprint has been found.",
            "Charles Boni used the ML plates in 1930 for a single printing ofThe Mediciin the format the ML would adopt the following year for the new ML Giants series. Later that year Cerf and Klopfer bought the remaining stock from A. & C. Boni and sold it along with a printing ofThe Education of Henry Adamsthat they had produced in a similar format. The books were printed in editions of 1,500 each and were marketed to department stores as dollar “specials.”",
            "An illustrated edition ofThe Medici(G8), printed from plates of the regular ML edition, was published in ML Giants, 1933–49.",
            "The Mediciwas one of several titles that were omitted from a comprehensive ranking of ML sales for the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. The regular ML edition sold 3,300 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales.",
            "202b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [4-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | MEDICI | BY | Col. G. F. Young, C.  B. | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 202a.",
            "Contents as 202a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [epigraphs from Ovid and Cicero].",
            "Variant:Pagination as 201a.  [1]16[2–12]32[13]8[14]32[15]16. Contents as 202b except: [iv] copyright statement omitted. (1960s binding B)",
            "Jacket:Adapted from 202a jacket with borders omitted and author in reverse on strong brown band at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The legends which have clustered about the most notable family in history are as various as the imaginations and prejudices of historians. Sinister crimes, magnificent liberalities, prodigal sponsorship of the arts, religious and orgiastic excesses have been attributed indiscriminately to the Medicis. It remained for G. F. Young to sift the proven facts from the exaggerations and to present a history so authentic and yet so colorful that its truth is more enthralling than all the fictions the centuries have allowed to accumulate around the most fabulous family of the Renaissance. (Fall 1941)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Young,The Medici, with 32 illustrations reproduced in aquatone (Giant, 1933–1946)  G8"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 203,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALDOUS HUXLEY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "POINT COUNTER POINT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1967",
            "ML_NUMBER": 180
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "203a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] POINT COUNTER | POINT | [rule] | BY | ALDOUS HUXLEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1] 2–514.  [1–16]16[17]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1928,byDOUBLEDAY DORAN & CO. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1930; [5] fly title; [6] blank; [1]–514 text.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong reddish orange (35), moderate greenish blue (173) and black on cream paper with title in ornamental lettering in strong reddish orange, moderate greenish blue and black; borders in moderate greenish blue and strong reddish orange, other lettering in black, all against cream background. Signed: EMcKK (E. McKnight Kauffer). (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The rational and the fantastic characters who form a processional across the pages ofPoint Counter Pointbelong to today’s world. They are modern in their promiscuities and in the refinements of their virtues and their vices; they are always reckless in their spiritual and carnal experiences.Point Counter Pointis in the staccato tempo of our time, a colorful symphony, full of extravagant and fascinating tonalities, shrewd commentaries and graceful embellishments. It is, above all, a sophisticated novel for a sophisticated age. (Fall 1936)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. ML edition printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting that appears to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published November 1930.WR29 November 1930. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1967.",
            "Point Counter Pointwas one of four Doubleday titles to which the ML secured reprint rights at the time it purchased the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co. (see 199). The ML paid Doubleday, Doran a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. Most ML royalties were based on the number of copies printed; the royalties forPoint Counter Pointwere based on sales.",
            "There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in August 1931 and a third printing of 4,000 copies in November 1932.Point Counter Pointwas low in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. Sales improved significantly by the early 1950s. During the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952Point Counter Pointwas the 27th best-selling title in the ML.",
            "In 1939 Doubleday, Doran sold its plates and the publishing rights to Huxley’s older books to Harper & Bros. Cerf expressed the hope thatPoint Counter PointandAntic Haycould remain in the ML “for a long time to come” (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 27 February 1939). Harper’s considered publishing the titles in full-priced editions at $2.50 and was concerned about the income it could expect from the ML editions. Unless the income was substantial, Hoyns indicated, the ML editions “might turn out to be a very unprofitable arrangement from our point of view” (Hoyns to Klopfer, 17 March 1939).",
            "Klopfer and Hoyns met over lunch to discuss the matter. Shortly before the meeting Klopfer wrote directly to Huxley, who was a personal friend: “Help, help, Harper’s are threatening to take POINT COUNTER POINT and ANTIC HAY away from us. These two books belong in the Modern Library and it would be a crime not to have them available in a cheaper edition. . . . Could you influence the Harper office in any way in our favor? I am having lunch with Hoyns later this week, and I hope we can make a deal with him without bothering you, but I do want to make a strong plea to have these books available in the small size inexpensive reprint, rather than just in the $2.50 library, deluxe size” (Klopfer to Huxley, 20 March 1939).",
            "Klopfer’s appeal appears to have been successful. Following the lunch Klopfer sent Hoyns new five-year contracts for the books. ThePoint Counter Pointcontract called for the ML to pay a $1,200 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy and included a special clause that allowed Harper’s to cancel the contract if the ML could not undertake a reprint of at least 5,000 copies after three years.",
            "In 1965 Harper & Row gave six months’ notice that the ML contract was being terminated so thatPoint Counter Pointcould be included in its own hardbound series, Perennial Classics (Virginia Olson, Harper & Row, to Epstein, 23 July 1965). The ML was allowed to sell out its stock on hand, which consisted of 4,400 copies (Epstein to Olson, 9 August 1965). The ML edition was out of stock by summer 1967.",
            "203b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[within single rules] [6-line title and statement of responsibility within second set of single rules] POINT | COUNTER | POINT | BY | ALDOUS | HUXLEY | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1] 2–514 [515–522].  [1–16]16[17]8",
            "Contents as 203a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY DOUBLEDAY DORAN & COMPANY; [515–519] ML list; [520–521] ML Giants list; [522] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 203a on coated white paper with signature “EMcKK” removed. Front flap as 203a. (Fall 1940)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "The rational and the irrational characters who form a processional across the pages ofPoint Counter Pointbelong to today’s frantic world. They are modern in their promiscuities and in the pleasure they take in their vices and their virtues; they are reckless and indifferent to consequences.Point Counter Pointcaptures the staccato tempo of our time. It is full of extravagant and fascinating improvisation, shrewd commentaries and graceful ornamentation. It is a sophisticated novel for a sophisticated age and the freshness of its point of view appeals to the young in spirit. (Spring 1962)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Huxley,Antic Hay(1933– )  252",
            "Huxley,Brave New World(1956–1967)  485"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 204,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "PLATO",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE WORKS OF PLATO",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 181
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "204a.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] THE WORKS OF | PLATO | [rule] | SELECTED AND EDITED | BY | IRWIN EDMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xlviii, [1–2] 3–577 [578–584].  [1–19]16[20]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D10; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1928, by Simon and Schuster, Inc.| [short double rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1930; [v] acknowledgment; [vi] blank; vii–viii PREFACE signed p. viii: Irwin Edman. | Columbia University, | September, 1927.; [ix] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xlviii INTRODUCTION | THE DIALOGUES AS PHILOSOPHICAL DRAMA; [1] part title: LYSIS; [2] blank; 3–577 text; [578] blank; [579] part title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; [580] blank; [581] BIBLIOGRAPHY; [582–584] blank.",
            "Contents:Lysis – Euthyphro – Apology – Crito – Phaedo – Protagoras – Phaedrus – Symposium – The Republic – Theaetetus.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xlviii, [1–2] 3–577 [578–592].  [1–20]16. Contents as 204a except: [ii] pub. note A7; [582] blank; [583–587] ML list; [588–589] ML Giants list; [590–592] blank. (Spring 1939)",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. Jacket title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO. (Fall 1930)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform philosophy jacket.  Jacket title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The philosopher of idealism, Plato remains the spokesman for all those who are perennially young in their love of wisdom and their curiosity about the mysteries of the human soul. The poetic charm and the dramatic suggestiveness of his writings lend persuasion to Plato’s central theme—the clarification and harmonizing of life by reason. Under the brilliant editorship of Irwin Edman, the Modern Library edition ofThe Philosophy of Plato, in the Jewett Translation, is the most comprehensive collection of Plato’s works issued in a single volume. (Fall 1935)",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in strong yellowish pink 26), silver and black on coated cream paper with drawing of Plato on inset silver circle and lettering in black, all on panel in strong yellowish pink with borders in silver. Jacket title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO. Statement at foot of front panel: EDITED BY IRWIN EDMAN | The JOWETT Translation, edited and with an | introduction by Irwin Edman. Front flap as jacket B. (Spring 1939)",
            "Edman’s edition ofThe Works of Platowas originally published by Simon and Schuster, 1928. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1930.WR29 November 1930. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Edman’s selection included ten dialogues from the third edition ofThe Dialogues of Plato, translated into English with introductions and analyses by B. Jowett (5 vols., Oxford University Press, 1892). Edman omitted Jowett’s lengthy introductions and analyses, but the Simon and Schuster edition retains Jowett’s marginal notes. Fourteen dialogues were omitted. Simon and Schuster used the word “abridged” on the title page; the ML title page, which indicates that the volume was “selected and edited” by Edman, was clearer and more accurate.",
            "The Simon and Schuster plates were too wide for the ML’s format. The ML reset the entire work, omitting the marginal notes. The ML paid Simon and Schuster royalties of 7 cents a copy, of which Edman appears to have received 5 cents.",
            "The Works of Platosold 10,848 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the 26th best-selling title in the ML. Sales were even better in the early 1950s. During the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 it was the ML’s eighth best-selling title.",
            "204b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE WORKS | OF PLATO | SELECTED AND EDITED | BY IRWIN EDMAN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 204a variant.",
            "Contents as 204a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. (Fall 1942)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 204a variant.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16. Contents as 204b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1956, BY META MARKEL; [583–588] ML list; [589–590] ML Giants list; [591] American College Dictionary advertisement; [592] blank. (Spring 1960)",
            "Jacket D:Enlarged version of 204a jacketC except statement at foot of front panel revised: THE JOWETT TRANSLATION | Edited and with an introduction by Irwin Edman (Fall 1945). The last sentence of the front flap is slightly revised: “Under the brilliant editorship of Irwin Edman, the Modern Library edition ofThe Philosophy of Plato, in the Jowett Translation, contains in its more than 600 pages ten dialogues and is one of the most comprehensive collections of Plato’s works issued in a single volume.” (Fall 1955)",
            "204c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1967)",
            "THE WORKS | OF PLATO | Selected and Edited | By Irwin Edman | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 204a variant.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "Contents as 204b except: [iv] Copyright, 1928, by Simon and Schuster, Inc. | Copyright renewed, 1956, by Meta Markel; [583–590] ML list; [591–592] ML Giants list. (Fall 1966)",
            "Jacket E:Fujita non-pictorial jacket with lettering in strong green (141) and black on inset deep brown (56) panel on coated white paper. Jacket title:The Works of Plato. This was the first 204 jacket to record the title as it appeared on the title page and binding.",
            "Front and back flaps:",
            "“. . . in these writings, unique at once in the history of literature and the history of philosophy, [the reader] meets thought whose medium is not dogma but drama, drama among whose chief excitements are the subtle suspenses of thought. . . . The ‘philosophy’ of Plato is clearly not a philosophy of the schools; his drama is profounder in theme and more comprehensive in range than the constricted little toys of the stage. For those who have not learned with Plato that philosophy is the love of wisdom rather than the pronouncement of truth, there is considerable mystification in a thinker whose thoughts are all suggestions, whose suggestions are often playful, and who will not, despite the attempt of more than one serious critic, be crammed into a neat and lifeless system. The reader is haunted, too, by the perturbed sense that, though these dialogues are full of endless charm as poetic and ironic drama, they are clearly more than the by-play of a gifted writer. The further one reads the more deeply does one come into the presence of the profoundest and most serious issues of human existence. What on its winning surface is the spirited conversation between Socrates and a group of attractive young Athenian aristocrats, closely read, stirs one profoundly to a consideration of the nature of good and evil, of reality, of the paramount mystery of the human soul.”\t—from the Introduction by Irwin Edman",
            "204d.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer (early 1970s)",
            "Title as 204c except line 5: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 204a variant. Collation as 204c.",
            "Contents as 204c.",
            "Jacket:As 204c with ISBN 0-394-60181-5 added to back panel.",
            "204e.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 204c except line 5: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 204a variant.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 204c except: [582–592] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Jacket title:The Works of Plato. Front and back flaps as 204c.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60420-2.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Plato,The Republic(1941– )  342"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 205,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ROCKWELL KENT",
            "TEXT": [
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            "TITLE": "WILDERNESS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1939",
            "ML_NUMBER": 182
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "205.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] WILDERNESS | A JOURNAL OF QUIET ADVENTURE | IN ALASKA : BY | ROCKWELL KENT | [ornament] | WITH A NEW PREFACE BY | THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [illustration] | [rule] | Bennett A. Cerf & Donald S. Klopfer | THE MODERN LIBRARY, PUBLISHERS | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], 1–243 [244].  [1–7]16[8]16(16+1.2).",
            "[1] blank; [2] frontispiece illustration titled: ROCKWELL | ALASKA MCMXVIII; [i] title; [ii] Copyright 1920 by Rockwell Kent | “A Second Preface” copyright 1930 by | The Modern Library, Inc. | [torchbearer B] | First Modern Library edition | 1930; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: R. K. | Arlington, Vermont, | December, 1919.; vii–viii A SECOND PREFACE | Eleven Years Later signed p. viii: R. K. Ausable Forks, N. Y. 1930; ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xiii ILLUSTRATIONS; [xiv] blank; 1–243 text; [244] blank.Note:Pp. 241–[244] are an inserted fold.",
            "Endpapers:Pictorial endpapers by Kent headed: Chart of the entrance to RESVRRECTION BAY, ALASKA, Kenai Peninsula. Photographically reduced from the endpapers of the Putnam edition.Wildernesswas the second ML title to appear in balloon cloth binding C without Kent’s grapevine design on the spine of the binding (see “Binding” in the introductory matter to 1930 entries).",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting a man and boy looming above the horizon; borders in black, lettering in deep reddish orange. Designed by Kent; unsigned. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "More than a record of an adventure in solitude,Wildernessis a book that re-creates the wonder and the tranquillity of an untracked world. The hand and heart and mind of a distinguished artist combine, in prose and pictures, to convey the topography and the moods, the changing vistas and the dramatic silences of the sub-Arctic region. Rockwell Kent’s text, embellished by more than fifty pictures from his pen, has the excitement of a quest that attains the nearest paradise man can hope for on earth. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1920, in a volume measuring approximately 11½ x 8 in. (280 x 200 mm). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with revisions by the author and the original introduction by Dorothy Canfield replaced by Kent’s “Second Preface: Eleven Years Later.” The ML also omits p. [v] of the Putnam edition which acknowledges the owners of the illustrations reproduced in the volume. Published December 1930.WR27 December 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1939.",
            "The Putnam plates were far too large for the ML’s format. The announcement of the ML edition stated, “For the Modern Library Edition, Rockwell Kent has written a new introduction and made important revisions in the text. The volume contains all the Kent illustrations that appear in the six dollar edition” (PW118, 16 August 1930, p. 574). Kent notes in his preface to the ML edition that he has restored “two lines of a German folk-song that my original publishers . . . in the fervor of post-war patriotism, secretly deleted, and subsequently would not put back. They appear on page 68, and mean: ‘Good moon, you go so quietly through the evening clouds’” (p. viii). The two lines appear under the heading “Friday, October eighteenth”:",
            "“Guter Mond, du gehst so stille",
            "Durch die Abend Wolken hin.”",
            "The ML typesetting uses a sans-serif typeface that suits the ML’s smaller format and is more attractive than the traditional type of the Putnam edition. However, Kent’s illustrations are reduced in size by about a half, obscuring some of the detail. The ML edition includes all of the illustrations in the Putnam edition. The Kent illustration on the title page of the ML edition appears on the front panel of the Putnam binding.",
            "The ML edition sold a total of 12,960 copies (James Silberman memo to Angus Cameron, 6 December 1965). The ML did not have exclusive reprint rights, and the ML edition was undermined by a full-sized $1.49 reprint published by Blue Ribbon Books in 1936. Kent was unaware that Putnam was planning to discontinue the original edition, and the ML was not consulted about the $1.49 reprint (Cerf to Kent, 2 June 1939). Sales of the ML edition in 1937-38 totaled less than 800 copies (Cerf to Kent, 2 June 1939). Kent bought 240 copies of the discontinued ML edition at twenty-five cents each (Kent to Cerf, 8 June 1939).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Melville,Moby Dick, illus. Rockwell Kent (Giant, 1944–1962; 1982–)  G65"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 206,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "J. K. HUYSMANS",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "AGAINST THE GRAIN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1930–1937",
            "ML_NUMBER": 183
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "206.  First printing (1930)",
            "[within double rules] AGAINST THE GRAIN | [within square brackets] A REBOURS | [rule] | BY | J. K. HUYSMANS | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | HAVELOCK ELLIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–4] 5–352.  [1–11]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1930 | [short double rule]; 5–48 introduction headed HUYSMANS signed p. 48: Havelock Ellis; 49–71 PREFACE |Written Twenty Years After the Novelsigned p. 71: J. K. Huysmans. | (1903.); [72] blank; [73] fly title; [74] blank; 75–352 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate bluish green (164) and black on cream paper depicting a man holding jewelry in outstretched right hand with candelabrum on wall in background and tropical flowers in foreground; borders in moderate bluish green, lettering in black. Signed: J. L. (Fall 1930)",
            "Anonymous translation (including the 1903 preface) originally published in Paris by Groves & Michaux, 1926. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1930.WR27 December 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1937.",
            "Havelock Ellis’s long essay on Huysmans, used as an introduction to the ML edition ofAgainst the Grain, is reprinted from his second collection of biographical essays,Affirmations(London: Walter Scott, 1898). The ML had previously added the essay to its edition of Ellis’sTheNew Spirit(85), which was published in 1921 and discontinued two years afterAgainst the Grainappeared in the series."
          ]
        }
      ]
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1931",
      "HEAD": [
        1931,
        "Spring"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "It took more than two years for the economy to decline to its lowest levels after the stock market crash of 1929. Modern Library sales fluctuated as the economy declined, but on the whole the series appears to have been well suited to the Depression book market. Few mainstream books sold for less than the ML’s retail price of 95 cents. Annual ML sales passed the million copy mark for the first time in 1930; sales for September 1931 were the best of any month in the Modern Library’s history up to that time (Cerf, “The Modern Library and the Price of Books,”PW, 7 December 1929, p. 2665;PW, 10 October 1931, p. 1649).",
          "Modern Library Giants, a subsidiary series created to enable the ML to include works that were too long to fit into the regular format and to accommodate substantialcollections and anthologies, were introduced in fall 1931. The first three titles were Tolstoy,War and Peace(G1), Boswell,Life of Samuel Johnson(G2), and Hugo,Les Misérables(G3). The Giants were full-sized books, measuring 8¼ x 5½ in. (209 x 140 mm) with hard covers and wider margins than regular ML books. Many of the volumes exceeded 1,000 pages in length. The Giants sold initially for one dollar a copy, only five cents more than regular ML books. They were ideally suited to the Depression book market and were an immediate success.",
          "In contrast, the market for the fine limited editions that Cerf and Klopfer distributed and published under the Random House imprint collapsed. Many formerly wealthy collectors began searching for buyers for their collections. One collector, whose library included a large number of Kelmscott Press books, includingThe Works of GeoffreyChaucer, together with volumes issued by the Ashendene, Golden Cockerel, Nonesuch, and Shakespeare Head presses and practically everything designed by Bruce Rogers, appealed to one of the RH sales representatives to help find a buyer for his books. When Klopfer was asked for suggestions, he could only reply, “I don’t know a soul who wants to buy a lot of press books today” (Carl Smalley to Cerf and Klopfer, 29 February 1932; Klopfer to Smalley, 4 March 1932). By 1933 Random House was offering overstocked fine press books at a fraction of the original price. The Random House edition of H. G. Wells’sTime Machinedesigned by W. A. Dwiggins ($12.50 list) was available for $2.00; the two-volume Nonesuch Press edition of Montaigne ($42.00 list) was reduced to $10.00; and the two-volume Gregynog Press Euripides ($85.00 list) was $15.00.",
          "Cerf and Klopfer published thirteen titles in the public domain under the Carlton House imprint, which theyused mainly for “specials” intended for sale in department stores. The books were printed from ML plates. The 1931 titles were about the size of ML Giants and printed on good quality paper, bound in green, blue, or maroon leather with gilt tops, and were sold in black slip cases at a retail price of $2.50. The venture was regarded as an experiment. Only 500 copies of each title were printed. The books were placed in selected department stores in major cities in time for the Christmas season. Most of the stores did not do well with the books. One of the sales representatives noted that they would have been all right before the Crash, but that 1931 “was one of those years when even $2.50 was a high priced book” (Carl Smalley to Cerf, 18 August 1932).",
          "RH revived the Carlton House imprint for the 1932 Christmas season, but the books were very different. Fifteen titles were printed from ML plates in print runs of 3,000 copies each, with a retail price of 50 cents."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Twenty-one titles were added to the regular ML in 1931 and five were discontinued, bringing the number of active titles to 198. Minor discrepancies between the number of titles indicated here and on inside panels of ML jackets are due primarily to the ML’s practice of including titles projected for January publication on fall lists. The new ML Giants series was introduced in fall 1931 with three titles: Tolstoy,War and Peace(G1), Boswell,Life of Samuel Johnson(G2), and Hugo,Les Misérables(G3)."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles except Conrad,Lord Jim(230) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).Lord Jimwas 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (175 x 117 mm) with the leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4½ in. (171 x 113 mm).",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and torchbearer A2, A3, or A6 (see individual entries). Beginning in January 1931 Cerf and Klopfer added their names to the imprint:",
          "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "The imprints of three 1931 titles—Fielding,History of Tom Jones(208), Boccaccio,Decameron(209), and Balzac,Droll Stories(221)—differed from the standard format.The History of Tom Joneshad a colon instead of a dot between Cerf and Klopfer’s names;The DecameronandDroll Storiesreverted to the two-line format without Cerf and Klopfer’s names.",
          "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Balloon cloth binding C, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and the 2-line imprint MODERN LIBRARY stamped in gold at the base of the spine, was used through April 1931. Balloon cloth binding D, with the front panel as binding C and the stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine, was introduced in May and remained in use through spring 1939.",
          "Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings.",
          "The Siegbert Book Cloth Corporation, which supplied some or all of the ML’s balloon cloth, decided to liquidate. Holliston Mills, Inc., took over Siegbert’s stock, trademarks, and patent rights."
        ]
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Twelve of the 1931 titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Five were published in uniform typographic jacket D and three in uniform typographic jacket E. The individually designed jacket of Wells,Tono-Bungay(225) features the 2-line title sandwiched between six strong yellow green bands, simulating a barrel labeled TONO BUNGAY."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Conrad,Lord JimxBalzac,Droll Stories. (Fall) Balzac,Droll StoriesxDreiser,Sister Carrie; Giants through G3."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf wanted to include Rudyard Kipling’sKimin the ML, possibly as a replacement forSoldiersThreewhich was dropped from the series in 1931. The novelwas originally published in 1901, but Doubleday, Doran was not ready to grant reprint rights (Daniel Longwell to Cerf, 17 February 1931). He asked again nearly two years later (Cerf to Nelson Doubleday, 3 December 1932) with the same result.Kim(433) did not appear in the ML until 1950. Another book Cerf wanted was Henry Adams,Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, the trade edition of which was originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1913. He was told that there was very strong opposition at Houghton Mifflin to a moderately priced edition (Roger L. Scaife, Houghton Mifflin, to Cerf, 24 January 1931). Herschel Brickell, head of the trade department at Henry Holt & Co., asked why Gogol’sDead Soulswasn’t in the ML. Klopfer replied, “Dead Souls isn’t in the Modern Library yet because we haven’t got around to it. I think you’re right; it should be there” (Brickell to Cerf, undated; Klopfer to Brickell, 3 March 1931).Dead Souls(290) was published in the ML in 1936.",
          "Cerf wanted to include a collection of short stories by Arthur Schnitzler (Cerf to Richard L. Simon, 28 October 1931), perhaps as a potential replacement for Schnitzler’s novelBertha Garlan(38) which was discontinued the following year. Simon and Schuster had published a collection of ten Schnitzler stories under the titleLittle Novelsin 1929. It is not clear whether Simon and Schuster rejected the offer or Cerf abandoned it. When Cerf edited the ML anthologyGreat German Short Novels and Stories(256), published in April 1933, he included Schnitzler’s story “The Fate of the Baron” from the Simon and Schuster collection.",
          "Cerf considered including Siegfried Sassoon’sMemoirs of a Fox Hunting Man, which had been suggested by Tom Coward of Coward-McCann. Cerf was interested at first, but the plates were too large for the ML’s format, and he had reservations about Sassoon’s popularity in the United States. He eventually declined: “Maybe something will come along to increase Sassoon’s popularity in America, and in this case we hope that you will allow us to reopen negotiations on this book” (Cerf to Coward, 10 February 1931; 9 July 1931).",
          "R. I. Warshow of Greenberg: Publisher suggestedWolfgang Goethe, a two-volume biography by the Danish writer Georg Brandes, for the ML Giants series which was being launched in the fall. Cerf replied, “Cheers! What a lousy idea” (Cerf to Warshaw, 24 March 1931; underlining in original).",
          "When M. A. Dominick of Frederick A. Stokes Co. suggested the inclusion of a Louis Bromfield title, Cerf replied, “I have the very definite feeling that ed. & Dunlap have gotten all there is to be gotten out of the reprints of Mr. Bromfield’s books” (Cerf to Dominick, 22 October 1931). Stanley Rinehart of Farrar & Rinehart suggested Floyd Dell’sMoon-Calf,The Briary-Bush, orJanet March, which were then the property of Doubleday, Doran. Cerf responded, “I frankly don’t think that Dell’s old books are read widely enough today to justify their inclusion in a reprint series such as ours. I should think that be belonged with the heroes of yesterday like Cabell and Anderson. Or am I wrong?” (Rinehart to Cerf, 21 December 1931; Cerf to Rinehart, 22 December 1931)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Bennett,Old Wives’ Tale(1931)  207",
          "Fielding,History of Tom Jones(1931)  208",
          "Boccaccio,Decameron(1931)  209",
          "Conrad,Lord Jim(1931)  210",
          "Adams,Education of Henry Adams(1931)  211",
          "Swift,Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books(1931)  212",
          "Morley,Parnassus on Wheels(1931)  213",
          "Mansfield,Garden Party(1931)  214",
          "Calverton, ed.,Making of Man: An Outline of Anthropology(1931)  215"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "Gide,Counterfeiters(1931-1946)  216.1*",
        "Suetonius,Lives of the Twelve Caesars(1931)  217",
        "Artzibashev,Sanine(1931)  218",
        "Cather,Death Comes for the Archbishop(1931)  219",
        "Corvo,History of the Borgias(1931)  220",
        "Balzac,Droll Stories(1931)  221",
        "Corneille and Racine,Six Plays(1931)  222",
        "McFee,Casuals of the Sea(1931)  223",
        "Polo,Travels of Marco Polo(1931)  224",
        "Wells,Tono-Bungay(1931)  225",
        "McDermott, ed.,Sex Problem in Modern Society(1931)  226",
        "Merejkowski,Peter and Alexis(1931)  227",
        "*The Counterfeiterswas discontinued in fall 1946 and restored to the ML in 1962 when it was published in one volume with Gide’sJournal of The Counterfeiters."
      ],
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Brown,House With the Green Shutters(1927)",
          "Goncourt,Renée Maupérin(1919)",
          "Hauptmann,Heretic of Soana(1928)",
          "Kipling,Soldiers Three(1917)",
          "Morrison,TalesofMeanStreets(1921)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 207,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ARNOLD BENNETT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE OLD WIVES’ TALE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1972",
            "ML_NUMBER": 184
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "207a.  First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE OLD WIVES’ TALE | [rule] | BY | ARNOLD BENNETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–640 [641–642].  [1–20]16[21]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [i] title; [ii]First Modern Library Edition| 1931 | [short double rule]; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–ixPREFACE TO THIS EDITIONsigned p. ix:ARNOLD BENNETT.; [x] blank; xi–xii CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK I | MRS. BAINES; [2] blank; 3–640 text; [641–642] blank.",
            "JacketA:Pictorial in grayish reddish purple (245) and black on cream paper depicting two women seated at a table having tea; borders in grayish reddish purple, lettering in black. Signed: J. L. (Fall 1930)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except borders in light violet (210) instead of grayish reddish purple.",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is generally conceded by critics, and certainly it is staunchly maintained by hosts of readers, that Arnold Bennett’s most notable literary achievement isThe Old Wives’ Tale. This chronicle of the Five Towns and France during the Siege of Paris is a project of heroic proportions, accomplished with infinite skill, and of a scope that invites comparison with the greatest novels of the Victorian era. It is a tale of ordinary people during extraordinary times, told with an insight encountered only in the works of the masters of fiction. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. New bibliographical edition with preface by Bennett published by George H. Doran Co., 1911, and subsequently by Doubleday, Doran & Co. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting that Doubleday, Doran appears to have made for the ML’s exclusive use. Published January 1931.WR14 February 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1972.",
            "Cerf and Klopfer secured reprint rights in spring 1930 to four long-sought Doubleday titles—Bennett’sOld Wives’ Tale, Maugham’sOf Human Bondage(199), Walpole’sFortitude(201), and Huxley’sPoint Counter Point(203)—as part of a deal to buy the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary. The ML had exclusive reprint rights toThe Old Wives’ Taleand paid Doubleday, Doran a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in November 1931, a third printing of 3,000 copies in December 1932, and two printings of 3,000 copies each in 1933. Cerf stated in 1946 thatThe Old Wives’ Tale“remains, year in and year out, one of the most popular novels in the Modern Library” (Cerf, “Trade Winds,”SRL29, 24 August 1946, p. 18).",
            "The Old Wives’ Talewas the third best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 6,816 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "207b.Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[within single rules] [7-line title and statement of responsibility within second single-rule frame] THE | OLD | WIVES’ | TALE | BY | ARNOLD | BENNETT | [below inner frame: torchbearer D6 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation s 207a.",
            "Contents as 207a except: [2] blank; [ii] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 207a.  [1–19]16[20]8[21]16. Contents as 207b except: [ii] PUBLISHED, 1908. COPYRIGHTED IN THE U.S.A. | COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY. (Fall 1946 jacket)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep yellow green (118), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting a white flower with stem and leaves in deep yellow green on inset black patch; lettering mostly against black patch in reverse and medium gray, all against white background. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 207a. (Fall 1946) Front flap reset with additional sentence at end: “The Old Wives’ Taleis a classic among twentieth-century novels.” (Fall 1959)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "208",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY FIELDING",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1971; 1985–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 185
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "208.1a.First printing(1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE HISTORY OF | TOM JONES | A FOUNDLING | [rule] | BY | HENRY FIELDING | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiii [xxiv], 1–861 [862–864].  [1–27]16[28]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1931 | [short double rule]; v–viii dedicatory letter; ix–xxiii CONTENTS; [xxiv] blank; 1–861 text; [862–864] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with left profile illustration of Tom Jones holding a walking stick and three-cornered hat; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: ZIM. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is now almost two hundred years since Henry Fielding developed inTom Jonesa new approach and a new field for the novel. Treasured as one of the greatest achievements in the literature of fiction, it retains all the vitality and contemporaneity of the eternally human. Its unrestrained commentaries on the life of the period, its ridicule of the pretensions and its tolerance of the frailties of mankind, its naturalness and its unforgettable characters, assure the permanence ofTom Jonesthrough the ages. (Spring 1934)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published January 1931.WR14 February 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72. New bibliographical edition (reissue format), 1985.",
            "The History of Tom Jonessold 9,438 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales declined to 4,071 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, butTom Jonescontinued to rank in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales.",
            "Fielding was one of four authors to be published in the regular ML, ML Giants, and Illustrated ML. The others works included in all three series were Cervantes,Don Quixote(1930: 197), Giant (1934: G14), Illus ML (1946: IML 16); Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(1929: 171), Giant (1937: G34), Illus ML (1943: IML 2); and Fielding,History of Tom Jones(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5); and Whitman,Poems(1921: 94), title changed toLeaves of Grass(1929: 94); Giant (1940: G48), Illus ML (1944: IML 12).",
            "208.1b.Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE HISTORY OF | TOM | JONES | A FOUNDLING |byHENRY FIELDING | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 208.1a.",
            "Contents as 208.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on cream paper in very deep red (14) and dark gray (266) with title and author in very deep red on inset cream panel; background in dark gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 208.1a. (Spring 1940)",
            "208.2a.  Text reset (1944)",
            "[within single rules] [ornamental rule] | THE HISTORY OF | TOM JONES |A FOUNDLING|by| Henry Fielding | [torchbearer E1] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK| [ornamental rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–885 [886–888].  [1–26]16[27]8[28–29]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; v–viii dedicatory letter; ix–xxiv CONTENTS; 1–[886] text; [887–888] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 208.1b. (Fall 1947)",
            "Printed from plates made in 1944 for the Illustrated ML edition (IML 5.2) and subsequently used for printings in the regular ML. Decorations by Warren Chappell.",
            "208.2b.Sherburn introduction added (1950)",
            "HENRY FIELDING | THE HISTORY OF | TOM JONES |A FOUNDLING| [rule] |Mores hominum multorum vidit.| [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | GEORGE SHERBURN | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi [xvii–xxxvi], [2], 1–885 [886–890].  [1–29]16",
            "Contents as 208.2a except: [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | By George Sherburn; xv–xvi BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xvii–xx] dedicatory letter; [xxi–xxxvi] CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [887–890] blank.Note:Page numerals removed from dedicatory letter and table of contents.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 208.2b.  [1]16[2–13]32[14]16[15]32[16]16. Contents as 208.2b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [887–888] ML Giants list; [889–890] blank. (Spring 1963)",
            "Jacket A:As 208.1b with front flap rewritten:",
            "Henry Fielding’s story of a foundling is now more than two hundred years old, but still it has the vitality and appeal it had for its readers in the middle of the eighteenth century. Then, with few predecessors, Fielding created his own form and brought forth a pioneer work of English fiction. Now, with countless imitators, his book is read with the kind of appreciation one reserves for a novel that understands the ageless frailties of mankind and forgives them. A book that makes pretensions ridiculous and shows tolerance for weakness is ageless.Tom Jonesis remembered with affection by readers of every variety for its complete naturalness and for its vivid characters. After two centuries the permanence of Henry Fielding’s novel is assured. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except on coated white paper with title and author in dark yellow (88) on inset white panel and background in moderate red (15). (Fall 1963)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Sherburn received $200 for the introduction (Stein to Sherburn, 24 January 1950). Edmund H. Booth of Dartmouth College pointed out errors in the reset text that were corrected for the MLCE edition (Booth to Cerf, 30 May 1950).",
            "208.2c.Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "Title as 208.2b through line 9; lines 10–12: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 208.2b.  [1]16[2–13]32[14–17]16",
            "Contents as 208.2b variant. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Fujita pictorial jacket in brilliant orange yellow (67), deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with drawing of Tom Jones standing between two women and another man; title in deep reddish orange, other lettering in black, all against brilliant orange yellow background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Ever since its publication in 1749,Tom Joneshas been a classic of English literature. Unforgettable characters and episodes emerge in its pages: Tom himself—loving, high-spirited, brimming with impetuous vigor; irascible Squire Western with his dogs and drink; Sophia Western, who sees through sham with a gentle “Fie!,” and marvelously understands how to manage her prickly father; Mr. Allworthy, seeker of justice, blinded by his own good heart; Square the philosopher; Mr. Thwackum the divine; the black Blifil; and the author himself, permeating every page with kindly admonitions, scorn of hypocrisy, and admiration of the true virtue found in clarity of vision and a prudent disciplining of the spontaneous urgings of one’s own good nature. Picaresque novel, comic mock epic in prose,Tom Jonesranks in the forefront of world literature.",
            "208.3.  Reissueformat; text edited by Fredson Bowers (1985)",
            "HENRY FIELDING | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] TOM JONES | [below panel] WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY MARTIN C. BATTESIN [sic] | THE TEXT EDITED | BY FREDSON BOWERS | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], [1–3] 4–982 [983–988].  Perfect bound.  8¼ x 5½ in. (209 x 140 mm)",
            "[1] woodcut illustration of Tom Jones by Stephen Alcorn; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1985 | Copyright © 1975 by Martin C. Battestin and Fredson Bowers; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–8 dedicatory letter signed p. 8: Henry Fielding; [9]–29 contents; [30] blank; [31]–982 text; [983] ABOUT THE AUTHOR; [984–988] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on kraft paper in strong reddish brown (40) and black with inset woodcut illustration of Tom Jones. Designed by R. D. Scudellari; woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "An enormous, exuberant novel of appetite—for food, drink, women, experience—Tom Jonesis, according to Samuel Coleridge, one of the most nearly perfect plots in the world. A foundling, Tom, is discovered one morning by Squire Allworthy and his squarish sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household until it is time for him to leave and seek not only his fortune but his real identity. Athletic, charismatic, generous, filled with what Fielding called “the glorious lust of doing good” but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one of the first characters in fiction ever to display legitimate sides of good and evil.Tom Jones, the novel is one of the first examples of the “novel of incident,” one which develops character along with plot, and a crucial influence upon the development of modern fiction.",
            "Bowers edition originally published in two volumes by Wesleyan University Press, 1975, and reprinted in one volume. ML edition (pp. [3]–982) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the one-volume Wesleyan University Press edition with the following material omitted: dedication (“To Ruthe”), table of contents, list of plates, preface signed by Battestin and Bowers, Battestin’s introduction, fly title (a reproduction of the title page of the 1749 edition), and all appendices (chronology of important dates, select bibliography, index to the corrections, abbreviations used in the notes). The illustrations by Warren Chappell (color plates and line drawings) and the color map on the endpapers are also omitted, as is the list of plates.  Published spring 1985 at $10.95. ISBN 0-394-60519-5.",
            "The History of Tom Jones(208.3) is in the 8¼ x 5½ inch format formerly used for ML Giants.",
            "Lines 3–4 of the title page are doubly flawed: Battestin’s introduction is not included in the ML edition, and Battestin’s name is misspelled.",
            "The full-page color and black-and-white illustrations by Warren Chappell in the one-volume Wesleyan University Press edition were originally created for the Illustrated Modern Library edition ofThe History of Tom Jones(IML 5, 1943). Chappell’s black-and-white vignettes at the head of the dedication, each of the eighteen books, and the end of the Illustrated Modern Library edition are omitted; in their place the Wesleyan University Press substitutes two flourishes and a swelled rule at the head of the introduction, a swelled rule and fluerons below the heading for each book, and a drawing of a couple walking arm-in-arm at the end of the text. All of these illustrations are omitted from the ML edition, which otherwise is a photographic reproduction of pp. [3]–982 of Wesleyan University Press edition, printed by offset lithography with the type page photographically reduced in size.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Fielding,Joseph Andrews(1939–1971)  323",
            "Fielding,History of Tom Jones(Giant, 1940–1951)  G52; Illustrated ML (1943–1947)  IML 5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "209",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE DECAMERON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1972",
            "ML_NUMBER": 71
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "209.1a.First printing(1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE DECAMERON | [rule] | OF | GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | JOHN PAYNE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–830 [831–834].  [1–26]16[27]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D11; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1931 | [short double rule]; [v] translator’s dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xx CONTENTS; xxi–xxii FOREWORD signed p. xxii: Morris L. Ernst. | New York, |December,1930.; [1] part title: PART ONE | DAYS I–V; [2] blank; 3–830 text; [831–834] ML list. (Spring 1931)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–830.  [1–26]16[27]8(8+1.2).  Contents as 209.1a except: [11] pub. note D8; [iv] manufacturing statement. (Fall 1932 jacket)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep yellowish pink (27) and black on cream paper depicting a minstrel with lute; borders in deep yellowish pink, lettering in black. Signed: Loederer. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "For more than five centuries Giovanni Boccaccio’sThe Decameronhas stood virtually unchallenged in its supremacy as the world’s greatest collection of tales. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats and many other literary immortals found in these Florentine stories a never-failing inspiration and a veritable source book for plot material. To the modern reader,The Decameronaffords undiminished stimulation and pleasure, despite the strictures and the vain attempts at suppression by hysterical censors. Boccaccio’s lusty book is one of the best-selling titles on the Modern Library list. (Fall 1939)",
            "Payne translation originally published in London, 1886. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1931.WR21 March 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded 1955 by Winwar translation (209.2a).",
            "Cerf and Klopfer took special precautions to insure thatThe Decameronwould not invite the attention of censors. It had been the subject of occasional obscenity prosecutions in the 1920s, and the U.S. Treasury Department did not officially rescind the Customs ban against its importation until 1931 (Boyer 2002, p. 237). Working through Edwin A. Falk, the ML’s attorney, they sought the advice of Morris L. Ernst, who indicated that there was little danger unless they planned to include shocking illustrations in the volume (Ernst to Falk, 27 December 1930).",
            "The ML asked Ernst to write a foreword that was intended as a warning to John S. Sumner, the head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. Ernst’s foreword emphasized the literary significance ofThe Decameron, its inclusion in the curricula of leading American universities, and the failures of previous attempts to suppress it. He stated: “At this time The Decameron is accepted as legal literature” (p. xxii).",
            "Cerf and Klopfer originally planned to publish the foreword anonymously, but Ernst suggested that his name be attached: “. . . if the enclosed foreword is signed with my name, it might deter to a slight degree our friend Mr. Sumner. I have licked him in every case I had so far. I rather think that he, William J. Schieffelin and his other directors, might shy off in case they see my name in the volume” (Ernst to Falk, 27 December 1930). Klopfer put Ernst’s name on the foreword but not on the title page. Ernst received $50 for the foreword and $100 in legal fees. Cerf assured booksellers in an article inPWthat the Payne translation combined “the advantages of being complete and of satisfying the sometimes unaccountable whims of the governmental guardians of public morals” (Cerf, “The Modern Library and the Price of Books,”PW119, 14 February 1931, p. 842).",
            "Sumner did not challenge the ML edition, butThe Decameronremained a controversial book in some quarters. When a Chicago book wholesaler who specialized in the small town market requested an illustration of a ML jacket for its fall 1932 catalogue, the request specifically noted: “Any title at all will do . . . with the exception of the DECAMERON and the DROLL STORIES” (Wilcox & Follett to ML, 11 August 1932). A ML sales representative in the South who submitted an order for an assortment of titles for the college store of a North Carolina women’s college asked Lewis Miller, the ML sales manager, to select the books. But he advised: “Leave out Faulkner & Decameron so as not to sully the minds of Southern maidenhood. They love this stuff of course but the faculty raise a stink” (James S. Russell to Miller, 22 September 1940).",
            "The Decameronwas the best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 10,988 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 5,308 copies, retaining its position in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles but ranking a little lower than in the 1940s. Sales totaled 164,904 copies by spring 1958.",
            "209.1b.Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE | DECAMERON | OF | GIOVANNI | BOCCACCIO | TRANSLATED BY | JOHN PAYNE | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–830 [831–842].  [1–27]16",
            "Contents as 209.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [831–836] ML list; [837–838] ML Giants list; [839–842] blank. (Fall 1945)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate violet (211), brilliant yellow (83) and black on textured white paper with illustration of an open book with a heart and arrow on the recto page and a trailing brilliant yellow bookmark; “DECAMERON” in reverse shaded in brilliant yellow, other lettering in black or reverse, all against moderate violet background with white and yellow stars. Front flap as 209.1a. (Spring 1944) Front flap slightly revised, with “hysterical censors” replaced by “meddling and squeamish censors.” (Spring 1954)",
            "209.2a.Winwartranslation (1955)",
            "THE | DECAMERON | OF | GIOVANNI | BOCCACCIO | TRANSLATED | FROM THE ITALIAN | BY FRANCES WINWAR | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARYNew York",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xxxviii, [1] 2–666.  [1–2]16[3–12]32",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1955 | Copyright, 1930, The Limited Editions Club, Inc. | Copyright, 1955, by Random House, Inc.; [v]–vi TRANSLATOR’S NOTE signed p. vi: F. W.; [vii]–xxi CONTENTS; [xxii] blank; [xxiii]–xxxviii THE DECAMERON | [row of 3 asterisks] | PREFACE TO THE | LADIES; [1]–666 text.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 209.2a.  [1]16[2–11]32[12]16. Contents as 209.2a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1955, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Fall 1964 jacket)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on three overlapping panels in strong greenish blue, black and vivid reddish orange; series in strong greenish blue below panels, all against white background. Signed: [George] Salter. Front flap as 209.1b spring 1954 revision with last sentence replaced by following: “The editors to the Modern Library are pleased to present here for the first time in an unlimited edition a new and distinguished translation by Frances Winwar.” (Spring 1955)",
            "Winwar translation originally published in two volumes by the Limited Editions Club, 1930. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with revisions by the translator. Published summer 1955.WR23 July 1955. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1972/73.",
            "The ML began to consider a new translation ofThe Decameronin 1953 when Barry Ulanov of Barnard College submitted a six-page sample translation. Stein sent Ulanov’s sample to a number of readers but the response was generally unfavorable. Several readers suggested Frances Winwar’s translation as the best available. Stein wrote Winwar in December to express interest in using her translation (Stein to Winwar, 22 December 1953). She subsequently sent ten pages of revisions that were incorporated into the ML edition.",
            "209.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "Title as 209.2a except line 9: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 209.2a.  [1–11]32",
            "Contents as 209.2a except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1955 | Copyright 1930 by The Limited Editions Club, Inc. | Copyright © 1955 by Random House, Inc.",
            "Jacket:As 209.1b except Salter’s design slightly reduced and white background enlarged. Front flap as 209.1b through “The Decameronaffords undiminished stimulation and pleasure.” Remainder replaced by a new paragraph: “The distinguished translation by Frances Winwar offers the reader a faithful and highly readable English-language version of Boccaccio’s spirited and original Italian.”",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reduced from letterpress printings of 209.2a."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "210",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOSEPH CONRAD",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "LORD JIM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 186
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "210a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] LORD JIM | [rule] | BY | JOSEPH CONRAD | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | J. DONALD ADAMS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [vii] viii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–417 [418].  [1–13]16[14]8. 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (175 x 117 mm) with the leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4½ in. (171 x 113 mm).Note:Later printings of 210a revert to the standard format with smaller margins.",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1899, 1900,byJoseph Conrad |Copyright,1921,byDoubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. |Introduction Copyright,1931,byThe Modern Library | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–vii INTRODUCTION signed p. vii: J. Donald Adams. | New York |December,1930.; [viii] blank; [vii]–ix AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. ix: J. C. |June, 1917.; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–417 text; [418] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136) and black on cream paper depicting a man with pith helmet and pipe against a background of jungle foliage; borders in moderate yellowish green, lettering in black. Signed: Loederer. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Lord Jimis by all odds the most popular novel by Joseph Conrad, as well as one of the most exciting adventure stories ever written. It is the story of a heroic man victimized by his own integrity. Conrad wrote an admirer “I will have no favorites, but I do not feel grieved that you prefer ‘Lord Jim’ to all my other books. I won’t even say that ‘I fail to understand’ . . .” (Spring 1936)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. New bibliographical edition published in Doubleday, Doran & Co.’s Sun Dial Library (1928),The Malay Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad(1929), and possibly elsewhere. ML edition (pp. [iii], [vii]–417) printed from Sun Dial Library/Malay Edition plates with decorations in the Malay Edition omitted from pp. [iii–iv] and [1–2] of ML printings. Published February 1931.WR21 March 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "Lord Jimwas the first of eleven Sun Dial Library titles added to the ML after Cerf and Klopfer bought the Doubleday series in 1930. The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "The Doubleday contract authorizing the ML reprint mistakenly included Canadian rights. British publishers normally retained Canadian rights when they sold rights in the U.S. market, as did American publishers when they sold British rights. The ML’s Canadian distributor, the Macmillan Co. of Canada, soldLord Jimfor five months before Blackwood and Sons, Conrad’s British publisher, became aware of the transgression. Blackwood’s protested to Doubleday, and the ML stopped sellingLord Jimin Canada. But Cerf was irritated; after Canadian sales were halted he wrote, “This should satisfy those English bastards” (Daniel Longwell, Doubleday, Doran to Klopfer, 25 August 1931; Cerf to Longwell, 4 September 1931).",
            "Lord Jimsold 9,450 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it thirty-ninth out of 281 ML and Giant titles. Conrad’sVictory(238) sold 7,335 copies during the same period. Sales ofLord Jimtotaled 115,000 copies by 1949. By the early 1950s Conrad was one of the best-selling authors in the ML.Lord Jimsold 8,669 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it the 11th best-selling title in the regular ML;Victorywas the 15th best-selling title.Nostromo(438), published in November 1951, appears to have lagged behind Conrad’s other titles; it did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML at this period.",
            "210b.Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "LORD JIM | BY JOSEPH CONRAD | Introduction by j. donald adams | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 210a.",
            "Contents as 210a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1899, 1900, BY JOSEPH CONRAD | COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & CO., INC. | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1931, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.Note:Fly title reset.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in grayish blue (186) and dark red (16) on cream paper; title and author in dark red on inset cream panel, background in grayish blue with series and torchbearer in reverse. Front flap as 210a. (Spring 1941)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "Perhaps the most popular of all his novels,Lord Jimis undoubtedly Joseph Conrad’s most exciting adventure story. Its theme of a heroic man victimized by his own integrity and destroyed by his sense of lost honor is one of the most appealing in the literature of idealism. All the powers of a great descriptive artist and a thinker concerned with courage and devotion and the crises of conscience are lavished upon this tale of a man who stakes his life on a high principle and loses. “I will have no favorites,” Conrad wrote to an admirer, “but I do not feel grieved that you preferLord Jimto all my other books.” (Spring 1955)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in pale orange yellow (73) on coated white paper with lettering and decorations in deep reddish orange (36), moderate greenish blue (173) and black, with “O” in title suggesting a compass; background in pale orange yellow simulating parchment. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (Spring 1957)",
            "210c.  Title page with reset torchbearer (1964)",
            "Title as 210b through line 3; lines 4–6: [torchbearer I at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–v] vi–vii [viii], [vii] viii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–417 [418].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]24[7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 210b except: [v]–vii INTRODUCTION signed as 210a.Note:page numeral “v” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket:As 210b jacket B. (Fall 1964)",
            "210d.  Title page reset; Adams introduction omitted (1967)",
            "LORD JIM |by| Joseph Conrad | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–417 [418–422].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]24[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1899, 1900 by Joseph Conrad | Copyright, 1921 by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–ix AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. ix: J. C. |June, 1917.; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–417 text; [418–422] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 210b jacket B.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reduced from an earlier ML printing.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Conrad,Victory(1932–1971)  238",
            "Conrad,Nostromo(1951–1970; 1983– )  438"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "211",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY ADAMS",
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            "TITLE": "THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1978",
            "ML_NUMBER": 76
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "211a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE EDUCATION | OF HENRY ADAMS | [rule] | BY | HENRY ADAMS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–x, [v] vi–x, [1–3] 4–517 [518–520].  [1–16]16[17]8[18]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1918,byTHE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL | SOCIETY | [short double rule] |Copyright,1931,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [v]–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: James Truslow Adams | London,January,1931.; [v]–vi CONTENTS; [vii]–viii EDITOR’S PREFACE signed p. viii: Henry Cabot Lodge |September,1918; [ix]–x PREFACE dated p. x:February16, 1907; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–505 text; [506] blank; [507] part title: INDEX; [508] blank; [509]–517 INDEX; [518–520] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Typographic in moderate bluish green (164) and black on pale yellow green (121) paper; borders in moderate bluish green, lettering in black. (Spring 1931) Also in deep reddish orange (36) with lettering in black on cream paper. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Concededly the most important autobiography that has yet been written in America,The Education of Henry Adamshas exercised an enormous influence upon a generation now coming into its full maturity. An edition of one hundred copies, printed privately in 1907, had aroused profound admiration among scholars. When it was published in 1918, it immediately won and has since held an assured place among the significant works in American literature. This chronicle of a brilliant career and a constant spiritual quest is one of our great national literary treasures. (Spring 1936)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), deep red (13) and gold on coated white paper with inset portrait of a young Henry Adams in deep red within a gold frame with city buildings outside frame at left and right; borders in gold, title in reverse on front panel, other lettering in deep red, all against vivid reddish orange background. Designed by Paul Galdone, April 1938; unsigned. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1938)",
            "Privately printed by Adams in an edition of 100 copies, 1907. Trade edition published by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1918, shortly after Adams’s death. New bibliographical edition (“Popular Edition”) published 1927 and reprinted in Houghton Mifflin’s Riverside Library, 1928. ML edition (pp. [v]–517) printed from Popular Edition/Riverside Library plates. Published March 1931.WR28 March 1931. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1978/79.",
            "The Education of Henry Adamswas one of the first titles Cerf tried to get after he and Klopfer bought the ML. At that time the original edition was still selling too well for Houghton Mifflin to consider a reprint edition (Robert Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, to Cerf, 25 August 1925). By 1930 Houghton Mifflin was willing to consider a ML reprint. Cerf assumed that the work would have to be reset since the plates of the original edition were far too large for the ML’s format, and he told Houghton Mifflin that the cost of making new plates would have to be taken into account in any reprint agreement (Cerf to Roger L. Scaife, Houghton Mifflin, 1 August 1930). He then learned that Houghton Mifflin had reset the book in a smaller format. After examining it he noted, “It will be a very tight squeeze and will not make a book we can be very proud of” (Cerf to Scaife, 11 August 1930).",
            "He offered a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy—two cents more, he noted, than any other reprint house paid for nonfiction—and the offer was accepted (Scaife to Cerf, 4 August 1930; Cerf to Scaife, 11 August 1930; Scaife to Cerf, 12 August 1930). Cerf did not realize that the ML would be sharing the market with the one-dollar Riverside Library edition. Two weeks later Houghton Mifflin reduced the advance to $2,500 against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Scaife to Cerf, 27 August 1930). The royalty was increased in the 1950s to 10 percent of the list price. James Truslow Adams received $50 for writing the introduction (Cerf to Adams, 22 October 1930).",
            "Scaife complimented Cerf on the appearance of the Modern Library edition: “You have done remarkably well, considering the size of the plates, in making it an attractive volume” (Scaife to Cerf, 8 April 1931). When the ML switched to printing by offset lithography in the mid 1960s the type page was reduced photographically by about 4 mm.",
            "Later in 1931 Cerf and Klopfer ordered a single printing ofThe Education of Henry Adamsin the format of the new ML Giants series. Around the same time they bought the remaining stock of a special printing of Young’sThe Mediciin the same format that had been made for Charles Boni earlier in the year. It was also bound in the style of the first three Giants, except the imprint on the spine identified the publisher as Charles Boni. The books were printed in editions of 1,500 each and were marketed to department stores as dollar “specials.”",
            "The Education of Henry Adamswas the thirteenth best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 6,932 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it climbed into the first quarter of ML and Giant titles with sales of 5,782 copies.",
            "211b.Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE EDUCATION | OF | HENRY ADAMS | BY HENRY ADAMS | INTRODUCTION BY | JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–x, [v] vi–x, [1–3] 4–517 [518–528].  [1–17]16",
            "Contents as 211a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1918, | BY THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY | COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [518] blank; [519–523] ML list; [524–525] ML Giants list; [526–528] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 211a jacket B. (Spring 1941) Front flap reset with third sentence revised: “When it was published for general circulation, in 1918 . . .” (Fall 1959)",
            "211c.Title page reset; offset printing (1966)",
            "THE | EDUCATION | OF | HENRY ADAMS |by HENRY ADAMS|Introduction by| JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |New York",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xvi, [1–3] 4–517 [518–528].  [1]8[2–9]32[10]8",
            "Contents as 211a except: [ii] blank; [iv] Copyright, 1918, | by The Massachusetts Historical Society | Copyright, 1946, by Charles Francis Adams | Copyright, 1931, by The Modern Library, Inc.; [xi]–xii CONTENTS; [xiii]–xiv EDITOR’S PREFACE; [xv]–xvi PREFACE; [518] blank; [519–526] ML list; [527–528] ML Giants list. (Fall 1966)Note:Table of contents, editor’s preface and preface repaginated.",
            "Jacket:As 211b except in strong orange (50) with deep purple (219) in place of deep red.",
            "Printed from offset plates with the type page photographically reduced by 4 mm from earlier ML printings.",
            "211d.Offset printing;7½ inchformat (1970)",
            "Title as 211c.",
            "Pagination and collation as 211c.",
            "Contents as 211c except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1931 | Copyright © 1918 by | The Massachusetts Historical Society | Copyright © 1931 by The Modern Library, Inc.; [519–520] ML Giants list; [521–526] ML list with pages out of order; [527–528] blank. (Fall 1970)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 211b in strong brown (55) in place of vivid reddish orange and black in place of deep red; portrait of Adams on inset gold panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“Few books have had so unexpected success asThe Education of Henry Adams. Printing the manuscript privately in 1907 in an edition of one hundred copies only for distribution among his friends, the author declined to allow the book to be published during his lifetime. He bequeathed the copyright, however, to the Massachusetts Historical Society, and in 1918, about six months after his death, the first published edition appeared. AlthoughThe Educationhad aroused a deep interest among all those who had been able to have access to one of the original copies, few if any would have predicted for it a great popular success. Yet it has already sold more copies than many ‘best sellers,’ and has won an assured place not only among the significant works in American literature but among those which command a wide and steadily enlarging public. Especially among the younger generation, the influence of the book is markedly increasing.”  — from the Introduction"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "212",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JONATHAN SWIFT",
            "TEXT": [
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            "TITLE": "GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, A TALE OF A TUB, THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1957",
            "ML_NUMBER": 100
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "212a.  First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] GULLIVER’S TRAVELS | A TALE OF A TUB | THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS | [rule] | BY | JONATHAN SWIFT | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | CARL VAN DOREN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–550 [551–554].  [1–17]16[18]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1931,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; v–vi PREFATORY NOTE; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: Carl Van Doren | New York, |December,1930.; [xiv] blank; [1] part title: facsimile title page ofGulliver’s Travels, 2d. ed., vol. 1 (1727); [2] blank; 3–337 text; [338] blank; [339] part title: facsimile title page ofA Tale of a Tub,5th ed. (1710); [340]–513 text; [514] blank; [515] part title: facsimile title page ofThe Battle of the Books(1710); [516] blank; 517–550 text; [551–554] ML list. (Spring 1931)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in pale blue (185), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper with cartoon illustration of Gulliver being fed by stick figures carrying baskets of food to his head on ladders. Signed: RIK. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "“No more savage book was ever written,” says Carl Van Doren ofGulliver’s Travels. Far from being the children’s book that simple-minded people have made it, Swift’s fierce satire burns with hatred and revenge. It is a book for adults who must perceive beyond the record of imaginary travels among pygmies and giants an account of mankind in all its silly, vicious and hypocritical posturings. Included in this volume are Swift’s bitter comediesA Tale of a TubandThe Battle of the Books. (Fall 1936)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published March 1931.WR28 March 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded 1958 byGulliver’s Travels and Other Writings(502).",
            "The text ofGulliver’s Travels, according to the Prefatory Note, “is substantially that of the second edition, with the corrections in Ford’s interleaved copy” (p. v). The text ofTale of a TubandBattle of the Books“is based on that of the fifth edition published in 1710. Together with the original notes from this edition are given a few from Hawkesworth’s edition of Swift’s Works (1755–75) and from Sir Walter Scott’s (1814); these are marked respectively with the initial H and S” (p. vi). Van Doren received the ML’s standard $50 fee for writing the introduction.",
            "Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Bookssold 5,463 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "212b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "GULLIVER’S | TRAVELS | A Tale of a Tub • The Battle of the Books | BY JONATHAN SWIFT |Introduction byCARL VAN DOREN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–3] 4–550 [551–554].  [1–17]16[18]12",
            "Contents as 212a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1931, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [3]–337 text; [551–554] blank.Note:The severely battered page numeral “3” is illegible and was subsequently removed from plates.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–3] 4–550 [551–562].  [1–18]16. Contents as 212b except: [551–556] ML list; [557–558] ML Giants list; [559–562] blank. (Spring 1948)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate blue (182) and deep brown (56) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset moderate blue panel; background in cream with series and torchbearer in deep brown above inset panel. Front flap as 212a. (Spring 1940)",
            "212c.  Heilman introduction added (1950)",
            "GULLIVER’S TRAVELS| [ornament] |A TALE OF A TUB| [ornament] |THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS|By Jonathan Swift| INTRODUCTION BYRobert B. Heilman| PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND | EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | [torchbearer E5] |THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxx, [1–3] 4–550 [551–562].  [1–17]16[18]8[19]16",
            "Contents as 212b variant except: [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xxviii INTRODUCTION |byRobert B. Heilman; xxix–xxx BIBLIOGRAPHY.  (Fall 1952)",
            "Variant: Pp. [iii–iv] v–xxix [xxx], [3] 4–550.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16. Contents as 212c except: half title leaf omitted; xxviii (cont.)–xxix BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxx] part title as 212a, p. [1]. (Fall 1955 jacket)",
            "Jacket A:As 212b with deep brown (56) in place of moderate blue and series and torchbearer in deep green (142).",
            "Front flap:",
            "At whatever ageGulliver’s Travelsmay be read, it opens new worlds to the imagination. For the child this chronicle of fabulous travels among pygmies and giants is an adventure in strange encounters and dramatic conflicts. For the adult it is a commentary and revelation on the mind and behavior of mankind in all its frauds and attempts at honesty, its fatuous and earnest struggles to live in some kind of amity and its preposterous posturings. It is fierce satire with rich meanings for every age and circumstance; it is pure fantasy and startling reality that explores and exposes the frailty of man. Included in this volume are Swift’s bitterly ironic comediesA Tale of a TubandThe Battle of the Books. (Spring 1951)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in light greenish blue (172) and deep purple (224) on coated white paper with stylized left profile of Gulliver in deep purple with his eye represented by sailing ship and Lilliputian looking up at him from lower left; lettering in reverse and deep purple, background in light greenish blue. Front flap reverts to 212a text. (Fall 1955)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Heilman received $150 for writing the introduction (Albert Erskine to Heilman, 1 February 1950).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Swift,Gulliver’s Travels and Other Writings(1958–1974; 1979–1991)  502"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "213",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHRISTOPHER MORLEY",
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "PARNASSUS ON WHEELS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1954",
            "ML_NUMBER": 190
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "213a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] PARNASSUS ON | WHEELS | [rule] | BY | CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–190 [191–196].  [1–6]16[7]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1917, 1925,byDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–190 text; [191–194] ML list; [195–196] blank. (Spring 1931)Note:Dedication omitted.",
            "Variant: Pagination and collation as 213a. Contents as 213a except: [1] dedication; [191–196] ML list. (Fall 1934)Note:The dedication, which had been omitted from the first printing, replaces the fly title.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in pale purplish blue (203) and black on coated white paper depicting a horse-drawn caravan; borders and title in reverse, other lettering in black. Signed: J.E.S. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Scratch a book seller and you find an evangelist of literature, a quaint idealist and a grim fighter for the holy cause of enlightenment. And who better embodies all the quixotic zeal of the book missionary than Professor Roger Mifflin as he rides through the countryside with his caravan of culture? Pegasus, hitched to his wagon-load of books, carries him and the liberated Helen McGill to adventures and a romance as charming as any on the shelves of his wandering library. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917. ML edition (pp. [1]–190) printed from Doubleday, Doran (and subsequently Lippincott) plates with Morley’s preface, “A Letter to David Grayson, Esq.,” omitted and the dedication omitted in the first printing. Publication initially announced for August 1931. Published March 1931.WR28 March 1931. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1955.",
            "Parnassus on Wheelswas the second of eleven Sun Dial Library titles added to the ML after Cerf and Klopfer bought the Doubleday series in 1930. Cerf and Klopfer planned to include at least one of Morley’s books—The Haunted Bookshopwas also in the Sun Dial Library—and settled onParnassus on Wheels. Publication was announced for August 1931 but moved forward to March. “The demand for this title has been so great,” Cerf explained, “that there was no point in waiting so long to bring it out, since the plates were already in our possession” (Cerf to Hugh Eayrs, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 21 February 1931). When the ML wrote Doubleday, Doran in December 1937 requesting the plates for a new printing they were informed that the plates and publishing rights had been sold to J. B. Lippincott. Subsequent ML printings were arranged with Lippincott.",
            "Morley’s novelKitty Foylewas a best-seller in 1939 and 1940 (Hackett and Burke, pp. 127–29), but his popularity appears to have diminished after the United States entered the Second World War.Parnassus on Wheelssold 1,814 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the ML’s second worst-selling title. Morley was the only American among the authors of the ML’s ten worst-selling titles—and he had two books in that category.Human Being(334), which lasted just over five years in the series, outsoldParnassus on Wheelsby nearly 300 copies.",
            "213b.Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "PARNASSUS | ON | WHEELS |by| Christopher Morley | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 213a.  [1–12]8[13]4",
            "Contents as 213a variant except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1917, 1925, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.; [191–195] ML list; [196] blank. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 213a in light grayish green (154) in place of pale purplish blue and with borders omitted. (Fall 1946)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Morley,Human Being(1940–1945)  335"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "214",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "KATHERINE MANSFIELD",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE GARDEN PARTY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1955",
            "ML_NUMBER": 129
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "214a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE GARDEN PARTY | [rule] | BY | KATHERINE MANSFIELD | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], 1–255 [256].  [1–8]16[9]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1922,byALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931 | [short double rule]; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; 1–255 text; [256] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate green (145) and black on cream paper depicting a woman in sun hat with flowers; borders in moderate green, lettering in black. Signed: L. Trevisan. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Katherine Mansfield’s sharp perceptions of significant detail, her vivid strokes of characterization and her ability so sensitively to merge reality with unreality give to her short stories the qualities of a remembered experience rather than those of a tale merely well told. In this collection are gathered the stories which reflect her spirit as well as her skill. They have been selected with the purpose of conveying the rare artistic integrity and the consuming passion for truth so evident in her life and work. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. ML edition (pp. [5]–255) printed from Knopf plates. Published April 1931.WR2 May 1931. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1956.",
            "Cerf and Klopfer wanted a Mansfield title in the ML and signed a reprint contract with Knopf in October 1929 forThe Dove’s Nest, paying a $500 advance.The Garden Partywas not considered because an inexpensive reprint was already available in the Sun Dial Library. When the ML bought the Sun Dial Library from Doubleday in 1930, Knopf agreed to cancel the contract forThe Dove’s Nestso that the ML could include the more popular title. The ML increased the advance to $700 against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to Knopf, 30 October 1930). The royalty rate was adjusted to 10 percent of the list price in 1947 when the ML increased its list price to $1.25 (Klopfer to Knopf, Inc., 9 June 1947).",
            "The Garden Partyhad a steady if unspectacular sale in the ML. There were printings of 2,000 copies each in 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1941, and 1943. When the reprint contract was renewed in 1938 for an additional three years, the ML guaranteed royalties for 5,000 copies during the renewal period (Klopfer to Joseph C. Lesser, Knopf, 15 June 1938).The Garden Partysold 3,830 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing in the third quarter of ML titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular Modern Library during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "214b.Title page reset (1941)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | GARDEN | PARTY | BY | KATHERINE | MANSFIELD | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], 1–255 [256–264].  [1–8]16[9]8",
            "Contents as 214a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.; [257–261] ML list; [262–264] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 214b.  [1–7]16[8]8[9]16. Contents as 214b except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY J. MIDDLETON MURRY; [257–262] ML list; [263–264] ML Giants list. (Fall 1954)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and dark bluish gray (192) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark bluish gray panel; background in very deep red with series and torchbearer in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 214a. (Spring 1941) Front flap reset with minor revisions. (Spring 1954)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "215",
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "V. F. CALVERTON",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE MAKING OF MAN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 149
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "215a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE | MAKING OF MAN | AN OUTLINE OF ANTHROPOLOGY | [rule] | EDITED BY | V. F. CALVERTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], 1–879 [880].  [1–28]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D11; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1931,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xii PREFACE signed p. xi: V. F. Calverton. | New York, |September10, 1930.; xiii–xv CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; 1–37 INTRODUCTION | Modern Anthropology and the Theory of Cultural | Compulsives |ByV.F. CALVERTON; [38] blank; [39] part title: I | FOSSIL AND PREHISTORIC MAN; [40] blank; 41–861 text; [862] blank; [863] part title: BIOGRAPHIES; [864] blank; 865–872 biographies of contributors; [873] part title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; [874] blank; 875–879 BIBLIOGRAPHY; [880] blank.",
            "Contents:I. Fossil and Prehistoric Man. Fossil Men, by Marcelin Boule – The Structure of Prehistoric Man, by Wilson D. Wallis – The Tasmanians, by W. J. Sollas – The Art of the Reindeer Epoch, by Joseph Déchelette – The Peking Man, by J. H. McGregor.  II. Race and Language. The Problem of Race, by Franz Boas – Language, Race, and Culture, by Edward Sapir.  III. Social Organization. Das Mutterrecht, by J. Bachofen – Organization of Society upon the Basis of Sex, by Lewis H. Morgan – Motherright, by E. S. Hartland – Group Marriage and Sexual Communism, by Robert Briffault – Property, by W. H. Rivers – The Solidarity of the Individual with His Group, by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl – Initiation Ceremonies, by Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen – The Coming of the Warriors, by W. J. Perry – Law and Anthropology, by Huntington Cairns – Totemism, by Alexander Goldenweiser – The Influence of Ancient Egyptian Civilization in the East and in America, by G. Elliot Smith – Causality and Culture, by F. Graebner – Banaro Society, by Richard Thurnwald – Technology, by Clark Wissler – Cannibalism, by William Graham Sumner.  IV. Sexual Customs and Social Practice. The Origin of Love, by Robert Briffault – Homosexual Love, by Edward Westermarck – The Relations between the Sexes in Tribal Life, by Bronislaw Malinowski – Formal Sex Relations in Samoa, by Margaret Mead – The Savage’s Dread of Incest, by Sigmund Freud – The Intermediate Type as Prophet or Priest, by Edward Carpenter.  V. Religion. Animism, by Sir Edward B. Taylor – The Conception of Mana, by R. R. Marett – Animism and the Other World, by Geza Róheim – Magic and Religion, by Sir James Frazer – The Growth of a Primitive Religion, by A. L. Kroeber – Woman and Religion, by Robert H. Lowie.  VI. Evolution of Attitudes. Evolution of Human Species, by Robert Briffault – Collective Representation in Primitives’ Perceptions and the Mystical Character of Such, by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl – The Science of Custom, by Ruth Benedict – Concept of Right and Wrong, by Paul Radin – Class Relations, by L. T. Hobhouse.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1930)",
            "Front flap:",
            "All the basic concepts of anthropology have undergone a change in the light of revised evolutionary theories and the findings of modern biology, psychology and the social sciences. The purpose of this volume is to bring together the greatest contemporary authorities in anthropology and thereby effect a unity of thought and principle concerning the nature of primitive man. This compilation provides the lay reader with an accurate as well as an authoritative and easily comprehended outline of the most enlightened views on the general subject of anthropology. (Fall 1933)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published April 1931.WR2 May 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Calverton published his introduction toThe Making of Manthree times. Prior to its appearance in the ML it was published as “Modern Anthropology and the Theory of Cultural Compulsives” (the title he used in the ML) in the British journalPsyche, vol. 11, no. 2 (October 1930), pp. 42–62. It also appeared under the title “The Compulsive Basis of Social Thought: As Illustrated by the Varying Doctrines as to the Origins of Marriage and the Family” inAmerican Journal of Sociology, vol. 36, no. 5 (March 1931), pp. 689–720.",
            "215b.Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE | MAKING | OF | MAN |An Outline of Anthropology| EDITED BY | V. F. CALVERTON | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 215a.",
            "Contents as 215a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark yellowish green (137) and deep brown (56) on cream paper with title in deep brown on inset cream panel; background in dark yellowish green with other lettering in reverse below panel. Front flap as 215a. (Spring 1946)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Calverton, ed.,Anthology of American Negro Literature(1929–1944)  183",
            "Calverton, ed.,Making of Society(1937–1959)  308"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "216",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANDRÉ GIDE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML 187).  THE COUNTERFEITERS with JOURNAL OF THE COUNTERFEITERS.  1962–  .  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COUNTERFEITERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1946",
            "ML_NUMBER": 327
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "216.1a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE | COUNTERFEITERS | (LES FAUX-MONNAYEURS) | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF | ANDRÉ GIDE | [rule] | BY | DOROTHY BUSSY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | RAYMOND WEAVER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx, [1–2] 3–372.  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction copyright, 1931,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |Copyright,1927,byALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xx INTRODUCTION signed p. xx: Raymond Weaver | Bône | 1931; [1] part title: First Part | PARIS; [2] blank; 3–372 text.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "André Gide combines a rich and supple imagination with a conscience that tolerates no squeamishness in the disclosure of the most personal intimacies. The unspeakable has no existence for him; his service to his own truth is constant and uncompromising. Of the thirty distinguished volumes he has published, many of them rare and unobtainable because of their revelations,The Counterfeitersis his only novel, and he has avowed in his Journal: “Without reserve, I want to pour into it everything.” The translation is complete and unexpurgated. (Spring 1936)",
            "Bussy translation originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published May 1931.WR23 May 1931. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1946.The CounterfeiterswithJournal of the Counterfeiterspublished spring 1962 (see 216.2).",
            "Cerf approached Knopf in 1929 about a ML edition ofThe Counterfeiters, offering a $700 advance against royalties of 7 cents a copy on the first 10,000 copies with royalties to rise to 10 cents a copy thereafter. The reduced initial royalty (amounting to $300) was intended to cover half of the cost of making new plates (Cerf to Knopf, 18 July 1929). The original Knopf plates were too wide for the ML’s 6½ x 4¼ inch (164 x 107 mm) trim size.",
            "Knopf did not object to a ML edition, but he thought a 1930 publication date was too soon and asked Cerf to take it up with him again the following year. He indicated that the ML could have Gide’sLafcadio’s Adventures, which he described as “an even more amusing book,” in spring 1930, but Cerf preferred to wait forThe Counterfeiters(Knopf to Cerf, 22 July 1929; Cerf to Knopf, 24 July 1929). The terms of the final reprint contract have not been ascertained but were probably similar to what Cerf proposed in 1929. When the contract came up for renewal in 1939, Cerf indicated that he would like to keepThe Counterfeitersin the ML: “This is a book that doesn’t sell in any spectacular fashion, but it is a nice one for us to have” (Cerf to Knopf, 24 October 1939).",
            "The Counterfeiterssold 5,205 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the third quarter of ML and Giant sales.",
            "216.1b.Title page reset (1941)",
            "The Counterfeiters | LES FAUX-MONNAYEURS | by André Gide |Translated from the French byDOROTHY BUSSY |Introduction byRAYMOND WEAVER | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx, [1–2] 3–372 [373–380].  [1–12]16[13]8",
            "Contents as 216.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1931, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.; [373–377] ML list; [378–380] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark greenish blue (174) and black on cream paper divided along diagonal axis into upper panel in cream with lettering in black and lower panel in dark greenish blue with lettering in reverse. Front flap as 216.1a. (Spring 1941)",
            "The ML edition was discontinued in fall 1946.",
            "216.2.The Counterfeiterswith Journal of The Counterfeiters (1962)",
            "THE | COUNTERFEITERS | WITH | Journal of “The Counterfeiters” | ANDRÉ GIDE | The Novel translated from the French by Dorothy Bussy | The Journal translated from the French | and annotated by Justin O’Brien | [torchbearer H] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], [1–3] 4–432 [433–438].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1927, 1951, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | Copyright Renewed, 1955, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7–9] CONTENTS; [10] blank; [1] part title: PART ONE |Paris; [2] blank; [3]–365 text; [366] blank; [367] part title: JOURNAL OF |“The Counterfeiters”; [368] note; [369] dedication; [370] blank; [371] CONTENTS; [372] blank; [373]–417 text; [418] blank; [419] part title: APPENDIX; [420] blank; [421]–432 appendix; [433–438] ML list. (Spring 1962)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark greenish yellow (103) and black on coated white paper with small drawing of Gide; title in black, author and series in reverse, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The history of world literature during the first half of the twentieth century is now being written. Among the novels of that era a small handful seem assured of permanence. They are Thomas Mann’sThe Magic Mountain, James Joyce’sUlysses, Marcel Proust’sRemembrance of Things Past, and—without question—André Gide’sThe Counterfeiters.",
            "Dorothy Bussy’s excellent translation ofLes Faux-Monnayeurswas first published in 1927. To this edition ofThe Counterfeitershas been added the first English translation (by Justin O’Brien, well-known authority on Gide and translator of theJournals of André Gide) of the daybook kept by Gide while writing the novel. This Journal of “The Counterfeiters” (Journal des Faux-Monnayeurs) supplies a unique view into the mind of a great novelist at work. (Spring 1962)",
            "Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1951, withThe Counterfeitersprinted from plates of the 1927 Knopf edition andJournal of “The Counterfeiters”printed from a new typesetting. ML edition (pp. [5]–432) printed from Knopf plates. Published spring 1962.WR4 June 1962. First printing: Not ascertained. Also published in Vintage Books, February 1973.",
            "Sixteen years after the original ML edition was discontinued,The Counterfeiterswas restored to the ML in a single volume with Gide’sJournal of “The Counterfeiters.” In 1971 the ML was paying royalties of 8 cents a copy to Knopf.",
            "216.3a.  Text reset; offset printing(1967)",
            "[left page of 2-page spread: design of 9 ornaments] | [right page of 2-page spread]The Counterfeiters|With|Journal of[torchbearer J] |“The Counterfeiters”|by André Gide|The Novel Translated from the French|byDOROTHY BUSSY |The Journal Translated from the French|and Annotated byJUSTIN O’BRIEN | THE MODERN LIBRARY :New York",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–ix [x], [1–3] 4–467 [468–470].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16[8]32[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii–iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1927, 1951, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | Copyright Renewed, 1955, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–ix [ornament]Contents; [x] blank; [1] part title:Part One[ornament] | [ornament]Paris; [2] blank; [3]–397 text; [398] blank; [399] part title:Journal of[ornament] | [ornament]“The Counterfeiters”; [400] note; [401] dedication; [402] blank; [403] [ornament]Contents; [404] blank; [405]–451 text; [452] blank; [453] part title:Appendix[ornament]; [454] blank; [455]–467 appendix; [468] blank; [469–470] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:As 216.2.",
            "216.3b.7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "Title (pp. [ii-iii]) as 216.3a.",
            "Pagination as 216.3a.  [1–15]16",
            "Contents as 216.3a.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 216.2 in strong greenish yellow (99) instead of dark greenish yellow with Fujita “ml” symbol added to front panel and Fujita torchbearer on spine.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Gide,The Immoralist(1983– )  630"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "217",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SUETONIUS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 188
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "217a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE LIVES OF THE | TWELVE CAESARS | [rule] | BY | SUETONIUS | [rule] | AN UNEXPURGATED ENGLISH VERSION | EDITED WITH NOTES AND AN | INTRODUCTION BY | JOSEPH GAVORSE | [rule] | [torchbearer A6] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–361 [362–366].  [1–12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1931,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [iii] CONTENTS; [iv] blank; [v] chronological table headed: THE TWELVE CAESARS; [vi] blank; vii–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi:  – Joseph Gavorse. | Tentrees. |May,1931.; [1] part title: BOOK I | JULIUS CAESAR; [2] blank; 3–361 text; [362–366] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting Caesar with eagle behind him; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: J.L. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The world owes its intimate knowledge of the Caesars to the researches of Suetonius, who viewed Imperial Rome from the vantage point of the first years of the Christian era. With a wealth of realistic detail, with constant access to the private records in the possession of Hadrian and with a first-hand supply of scandalous anecdote, Suetonius enriched history with his vivid portraits of the flesh and blood Caesars. The veracity and impartiality of this record of personalities and events have made it endure through the centuries. (Fall 1933)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published June 1931.WR15 August 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML did not know the identity of the translator.",
            "217b.Title page reset (1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [9-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE LIVES | OF THE | TWELVE | CAESARS | BY | SUETONIUS | An unexpurgated English version | Edited with notes and an introduction | BY JOSEPH GAVORSE | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 217a.",
            "Contents as 217a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [362–366] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 217a.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16. Contents as 217b except: [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1931, 1959, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [362] blank; [363–364] ML Giants list; [365] American College Dictionary advertisement; [366] blank. (Spring 1959/Spring 1960)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in brownish orange (54) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel; background in brownish orange with other lettering in reverse. Front flap as 217a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in dark grayish reddish brown (47) or grayish reddish brown (46) instead of brownish orange. Flap text as 217a except “it” in last sentence replaced by “his biographies of the early Roman rulers.” (Spring 1956; Spring 1960)",
            "JacketC: As jacket A except in strong bluish green (160) and dark purple (224) on coated white paper with background in strong bluish green and lettering on inset panel in dark purple. (Fall 1964)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "218",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MICHAEL ARTZIBASHEV",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SANINE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1935",
            "ML_NUMBER": 189
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "218.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] SANINE | [rule] | BY | MICHAEL ARTZIBASHEV | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | PERCY PINKERTON | [rule] | WITH A PREFACE BY | ERNEST BOYD | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, 1–380 [381–382].  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D13; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1926, by the Viking Press, Inc.| [short double rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1931; v–x PREFACE signed p. x: Ernest Boyd; 1–380 text; [381–382] blank.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1931)",
            "Pinkerton translation originally published in U.S. by B. W. Huebsch, 1914, using sheets of the British edition published by Martin Secker. New bibliographical edition published by Viking Press with preface by Ernest Boyd, 1926. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published July 1931.WR15 August 1931. First (and only) printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1935.",
            "The ML paid Viking an $800 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy. The ML had to reset the text because the Viking plates were too large for its format.",
            "Sales in 1931 totaled 3,684 copies, of which standing orders and other advance sales accounted for 2,238 copies. Sales during the first six months of 1932 totaled 242 copies. Cerf attributed the decline to competition from an unauthorized one-dollar reprint in a format larger than the ML’s. The edition published by the Illustrated Editions Co. in 1932 featured illustrations by Cameron Wright and was over three inches taller than the ML edition.",
            "The ML reprintedSanineon the mistaken assumption that Viking Press owned the copyright. The manufacturing clause of the 1891 Copyright Act restricted American copyright to books that were manufactured in the U.S., and Huebsch’s use of British sheets in 1914 had castSanineirretrievably into the U.S. public domain. Cerf recognized that the unauthorized edition was not Viking’s fault, but he asked Harold Guinzburg, the president of Viking Press, if some adjustment could be made. He indicated that the ML had paid an advance on 10,000 copies and would not be reprinting (Cerf to Guinzburg, 14 November 1932). Cerf suggested an allowance of $240 but emphasized that the decision was entirely up to Viking Press. Guinzburg noted that half of the advance had been paid to Martin Secker, the English publisher of the Pinkerton translation, but he promised to lift some of the burden from the ML’s shoulders and indicated that he would also try to sell the ML’s plates (Guinzburg to Cerf, 6 December 1932). Secker had no use for the plates, and Viking Press paid the sum Cerf suggested as a rebate for unsold copies (Guinzburg to Klopfer, 25 January 1933).",
            "Fall"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 219,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLA CATHER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1937; 1984–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 191
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "219.1.First printing(1931)",
            "[within double rules] DEATH COMES FOR | THE ARCHBISHOP | [rule] | BY | WILLA CATHER | [rule] |“Auspice Maria!”Father Vaillant’s signet-ring | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], 1–303 [304–306].  [1–9]16[10]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1926, 1927byWILLA CATHER | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [5]CONTENTS; [6] blank; 1–303 text; [304–306] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong brown (55) and black on cream paper depicting a man in cape on horseback; borders and title in strong brown, other lettering in black.  (Fall 1931)Note:The jacket art by Harold Von Schmidt is from the Knopf jacket; the ML jacket generally echoes that of the Knopf edition.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of all the distinguished novels written by Willa Cather, none has brought her greater prestige or a wider circle of readers thanDeath Comes for the Archbishop. This historical chronicle of the apostolic mission of Father Latour in the frontier Southwest among the Hopi and Navajo Indians is a romance of faith and invincible simplicity. Its rich humanity and its stirring account of the tenacity of a race giving way to the inevitable make it a memorable book to readers of every shade of religious conviction and literary taste. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ML edition (pp. [5]–303) printed from Knopf plates with fly title omitted. Published September 1931.WR19 September 1931. First printing: 15,000 copies. Discontinued spring 1937. Restored to ML, 1984.",
            "Willa Cather was one of the first authors that Cerf and Klopfer tried to include in the ML after they acquired the series from Horace Liveright. Cerf approached Houghton Mifflin in August 1925 about Cather’sMy ÁntoniaorThe Song of the Lark, offering royalties of eight cents a copy for the former or six cents for the latter. Robert Linscott, who was then at Houghton Mifflin, declined the offer. Four years later they approached Alfred A. Knopf about a ML reprint ofDeath Comes for the Archbishop, offering royalties of twelve cents a copy for a ML reprint.",
            "The ML paid Knopf a $4,200 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. The advance sale was the largest the ML had ever had (Cerf to Hugh Eayrs, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 2 September 1931). Subsequent ML printings were as follows: 10,000 copies (November 1931), 5,000 copies (December 1932), 4,000 copies (July 1933), 5,000 copies (January 1934), 5,000 copies (August 1934), and 15,000 copies (June 1935). Sales of the ML edition during its first five years totaled 49,488 copies as follows: 14,309 copies; 11,842 copies; 7,935 copies; 7,492 copies; and 7,910 copies (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938).",
            "After the ML edition was published Cather decided that she did not want any of her books to be available in reprint editions, and she asked Knopf not to renew the ML contract when it expired in 1936. The terms of the contract were vague about the disposal of books remaining in stock after the contract expired, and Knopf, acting on Cather’s behalf, indicated that he hoped that sales could be discontinued after September 25th (Knopf to Klopfer, 9 June 1936). Klopfer suggested the following:",
            "In reading over the contract, it seems to me that it is open to so much dual interpretation that the best thing we had better try to do is to use common sense. We have a little over 8,000 copies of DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP in stock, or about a six months’ supply. It seems to me that it would be much more advantageous to Miss Cather, and certainly infinitely preferable from our point of view, to keep the book in the Modern Library through the Fall season, when we will undoubtedly sell out all of our copies at the regular price. The other alternative would be for us to remainder these copies before the 25th of September and I frankly would hate to do that, because it would probably mean having them placed all around the country at a remainder price. I don’t believe we are asking too much to be allowed to sell out the balance of this edition in our normal way, withdrawing the book from our list at the end of the year. Don’t you think that is the most sensible solution to the ambiguity of the wording of the contract?",
            ". . . It is with the utmost regret that we are being compelled to give up the reprint rights to DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP. Both Bennett and I feel very strongly that we would do anything within reason to renew this contract with you, but as you have explained how Miss Cather feels on the subject, there doesn’t seem to be anything more to say (Klopfer to Knopf, 10 June 1936).",
            "Knopf accepted Klopfer’s proposal. “I shall pass the good word—good from her point of view, I mean—on to Miss Cather” (Knopf to Klopfer, 11 June 1936). Sales appear to have continued past the end of 1936.DeathComesfortheArchbishopwas listed in the ML’s spring 1937 catalogue, but the ML edition was out of stock by May 1937 (Klopfer to Eayrs, 28 May 1937).",
            "In 1971, twenty-four years after Cather’s death, Random House, which had acquired Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1960, publishedDeath Comes for the Archbishopin its paperback series Vintage Books.",
            "219.2.Reissueformat(1984)",
            "WILLA CATHER | [2-line title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] DEATH COMES FOR | THE ARCHBISHOP | [below panel: torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], [1–2] 3–299 [300–302].  Perfect bound.",
            "[1] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of figure with crucifix and walking stick leading a horse; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright © 1927 by Willa Cather | Renewal Copyright 1955 by the Executors of the Estate of | Willa Cather; [5]CONTENTS; [6] blank; [7]“Auspice Maria!”| FATHER VAILLANT’S SIGNET-RING; [8] blank; [9] fly title; [10] blank; [1] part title:PROLOGUE: AT ROME; [2] blank; 3–299 text; [300] blank; [301] biographical note; [302] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on kraft paper with inset woodcut illustration of figure with crucifix and walking stick leading a horse. Designed by R. D. Scudellari; woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Widely regarded as Willa Cather’s masterpiece,Death Comes For The Archbishopis set in the mid-19th century. Two French missionaries—Jaen Marie Latour and Joseph Vaillant—make their way into the harsh, unexplored, mountainous region of New Mexico in the hope of revivifying there the religion that had been brought by Spanish priests and then left to decay in the hands of an insubordinate and materialistic clergy. Father Latour, first bishop of the diocese, knows how to win the confidence of the Indians and to become a father indeed to the Mexicans. Slowly and firmly he gains control of the padres of the region, gradually replacing the slothful with men stamped by his own ardor. The cathedral that he builds in Santa Fe, using the stones of the region so that it will fit into its surroundings, is the crown of his missionary labor, in which he has succeeded in harmonizing two elements: the Catholic religion and the New Mexican way of life.",
            "“There is a great, a very great, love story in Miss Cather’s masterly quiet narrative. It is a severe, purely designed chalice of handbeaten silver, filled to the brim with the white essential wine of love. . . .”  —Saturday Review",
            "New bibliographical edition published by Knopf, 1945. ML edition (pp. [5–7], [1]–299) printed from offset plates photographically reproduced from the 1945 Knopf edition. Published spring 1984 at $8.95. ISBN 0-394-60503-9. First printing: Not ascertained."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "220",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FREDERICK BARON CORVO",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "A HISTORY OF THE BORGIAS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1959",
            "ML_NUMBER": 192
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "220a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] A HISTORY OF | THE BORGIAS | [rule] | BY | FREDERICK BARON CORVO | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | SHANE LESLIE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–2] 3–408 [409–414].  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1931,byThe Modern Library | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; v–xxiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxiii: Shane Leslie.; [xxiv] blank; xxv–xxxi PREFACE signed p. x–xxi: Frederick Baron Corvo. | Rome; [xxxii] blank; xxxiii CONTENTS; [xxxiv] blank; [1] fly title and epigraph; [2] blank; 3–408 text; [409] epigraph repeated from p. [1]; [410–414] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish purple (237) and black on cream paper depicting a seated man (probably Pope Alexander VI) and a bearded man (probably Caesar Borgia) standing behind him, with a snake in background; borders in strong reddish purple, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Borgian era, with all its excesses of lust and murder, its monstrous villainies and strange benevolences, is here unfolded in a tapestry of unrestrained color and animation. Frederick Baron Corvo, that unpredictable celebrant of Black Masses and practitioner of bizarre literary heresies, depicts the unbridled licence of the 15th Century with a demoniacal vision and an incandescent brilliance of metaphor.A History of the Borgiasthrows new light on the myths and legends surrounding one of the vilest and most glittering reigns of human depravity. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published in U.S. asChronicles of the House of Borgiaby E. P. Dutton, 1901, using sheets of the English edition. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with the Leslie introduction added and the bibliography, appendices, and illustrations from the original edition omitted. (The ML table of contents erroneously lists appendices.) Published September 1931.WR19 September 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1960.",
            "The ML edition was the first to be set in type and printed in the U.S. Leslie’s introduction, a general study of the life and work of Frederick Rolfe, “Baron Corvo,” originally appeared as the introduction to Corvo’sIn His Own Image(Knopf, 1925) and was reprinted by arrangement with Knopf. The ML omitted several paragraphs of Leslie’s text and altered the sentence beginning, “Hadrian VIIis Rolfe’s masterpiece . . .” to “Hadrian VIIwith the possible exception of the Book on the Borgias is Rolfe’s masterpiece . . .” (ML, p. xxi).",
            "Printings of the ML edition reached 36,000 copies by June 1954 (Woolf,Bibliography of Frederick Rolfe, BaronCorvo, p. 46).A History of the Borgiassold 2,718 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "220b.Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[within single rules] [9-line title and statement of responsibility within second single-rule frame] A | HISTORY | OF THE | BORGIAS | by | FREDERICK BARON | CORVO |Introduction by| SHANE LESLIE | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right, 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 220a.",
            "Contents as 220a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in blackish purple (230) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset blackish purple panel; series and torchbearer in black above panel, all against cream background. Front flap as 220a. (Spring 1943) Front flap reset with “15th Century” changed to “fifteenth century” and last three words of 220a replaced by “during an era of great art and great corruption.” (Fall 1954)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "221",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HONORÉ DE BALZAC",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "DROLL STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 193
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "221a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] DROLL STORIES | [rule] | BY | HONORÉ DE BALZAC | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–553 [554–556].  [1–17]16[18]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1931; v–vii TABLE OF CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xi TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE dated p. xi: London,January,1874.; [xii] blank; [1] part title: THE FIRST TEN TALES; [2] blank; 3–553 text; [554–556] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in dark yellowish pink (30) and dark yellowish brown (78) on cream paper depicting a fat monk paging through a thick book by candlelight; borders and title in dark yellowish pink, other lettering in dark yellowish brown. Signed: Wuyts. (Fall 1931)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), strong bluish green (160) and moderate orange (53) on coated white paper with illustration of three laughing monks in moderate orange and white, borders around illustration and spine in strong bluish green, background in moderate blue with title and author in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The author of theComédie Humainespreads a feast for readers of robust appetite. The fare he offers is rich in flavor and as spicy as the French life and manners of the sixteenth century which he chronicles in these pages. The gayest wags, the most illustrious guzzlers and the most abashed cuckolds of the age are gathered here to entertain you. Partake of their vigor and merriment without stint or squeamishness. Be prepared for unashamed laughter at the healthy ribaldry of theseDroll Stories. (Fall1939)",
            "English translation by George Robert Sims originally published in London, 1874. Early editions did not identify the translator, and the ML edition, printed from plates made from a new typesetting, did not identify the translator either. Published October 1931.WR7 November 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The translator states that “althoughLes Cent Contes Drolatiqueswere completed and published in 1837, the present is the first English version ever brought before the public” (Translator’s Preface, p. xi). Klopfer was unaware of the translator’s identity. He noted, “The book isn’t copyrighted in this country, but I cannot tell you who did the translation. It is passable” (Klopfer to Allen Lane, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 20 October 1931).",
            "The ML’s plates were also used for printings by Walter J. Black, Blue Ribbon Books, and Carlton House.",
            "221b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[within single rules] [6-line title and statement of responsibility within second single-rule frame] DROLL | STORIES | BY | HONORÉ | DE | BALZAC | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 2-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY",
            "Pagination and collation as 221a.",
            "Contents as 221a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–553 [554–564].  [1–18]16. Contents as 221b except: [554] blank; [555–560] ML list; [561–562] ML Giants list; [563–564] blank. (Fall 1945)",
            "Jacket A:Enlarged version of 221a, jacket B. Front flap as 221a, jacket B. (Spring 1943)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except monks in dark grayish yellow (91) and white, borders around illustration and spine in strong reddish orange, background in dark brown. (Spring 1946) Front flap reset with minor revisions. (Fall 1956)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Balzac,Short Stories(1918–1935)  39",
            "Balzac,Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet(1946–1970)  390",
            "Balzac,Cousin Bette(1958–1971)  508",
            "Balzac,Lost Illusions(Giant, 1967–1970; 1985– )  G109"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "222",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": [
              "PIERRE CORNEILLE",
              "JEAN RACINE"
            ],
            "TEXT": [
              "and",
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SIX PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 194
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "222a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] SIX PLAYS BY | CORNEILLE and RACINE | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | PROF. PAUL LANDIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–372.  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1931,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Paul Landis. | Urbana, Illinois | 1931; [1] part title: THE CID | by | Pierre Corneille; [2] CHARACTERS; 3–372 text.",
            "Contents:Corneille. The Cid, translated by Paul Landis – Cinna, translated by Paul Landis.  Racine. Andromache, translated by Robert Henderson – Britannicus, translated by Robert Henderson and Paul Landis – Phædra, translated by Robert Henderson – Athaliah, translator unidentified.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The most important works of Corneille and Racine are gathered into one volume in translations worthy of the highest standards of scholarship, and are offered at a price within the reach of all lovers of traditionally great literature. The matchless beauty and intensity of these plays, the universality of their themes and their noble poetic diction recommend them to the present-day reader, who is enabled to share in the treasures of classic French letters. (Spring 1934)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published October 1931.WR28 November 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Shortly after editingFour Famous Greek Plays(178), Paul Landis, professor of English at the University of Illinois, reminded Cerf that they had talked about a volume of Corneille and Racine to serve as a companion to Molière’sPlays(110). “The need for such a book becomes more and more urgent, but I have combed the existing translations pretty thoroughly and have found none nearly good enough to justify reprinting” (Landis to Cerf, 20 March 1929).",
            "222b.Title page reset (1940)",
            "SIX PLAYS BY| CORNEILLE |AND| RACINE | EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY PROFESSOR PAUL LANDIS | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 222a.",
            "Contents as 222a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 222b.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16. Contents as 222b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, 1959, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Spring 1960 jacket)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on deep reddish orange panel at upper left; other lettering in black, background in cream. Front flap as 222a. (Fall 1940) Flap text reset with additional sentence at end: “The six plays are in revised translations by Paul Landis, who contributes an illuminating Introduction.” (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A with strong bluish green (160) in place of black, including flap text and back panel. (Fall 1963)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Landis, ed.,Four Famous Greek Plays(1929–1950)  178"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "223",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM McFEE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CASUALS OF THE SEA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1953",
            "ML_NUMBER": 195
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "223a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] CASUALS | OF THE SEA | [rule] | BY | WILLIAM McFEE | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi [xvii–xviii], [1–2] 3–513 [514].  [1–16]16[17]8(8+1.2)",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1931 | [short double rule]; [v]DEDICATION; [vi] blank; vii–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: Christopher Morley.; [xvii] CONTENTS; [xviii] blank; [1] part title: BOOK ONE | THE SUBURB; [2] blank; 3–513 text; [514] blank.Note:Pp. 511– [514] are an inserted fold.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate green (145) and black on cream paper depicting a freighter at sea; borders in moderate green, lettering in black. Signed: illegible (possibly Art or Nat Falk). (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The novel upon which William McFee’s reputation rests most securely isCasuals of the Sea. When it appeared, twenty years ago, he was hailed, with Joseph Conrad, as one of the two greatest story-tellers of the sea. Today, his book is read with undiminished enthusiasm by a new generation of readers. In it they find the never-ending panorama of the sea as a background for the struggle of men in ships against the forces of nature and man’s will. (Spring 1936)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1916. ML edition printed from plates owned by Doubleday, Doran that were made from a new typesetting. Published November 1931.WR5 December 1931. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1954.",
            "Cerf expressed interest in including one of McFee’s books in the ML in January 1926, but Doubleday, Page turned him down. He was particularly interested inCaptain Macedoine’s Daughter, but McFee appears to have been opposed to having any of his books in the ML. Later that year Cerf invited McFee to write an introduction to Hudson’sPurple Land(134) and indicated that he would like to meet with him to discuss the possibility of a ML edition of one of his books (Cerf to McFee, 26 August 1926; McFee to Cerf, 28 August 1926). Two of McFee’s novels,Casuals of the SeaandCommand, were in the Sun Dial Library, which the ML bought in 1930 from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary. Cerf and Klopfer initially planned to include both novels, but in the end onlyCasuals of the Seawas added.",
            "Morley’s introduction toCasuals of the Seawas originally for the Lambskin Library edition published by Doubleday, Page in 1922.",
            "The ML paid Doubleday, Doran a $1,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. A second printing was not required until May 1936 when there was a printing of 1,000 copies.",
            "Casuals of the Seasold 3,588 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. Total ML printings reached 20,000 copies by November 1945. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "When Doubleday, Doran suggested a ML edition ofCommandin 1933, Cerf responded, “Personally, I think COMMAND is McFee’s most exciting book, but [it] seems . . . that the old boy’s stature has diminished somewhat in the eyes of the public in the past few years” (Robert de Graff to Cerf, 24 November 1933; Cerf to de Graff, 27 November 1933). In 1946 Doubleday, Doran reverted all rights inCasuals of the Seato McFee and sold him the plates for $70. The ML signed a new contract with McFee and paid him $70 for the plates. Half of McFee’s royalties were to be applied toward amortization of the cost of the plates; once the plates were paid for, McFee was to receive full royalties of 10 cents a copy (Maule to McFee, 7 October 1946).",
            "223b.Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] CASUALS | OF | THE SEA | BY | WILLIAM McFEE | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi [xvii–xviii], [1–2] 3–513 [514–518].  [1–16]16[17]12",
            "Contents as 223a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [514–518] blank.  (Spring 1941 jacket)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi [xvii–xviii], [1–2] 3–513 [514–526].  [1–17]16. Contents as 223b except: [514] blank; [515–520] ML list; [521–522] ML Giants list; [523–526] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark blue background. Front flap as 223a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "224",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCO POLO",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 196
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "224a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE TRAVELS OF | MARCO POLO | [rule] | REVISED FROM MARSDEN’S TRANSLATION | AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | MANUEL KOMROFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii–xxxiv], [1–2] 3–351 [352].  [1–11]16[12]16(16+1)",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1926,byBoni and Liveright | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; v–xxxi INTRODUCTION signed p. xxxi: Manuel Komroff.; [xxxii] blank; [xxxiii] CONTENTS; [xxxiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–351 text; [352] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii–xxxiv], [1–2] 3–351 [352–358].  [1–12]16[13]4. Contents as 224a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]Firststatement omitted; [353–358] ML list. (Spring 1935)",
            "JacketA:Uniform typographic jacket E in vivid purplish blue (194) on light blue paper; borders and title in vivid purplish blue, other lettering in black. (Fall 1931)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in deep purplish red (256) and black on yellow paper with inset illustration of Marco Polo standing on a hill with Chinese city in distance and other travelers on foot, horseback and camel; borders in deep purplish red, lettering in black with “MARCO POLO” highlighted in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "After centuries, the derisive phrase “It’s a Marco Polo,” to indicate a gross exaggeration, has been revised to convey the highest tribute for accuracy and veracity. The merchant-traveller from Venice was the first to cross the entire continent of Asia and to open one of the main routes to China. The record of his adventures and explorations is as fabulous as the truth. His is a travel book that time has substantiated. Readers have enjoyed it with a zest worthy of the Venetian nomad himself. (Fall1937)",
            "Komroff edition originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1926. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with index omitted. Published November 1931.WR5 December 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format. The ML paid royalties of 6 cents a copy.",
            "The Travels of Marco Polosold 5,700 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among to 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "224b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE TRAVELS | OF | MARCO | POLO |Revised from Marsden’s translation and|edited with an introduction by| MANUEL KOMROFF | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 224a variant.",
            "Contents as 224a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT 1926, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT. (Fall 1944)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 224b.  [1–11]16[12]4[13]16. Contents as 224b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1953, BY MANUEL KOMROFF. (Fall 1954)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on cream paper with title in black on inset cream panel; background in moderate greenish blue with series in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 224 jacket B. (Fall 1944)",
            "JacketB:Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with inset multicolor illustration of three mounted travelers; rule frames in vivid red and lettering in black, all against moderate yellow background. Front flap reset with last sentence expanded as follows: “. . . and have kept it alive by the kind of enthusiasm that always keeps old books fresh and vigorous.” (Fall 1954)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "225",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "H. G. WELLS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "TONO-BUNGAY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 197
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "225.1a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] TONO-BUNGAY | [rule] | BY | H. G. WELLS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–460 [461–466].  [1–14]16[15]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1908,byDUFFIELD & CO. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [5–6] CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK THE FIRST | THE DAYS BEFORE TONO-BUNGAY | WAS INVENTED; [2] blank; [3]–460 text; [461–465] ML list; [466] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong yellow green (117) and black on pale yellow green (121) paper with 2-line title in strong yellow green highlighted in black and sandwiched between six strong yellow green bands, simulating a barrel labeled TONO BUNGAY, the quack cure-all about which the story revolves; borders in strong yellow green, other lettering in black. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Since H. G. Wells wroteTono-Bungay, his forays into prophecy and history have made him world famous. Yet it is doubtful whether his later fame was as firmly grounded as the first spontaneous outburst of acclaim given toTono-Bungay. With its appearance, H. G. Wells forced immediate recognition as a major figure in contemporary English letters. Neither time nor all the subsequent writings of the prolific and indefatigable Mr. Wells has dimmed the sparkle and vivacity of this chronicle of chicanery and human credulity. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Duffield & Co., 1909. ML edition (225.1, pp. [5-6], [1]–460) printed from Duffield & Green plates. Published December 1931.WR26 December 1931. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf expressed interest inTono-Bungayin 1929 when he offered Duffield & Green a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He indicated that the offer would stand indefinitely, and these appear to be the terms under which the ML edition was published two years later. The plates became the property of Dodd, Mead & Co. when Dodd, Mead bought Duffield & Green in 1934.",
            "By June 1936 ML printings totaled 12,000 copies and sales totaled 10,675 copies.Tono-Bungaysold 4,382 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "225.1b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[within single rules] [4-line title and statement of responsibility within second single-rule frame] TONO- | BUNGAY | BY | H. G. WELLS | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 225.1a.",
            "Contents as 225.1a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DUFFIELD & CO. (Spring 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (183) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark blue panel; background in dark reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 225.1a. (Spring 1940)",
            "225.2.  Text reset (1945)",
            "Title as 225.1b.",
            "Pp. [4], xi–xii, [1–2] 3–400 [401–410].  [1–13]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DODD, MEAD & CO., INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY H. G. WELLS; xi–xii CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK THE FIRST | The Days Before Tono-Bungay Was Invented; [2] blank; 3–400 text; [401–406] ML list; [407–408] ML Giants list; [409–410] blank. (Fall 1945)",
            "Jacket:As 225.1b. (Fall 1945) Front flap reset with minor revisions. (Spring 1959)",
            "An internal RH memo (Regina Spirito to Manny Harper, 5 May 1945) indicates that new plates were being made forTono-Bungayalong with Maugham’sOf Human Bondage(199), Buck’sThe Good Earth(266) and Maugham’sMoon and Sixpence(283). By eliminating running heads, printing more text on each page, and beginning new chapters on the same page as the ending of the preceding chapter, the total number of pages ofTono-Bungaywas reduced from 460 to 400. Although Germany surrendered to the Allies the day before Spirito’s memo was written, the war with Japan continued for another four months. Publishers were subjected to increasingly severe paper rationing during the Second World War, and the crowded typesetting is typical of many books of the period. It is not clear why the table of contents is paginated xix–xii.",
            "The new typesetting ofThe Good Earthwas also about 60 pages shorter than the earlier edition.Of Human Bondagewas only 6 pages shorter, and the new typesetting ofMoon and Sixpencewas 27 pages longer.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Wells,War in the Air(1917–1924)  5",
            "Wells,Ann Veronica(1917–1934)  24"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "226",
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "JOHN FRANCIS McDERMOTT",
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            "TITLE": "THE SEX PROBLEM IN MODERN SOCIETY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1954",
            "ML_NUMBER": 198
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "226a.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] THE SEX PROBLEM | IN MODERN SOCIETY | [rule] | AN ANTHOLOGY | EDITED BY | JOHN FRANCIS McDERMOTT | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–404.  [1–13]16",
            "[i] part title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1931,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [v] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [vi] blank; vii–ix FOREWORD signed p. ix: John Francis McDermott.; [x] blank; xi–xii CONTENTS; [1] part title: I | THE SEXUAL ETHIC; [2] blank; 3–404 text.",
            "Contents:I. The Sexual Ethic. Why a Sexual Ethic Is Necessary, by Bertrand Russell – The Discipline of Sex, by Edward Sapir – The New View of Sex, by George Jean Nathan.  II. The Psychology of Sex. The Sex Impulse in Man, by Jacques Fischer – The Freudian Emphasis on Sex, by Samuel D. Schmalhausen – Sex, by Alfred Adler.  III. Love. The Play-Function of Sex, by Havelock Ellis – Is Sexuality Love? by Grace Potter – Sex Love, by Dora Russell.  IV. Marriage. Sex and Marriage, by Robert H. Lowie – The Breakdown of Marriage, by Will Durant – Legislating for the Companionate Marriage, by Ben B. Lindsey and Wainwright Evans – Love, Marriage, and Divorce in Russia, by V. F. Calverton.  V. Eugenics. Heredity and Sex, by Edward M. East – Eugenics, by Franz Boas – Race Consciousness and Eugenics, by André Siegfried.  VI. The Problem of Birth Control. Are Ten Too Many? by Marjorie Wells – Women and Birth Control, by Margaret Sanger – Why the Church Should Champion Birth Control, by Charles F. Potter – Birth Control or War, by Henry K. Norton.  VII. The Adolescent. The Sex Urge, Its Onset and Management, by Joseph Collins – The Sexual and Maternal Instincts of the Adolescent Girl, by Phyllis Blanchard – The Love Problem of the Student, by C. G. Jung.  VIII. Sex in Literature. Contemporary Sex Release in Literature, by V. F. Calverton – Hermaphrodites, by Robert Herrick – Sex Control, by Morris L. Ernst and William Seagle.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The revolutionary change of attitude toward sex within the last two decades has given great impetus to scientific investigation into a subject which had been taboo for centuries. This volume brings together the most modern and enlightened views of men whose knowledge and authority are internationally recognized. Havelock Ellis, Sigmund Freud, Bertrand Russell, C. G. Jung, Franz Boas and Alfred Adler, to name only a few of the contributors, are represented in a symposium as candidly outspoken about sex as it is comprehensive and accurate. (Spring 1937)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published December 1931.WR26 December 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1954.",
            "The Sex Problem in Modern Societysold 3,174 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "226b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE | SEX PROBLEM | IN | MODERN | SOCIETY |An Anthology| EDITED BY | JOHN FRANCIS McDERMOTT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 226a.",
            "Contents as 226a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with title and editor in reverse on dark green panel at upper left; other lettering in black. Front flap as 226a. (Spring 1943)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "227",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "PETER AND ALEXIS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1931–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 175
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "227.First printing (1931)",
            "[within double rules] PETER AND ALEXIS | [rule] | BY | DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–vi [vii–viii], 1–591 [592–598].  [1–19]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1931,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1931; [iii] translator’s dedication; [iv] blank; v–vi FOREWORD signed p. vi: Bernard Guilbert Guerney. | The Blue Faun Bookshop, | 136 West 23rd Street, | New York City. |Autumn of 1931.; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; 1–586 text; 587–591 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [592] blank; [593–597] ML list; [598] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket E in grayish reddish brown (46) and black on light yellowish pink (28) paper; borders and title in grayish reddish brown, other lettering in black. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Merejkowski’s famous historical trilogy, collectively entitledChrist and Anti-Christ, begins with the volumeThe Death of the Gods(No. 153), continues with the biographical novel,The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci(No. 138), and comes to a conclusion withPeter and Alexis. Each panel of this triptych is complete and self-contained, yet it links together three epochal periods of world history: the 4th century, the Renaissance and 18th century Russia.Peter and Alexisbecomes the climax of the entire work and thus one of Merejkowski’s most absorbing novels. (Fall 1935)",
            "Originally published in U.S. asThe Romance of Peter the Greatby G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1906, in a different translation. Guerney’s translation was commissioned and originally published by the ML. Publication originally announced for August 1930. Published December 1931.WRnot found.First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941.",
            "The ML edition was published more than a year after its announced publication date. Guerney (as usual) took longer than he anticipated to complete the translation, and Cerf (as usual) expressed frustration and irritation at the delay. Cerf indicated hopefully in February 1931 that the translation was almost finished and that the book should be ready around the first of May (Cerf to Crowder, 11 February 1931). Ten days later he noted, “We have had a lot of trouble having the translation of this book completed” (Cerf to Hugh Eayrs, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 21 February 1931). A letter in June indicated, “. . . at present we do not know when it will be finished and ready for publication” (ML to John D. Rollo, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 9 June 1931).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Merejkowski,Romance of Leonardo da Vinci(1928–1970)  154",
            "Merejkowski,Death of the Gods(1929–1940)  173"
          ]
        }
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1933",
      "HEAD": [
        1933,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Publishers’ Weeklyreported that the Modern Library’s best-selling books for 1933 showed “a distinct change in the trend of interest of readers. For the first time in years none of the so-called sex titles, like ‘Droll Stories’ or ‘The Decameron,’ was on the list. Most interesting was the popularity of ‘Selected Writings of Karl Marx,’ edited by Max Eastman, which sold for months like a new novel and is still selling at the rate of 200 copies a week.” The ten best sellers for the year were: Hemingway,A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner,Sanctuary, Marx,Capital, The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings, Lawrence,Sons and Lovers, Maugham,Of Human Bondage, Mann,The Magic Mountain, Merejkowski,The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, Dostoyevsky,The Brothers Karamazov, Cather,Death Comes for the Archbishop, and Rostand,Cyrano de Bergerac(“Modern Library Best Sellers,”PW, 13 January 1934, p. 148).",
          "Cerf and Klopfer turned seriously to trade publishing in 1933 after the bankruptcy of Liveright, Inc. The firm had been through many changes since Albert Boni’s departure in July 1918. The name Boni & Liveright was used until fall 1928, three years after Cerf and Klopfer’s purchase of the Modern Library deprived the firm of its most reliable source of income. The change of name to Horace Liveright, Inc., was largely due to confusion with the firm, Albert & Charles Boni, which the Boni brothers established in 1923.",
          "Liveright borrowed money repeatedly from Arthur Pell, the firm’s treasurer, giving him stock in the firm as collateral. By 1930 he had lost control of the firm of which he had been co-founder. When Pell emerged as the firm’s majority shareholder he forced Liveright to leave. Liveright moved to Hollywood where he worked briefly at Paramount and then Pathé Studios before returning to New York in the summer of 1931, where he died two years later at the age of forty-nine. In December 1931 Pell changed the name of the firm to Liveright, Inc. Pell did what he could to avert the slide into bankruptcy, but on 4 May 1933 three of its creditors filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against the firm (Gilmer, pp. 232-33). Other publishers rushed in to sign up the leading Liveright authors. Robinson Jeffers received thirteen telegrams from publishers the day the bankruptcy was announced (Melrich V. Rosenberg to Cerf, 17 September 1933). Even more sought after was Eugene O’Neill, whose plays, Cerf once noted, “sold like novels” (Gelb and Gelb, p. 768). Cerf set out to get both authors, though he thought the odds against getting O’Neill were about fifteen to one (Cerf to Crowder, 23 May 1933).",
          "O’Neill relied on his friend Saxe Commins, who had recently become his editor at Liveright, to advise him on the choice of a new publisher. After examining the offers, Commins indicated a preference for Cerf and Random House. As he explained later,",
          "The reason for the choice was that I had known Bennett professionally during the Liveright days and recognized in him the potential of an imaginative, resourceful, adventurous and most trustworthy publisher. From my first meeting with his partner, Donald S. Klopfer, I was impressed by his quiet confidence, his reliability, and his good sense. Subsequently . . . I was to learn of his many attributes, not the least of which is his complete selflessness (Commins, quoted in Dorothy Commins,What Is an Editor?, p. 26).",
          "Cerf was invited to fly down to Sea Island, Georgia, to meet with O’Neill and Commins. O’Neill signed with Random House in June; Jeffers signed a day or so later. One of the first acts of the reorganized Liveright Publishing Corporation was to deliver the plates of its books by O’Neill and Jeffers to the ML’s printers (Liveright Publishing, Inc., to the Modern Library, Inc., 9 August 1933; reproduced in Egleston, pp. 107–08).",
          "Cerf and Klopfer also considered trying to get Theodore Dreiser, the most important novelist on the Liveright list. After O’Neill and Jeffers signed with Random House Klopfer composed a letter to Dreiser making an offer, but the letter, dated 20 June 1933, appears never to have been sent. The original as well as the carbon copy remains in the Random House Collection at Columbia University. One can only speculate why Cerf and Klopfer changed their minds. Cerf did not like Dreiser personally, and Dreiser was a notoriously difficult author to deal with. He distrusted publishers in general and Jewish publishers in particular. In the end, over a year after the Liveright bankruptcy, he signed with Simon and Schuster. He completed nothing of importance during the eight acrimonious years he remained with the firm. By 1939 he owed Simon and Schuster over ten thousand dollars in unearned advances and other charges (Madison, p. 108).",
          "In addition to O’Neill and Jeffers, Random House acquired the editorial services of Saxe Commins. One of O’Neill’s conditions for coming to Random House was that his editor come with him. Random House needed a full-time editor if it was to become seriously involved in trade publishing, and Commins was developing into one of the best book editors of his generation. Already the editor of Eugene O’Neill, at Random House he was to become renowned as the editor of William Faulkner and also of W. H. Auden, Isak Dinesen, Sinclair Lewis, James Michener, Budd Schulberg, Irwin Shaw, Stephen Spender, and many others. Commins started at Random House on 9 July 1933 and remained editor-in-chief until his death in 1958, a quarter of a century later.",
          "After merging two volumes by Maupassant into one and four volumes by Wilde into two in 1932, the ML continued its efforts to make ML books a better value by addingErewhon Revisitedto its edition of Samuel Butler’sErewhon(146b)."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Thirteen new titles were added and nine were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 211. Five new titles were published in ML Giants series; by the end of 1933 the Giants included eleven titles in twelve volumes."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles except Lewis,Arrowsmith(254) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).Arrowsmithwas ⅜ inch taller and wider to accommodate the Harcourt, Brace plates.",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; torchbearer A2 was used on all but two new titles. Ludwig,Napoleon(255) had torchbearer A7 and Louÿs,Aphrodite(257) had torchbearer C2. All new titles had the 3-line imprint that began to be used in January 1931:",
          "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "The imprint of Louÿs,Aphrodite(257) differs from other 1933 titles in the first line of the imprint, which has a colon rather than a dot between Cerf and Klopfer’s names.",
          "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine.",
          "Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings."
        ]
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All newly published titles had individually designed pictorial jackets except Gertrude Stein’sThree Lives(261) which had a distinctive non-pictorial jacket designed by Ernst Reichl. Reichl was also responsible for designing the Random House edition of Joyce’sUlysses, published in January 1934.",
          "Beginning in August with Brontë,Jane Eyre(160), descriptive text about the work replaced generic information about the series on the front jacket flaps of newly published ML titles. The flap text was written by Saxe Commins, who joined the firm as editor in July."
        ]
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Lewis,ArrowsmithxStein,Three Lives; Giants through G10.  (Fall) Stein,Three LivesxCaldwell,God’s Little Acre; Giants through G12; jackets: 225 (=spring, fall 1934)."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf and Klopfer wanted to include George Bernard Shaw’s plays in the ML and offered Dodd, Mead a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for a volume consisting ofMan and Superman,St. Joan, andAndrocles and the Lion(Klopfer to Frank Dodd, 8 February 1933). Shaw opposed inexpensive reprints of his works and kept tight control of his copyrights, and it was only after his death in 1950 that the ML was able to include two volumes of his plays. (Shaw temporarily relaxed his opposition to cheap reprints in 1946, when he allowed Penguin Books to publish a million copies of his plays—ten volumes in printings of 100,000 copies each—on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday.) The only work by Shaw that appeared in the ML during his lifetime was his early novel,An Unsocial Socialist(15), which was published before the U.S. extended copyright protection to the works of foreign authors.",
          "Willa Cather was another author who was ambivalent about inexpensive reprints of her works. She allowedDeath Comes to the Archbishop(219) to be included in the Modern Library in 1931 but subsequently asked Knopf not to renew the reprint contract. When Cerf tried to add Cather’sMy Antoniato the series in 1933 Houghton Mifflin turned him down, probably at Cather’s request (Dale Warren to Cerf, 30 October 1933).",
          "Cerf contacted Farrar and Rinehart about including Hervey Allen’sAnthony Adversein ML Giants in 1935 or 1936 (Cerf to John Farrar, 11 August 1933). The historical novel sold 300,000 copies in its first six months and led the fiction best-seller list for two years (1933‑1934). Farrar and Rinehart does not appear to have authorized any reprint edition, not even by Grosset & Dunlap, the leading publisher of reprint editions for the mass market before the advent of paperbacks in 1939. Cerf waited for five years and tried again in 1938 (see 1938 Titles sought, suggested, declined).",
          "Cerf expressed interest in reprinting Ogden Nash’s selection from P. G. Wodehouse’s works,Nothing but Wodehouse(Doubleday, Doran, 1932), possibly as a Giant—the volume ran to more than 1,000 pages—but Doubleday, Doran was reprinting it in a cheap edition of their own.",
          "On a different note, Klopfer asked Max Eastman, whose Marx’sCapital, The Communist Manifesto, and Other Writings(246) had been published in the ML three months earlier, to translate the complete works of Lenin for the ML, noting that it would be “a perfect follow-up book for the Marx” and “would create a great feeling of ill-will in this country, all of which we are very much for.” Five days later he wrote, “I am waiting with baited breath to hear the length of the complete works of Lenin, when you would be able to do it, and how much you would want to do a new translation” (Klopfer to Eastman, 16 February and 21 February 1933). Eastman replied that a volume of Lenin could be any length. He asked for an advance of five hundred dollars and a fee of one cent per word for the translation. He noted, “Lenin’s style is an extraordinary phenomenon—you can feel the locomotive force of the man’s will in almost every sentence—and it has never been reproduced in English” (Eastman to Klopfer, 16 March 1933). Klopfer responded that the ML would like a book of about 100,000 words (Klopfer to Eastman, 17 March 1933).",
          "Eastman received the advance he asked for, but nearly a year went by before he began working on the Lenin book. Cerf wrote in April 1934, “These are times in which that book could sell marvelously well, and it would be a shame to dilly-dally until somebody beats us to the gun. I beseech you to get to work on it” (Cerf to Eastman, 4 April 1934). But Eastman made little progress. Other work got in the way, and in August he wrote to Cerf agreeing to an annulment of the contract. Eastman kept the advance, which they agreed would be regarded as an advance for a future project (Eastman to Cerf, 30 August 1934). Cerf and Klopfer gave up the idea of including a Lenin volume in the ML. The only subsequent book of Eastman’s to be published by Random House wasLove and Revolution: My Journey through an Epoch(1964).",
          "Robert de Graff, the president of the Doubleday reprint subsidiary Garden City Publishing Co., suggested Clemence Dane’s novelLegendfor the ML. Dane was the pseudonym of the English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Winifred Ashton. Cerf replied that he didn’t think she would have much of a sale in the ML (de Graff to Cerf, 27 January 1933; Cerf to de Graff, 30 January 1933). Michael S. Mill, a publisher’s sales representative, suggested a volume of Anthony Trollope; Cerf replied that the ML would get around to it in the next couple of years (Cerf to Mill, 28 July 1933). Trollope’sThe Warden & Barchester Towers(292) was added to the ML in 1936.",
          "Following the publication of Keats and Shelley’sComplete Poetical Works(G4) in the new ML Giants series, Cerf and Klopfer considered a Giant devoted to the complete poems of Lord Byron. Robert Linscott of Houghton Mifflin Co. provided sales figures for the firm’s Cambridge Edition ofThe Complete Poetical Worksof Lord Byron(1905). Trade sales for the three-year period 1930–32 totaled 1370 copies. Klopfer thanked him and noted, “I think that that conclusively proves we would not be warranted in making a Giant of a complete Byron” (Klopfer to Linscott, 13 April 1933). The ML published Byron’sDon Juan(420) in 1949 andSelected Poetry(465) in 1954."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Huxley,Antic Hay(1933)  252",
          "France,Penguin Island(1933)  253",
          "Lewis,Arrowsmith(1933)  254",
          "Ludwig,Napoleon(1933)  255",
          "Cerf, ed.,Great German Short Novels and Stories(1933)  256",
          "Louÿs,Aphrodite(1933)  257",
          "Thackeray,Vanity Fair(1933)  258",
          "Waugh,Vile Bodies(1933)  259",
          "Brontë,Jane Eyre(1933)  260",
          "Stein,Three Lives(1933)  261",
          "Wallace,Ben-Hur(1933)  262",
          "Strachey,Eminent Victorians(1933)  263",
          "Proust, Guermantes Way(1933)  264"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Beardsley,Art of Aubrey Beardsley(1918)",
          "Ellis,New Spirit(1921)",
          "Gourmont,Virgin Heart(1927)",
          "Gourmont,Night in the Luxembourg(1926)",
          "Paine,Selected Writings(1922)",
          "Saltus,Imperial Orgy(1927)",
          "Schnitzler,Anatol, Living Hours, The Green Cockatoo(1918)",
          "Tolstoy,Death of Ivan Ilyitch(1918)",
          "Tolstoy,Redemption and Two Other Plays(1919)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 252,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALDOUS HUXLEY",
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "ANTIC HAY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 209
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "252.1a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] ANTIC HAY | [rule] | BY | ALDOUS HUXLEY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | LEWIS GANNETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [5–6] 7–350 [351–356].  [1–11]16[12]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1923,byGEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; v–viii INTRODUCTION signed p. viii: Lewis Gannett. |New York, November,1932.; [5] fly title; [6] blank; 7–350 text; [351–355] ML list; [356] blank. (Fall 1932)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong red (12) and black on cream paper depicting six theatrical masks overlapping inset black panel with title in reverse against inset panel except first and last letters extending beyond panel and outlined in black; borders in strong red, other lettering in black. Signed: L. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The modern point of view, contemptuous of all the old canons of Victorian morality, beauty and love, is nowhere more brilliantly championed than in the novels of Aldous Huxley. Full of shrewd commentaries and stinging humor, his books are extravaganzas that satirize the world of today. The two novels by which he is best known,Point Counter Point(No. 180) andAntic Hay, are in the same temper. Both are as sophisticated as the age they reflect.Antic Hayis a novel for the enlightened modern. (Spring 1936)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Doran Co., 1923. ML edition (252.1, pp. 7–350) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates. Published January 1933.WR4 February 1933. First printing: 6,000 copies.",
            "The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy. Cerf invited Lewis Gannett to write an introduction to a forthcoming ML title of his choice. He selectedAntic Hayas the most appealing but was disappointed with the $50 fee; he had assumed the ML paid more.",
            "Antic Haysold 3,427 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. Huxley’sPoint Counter Point(203) sold 7,733 copies—more than twice as many asAntic Hay—during the same period.Antic Haywas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "Doubleday, Doran sold its plates and publishing rights to Huxley’s older books to Harper & Bros. in 1939. Harper’s considered withdrawingAntic HayandPoint Counter Pointfrom the ML, but Klopfer was able to negotiate new reprint contracts (see 203). New five-year contracts for the books were sent to Harper’s on 30 March 1939. TheAntic Haycontract called for the ML to pay a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy and included a special clause that allowed Harper’s to cancel the contract if the ML could not undertake a reprint of at least 2,500 copies after three years.",
            "252.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "ANTIC HAY | BY ALDOUS HUXLEY |Introduction byLEWIS GANNETT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 252.1a.",
            "Contents as 252.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY.  (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel; background in dark green with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Front flap as 252.1a. (Spring 1941)",
            "252.2.  New bibliographical edition (1948)",
            "Title as 252.1b.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–328.  [1–9]16[10]8[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1923, 1951, BY ALDOUS HUXLEY; v–viii INTRODUCTION as 252.1a; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–328 text.",
            "Jacket:As 252.1b. Front flap probably as 252.1a. (Not seen). Flap text reset with minor revisions. (Spring 1954)",
            "New bibliographical edition (252.2, pp. 3–328) printed from plates of the English edition published in 1923 by Chatto & Windus. It is not known whether Harper’s acquired the original Chatto & Windus plates or had duplicates made. In 1948 William H. Rose of Harper & Bros. wrote Klopfer that new plates were needed forAntic Hayand asked if the ML would share the cost (Rose to Klopfer, 7 June 1948). The plates were being used primarily by the ML, and Klopfer agreed to contribute $500 over a five-year period. During that time the ML paid an extra 2 cents a copy above the regular 10-cent royalty rate; any balance remaining was to be paid at the end of five years. The ML still owed $180 in 1953, so the ML appears to have sold 16,000 copies during that period (Rose to Klopfer, 23 July 1953).",
            "Harper’s informed the ML in 1956 that they were planning to addAntic Hayto Harper’s Modern Classics but did not ask that the ML edition be withdrawn.",
            "Also in the Modern Library:",
            "Huxley,Point Counter Point(1930–1967)  203",
            "Huxley,Brave New World(1956–1967)  485"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 253,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANATOLE FRANCE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "PENGUIN ISLAND",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1970; 1984–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 210
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "253a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] PENGUIN ISLAND | [rule] | BY | ANATOLE FRANCE | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | PROFESSOR H. R. STEEVES | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, [1–2] 3–295 [296–304].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1909,byDODD, MEAD & COMPANY | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1933,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: H. R. Steeves. | Columbia University, |September,1932.; [1] part title:BOOK I| THE BEGINNINGS; [2] blank; 3–295 text; [296] blank; [297–301] ML list; [302–304] blank. (Fall 1932)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on light gray paper depicting two penguins on a jagged mound of ice; borders in moderate greenish blue, lettering in black with title highlighted in moderate greenish blue. (Fall 1932)",
            "A. W. Evans translation originally published in U.S. by John Lane Co., 1909; reprinted by Dodd, Mead & Co. after it acquired the American branch of Lane in 1922. ML edition printed from Dodd, Mead plates made from a new typesetting; the plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published January 1933.WR4 February 1933. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71; reissued 1984.",
            "The original Lane/Dodd, Mead plates were too large for the ML’s format. For its edition of France’sRevolt of the Angels(163), published in 1928, the ML had made a duplicate set of Dodd, Mead plates, cutting off the running heads and replacing the original page numerals in the headline with smaller numerals placed close to the text. The result was one of the worst looking books the Modern Library ever produced. Cerf considered doing the same forPenguin Island(Cerf to Frank Dodd, 4 November 1932), but in the end Dodd, Mead reset the text for the ML. The result was an attractive book of about 310 pages, nearly 50 pages shorter than the Lane/Dodd, Mead edition.",
            "The ML used the A. W. Evans translation without identifying the translator. Evans’s renewal of the copyright in 1937—twenty-eight years after the translation was first published—is indicated on the verso of the title page of 253c, published in 1984.",
            "The ML sold 7,321 copies by June 1936. Sales slowed in the late 1930s (an additional 2,973 copies were sold between July 1936 and June 1939) but picked up in the 1940s.Penguin Islandsold 4,876 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "The publication ofPenguin Islandbrought the number of France’s works in the ML to five.The QueenPédauquewas discontinued at the end of 1933; by the end of 1942Penguin Islandwas the only title by France in the series.",
            "253b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] PENGUIN | ISLAND | BY | ANATOLE | FRANCE | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | PROFESSOR H. R. STEEVES | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 253a.",
            "Contents as 253a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1933, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [297–302] ML list; [303–304] ML Giants list. (Fall 1946)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 253a. Contents as 253b except: [iv] 4th line added: RENEWED, 1960, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Fall 1962)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in grayish red (19) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with front of jacket divided diagonally into cream panel at top and grayish red panel at foot; title and author in dark blue on cream panel, series and torchbearer in dark blue on grayish red panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Devotees of the works of Anatole France agree without a dissenting voice thatPenguin Islandis his most searching and satirical novel. The history of the strutting penguins is the history of mankind, recorded with the gentle but biting irony of the French master.Penguin Islandis one of the five titles by Anatole France in the Modern Library series. It is prescribed reading for almost every university course in contemporary literature. (Fall 1946)",
            "Front flap reset with last two sentences rewritten:",
            "Penguin Islandhas long held a commanding position among the titles in the Modern Library series. It is prescribed reading for almost every university course in contemporary literature, and a perennial favorite among those who continue to seek pleasure in books for the rest of their lives. (Fall 1953)",
            "253c.  Reissue format (1984)",
            "ANATOLE FRANCE | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] PENGUIN ISLAND | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 253a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 253a except: [i] woodcut by Stephen Alcorn of three penguins on shore with monk approaching in boat; [ii] blank; [iv] Copyright 1909 by John Lane Co. | Copyright renewed 1937 by A. W. Evans | [5 lines of rights and publication statements] | This translation originally published by Dodd, | Mead & Co. in 1909 and by The Modern | Library in 1933.; [297] biographical note; [298–304] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on tan paper with inset woodcut illustration of three penguins on shore with monk approaching in boat. Designed by R. D. Scudellari; woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "First published in 1908, and widely regarded as his masterpiece,Penguin Islandis Anatole France’s most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature, but its characters are penguins in the mythical land of Penguinia. The story of the strutting penguins and their virtues and vices is not merely a burlesque allegory of French history, it is a satire of the history of mankind. With gentle yet biting irony, France challenges the Spencerian belief in the ultimate perfectability [sic] of man, though his irony reveals his sympathy for man’s weaknesses and his need for social institutions.",
            "Published fall 1984 at $6.95. ISBN 0-394-60516-0.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "France,Red Lily(1917–1937)  7",
            "France,Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard(1917–1942)  21",
            "France,Queen Pédauque(1923–1933)  100",
            "France,Thaïs(1924–1939)  109",
            "France,Revolt of the Angels(1928–1938)  163"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 254,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SINCLAIR LEWIS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ARROWSMITH",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1952",
            "ML_NUMBER": 42
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "254.1a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] ARROWSMITH | [rule] | BY | SINCLAIR LEWIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–x, [2], 1–448 [449–450].  [1–14]16[15]8. 6⅞ x 4⅝ (174 x 115 mm) with leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4½ in. (170 x 113 mm).",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1925,by| HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. | [short double rule] |Copyright,1924, 1925,by| THE DESIGNER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; [iii] acknowledgment; [iv] blank; v–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: WILLIAM SOSKIN | New York, | January, 1933.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–448 text; [449–450] blank.",
            "Format:",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper depicting a male doctor looking into a microscope and a woman watching over his shoulder; borders in dark reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: L. (Spring 1933)",
            "Front flap:",
            "On one question, at least, critics and readers of Sinclair Lewis’s works are likely to agree—Arrowsmithis his greatest novel. In it the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature has created a gallery of characters which, it is safe to predict, will remain unforgettable for generations. Leora, the indomitable comrade and wife; Gottlieb, the incorruptible scientist; Sondelius, the crusader against plagues; and Arrowsmith, the doctor in whom a holy flame is kindled—\tthese are characters who give to the novel its immense power and its blazing indignation. (Spring 1936)",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1925. ML edition (254.1, pp. [iii], 1–448) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published February 1933.WR4 March 1933. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1952.",
            "The ML edition (254.1a) was larger than the standard 6½ x 4¼ inch format so that it could be printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Publication of the ML edition came two years after the release of John Ford’s film version starring Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes and coincided with the appearance of Lewis’s new novelAnn Vickers.The ML urged booksellers to feature the two books together in window displays (ML advertisement,PW, 14 January 1933, p. 98).",
            "The ML paid Harcourt, Brace a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Harcourt, Brace secured the approval of Grosset & Dunlap, which also published a reprint edition printed from Harcourt, Brace plates, before authorizing the ML reprint. A later reprint from the original Harcourt, Brace plates was published by P. F. Collier & Son.",
            "Arrowsmithsold 5,646 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales improved dramatically by the early 1950s. It sold 7,919 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, makingArrowsmiththe thirteenth best-selling title in the regular ML, 153 copies ahead of Hemingway,A Farewell to Arms.",
            "Harcourt, Brace decided in 1948 to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, in response to the burgeoning college market. Harcourt, Brace served notice that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts forArrowsmith, Lewis’sBabbitt, and seven other titles, including works by E. M. Forster, Katherine Anne Porter, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). The ML’s contract forArrowsmithhad four years to run. Harcourt, Braceconfirmed its termination in 1952, noting that the firm’s College Dept. wanted exclusive rights for a few years (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to Klopfer, 28 April 1952).",
            "254.1b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[within triple rules] Arrowsmith | BY | Sinclair Lewis | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 254.1a.",
            "Contents as 254.1a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HARCOURT, BRACE & CO., INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1924, 1925, | BY THE DESIGNER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), pale blue (185) and black on coated cream paper with jacket front divided into inset rectangular panels in moderate blue and bordered in pale blue at top and foot, separated by black band with title in reverse; upper panel with inset circular illustration of a male doctor looking into a microscope and a woman standing with her arm on his shoulder, lower panel with author in reverse and series in black, background in cream. Front flap as 252.1a. (Fall 1940)",
            "254.2.  New bibliographical edition; introduction dropped (1946)",
            "Title as 254.1b.",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–464 [465–474].  [1–15]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] copyright statements as 254.1b; [5] acknowledgment; [6] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–464 text; [465–470] ML list; [471–472] ML Giants list; [473–474] blank. (Spring 1946)",
            "Jacket:As 254.1b. (Spring 1946)",
            "Printed from Harcourt, Brace plates made from a new typesetting. The plates were also used for the Harcourt, Brace “Text Edition” (1945), edited by Barbara Grace Spayd with extensive preliminary and back matter that not included in ML printings. Beginning in 1952, shortly after the ML edition was discontinued, Harcourt, Brace used the plates for printings in Harbrace Modern Classics.",
            "The type page in the new edition is taller and wider than the original Harcourt, Brace typesetting used for 254.1 and consists of two fewer lines, resulting in a more open, less densely packed page. In ML printings this is achieved at the cost of significantly narrower margins. The inside margins are about 7 mm each, and the top margin is a mere 6 mm. The lack of a headline in the new typesetting makes the narrow top margin in ML printings particularly noticeable; the transfer of page numerals from the headline to the foot of the page compensates visually for the slightly narrower margin at the foot. The new plates were better suited to the larger format of Harbrace Modern Classics.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Lewis,Babbitt(1942–1948)  348",
            "Lewis,Dodsworth(1947–1970)  400",
            "Lewis,Cass Timberlane(1957–1970)  499"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 255,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EMIL LUDWIG",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "NAPOLEON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 95
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "255a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] NAPOLEON | [rule] | BY | EMIL LUDWIG | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | EDEN AND CEDAR PAUL | [rule] | [torchbearer A7] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xi [xii], [2], [1] 2–703 [704–706].  [1–21]16[22]8[23]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1915[sic],byBONI & LIVERIGHT, INC. | [short double rule] |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1933; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xi CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–682 text; 683 AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [684] blank; 685–703 INDEX; [704–706] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper depicting Napoleon with flag and cannon in background; borders in moderate blue, lettering in black. Signed: AH. (Spring 1933)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the vast library of books devoted to the deeds and personality of Napoleon Bonaparte, none has had such an immense popular success as Emil Ludwig’s vibrant biography. The reason is not far to seek. Upon the framework of historical fact, Ludwig has re-created the whole miraculous cycle of Napoleon’s life and has imbued it with the passion and imagination that motivated the career of the little Corsican. It is a book of courage and violence, as vivid and as stirring as Napoleon’s victories and ultimate humiliation. (Spring 1939)",
            "Eden and Cedar Paul translation originally published in U.S. by Boni & Liveright, 1926. ML edition printed from Liveright plates made from a new typesetting which appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published March 1933.WR25 March 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The original B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format.",
            "Napoleonsold 7,309 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it near the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "255b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] |Napoleon| BY | EMIL LUDWIG | TRANSLATED BY | EDEN AND CEDAR PAUL | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 255a.",
            "Contents as 255a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1915 [sic], BY BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 255a.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]8[12]32[13]16. Contents as 255b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1953 | BY LIVERIGHT PUBLISHING CORP.; [704] blank; [704–706] ML Giants list. (Spring 1959)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), bluish gray (191), dark yellow (88) and black on coated white paper depicting Napoleon’s hat, sword and deep reddish orange ribbon against left profile of Napoleon in bluish gray; all against white background with author in black, title in deep reddish orange, and series in bluish gray. Signed: illegible. Front flap as 255a. (Spring 1941)",
            "Front flap reset with last sentence revised as follows:",
            "It is a book of courage and violence and adventures for enormous stakes; it is a story as vivid and as stirring as Napoleon’s victories and ultimate humiliation. (Fall 1953)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 256,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "BENNETT A. CERF",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "GREAT GERMAN SHORT NOVELS AND STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1952",
            "ML_NUMBER": 108
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "256a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] GREAT GERMAN SHORT | NOVELS AND STORIES | [rule] | EDITED BY | BENNETT A. CERF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–475 [476–486].  [1–15]16[16]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A7; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1933,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; v–[vi] CONTENTS; vii–ix INTRODUCTORY NOTE signed p. ix: Bennett A. Cerf. | New York, |February,1933.; [x] blank; 1–475 text; [476] blank; [477–482] ML list; [483–486] blank. (Spring 1933)",
            "Contents:The Sorrows of Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Orson Falk – The Sport of Destiny, by Johann von Schiller; translated by Marian Klopfer – The History of Krakatuk, by Ernst T. W. Hoffmann; translated by William Makepeace Thackeray – Hansel and Gretel, by Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm – Cinderella, by the Brothers Grimm – Gods in Exile, by Heinrich Heine; translated by M. Fleishman – Immensee, by Theodor W. Storm; translated by C. W. Bell – The Naughty Saint Vitalis, by Gottfried Keller; translated by Martin Wyness – The New Year’s Eve Confession, by Hermann Sudermann – The Fate of the Baron, by Arthur Schnitzler; translated by Eric Sutton – Flagman Thiel, by Gerhart Hauptmann; translated by Adele S. Seltzer – Lukardis, by Jacob Wassermann; translated by Lewis Galantière – Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann; translated by Kenneth Burke – Amok, by Stefan Zweig; translated by Eden and Cedar Paul – The Parcel, by Arnold Zweig; translated by Eric Sutton.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light blue (181) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a castle on top of a mountain with black clouds in background; borders in light blue, lettering in black. (Fall 1933)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The anthologist does not live who can compile a collection of short stories and avoid loud protests for his omissions. In the field of the German short story the choice is so wide that an inclusion of all favorites would make a volume of encyclopedic bulk. This anthology puts forth a comprehensive group of short novels and tales, selected primarily because they are representative of the main currents of German literature and those great national figures—Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Hauptmann, Thomas Mann, Zweig and others—who made it the world’s heritage. (Fall 1934)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published April 1933.WR29 April 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded 1952 byGreat German Short Novels and Stories, ed. Victor Lange (451).",
            "Thomas Seltzer signed a contract in the late 1920s to edit an anthology of German literature for the ML (Klopfer to Pierre Loving, 24 February 1928). Cerf indicates in the Introductory Note how he assumed responsibility for the anthology:",
            "It was entrusted originally to a gentleman who once enjoyed a considerable reputation in this town as a publisher and editor. He expressed confidence in his ability to prepare the book, and a contract was duly signed, so long ago, it seems to me, that goats were still roaming around empty lots on Park Avenue when the details were settled. At long last, a manuscript appeared, though a new generation of German authors had flowered in the interim. I was thoroughly dissatisfied with the job. Of the ten stories that this painstaking editor had managed to gather in all these years, I liked only six well enough to publish, and exercising that prerogative which is one of the few privileges left to the publisher in these harrowing days, I threw the others into the wastebasket, and set about compiling an anthology on my own. (p. viii)",
            "Hitler came to power shortly beforeGreat German Short Novels and Storieswas published. Cerf commented that all the authors in the volume were “either dead, Jewish, or banished” (Cerf to Alfred A. Knopf, 17 April 1933).",
            "WhenGreat German Short Novels and Storieswas being planned Cerf contacted Knopf about including Thomas Mann’sDeath in Venice, offering a fee of $200. Knopf replied that they could probably find a Thomas Mann story if Cerf was “content to take one that hasn’t been published in book form by itself” (Knopf to Cerf, 23 August 1932). Knopf had published Kenneth Burke’s translation ofDeath in Veniceas a separate volume in 1925 and replaced it in 1930 with the H. T. Lowe-Porter translation. In the end the ML was allowed to use the out-of-print Burke translation. The ML paid a $300 advance against royalties of 3 cents a copy for its use.",
            "Great German Short Novels and Storiessold 4,450 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 3,857 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it at the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "256b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] | GREAT GERMAN | SHORT NOVELS | AND STORIES | EDITED BY | BENNETT A. CERF | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 256a.",
            "Contents as 256a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [477–481] ML list; [482–483] ML Giants list; [484–486] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark blue (183), gold and moderate yellow (87) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset dark blue panel and three dark blue bands at foot; background in white with decorations in gold and yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone. Front flap as 256a. (Spring 1941)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Sixteen Famous American Plays(Giant, 1942–1971)  G58",
            "Cerf, ed.,Great Modern Short Stories(1943–1971)  361",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Sixteen Famous British Plays(1943–1971)  G64",
            "Cerf, ed.,Famous Ghost Stories(1944– )  373; (Illus ML, 1946–1951)  IML 17",
            "Cerf, ed.,Three Famous Murder Novels(Giant, 1945–1970)  G67",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Sixteen Famous European Plays(Giant, 1947–1971)  G72",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Thirty Famous One-Act Plays(Giant, 1949– )  G76",
            "Cerf and Moriarty, eds.,Anthology of Famous British Stories(Giant, 1952–1971)  G81",
            "Cerf, ed.,Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor(Giant, 1958–1970)  G92",
            "Cerf, ed.,Six American Plays for Today(1961–1973)  528"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 257,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "PIERRE LOUŸS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "APHRODITE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 77
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "257a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] APHRODITE | [rule] | BY | PIERRE LOUŸS | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | LEWIS GALANTIÈRE | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xviii, [1–2] 3–264 [265–270].  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A7; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1933,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xv PREFACE signed p. xv: Pierre Louÿs.; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK ONE; [2] blank; 3–264 text; [265–270] ML list. (Spring 1933)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in moderate red (15) and black on cream paper depicting a scantily clad Aphrodite holding a cape behind her, with flowers and horns of plenty at her feet; borders in moderate red, lettering in black. Signed: George Annand. (Spring 1933)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in light orange yellow (70), brownish orange (54) and strong greenish blue (169) on coated cream paper with inset illustration of Aphrodite standing by the shore as a Greek boat passes by; background in cream with lettering in strong greenish blue above and below illustration. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1937; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "To Pierre Louÿs, as it was to the Greeks, love is the most virtuous of human sentiments. His famous story of the courtesan of Alexandria is as unashamedly voluptuous as it is true to the period of antiquity in which it transpires. WhenAphroditefirst appeared a storm of wrath was whipped up by the guardians of morality. TodayAphroditeis accepted by discriminating readers on its own merits as a novel of sensual beauty, written in a rapturous prose, without shame and without sin. (Spring 1939)",
            "Original ML translation. Published May 1933.WR27 May 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Aphroditesold 4,178 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "257b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "APHRODITE | BY PIERRE LOUŸS | TRANSLATED BY | LEWIS GALANTIÈRE | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 257a.",
            "Contents as 257a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Spring 1945)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 257a. Contents as 257b except: [iv] 2nd line added: COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1960, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [265–266] ML Giants list; [267–270] blank. (Fall 1964)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 257a jacket B in light orange yellow (70), deep yellowish brown (75), deep red (13) and strong blue (178) on coated cream paper with lettering in deep red and strong blue. (Spring 1945)  Front flap reset with “transpires” at the end of the second sentence replaced by “occurs” and “sensual” in the last sentence replaced by “sensuous”. (Fall 1953)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 258,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "VANITY FAIR",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 131
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "258.1a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] VANITY FAIR | A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO | [rule] | BY | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], [1] 2–66, [2], 67–176, [2], 177–394, [2], 395–784.  [1–25]16",
            "[1] half title, [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1933 | [short double rule]; [5] facsimile of wrapper to original monthly number for June 1847; [6] facsimile of title page of first edition (London, 1848); [7–8]CONTENTS. [9] fly title; [10] blank; [1]–784 text with Thackeray’s illustrations facing pp. 66, 176, 394.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) and black on pale yellowish pink paper depicting a woman in bonnet and man in top hat with fair tents in background; borders in moderate reddish brown, lettering in black. (Spring 1933)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Now that Becky Sharp, the heroine ofVanity Fair, is to step forth upon the screen, new interest in Thackeray’s masterpiece has been aroused. By bringing to the public the unforgettable experience of reading such a novel, the Modern Library fulfills a function of incalculable value. To be able to offerVanity Fair, with Thackeray’s own pen and pencil sketches, in one complete and reasonably priced volume of 784 pages, is a publishing venture of which we may be pardonably proud. (Spring 1935)",
            "Bibliographical edition originally published in Britain by Thomas Nelson & Sons in its New Century Library and probably other formats, c. 1900. ML edition (258.1) printed from Nelson plates. Published June 1933.WR1 July 1933. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1970.",
            "The ML bought a duplicate set of plates from Thomas Nelson & Sons for $566.56 (Thomas Nelson & Sons to ML, 29 March 1933).",
            "Vanity Fairsold 10,067 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the same period Dickens’sDavid Copperfield(269) sold 8,685 copies and Thackeray’sHistory of Henry Esmond(297) sold 4,409 copies.Vanity Fairsold 5,390 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles—and still ahead ofDavid Copperfieldwhich sold 4,798 copies.",
            "258.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "Vanity Fair | A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO | by | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE | THACKERAY | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 258.1a.",
            "Contents as 258.1a except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong blue (178), dark orange yellow (72) and black on white paper with illustration of a woman in bonnet and man in top hat against horizontal bands of dark orange yellow and white; title in black and reverse on inset strong blue panel above illustration, author in strong blue on white band below illustration. Designed by Paul Galdone, May 1939, unsigned. Front flap as 258.1a. (Spring 1947)",
            "258.2.  Text reset; Beach introduction added (1950/51)",
            "VANITY | FAIR |A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO| By | William Makepeace Thackeray | INTRODUCTION BYJoseph Warren Beach| PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH | UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxx, [2], 1–730 [731–736].  [1–24]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xix INTRODUCTION | By Joseph Warren Beach; [xx] blank; xxi–xxii A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY; xxiii–xxvi NOTE ON THE TEXT; [xxvii] facsimile of wrapper to original monthly number for June 1847; [xxviii] facsimile of title page of first edition (London, 1848); xxix–xxx BEFORE THE CURTAIN dated p. xxx: London, |June28, 1848; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–[731] text with Thackeray’s illustrations on pp. [35], [63], [245], [531], [609], [617], [651], [727], and [731]; [732–736] blank.Note:Only one of the three Thackeray illustrations in 258.1 is used in 258.2.",
            "Jacket:As 258.1b.",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "As story aloneVanity Fairis read and cherished by each new generation with increased absorption and admiration. One hundred years after its first publication it still retains its original vitality and makes the world in which Becky Sharp and its many other memorable characters lived as meaningful as our own. Few, if any, novels in English give so comprehensive a picture of the structure of its society, ranging from the aristocracy, the gentry, the merchants, the military, the colonials and the bohemians to the lowly and the impecunious.Vanity Fairis a panoramic novel that makes a startling commentary on its own times and customs with wit and audacity and perception. It is one of the imperishable classics of English fiction. This volume is embellished by Thackeray’s own pen and pencil sketches. (Spring 1951)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "When it was written over one hundred years ago, Thackeray describedVanity Fairas “a novel without a hero.” If it did lack a central protagonist, his great work more than compensated for this deliberate omission with a gallery of memorable characters now known and beloved by readers of every shade of taste and opinion. To be able to issueVanity Fair, with Thackeray’s own pen and pencil sketches, in a single volume of 784 [sic] pages, complete and unabridged, fulfills the first aim of the Modern Library: to make available the greatest book treasures of the past and present in a convenient and inexpensive form. (Fall 1954)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML.",
            "Early in 1950 Stein contacted Gordon S. Ray, chairman of the English department at the University of Illinois and the preeminent Thackeray scholar in the United States, to see if he would be willing to write an introduction to the MLCE edition ofVanity Fairinstead of Thackeray’sHistory of Henry Esmond(297) as previously arranged. Stein described the conversation in a memo to Haas:",
            "What came back over the telephone wire was a very blistering attack upon our edition of VANITY FAIR. He said that he uses the edition in his classes with reluctance and that he always apologizes to them for having to use it. His principal points of complaint are:",
            "1) Our edition is not based on the final text.",
            "2) Our edition does not include Thackeray’s own preface to the book.",
            "3) Our edition is full of typographic errors.",
            "4) We do not reproduce Thackeray’s own illustrations.",
            "I am checking into the text of VANITY FAIR to find out exactly what is involved in producing a completely satisfactory book and will let you know within a few days what I turn up. Next Friday Ray will be in town and I have an appointment with him. Naturally I hope that I can at that time assure him that we will put out a completely satisfactory edition. At the moment the principal inexpensive editions of VANITY FAIR that are available are Modern Library, Everyman’s Library, and Great Illustrated Classics (Dodd, Mead, $2.50). Neither Harper nor Rinehart has an edition of VANITY FAIR available right now, but Rinehart does have one in preparation. It seems imperative therefore that we have our edition of VANITY FAIR in improved form available this fall (Stein memo to Haas, 10 February 1950).",
            "Ray indicated that the 1864 edition with revisions by Thackeray should be followed. Stein believed that the text of the 1933 ML edition followed Thackeray’s original text as published in parts, 1847–48. At first he hoped that the existing plates could be used for the new ML edition. He told Ray, “Naturally I don’t want our text to be one which does not have scholarly approval. I don’t know yet whether a collation or a resetting is our solution but we will do one or the other to bring the text completely in line with the 1864 version. Because of production costs I am not sure yet that the illustrations, vignettes and initial letters can be included in as moderately priced a book as we plan to have” (Stein to Ray, 28 March 1950).",
            "In the end the ML reset the text (Stein to Ray, 20 June 1950) and included eight of Thackeray’s illustrations along with facsimiles of the title page of the first edition and the wrapper of one of the original monthly parts. Earlier ML printings (258.1) included the two facsimiles and three of Thackeray’s illustrations.",
            "Ray appears to have declined Stein’s suggestion that he write an introduction toVanity Fairinstead ofHistory of Henry Esmond, and Stein offered Joseph Warren Beach $200 to write the introduction. Beach replied that he would take on the assignment for $500 but later agreed to accept the amount offered (Stein to Beach, 25 January 1950; Beach to Stein, 27 January 1950; Stein memo to Haas, 27 February 1950).",
            "The ML’s goal, Stein told Beach, was to produce “an inviting edition that can be enjoyed by the American student as a novel as readable today as it was a century ago” (Stein to Beach, 23 May 1950). The Note on the Text stated:",
            "The present Modern Library edition ofVanity Fairis based on the 1864 edition, which represents the final revisions made by Thackeray, and is preferable to earlier editions as representing what Thackeray considered improvements. Certain obvious misprints in the earlier and later editions have been corrected. In the case of certain doubtful readings we have followed the Oxford edition ofVanity Fairedited by Saintsbury in 1908, but we have not always accepted Saintsbury’s emendations. A few of Thackeray’s own full-page illustrations, of which there were some forty in all, have been included—enough to give a notion of the quaint visual aids offered the reader of what Thackeray called “these histories in their gaudy yellow covers”; but considerations of expense make it impossible to include the still more numerous sketches at the head of each chapter or set into the text. (p. xxiii)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Thackeray,History of Henry Esmond(1936–1967)  297"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 259,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EVELYN WAUGH",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "VILE BODIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 120
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "259.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] VILE BODIES | [rule] | BY | EVELYN WAUGH | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, 1–321 [322–326].  [1–10]16[11]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1930,byEVELYN WAUGH | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933 | [short double rule]; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] epigraphs fromAlice Through the Looking Glass; [viii] blank; ix–x AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. x: E. W.; 1–321 text; [322–326] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong purple (218) and black on cream paper depicting a couple in formal wear on a checkered dance floor viewed from the rear and surrounded by cocktail glasses, streamers, and a musical note; borders in strong purple, lettering in black. Signed: Brienza. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930; publishing rights and plates subsequently acquired by Farrar and Rinehart. ML edition (pp. [v]–321) printed from Cape and Smith/Farrar and Rinehart plates. Published July 1933.WR12 August 1933. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1941.",
            "The ML’s announcement of its 1933 list stated: “The publication of this book just afterVanity Fairand just beforeJane Eyreis a deliberate move to emphasize the scope and range of the Modern Library series” (PW, 14 January 1933, p. 98).",
            "James Crowder, the ML’s senior sales representative, told Cerf and Klopfer that he didn’t expectVile Bodieswould sell well—and didn’t expect they did, either.Vile Bodieslimped along in the series until 1940, when the decision to drop it could be put off no longer. Over thirty-five years later Klopfer still recalled how they hated to let it go (Klopfer, interview with GBN, 1 June 1977)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 260,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHARLOTTE BRONTË",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "JANE EYRE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 64
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "260.1a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] JANE EYRE | [rule] | BY | CHARLOTTE BRONTË | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–486 [487–488].  [1–15]16[16]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1933 | [short double rule]; v–vii PREFACE signed p. vii: CURRER BELL. |Dec. 21st,1847.; viii NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION signed: CURRER BELL. |April13th,1848.; 1–486 text; [487–488] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid green (139) and black on pale yellowish green paper depicting Jane Eyre holding cut flowers in her arms with a country house in the background; borders in vivid green, lettering in black. Signed: Loederer.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In her introduction to her sister’s novel,Wuthering Heights, Charlotte Brontë wrote: “The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something that strangely wills and works for itself.” This observation has an especial application to her ownJane Eyre, for it emphasizes the reasons for the vitality and individuality of one of the most highly cherished treasures in our literature. Since it is partially autobiographical, the poignancy ofJane Eyreis linked to the deathless interest and the heart rending pathos of the lives of the Brontës. (Fall 1933)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published August 1933.WR2 September 1933. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Jane Eyrewas the first ML book to include descriptive text about the work on the jacket flap. Descriptive text about each ML title appeared on the front panel of the jacket from May 1917 through spring 1928. For the next five years (fall 1928–July 1933) ML jackets included information about the series as a whole on the front flap but nothing specifically about individual works. Saxe Commins, who joined Random House as editor in July 1933, wrote the flap text forJane Eyreand subsequently published ML titles. As jackets of older ML titles were reprinted, he provided flap text about those works as well.",
            "Sales ofJane Eyreincreased substantially during the Second World War. There were nineteen printings between 1933 and early 1944 for a total of 37,000 copies. Of these, 10,453 copies were sold during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placingJane Eyrein the first quarter of ML and Giant titles, just above Thackeray’sVanity Fair. It sold 3,502 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it near the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.Vanity Fair, with sales of 5,390 copies, retained a solid position in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "260.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "Jane Eyre | BY | CHARLOTTE BRONTË | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 260.1a.",
            "Contents as 260.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset moderate reddish brown panel within inset cream panel with series and black and torchbearer in moderate reddish brown; background in moderate reddish brown. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 260.1a. (Fall 1941)",
            "260.2a.  Text reset (1944)",
            "[within single rules with ornamental rule at head of frame]Jane Eyre| BY | CHARLOTTE | BRONTë | THE | MODERN | LIBRARY | [torchbearer E5] | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [1–2] 3–494 [495–504].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; v–vii PREFACE signed p. vii: Currer Bell. | Dec. 21st, 1847.; vii (cont.) NOTE TO THE | THIRD EDITION signed: Currer Bell. | April 13th, 1848.; [viii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–494 text; [495–500] ML list; [501–502] ML Giants list; [503–504] blank. (Fall 1946)",
            "Jacket:As 260.1b. (Fall 1946)",
            "The ML reset the text for the Illustrated ML (IML 8) and subsequently used the plates for regular ML printings. The full page illustrations in Illustrated Modern Library printings are omitted, but two of Edward A. Wilson’s drawings are retained—the decorative vignette of two birds at the beginning of the Preface (p. v) and the illustration of a barren tree at the head of Chapter One (p. 3).",
            "The first word or two of each chapter is set in Lilith, a decorated typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1930. Hutchings describes it as a “twentieth century parody of Victorian decorated typefaces” and “a pastiche of some or the more notable design features of the 1840–50 decade. The collared main-strokes to the capitals, bifurcated terminals, horizontal hatching, and formalized shadow effect are characteristic of the period, although the swash forms of the capitals and the inclusion of lower-case were then exceptional” (Manual of Decorated Typefaces, p. 54).",
            "260.2b.  Peden introduction added (1950)",
            "[ornamental rule] |Jane Eyre| BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË | [ornamental rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM PEDEN |Professor of English,|University of Missouri| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], 3–494.  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | BY WILLIAM PEDEN; xv–xvi BIBLIOGRAPHY; xvii–xix as 260a, pp. v–vii; [xx] blank; 3–494 text.",
            "Jacket A:As 260.2a. (Fall 1952)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in brilliant blue (177), moderate greenish yellow (102) and black on white paper with illustrations of Rochester on horseback and Jane Eyre in bonnet and muff; title and author in black on moderate greenish yellow band. Signed: FE (Fritz Eichenberg). Front flap reset with revisions. (Spring 1956)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML.",
            "260.2c.  Title page reset; offset printing (mid-1960s)",
            "JANE EYRE [Lilith decorated type] |byCHARLOTTE BRONTE [sic] | [ornament] |Introduction by| WILLIAM PEDEN |Professor of English, University of Missouri| [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 260.2b.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "Contents as 260.2b except: [i] half title in Lilith decorated type; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.Note:The introduction and bibliography are reset; the introduction is revised, and the bibliography is updated with entries through 1961.",
            "Jacket:As 260.2b jacket B.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Brontë,Jane Eyre(Illustrated ML, 1944–1951)  IML 8",
            "Brontë, Emily,Wuthering Heights(1926–1969; 1978– )  120; Illustrated ML (1946–1950)  IML 18"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 261,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GERTRUDE STEIN",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THREE LIVES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 211
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "261.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] THREE LIVES | [rule] | BY | GERTRUDE STEIN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | CARL VAN VECHTEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xvi], [9–10] 11–279 [280].  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1909,byGertrude Stein | [short double rule] |Copyright,1933, by The Modern Library, Inc. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; v–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: Carl Van Vechten |New York, |July 5,1933.; [xii] blank; [xiii] epigraph from Jules Laforgue; [xiv] blank; [xv] CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [9] part title: THE GOOD ANNA; [10] blank; 11–279 text; [280] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep blue (179) and black on cream paper with title repeated in reverse on three overlapping diagonal panels in deep blue; borders and other lettering in black. Signed: [Ernst] Reichl.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“Three Lives,” says the Saturday Review, “stands as a massive doorpost in the entrance to the latest and best in American literature.” The book has had a curious history. Readers who were baffled by Gertrude Stein’s later work were afraid to tackle it. Twice it was allowed to go out of print altogether. Each time, however, enthusiastic admirers created sufficient demand to warrant new printings. The emphatic success of Miss Stein’s autobiography must finally win for this splendid book the wide audience that is its due. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published by Grafton Press, 1909. Reprinted by Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. ML edition (pp. [xiii]–279) printed from Grafton/Boni plates. Published September 1933.WR7 October 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941.",
            "After Harcourt, Brace & Co. published Stein’sAutobiography of Alice B. Toklasin 1933, Carl Van Vechten suggested that the ML bring out some of Stein’s earlier work. Cerf cabled Stein in Paris about a ML edition ofThreeLives(Cerf,At Random, p. 101). RH subsequently became Stein’s regular publisher, and a warm friendship developed between Cerf and Stein.",
            "The ML acquired the plates and full publishing rights toThree Lives, and Van Vechten wrote a new introduction for the ML edition. Cerf informed Stein a month after publication that “the book is proving to be a tremendous success for us. It is causing more comment than any new Modern Library title in the past two years. The firm of R. H. Macy & Co., which has probably the largest book department in the world today, has bought the astonishing number of 1300 copies of this little book since publication day less than a month ago. The total sale to date is over 4500 copies” (Cerf to Stein, 23 October 1933).",
            "Sales appear to have dropped off in the later 1930s, andThree Liveswas discontinued at the end of 1940. Cerf persuaded James Laughlin of New Directions to addThree Livesto their New Classics series in 1941. New Directions used the ML’s plates, including Van Vechten’s introduction, and paid the ML a $250 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Cerf told Stein that she would receive $125 (her half of the advance) from the New Directions edition in the next year alone (Cerf to Stein, 17 September 1941).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Stein,Selected Writings(1962–1971)  547",
            "Stein,Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas(1980–1986)  623"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 262,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LEW WALLACE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "BEN-HUR",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 139
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "262.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] BEN HUR | A TALE OF THE CHRIST | [rule] | BY | LEW WALLACE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–551 [552–558].  [1–17]16[18]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A7; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1880, 1901,byHARPER & BROS. |Copyright,1908, 1920,byHENRY L. WALLACE | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; [iii] dedication; [iv] biographical note and bibliography; v–vii Table of Contents; [viii] blank; 1–[552] text; [553–558] ML list. (Fall 1933)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in grayish blue (186) and black on cream paper depicting Ben-Hur in chariot lashing on four horses; title and borders in grayish blue, other lettering in black. Signed: Lewis Daniel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of all the historical romances ever written, none has had such wide popularity asBen Hur. The avidity with which it was read when it was first issued in 1880 has never abated, and new generations of readers, surfeited with less glamorous fare, feast on this chronicle of the first days of Christianity with increasing delight. To them, as to their elders,Ben Huris a fast-moving and absorbing tale, full of the color and pageantry of Rome at the height of its glory, and packed with action and excitement. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1880. New bibliographical edition (“Player’s Edition”) published by Harper & Brothers, 1901. ML edition (pp. [iii], v–[552]) printed from “Player’s Edition” plates with illustrations, running heads, and single-rule borders enclosing each page omitted. Published October 1933.WR4 November 1933. First (and probably only) printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1941.",
            "Cerf initially offered Harper & Bros. a $2,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He indicated that he wanted to publishBen-Hurin October 1933 so the ML could have as much time as possible to sell its edition before the work entered the public domain in 1936 (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper’s, 12 May 1933). The advance was reduced to $1,000 in the contract dated 17 May 1933. The small type and dated nineteenth-century typography of the “Player’s Edition” plates madeBen-Hurone of the least attractive volumes in the series. The ML edition was not a success; copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder marking of a star stamped on the endpaper.",
            "The ML omitted the hyphen from the title on the jacket, half title, title page, biographical and bibliographical note, and lists of titles in the series. Ben-Hur is hyphenated throughout the text."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 263,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LYTTON STRACHEY",
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            "TITLE": "EMINENT VICTORIANS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 212
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "263a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] EMINENT | VICTORIANS | CARDINAL MANNING · DR. ARNOLD | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE · GENERAL GORDON | [rule] | BY | LYTTON STRACHEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–342 [343–348].  [1–11]16[12]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A7; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1918,byHARCOURT, BRACE & CO. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; [v] dedication; [vi] biographical note and bibliography; vii–ix PREFACE signed p. ix: L. S.; [x] blank; xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; [1] part title: CARDINAL MANNING; [2] blank; 3–342 text; [343–348] ML list. (Fall 1933)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong blue (178) and dark blue (183) on cream paper depicting an elderly Queen Victoria riding in an open coach; borders in strong blue, lettering in dark blue. Signed: L.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With the publication ofEminent Victoriansin 1918, the art of biography was given a new impetus. The astonishing brilliance of Lytton Strachey’s portraits illuminated the hidden facets of his subjects as well as the motives and tendencies of the era in which they lived. Modern biographers quickly adopted Lytton Strachey’s graphic and vivacious methods, and the present-day enthusiasm for biographical literature is directly traceable to his innovating technique. Strachey himself consideredEminent Victorianshis finest work. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1918; publishing rights and plates subsequently acquired by Harcourt, Brace & Co. ML edition printed from Harcourt, Brace plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1933.WR9 December 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Harcourt, Brace acquired the rights toEminent Victoriansafter publishing Strachey’sQueen Victoria(1921) andElizabeth and Essex(1928). When Cerf expressed interest in a Strachey title for the ML, Alfred Harcourt replied that neitherQueen VictorianorElizabeth and Essexwould be available since the firm wanted to promote them as textbooks after a reprint contracts held by Blue Ribbon Books expired. He indicated that the ML could haveEminent Victoriansin June 1933 when the Star Dollar Books edition published by Garden City Publishing Co. would be exhausted (Harcourt to Cerf, 27 September 1932). The following April he reported that the Star edition was out of print and thatEminent Victorianswas available whenever the ML wanted it (Harcourt to Cerf, 21 April 1933). The original plates were too large for the ML’s format and Harcourt, Brace made new plates for the ML edition, for which the ML was billed $500. The ML paid Harcourt, Brace royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "Eminent Victorianssold 2,967 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "263b.  Title page reset (1939)",
            "EMINENT | VICTORIANS | CARDINAL MANNING | DR. ARNOLD | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE | GENERAL GORDON | BY | LYTTON STRACHEY | [torchbearer D7 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 263a.",
            "Contents as 263a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY HARCOURT, BRACE & CO.; [343–347] ML list; [348] blank. (Fall 1939)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid very deep red background. Front flap as 263a. (Spring 1941)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "Before the publication ofEminent Victoriansthe art of biography had fallen into a decline that made of most lives a journeyman’s compilation of volumes commemorating the dead. To the task of putting an end to this kind of literary abomination, Lytton Strachey brought many special qualifications. Of these, the most notable were his acute sense of the past, a scholarship both accurate and spirited, and a vivid style. Modern biographers quickly adopted Lytton Strachey’s graphic and vitalizing methods, and the current enthusiasm for works of biography is directly traceable to his innovations. By unanimous consentEminent Victoriansis his most noteworthy book. In it he evaluates the lives and times of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold of Rugby and General Charles George (Chinese) Gordon. (Spring 1959)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in deep pink (3) on coated white paper. Front flap with rewritten text. (Fall 1964)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 264,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCEL PROUST",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE GUERMANTES WAY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1933–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 213
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "264a.  First printing (1933)",
            "[within double rules] THE | GUERMANTES WAY | [rule] | BY | MARCEL PROUST | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [12], 1–428, [2], 1–395 [396–398].  [1–26]16[27]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1925,byTHOMAS SELTZER | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1933; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [7] AUTHOR’S DEDICATION; [8] TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [9] CONTENTS; [10] blank; [11] part title: PART I; [12] blank; 1–428 text; [1] part title: PART II; [2] blank; 1–395 text; [396–398] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong blue (178) and black on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in reverse on inset scalloped black panel; borders in strong blue, lettering in strong blue and black. Signed: Brienza.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Remembrance of Things Pastis the general title for the seven magnificent novels of Marcel Proust. One by one, the independent parts are being made available for Modern Library readers, all in the masterful translations of C. K. Scott Moncrieff. . . .The Guermantes Wayis the third of the series. These novels should be read in their proper order, that their subtlety and depth may be savored to the full. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Thomas Seltzer, 1925; reprinted 1928 by Albert & Charles Boni. ML edition (pp. [7–9], 1–428; 1–395) printed from Seltzer/Boni plates in one volume with part titles added and headings “Part I” and “Part II” added to the table of contents. Published December 1933.WR23 December 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Fifteen months after the ML edition ofWithin a Budding Grove(194) was published Cerf wrote to Albert Boni about addingThe Guermantes Wayto the series in fall 1931 or spring 1932 (Cerf to Boni, 17 April 1931). Boni needed cash but feared that sales of the complete set ofRemembrance of Things Pastwould be undermined if individual volumes appeared in the ML too rapidly. Cerf approached him again a few months later with an offer that he hoped would entice Boni to release the work for publication in spring 1932. He offered an advance of $1,500 payable immediately, or $2,000 with half paid on signing and the balance on publication, against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to Boni, 3 July 1931). The reprint contract was finally signed late the following year and specified that the ML edition could not be published before October 1933. The ML paid Boni a $1,500 advance with $750 payable on signing (Cerf to Boni, 23 November 1932).",
            "Swann’s Way(166) was the only Proust title to achieve consistently good sales in the ML.The Guermantes Waysold 1,997 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the ML’s fifth worst-selling title. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "264b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE | GUERMANTES | WAY | BY MARCEL PROUST |Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff| [torchbearer D6] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [12], 1–428; [2], 1–395 [396–406].  [1–26]16[27]",
            "Contents as 264a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THOMAS SELTZER; [396] blank; [397–402] ML list; [403–404] ML Giants list; [405–406] blank. (Spring 1946)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 264b. Contents as 264b except: [4] line 2 added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Fall 1955)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish brown (41) and medium gray (265) on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in medium gray against deep reddish brown background with lettering in reverse. Front flap as 264a. (Spring 1946).",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "All seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work,Remembrance of Things Past, are now available, complete and unabridged, for American readers in the Modern Library series. . . . Each of the seven novels is a separate entity and yet is an integral part of the grand design of Proust’s modern masterpiece. (Fall 1957)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Proust,Swann’s Way(1928–1971; 1977–1982)  166",
            "Proust,Within a Budding Grove(1930–1970)  194",
            "Proust,Cities of the Plain(1938–1970)  316",
            "Proust,The Captive(1941–1970)  340",
            "Proust,Sweet Cheat Gone(1948–1971)  408",
            "Proust,Past Recaptured(1951–1971)  443"
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      "HEAD": [
        1934,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf and Klopfer published the first authorized American edition of James Joyce’sUlyssesin January 1934. The book appeared under the Random House imprint, but the U.S. copyright was registered under The Modern Library, Inc., which at this point was still the legal name of the firm. Before 1934 many American visitors to Paris brought back copies of the original edition published in 1922 by Shakespeare and Company, the Paris bookshop established by the American expatriate Sylvia Beach.Ulysseswas officially banned in the United States and tourists returning to the U.S. ran the risk of having it confiscated at customs.",
          "Cerf and Klopfer wanted to establish the legal right to publish and sellUlyssesbefore they printed their edition. They arranged for a copy of the Shakespeare and Company edition with critical evaluations of the work bound in—thus assuring their admissibility as evidence in court—to be seized at customs. The case was heard in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, with Judge John M. Woolsey presiding and attorneys Morris L. Ernst and Alexander Lindey representing Random House. Judge Woolsey’s decision, rendered 6 December 1933, recognized the literary stature ofUlyssesand concluded that “nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac.” The prohibition against its importation into the United States was overturned.",
          "The Random House edition, including Judge Woolsey’s decision, a foreword by Morris Ernst, and a letter from Joyce, was published in January at $3.50. Joyce received royalties of 20 percent of the list price. The RH edition sold nearly 50,000 copies by June 1939, giving Joyce well over $30,000 (Cerf to Dashiell Hammett, 7 June 1939).Ulysses(G50) was added to ML Giants in 1940.",
          "Other trade books published in 1934 under the Random House imprint included a four-volume edition of Proust’sRemembrance of Things Past, Gertrude Stein’sFour Saints in Three Acts, volumes of poetry by W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender, George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s playMerrily We Roll Along, and William Saroyan’sDaring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.",
          "Printing technologies: letterpress and offset lithography",
          "All ML books before 1934 appear to have been printed from letterpress plates. Letterpress is a relief technology. The printing surface is raised from the body of individual types cast from molten metal, Linotype slugs cast for an entire line, or metal plates, each of which is cast from a page of composed metal type. The raised printing surface is inked, and ink is transferred to paper in the press. Relief plates cast from pages of standing type began to be widely used in the nineteenth century. Plates were ideal for books that required more than one printing since printers normally could not afford to store pages of standing type against the possibility of subsequent printings. There was a metal plate for each page of a book. Having separate plates for each page allowed the plates to be imposed on the press in different ways, depending on whether a book was being printed with eight, sixteen, or thirty-two pages on each side of the sheet. Most books before the early 1960s were printed letterpress. Books for which a single printing was likely to satisfy demand were usually printed from standing type, thus saving the cost of making plates. Only those for which the publisher anticipated multiple printings were printed from letterpress plates. The ML’s economic model was based on an assumption of multiple printings. All ML books were printed from plates.",
          "When the ML reprinted copyrighted works it tried whenever possible to use the original publisher’s letterpress plates or duplicates of the original plates. The original plates were usually designed for a full-sized trade edition, not the ML’s compact format. This explains why many ML books printed from the original publisher’s plates had uncomfortably narrow margins. In some cases the only way the ML could print from the original publisher’s plates was to cut off the running heads, as it did with Anatole France’sRevolt of the Angels(163). The introduction of the ML’s larger format in 1939 enhanced the appearance of ML books and made it easier to print from original publishers’ plates.",
          "Offset lithography is a planographic technology where the printing area of a plate is neither raised (as in letterpress printing) nor recessed into the plate (as in intaglio technologies such as engraving and etching). A lithographic plate is smooth to the touch. Lithography is based on the antipathy of oil and water. Printing areas of a lithographic plate are treated to accept greasy printer’s ink; non-printing areas are coated with a thin film of water that repels ink. Offset lithography begins with photographic negatives of the content to be printed on each page. The images can be photographed from a previously published book, photographed from reproduction proofs printed from metal type, or composed directly from photographic images of letterforms and other content. The negatives for one side of a printed sheet are imposed in the same way as relief plates, depending on the number of pages to be printed on each side of the sheet. The negatives are placed against a photosensitized plate and exposed to light. “The plate is then treated with chemicals that affect the exposed parts differently from the rest. This results in a distinction between the printing and nonprinting parts of the plate that makes printing possible” (Marshall Lee,Bookmaking, 2d ed., 1979, p. 132). Letterpress printing typically involves a separate plate for each page; offset plates typically print an entire side of a sheet at a time. Modern practice involves storing the negatives and burning new plates for each printing; before offset lithography became the dominant printing methodology, some printers appear to have stored the lithographic plates for reuse in the same way that letterpress plates were stored. Lee notes that the basic techniques of lithographic printing were developed early in the twentieth century “but it was not until the 1920s that any considerable commercial printing was done by this method, and it was not until after World War II that it became a major book-printing industry” (p. 136).",
          "Unlike relief plates, lithographic plates are lightweight and flexible. They are attached to one cylinder of the printing press. The plate is treated so that the printing areas accept greasy printer’s ink and repel water. In the press, the plate is coated with a thin film of water, which prevents ink from adhering to non-printing areas; another roller applies printer’s ink which adheres to the images to be printed.",
          "Lithographic printing technologies are known as “offset lithography” or “offset” for short because the inked image on the plate is not printed directly to paper. The inked image is “offset” to a second cylinder covered with a rubber blanket which in turn transfers the image to paper carried by a third cylinder. Lee indicates inBookmaking: The Illustrated Guide to Design/Production/Editing(2nd ed., 1979), “Several advantages are gained by printing on a rubber blanket first instead of directly on paper: (a) the plates last longer, (b) less water comes in contact with the paper, (c) the resilient rubber cylinder permits printing finer copy on rougher paper, and (d) the speed is increased” (p. 137).",
          "Since letterpress printing transfers ink directly from relief plates or standing type to paper, the type surface is wrong reading so that the printed image will be right reading. The extra step in offset lithography means that lithographic plates are right reading and can be read in the same way that a printed page is read. The inked image on the offset cylinder is wrong reading, and the image transferred to paper is right reading.",
          "The ML occasionally resorted to offset lithography before the 1960s when the original publisher’s letterpress plates were too large for the ML’s format. At that period offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing and the quality was considered to be inferior, but it allowed the ML to avoid the cost of a new typesetting. The ML could photograph the pages of a printed book, reduce the dimensions of the type page photographically, and make offset plates from the negatives.",
          "The first ML book printed by offset lithography appears to have been Frank Norris’sThe Pit(272), published in August 1934. Parkway Printing Co., the ML’s regular printers, did not have an offset department before 1955, and the ML had the book printed by Polygraphic Printing Co. of America, a New York shop that specialized in offset lithography. Other ML titles printed from offset lithographic plates before the mid-1960s include Newton,Amenities of Book Collecting(1935: 287), Malraux,Man’s Fate(1936: 294), Whitman,Leaves of Grass(1940: G48), Bemelmans,My War with the United States(1941: 343), and Thurber,The Thurber Carnival(1957: 496). The introduction of the ML’s larger format in 1939 allowed later printings ofMan’s Fateto be made from the original publisher’s letterpress plates.Man’s Fatewas the only ML title printed in succession from offset plates, letterpress plates, and then again from offset plates when the ML switched to offset lithographic printing for most of its titles in the mid 1960s.",
          "The cost of printing by offset lithography dropped below that of letterpress printing around 1963. Over the next few years the ML converted most of its books to offset. Today nearly all commercially published books are printed by offset lithography, and letterpress printing is largely confined to small presses that print books in limited editions from handset type.",
          "Several ML books published in the “reissue” format in the 1980s reverted to letterpress printing, presumably to capture price breaks for using idle letterpress equipment after most book publishers had switched to offset lithography. Some of these were printed from letterpress plates that were worn and battered from decades of use; the appearance of these books is distinctly inferior to those printed from offset plates. When the ML switched to offset printing in the mid-1960s, it tried to photograph first ML printings or the earliest printings it could find in order to avoid worn type."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Thirteen new titles were added and twelve were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 212. Five new titles were published in ML Giants; by the end of 1934 the Giants included sixteen titles in seventeen volumes."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in the standard 6½ x 4¼ inch format in balloon cloth binding D with the Kent endpaper in orange. Each title was available in red, blue, green, and brown cloth with the top edge stained the same color as the binding."
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and torchbearer A2. All new titles had the 3-line imprint that began to be used in January 1931:",
          "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "The title pages of two fall 1934 titles, Veblen,Theory of the Leisure Class(274) and Heyward,Porgy(275), omitted spaces between the letters in the second line of the imprint:",
          "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER",
          "THE MODERN LIBRARY",
          "NEW YORK",
          "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine. \tBalloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939 except for Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(1935) and three spring 1939 titles, all of which were published in the larger format that the ML adopted for all titles beginning fall 1939. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All but two 1934 titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Veblen,Theory of the Leisure Class(274) and Virgil,Works(277) were published in individually designed non-pictorial jackets."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Caldwell,God’s Little AcrexHeyward,Porgy; Giants through G14; jackets: 225 (=fall 1933, fall 1934).  (Fall) Heyward,PorgyxHamsun,Growth of the Soil; Giants through G17; jackets: 225 (=fall 1933, spring 1934).Note:Titles scheduled for January publication were printed late in the preceding year; ML lists inside the jackets and at the end of the volumes are typically those of the preceding fall."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf made another attempt to secure James Stephens’sCrock of Goldfor the ML (Cerf to George Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 19 March 1934). Six years earlier Macmillan had turned down an advance of $4,000 against royalties of 12 cents a copy—more than the ML paid for all but a select handful of titles.The Crock of Goldwas still selling too well in its original American edition for Macmillan to consider a reprint. It never appeared in the ML.",
          "Little, Brown turned down an offer by Cerf to reprintMutiny on the Bountyby Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Alfred R. McIntyre of Little, Brown indicated that he doubted if anyone would be allowed to publish an inexpensive reprint of the book (Cerf to McIntyre, 20 July 1934; McIntyre to Cerf, 23 July 1934). Cerf was undeterred and made offers for theBountytrilogy.",
          "Cerf was also beginning to think about a book on Judaism. He wrote to Arnold Zweig soliciting his suggestions for the series and indicated, “In particular, I would like to do some history of the Jews in the Modern Library. Have you any suggestions along this line?” (Cerf to Zweig, 24 July 1934). He repeated his interest two years later in a letter to Harold Guinzburg of Viking Press (Cerf to Guinzburg, 3 March 1936). It took twenty years for this goal to be accomplished. Two books on Judaism compiled for Random House,The Wisdom of Israel, edited by Lewis Browne (1945) andGreat Ages and Ideas of the Jewish People, edited by Leo W. Schwarz (1956) were reprinted in ML Giants in 1956 and 1962.",
          "Dale Warren of Houghton Mifflin Co. suggested a ML edition of Dorothy Richardson’sPilgrimage, the lengthy novel sequence published in the U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf. He noted that “the whole stream of consciousness business was really started by Dorothy Richardson” and added, “I should think you could buy the rights for a song, and get some sale—although you would of course be making one of those superb gestures for which the Cerf-Klopfer twins are justly noted” (Warren to Cerf, 30 January 1934). Cerf responded that Klopfer would take up the matter when he was in Boston in September. “My secret hunch is that Houghton Mifflin have a set of plates of this lemon somewhere on the premises and are trying to pawn them off on unsuspecting and naive young lads like ourselves” (Cerf to Warren, 22 August 1934).",
          "Aaron Sussman of Spier & Sussman, the ML’s advertising agency, suggested a complete edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes’sBreakfast Papers(Sussman to Cerf, 14 November 1934). Cerf replied, “We steered clear of Holmes and his pals as far as the Modern Library is concerned because we’ve had such rotten luck with Franklin and Longfellow volumes. It makes me believe that people who want this sort of thing are not inclined to look for it in the Modern Library” (Cerf to Sussman, 15 November 1934). Sales ofThe Poems of Longfellow(235) andThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Selections from His Other Writings(236) improved in the 1940s and 1950s, when Longfellow ranked in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles and Franklin ranked in the second quarter."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cummings,Enormous Room(1934)  265",
          "Buck,Good Earth(1934)  266",
          "Hammett,Maltese Falcon(1934)  267",
          "Caldwell,God’s Little Acre(1934)  268",
          "Dickens,David Copperfield(1934)  269",
          "Thucydides,Complete Writings(1934)  270",
          "Cabell,Jurgen(1934)  271",
          "Norris,The Pit(1934)  272",
          "Fitzgerald,Great Gatsby(1934)  273",
          "Veblen,Theory of the Leisure Class(1934)  274",
          "Heyward,Porgy(1934)  275",
          "Hémon,Maria Chapdelaine(1934)  276",
          "Virgil,Works(1934)  277"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Andreyev,Seven That Were Hanged(1918)",
          "Carpenter,Love’s Coming of Age(1918)",
          "Dostoyevsky,Poor People(1917)",
          "Dreiser,Twelve Men(1928)",
          "Flaubert,Temptation of St. Anthony(1921)",
          "France,Queen Pédauque(1923)",
          "George,Bed of Roses(1919)",
          "James,Daisy Miller; An International Episode(1918)",
          "Shaw,An Unsocial Socialist(1917)",
          "Strindberg,Married(1917)",
          "Villon,Poems(1918)",
          "Wilde,De Profundis(1926)*"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": "*De Profundiswas added to Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray(1.2b) in 1934.",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 265,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "E. E. CUMMINGS",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ENORMOUS ROOM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 214
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "265a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] THE | ENORMOUS ROOM | [rule] | BY | E. E. CUMMINGS | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY | THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–2] 3–332.  [1–11]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1922, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC. | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1934,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [iii] biographical note and bibliography; [iv] blank; v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: E. E. CUMMINGS | New York | 1932; xi–xviii FOREWORD (1922) signed p. xviii: EDWARD CUMMINGS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–332 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong yellowish green (131), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting prisoners in a cell; borders and title in strong yellowish green, other lettering in black. Signed: Brienza.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Enormous Roomis a book of immense proportions. Only in a narrow sense is it an indictment of war. The filth and the futility of war are pitilessly revealed, but even more is it a revelation of the debasement and glory of youth. Written with a fiery imagination and the keenest sensitiveness, it is none the less a book of the most spontaneous realism, and as such holds through the years a place by itself among the few important books produced by the World War. (Fall 1933)",
            "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1922. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published January 1934.WR27 January 1934. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1990.",
            "Cerf rejectedThe Enormous Roomwhen Cummings’s agent suggested a ML edition in 1928: “I never considered E. E. Cumming’s [sic] ‘Enormous Room’ because, in my opinion, it is one of the most over-rated books of our time” (Bernice Baumgarten, Brandt & Brandt, to Cerf, 18 April 1928; Cerf to Baumgarten, 21 April 1928). He later changed his mind.",
            "Cummings’s bibliographer wrote in 1960: “Cummings’ ‘Introduction’, his father’s ‘Foreword’ and the restoration, under the direct supervision of the author, of the original manuscript text makes the ‘Modern Library’ edition . . . the most authoritative edition issued to date” (Firmage, p. 5).",
            "The Enormous Roomsold 2,749 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "265b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[within single rules; 7-line title and statement of responsibility within inner single-rule frame] THE | ENORMOUS | ROOM | BY | E. E. CUMMINGS | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 265a.",
            "Contents as 265a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC. | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 265b. Contents as 265b except: [ii] COPYRIGHT 1922, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1949, BY E. E. CUMMINGS | INTRODUCTION | COPYRIGHT 1934, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.Note:The copyright statement was reset in the early 1960s with commas before as well as after the three copyright dates.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset dark bluish green panel bordered in black. Front flap as 265a. (Spring 1946)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "Among the few important novels which have survived since the end of World War One,The Enormous Roomstill holds a distinguished place in American fiction. Although it reveals the filth and futility of war pitilessly, it is not essentially a war novel; it is, rather, an affirmation of the aspirations and an interpretation of the thwartings of young men confronted by the fierce reality of battle, the taut periods of preparation for conflict and the grim aftermath of trial by fire. Written with imagination and sensibility,The Enormous Roomis a novel spontaneous in realism and rewarding in insights into the enduring spirit of youth. (Spring 1955)",
            "265c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 265b except: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xviii, [1–2] 3–332 [333–334].  [1–11]16",
            "Contents as 265a except: [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1934 | Copyright 1922 by Boni and Liveright, Inc. | Copyright, renewed, 1949 by E. E. Cummings | Introduction Copyright, 1934, by The Modern Library, Inc.; [v] CONTENTS; [333] biographical note; [334] blank.Note:Battered page numeral “v” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 265b jacket in vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with Fujita “ml” symbol on front panel. Front flap as 265b.",
            "265d.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 265b except: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 265c. Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 265c.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap as 265b rewritten text with minor revisions."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 266,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "PEARL S. BUCK",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              {
                "#text": ""
              },
              ".  (ML",
              "; ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE GOOD EARTH",
            "DATE_RANGE": [
              "1934–1970",
              {
                "#text": ""
              }
            ],
            "ML_NUMBER": [
              2,
              15
            ]
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "266.1a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] THE GOOD EARTH | [rule] | BY | PEARL S. BUCK | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–374 [375–376].  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1931,byPEARL S. BUCK |Introduction Copyright,1933,by| THE NEW YORK TIMES | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [iii] biographical note and bibliography; [iv] blank; v–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: Pearl S. Buck. | New York City.; [xiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] epigraph from Proust,Swann’s Way; 3–[375] text; [376] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 266.1a. Contents as 266.1a except: [ii]Copyright,1931,byPEARL S. BUCK |Introduction Copyright,1933,byPEARL S. BUCK |and Reprinted by Permission of| THE NEW YORK TIMES | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934Note:The copyright statement for Buck’s introduction was incorrect in the first ML printing. What appears to be the second printing changes the wording from “Introduction Copyright,1933,by| THE NEW YORK TIMES” to “Introduction Copyright,1933, by PEARL S. BUCK |and Reprinted by Permission of| THE NEW YORK TIMES”. The first printing with the corrected statement retains the statement “First Modern Library Edition | 1934.”",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish brown (41) and black on cream paper depicting two Chinese peasants; lettering in black. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo].",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is not without reason thatThe Good Earthhas been the most successful book sinceQuo Vadis, 38 years ago. Its immense popularity can be attributed to the humanity of the people who come to life in its pages and to the Biblical simplicity of its writing. It is a book that takes root deep in the heart of mankind.The Good Earthis more than a mere portrayal of Oriental life; it is the epic of man’s struggle for existence in any age and in any part of the world. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by John Day Co., 1931. ML edition (266.1, pp. [1]–[375]) printed from Day plates with battered page numeral “375” removed. Published February 1934.WR10 February 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1970.",
            "The ML could not expect to secure exclusive reprint rights to a major best-seller likeThe Good Earth, which headed the best-seller list for two years (1931–32). Grosset & Dunlap, the leading mass-market publisher of hardbound reprint editions, recognized that there was little overlap between its market and the ML’s and sometimes agreed to share reprint rights. When Cerf contacted the John Day Co. at the beginning of 1933 about a ML edition ofThe Good Earth, he was told that it would be many months before a commitment about reprint rights could be made (Cerf to Richard Walsh, John Day Co., 3 January 1933; Walsh to Cerf, 4 January 1933). Arrangements were made later that year forThe Good Earthto appear first in Grosset & Dunlap’s Novels of Distinction series and shortly thereafter in the ML.",
            "Buck’s introduction to the ML edition (266.1) is a reprint of a long letter that was originally published under the title “Mrs. Buck Replies to Her Chinese Critic” in theNew York Times Book Review(15 January 1933).",
            "Three months after Pocket Books publishedThe Good Earthas a twenty-five-cent paperback, Cerf commented, “I think the sale of this book holds up amazingly well in our edition when you consider how many other editions it comes in, and we are certainly proud to have it in our Modern Library list” (Cerf to Walsh, 30 November 1939). Comparative sales figures for the Grosset & Dunlap, ML, and John Day editions for the eighteen-month period July 1938–December 1939 show the following: Grosset & Dunlap, 24,081 copies; ML, 3,133 copies; Day, 443 copies (RH box 141, folder D1).",
            "Sales of the ML edition more than doubled during the Second World War, reflecting the heightened demand for books in wartime and enhanced interest in China. The ML edition sold 7,383 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "The Good Earthwas shifted from ML 2 to ML 15 in fall 1943 when the ML published its three-volume Shakespeare as ML 1–3.",
            "The ML’s reprint contract forThe Good Earthwas terminated in July 1966, shortly after the ML ordered a final printing of 5,000 copies. Together with 1,600 copies already on hand, it was estimated that the ML stock would last for at least one-and-a-half years.",
            "266.1b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE | GOOD EARTH | BY | PEARL S. BUCK | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 266.1a.",
            "Contents as 266.1a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY PEARL S. BUCK |Introduction Copyright1933, by PEARL S. BUCKand|Reprinted by Permission ofTHE NEW YORK TIMES",
            "Variant:Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–374 [375–384].  [1–12]16[13]8. Contents as 266.1b except: [377–381] ML list; [382–383] ML Giants list; [384] blank. (Fall 1941)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136), moderate reddish brown (43) and black on grayish paper depicting two Chinese peasants walking through a field at sunrise; lettering in black on moderate yellowish green bands at top and foot. Front flap as 266.1a. (Fall 1940)",
            "266.2.  Text reset; Buck introduction dropped (1946)",
            "Title as 266.1b except line 5: WITH A FOREWORD BY",
            "Pp. [6], 1–313 [314].  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY PEARL S. BUCK | COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY PEARL S. BUCK |Reprinted by arrangement withTHE JOHN DAY COMPANY; [5] FOREWORD signed:September, 1944.Pearl S. Buck; [6] epigraph from Proust,Swann’s Way; 1–313 text; [314] blank.",
            "Jacket: As 266.1b. (Spring 1946)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "The great and lasting popularity ofThe Good Earthcan be attributed to the simple humanity of the people who come to life in its pages. Written in 1930, this novel brought Pearl S. Buck to the admiring attention of the world and was influential, eighteen years later, in earning for her the Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first and only American woman so to be honored. Author of many books sinceThe Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck is almost always identified with and remembered by this epic of the soil. It is a novel that has taken root and has grown in strength with the passage of the years. Far more than a portrayal of Oriental life,The GoodEarthis the ever-heroic story of man’s struggle for existence in any age and in any part of the world. (Fall 1953)",
            "New bibliographical edition published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1944/45, with a new foreword by the author. ML edition printed from a duplicate set of the plates used for Grosset & Dunlap printings.",
            "An internal RH memo (Regina Spirito to Manny Harper, 5 May 1945) indicates that new plates were being made forThe Good Earthalong with Maugham’sOf Human Bondage(199), Well’sTono-Bungay(225), and Maugham’sMoon and Sixpence(283). It is not known whether the ML made duplicates of the Grosset & Dunlap plates or whether the two sets of plates were made at the same time.",
            "The new typesetting replaces Buck’s introduction with a one-page foreword by Buck dated September 1944. By eliminating running heads and increasing the lines of text on each page from 31 to 37, the new typesetting reduces the length of for Buck’s text by 61 pages.",
            "The ML plates are identical to those used by Grosset & Dunlap with the exception of the title page, the addition of the series title and a publisher’s note to the half title, and the addition of the RH device to the verso of the title page along with the following statement within a single-rule frame: “Random Houseis the publisher of | THE MODERN LIBRARY | bennett a. cerf | donald s. klopfer | robert k. haas | Manufactured in the United States of America | Printed by Parkway Printing Company  Bound by H. Wolff”."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 267,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DASHIELL HAMMETT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE MALTESE FALCON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1949",
            "ML_NUMBER": 45
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "267a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] THE | MALTESE FALCON | [rule] | BY | DASHIELL HAMMETT | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–267 [268–276].  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929, 1930,byALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. |Introduction copyright,1934 |byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [v] dedication; [vi] biographical note and bibliography; vii–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Dashiell Hammett. |New York,January24, 1934.; [x] blank; [xi–xii]CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–267 text; [268] blank; [269–274] ML list; [275–276] blank. (Spring 1934)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong green (141) and black on cream paper with inset illustration depicting a woman and four men, two of whom are struggling over a gun, with the shadow of a falcon in the background; borders in strong green, title in reverse against inset illustration, other lettering in black. Signed: WC.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The selection of a detective story for inclusion in the Modern Library series provided an embarrassment of riches. Yet there was neither hesitation nor reservation in the choice ofThe Maltese Falcon. Its authentic portrayal of the folkways of hard-bitten criminals and sleuths, its mystifying plot and its rogues’ gallery of shady and picturesque characters set it apart from all the neatly contrived and resolutely erudite standard shockers. Carl Van Vechten says: “Dashiell Hammett has raised the detective story to that plane to which Alexandre Dumas raised the historical novel.” (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published in book form by Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. ML edition (pp. [v], [xi]–267) printed from Knopf plates. Published March 1934.WR31 March 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1949.",
            "Hammett’s original introduction to the ML edition describes the people who served as models for many of the characters. “Spade,” he notes, “had no original. He is a dream man in the sense that he is what most of the private detectives I worked with would like to have been and what quite a few of them in their cockier moments thought they approached. For your private detective does not—or did not ten years ago when he was my colleague—want to be an erudite solver of riddles in the Sherlock Holmes manner; he wants to be a hard and shifty fellow, able to take care of himself in any situation, able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact with, whether criminal, innocent bystander or client” (pp. viii–ix).",
            "The Maltese Falconwas originally published as a five-part serial (September 1929–January 1930) in the pulp magazineBlack Mask. “The book was dramatically revised after serialization, with more than two thousand textual differences between the two versions. Some of the changes were made by copy editors at Knopf but the majority appear to have been made by Hammett himself” (Penzler, p. 105).",
            "There were six Knopf printings between February and November 1930 and fifteen ML printings between February 1934 and August 1943 (The Maltese Falcon, Pocket Books edition, second printing, November 1944, title page verso). The sixth ML printing (January 1940) was probably the first in the larger ML format (267b), but a copy of this printing has not been examined.",
            "The ML edition sold 7,254 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. The October 1941 release of John Huston’s motion picture version starring Humphrey Bogart may have stimulated ML sales at this period. The 25-cent paperback published by Pocket Books in August 1944 appears to have cut deeply into the ML’s market. The ML edition was discontinued in 1949, leaving 6,200 unsold copies in stock (Emanuel Harper to Joseph C. Lesser, Knopf, 1 June 1950). The ML remaindered 4,774 copies through the Harlem Book Co in 1952.",
            "267b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [8-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | MALTESE | FALCON | BY | DASHIELL | HAMMETT | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 267a.",
            "Contents as 267a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, 1930, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [269–273] ML list; [274–275] ML Giants list; [276] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in black, deep yellow green (120) and medium gray (265) on coated white paper depicting the head of a falcon, the palm of a hand and a pistol; lettering in deep yellow green except “FALCON” in reverse with “F” and left leg and crossbar of “A” shaded in medium gray, all against black background. Signed: EMcKK [E. McKnight Kauffer]. Front flap as 267a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 268,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ERSKINE CALDWELL",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "GOD’S LITTLE ACRE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 51
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "268.1a.  First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] GOD’S LITTLE ACRE | [rule] | BY | ERSKINE CALDWELL | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–303 [304–318].  [1]16(±4) [2–10]16[11]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1933,byERSKINE CALDWELL |Introduction copyright,1934,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [v] dedication; [vi] biographical note and bibliography; vii–ix A Foreword signed p. ix: Erskine Caldwell | Mount Vernon, Maine |December,1933.; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–303 text; [304] blank; [305–311] APPENDIX | TO THE FIFTH PRINTING; [312] blank; [313–318] ML list. (Spring 1934)Note:The fourth leaf of the first gathering (pp. vii–viii) has been cancelled and replaced by a newly printed leaf; the first gathering is normal in later printings. It is not known whether the original leaf was cancelled because of a printer’s error or a last-minute revision by Caldwell.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid orange (48), moderate green (145) and dark grayish brown (62) on cream paper depicting vivid orange sun rising over moderate green fields; borders in vivid orange, title in reverse on three moderate green banners, other lettering in dark grayish brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "When the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, through its agent, John S. Sumner, brought an action for the suppression ofGod’s Little Acreon an obscenity charge, writers, critics and men and women in public life rallied to its support. Magistrate Benjamin Greenspan, in a memorable opinion, summarily dismissed the case, declaring that the book “was very clearly not a work of pornography.” The Modern Library now addsGod’s Little Acreto its list as a serious novel of conspicuous literary merit. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by Viking Press, 1933. ML edition (268.1, pp. [v], [1]–[311]) printed from Viking plates, which were subsequently owned by Duell, Sloan and Pearce and by Little, Brown & Co. Published April 1934.WR28 April 1934. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Caldwell received $50 for writing the foreword to the ML edition (Cerf to Caldwell, 12 October 1933). The foreword concludes:",
            "Some day I hope those for and of whom this story was written will have the opportunity to read it. So far it seems that its readers have mainly been those seeking sensation and pornography. I would willingly trade ten thousand of those for a hundred readers among the boys and girls with whom I walked barefoot to school in snow-crusted Tennessee winters and with whom I sweated through the summer nights in the mills of Georgia. Maybe this Modern Library edition will reach some of them. I hope so. (p. ix)",
            "The hope Caldwell expressed in 1933 in his foreword to the ML edition was realized most fully after the introduction of mass market paperbacks. The paperback edition ofGod’s Little Acre, published in 1946 by the American branch of Penguin Books (and subsequently by Penguin Signet and Signet Books) “sold about two million copies in its first nine months”; sales eventually ranked “among the highest of modern paperback publishing” (Bonn, p. 122, 197). There were almost 60 million copies of Caldwell’s books in Signet editions by 1960 (ibid., p. 197).",
            "The biographical note and bibliography on p. [vi] were updated at Caldwell’s request in the January 1939 printing (Cerf to Caldwell, 27 December 1938). The plates and publishing rights toGod’s Little Acrewere transferred from Viking Press to Duell, Sloan and Pearce in fall 1939 and passed to Little, Brown & Co. by the mid-1950s. The ML arranged its printings with each firm in succession. Little, Brown made one printing under its own imprint from the 268.1 plates.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy. In 1957 Little, Brown noted that the retail price of ML books had increased several times since 1934 and inquired whether the royalty should be adjusted (Arthur Thornhill, Little, Brown, 17 September 1957). Later that year the ML began paying royalties of 12 cents a copy.",
            "The ML edition sold 6,393 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. Total sales of ML printings through spring 1957 were 75,403 copies (Klopfer to James Oliver Brown, James Brown Associates, 24 May 1957).",
            "268.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [8-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] GOD’S | LITTLE | ACRE | BY | ERSKINE | CALDWELL | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 268.1a.  [1–10]16[11]4",
            "Contents as 268.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY ERSKINE CALDWELL | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [vi] biographical note and bibliography reset and updated. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 268.1a with vivid orange borders omitted. (Spring 1944)",
            "268.2.  Text reset; foreword and appendix dropped (1957)",
            "[swelled rule] | GOD’S | LITTLE | ACRE |By| ERSKINE CALDWELL | [swelled rule] | [torchbearer D8] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–303 [304–316].  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1933, by Erskine Caldwell; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–303 text; [304] blank; [305–310] ML list; [311–312] ML Giants list; [313–316] blank. (Fall 1958)Note:A spring 1957 printing of 268.2 has been reported but has not been examined.",
            "Variant: Pagination and collation as 268.2. Contents as 268.2 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1933, AND RENEWED, 1960, | BY ERSKINE CALDWELL; [304–311] ML list; [312–313] ML Giants list; [314–316] blank. (Fall 1966 list but Spring 1967 format with 1960s binding C, tan Kent endpaper and jacket B)",
            "Jacket A:As 268.1b except front flap rewritten:",
            "Erskine Caldwell’s story of a Georgia dirt farmer, Ty Ty Walden, and of Ty Ty’s sons and intensely attractive daughters has achieved a popularity that has been phenomenal and undiminishing. With almost seven million copies in print,God’s Little Acrehas attained the status of an all-time permanent best-seller. Its comedy of the man who dedicated an acre of land to God—a barren, useless acre—has become virtually a part of our national folklore, and the novel is now generally recognized as a classic. (Fall 1958)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita pictorial jacket in strong brown (55), deep orange yellow (69) and black on coated white paper with inset strong brown panel at top with title in reverse, tree in black at upper right of panel, and tree in deep orange yellow and house in reverse at lower left; author in strong brown and series in black below upper panel, all against white background.",
            "Front flap revised and abridged from jacket A:",
            "Erskine Caldwell’s story of a Georgia dirt farmer, Ty Ty Walden, and of Ty Ty’s sons and intensely attractive daughters was one of the most successful novels of its time. Its comedy of the man who dedicated an acre of land to God—a barren, useless acre—has become virtually a part of our national folklore, and the novel is now generally recognized as a classic.",
            "Printed from Little, Brown plates made from a new typesetting, 1957. The dedication, biographical note and bibliography, foreword, and appendix were omitted from the new typesetting at Caldwell’s request (Eleanor Pitt, Little, Brown, to Ruth Fenichel, 5 March 1957). The new plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML and Grosset & Dunlap.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Caldwell,Tobacco Road(1947–1969)  397"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 269,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHARLES DICKENS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "DAVID COPPERFIELD",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 110
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "269a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] DAVID COPPERFIELD | [rule] | BY | CHARLES DICKENS | [rule] | ILLUSTRATIONS BY | “PHIZ” | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xii, [2], 1–923 [924–930].  [1–29]16[30]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] blank; [iv] untitled illustration; [v] title; [vi]First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [vii] biographical note and bibliography; [viii] blank; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xii ILLUSTRATIONS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–923 text; [924] blank; [925–930] ML list. (Spring 1934)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong bluish green (160) and black on cream paper depicting David Copperfield in top hat background and a coach drawn by four horses in the foreground; borders in strong bluish green, lettering in black. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The world-wide revival of interest in the works of Charles Dickens makes this completely new edition of his favorite novel an indispensable addition to the Modern Library series. Its publication, simultaneous with the appearance of the recently discoveredThe Life of Our Lord, will be hailed by Dickens enthusiasts and those fortunate readers who are in the enviable position of coming uponDavid Copperfieldfor the first time. This edition contains thirty-nine reproductions from the original illustrations by “Phiz” and is complete in one volume. (Spring 1934)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published May 1934.WR12 May 1943. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971.",
            "Publication was announced for August 1934 and moved forward to May. Norris’sThe Pit(272), originally scheduled for May, was postponed until August. Delays in production ofThe Pitappear to have been primarily responsible for the change, but the earlier publication date ofDavid Copperfieldallowed the ML to benefit from anticipated publicity surrounding the first publication of Dickens’sLife of Our Lord, which was written for his children and published by Simon and Schuster in May 1934.",
            "David Copperfieldsold 8,665 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 4,798 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952—still in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles, and forty-sixth out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular series. Thackeray’sVanity Fair(258) outsoldDavid Copperfieldat both periods, butDavid Copperfieldwas Dickens’s most popular title in the ML.The Pickwick Papers(247), with sales of 7,325 copies, was at the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles in 1942–43 and barely made it into the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML in 1951–52.A Tale of Two Cities(284), with sales of 5,682 copies during 1942‑43, was low in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles; it was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML in 1951–52.",
            "269b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "David Copperfield | BY CHARLES DICKENS | ILLUSTRATIONS BY “PHIZ” | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [6], ix–xii, [2], 1–923 [924–932].  [1–29]16[30]8",
            "Contents as 269a except: [1] half title; [2] untitled illustration; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [925–929] ML list; [930–931] ML Giants list; [932] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in pale yellow green (121), strong brown (55) and black on textured white paper with illustration of a young David Copperfield standing in front of a house holding his belongings; author and title in strong brown, other lettering in black, all against pale yellow green background. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as 269a. (Fall 1942)",
            "269c.  Brown introduction added (1950)",
            "[9-line title and statement of responsibility within double rules]The Personal History, Adventures,|Experience & Observation of| David Copperfield |The Younger|OF BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY| (Which He never meant | to be Published on any Account) |ByCharles Dickens | Illustrations by “Phiz” | [below frame] INTRODUCTION BY E. K. BROWN |Professor of English, University of Chicago| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library·New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [2], 1–923 [924].  [1–28]16[29]8[30]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] illustration as 269a–b titled: The Rookery; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xii INTRODUCTION | By E. K. Brown; xiii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xiv] blank; xv AUTHOR’S PREFACE dated: 1869; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–923 text; [924] blank. (Spring 1950 jacket)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 269c.  [1]16[2–13]32[14]24[15]32[16]16. Contents as 269c except illustration facing the title page omitted: [ii] blank. (Fall 1958 jacket)",
            "Jacket:As 269b. (Spring 1950) Later jackets on coated white paper.",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "The world-wide revival of interest in the works of Charles Dickens makes this completely new edition of his own favorite novel an indispensable addition to the Modern Library. For those who have been brought up on the novels of Dickens and those who are fortunate enough to enjoy the adventure of coming uponDavid Copperfieldfor the first time, this compact edition is a boon. It contains, in addition to the complete and unabridged text, thirty-nine reproductions from the original illustrations by “Phiz,” whose real name was Hablot K. Browne. (Fall 1958)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML.",
            "269d.  Title page reset; offset printing (1966)",
            "The Personal History, Adventures,|Experience & Observation of| DAVID COPPERFIELD | The Younger |OF BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY| (Which He never meant | to be Published on any Account) |byCharles Dickens |Illustrations by “Phiz”|Introduction byE. K. BROWN | [torchbearer J] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xviii, [2], 1–923 [924–938].  [1–30]16",
            "Contents as 269c except: [1–2] blank; [ii] untitled illustration as 369a-b; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; v–xii INTRODUCTION | by E. K. Brown; [925–932] ML list; [933–934] ML Giants list; [935–938] blank. (Fall 1966 list with 1960s binding B and tan Kent endpaper)",
            "Jacket:As 369c on coated white paper with revised flap text as 269c.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dickens,Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club(1932–1970)  247; Illustrated ML (1943–1951)  IML 4",
            "Dickens,Tale of Two Cities(1935–1971)  284",
            "Dickens,Our Mutual Friend(1960–1970)  524",
            "Dickens,Bleak House(1985– )  641"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 270,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THUCYDIDES",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF THUCYDIDES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 58
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "270a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] THE COMPLETE WRITINGS | OF | THUCYDIDES | [short swelled rule] | THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR | [rule] | THE UNABRIDGED CRAWLEY TRANSLATION | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | JOSEPH GAVORSE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxviii, [1–2] 3–516; folding map tipped in facing p. [ii].  [1–17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1934,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [v] translator’s dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xx INTRODUCTION signed p. xx: Joseph Gavorse.; xxi–xxiii CONTENTS; [xxiv] blank; xxv–xxvii TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION signed p. xxvii: R. Crawley. | 1876.; xxvii (cont.)–xxviii SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–516 text.Note:Folding map (col.) facing p. [ii]: THE GREEK WORLD | at the beginning of the | PELOPONNESIAN WAR | 431 B. C.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate red (15) and black on cream paper depicting a Greek archer; borders in moderate red, lettering in black. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Twenty-four centuries have witnessed the fulfillment of Thucydides’ intention to make his work “a possession for ever, not the rhetorical triumph of an hour.” Not only to students of history and statecraft, but to enlightened readers of every shade of interest,The Peloponnesian Warprovides an exact, eye-witness account of the waning glory of Periclean Greece as a key to the present and a prophecy of the future. The unabridged Crawley translation captures all the vigor and penetration of “the first and greatest critical historian.” (Spring 1934)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published June 1934.WR23 June 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971.",
            "The Crawley translation, originally published in London in the 1870s, was in the public domain in the U.S.",
            "The Complete Writings of Thucydidessold 5,324 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 3,394 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it ninety-first of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "270b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF | THUCYDIDES | THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR |The unabridged Crawley translation with|an introduction byJOSEPH GAVORSE | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 270a, including folding map tipped in facing p. [ii]",
            "Contents as 270a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.Note:Folding map as 270a.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper with upper panel in cream and lower panel in moderate blue; lettering in black on both panels, torchbearer in reverse on lower panel. (Fall 1942)",
            "270c.  Finley introduction added (1951)",
            "Title as 270b through line 3 with lines 4-7 reset:The unabridged Crawley translation with|an introduction byJOHN H. FINLEY, JR., |Eliot Professor of Greek Literature,|Harvard University| [last 4 lines as 270b: torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], vii–xxi [xxii–xxiv], 3–516.  [1–15]16[16]12[17]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; vii–xvii INTRODUCTION | By John H. Finley, Jr.; xviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; xix–xxi CONTENTS; [xxii–xxiii] black-and-white map of Greece at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, 431 B.C.; [xxiv] blank; 3–516 text. (Fall 1951 jacket)Note:The redrawn black-and-white map on pp. [xxii-xxiii] replaces the tipped-in colored map in 270a and 270b.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 270c except: [517–524].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16[9]32[10]16. Contents as 270c except: [517–522] ML list; [523–524] ML Giants list. (Spring 1956)",
            "Jacket:As 270b. (Fall 1951)",
            "Originally published 1951 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Finley received $150 for writing the new introduction (Stein to Finley, 26 June 1950). The translator’s introduction in 270a‑b is dropped, and Finley’s introduction replaces the introduction by Gavorse."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 271,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES BRANCH CABELL",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "JURGEN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1943",
            "ML_NUMBER": 15
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "271a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] JURGEN | A COMEDY OF JUSTICE | [rule] | BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], [1–8], [2], 9–368 [369–374].  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1919,byJAMES BRANCH CABELL |Introduction copyright,1934 |byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [iii] dedication; [iv] epigraphs from Philip Borsdale, E. Noel Codman, John Frederick Lewistam; v–xi Epistle to a Pawnbroker signed p. xi: Branch Cabell. |Richmond-in-Virginia,|January, 1934.; [xii] blank; [xiii–xiv]Contents; [1] part title: A FOREWORD; [2] blank; [3–8]A Foreword: Which Asserts Nothing; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 9–368 text; [369–374] ML list. (Spring 1934)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in strong red (12) and dark grayish brown (62) on coated cream paper with inset illustration of a caped figure on a horse with a human head and torso; borders in strong red, title in strong red against illustration, other lettering in dark grayish brown. Signed: illegible.",
            "Front flap:",
            "By now the fretful babblings of the prurient over the amatory excursions of Messire Jurgen have subsided. Instead of bothering to discover phallic parables in every casual allusion, adult readers take the keenest delight in the nimble satire of this morality in behalf of monogamy and common-sense.Jurgen, thanks to the obscenity seekers, has become Cabell’s best-known novel. (Spring 1934)",
            "Originally published by Robert M. McBride & Co., 1919. ML edition (pp. [iii–iv], [xiii]–368) printed from McBride plates with the expanded foreword first included in the eighth McBride printing. Published July 1934.WR28 July 1934. Discontinued fall 1943.",
            "Jurgenwas one of the first titles Cerf and Klopfer tried to secure after they bought the ML in the summer of 1925. Cerf offered McBride a $5,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy; as a second choice he offered 8 cents a copy for either Cabell’sCream of the JestorThe Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck(Cerf to Mr. [Guy] Holt, McBride, 29 July 1925). McBride had authorized a ML edition ofBeyond Life(104) two years before but in 1925 was unwilling to consider further reprint editions of Cabell’s books. Sales of the original editions remained strong, and McBride was thinking about publishing its own cheap edition of Cabell’s works (Holt to Cerf, 24 August 1925).",
            "McBride authorized a ML edition ofThe Cream of the Jest(131) in 1927. The following year Klopfer made another offer forJurgen, but the response was still negative, even after he increased the offer to 12 cents a copy. Stuart Rose of McBride wrote that the firm “is loathe to permit any further reprints of Mr. Cabell’s works to appear, at least for the time being. . . . The sales of all of Mr. Cabell’s books, and particularly of JURGEN, in the two dollar and fifty cent edition, are so profitable to us that we hesitate to risk decreasing them in any way – this despite the fact that we have not noticed any falling off in the sale of THE CREAM OF THE JEST” (Rose to Klopfer, 26 March 1928; Klopfer to Rose, 27 March 1928).",
            "Grosset & Dunlap published a reprint edition ofJurgenin its Novels of Distinction series in 1929. When Cerf expressed interest in publishingJurgenin the ML in fall 1933 (Cerf to Stanley Walker, McBride, 23 December 1932), McBride indicated that it could be discussed when the Grosset & Dunlap contract expired. Cerf wrote a few months later, “I hope you will bear in mind that we want this book whenever we can get it” (Cerf to Walker, 15 May 1933). He then turned to Grosset & Dunlap and secured its support for a ML edition. Grosset & Dunlap wrote McBride on the ML’s behalf, indicating that “the Modern Library isn’t directly competitive with our Dollar line” (Grosset & Dunlap to McBride & Co., 16 November 1933).",
            "271b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "JURGEN |A Comedy of Justice| BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL |with an introduction byTHE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 271a.",
            "Contents as 271a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [369–373] ML list; [374] blank. (Spring 1940)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in light bluish green (163) and black on cream paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in reverse against solid light bluish green background. Front flap as 271a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Cabell,Beyond Life(1923–1935)  104",
            "Cabell,Cream of the Jest(1927–1939)  131"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 272,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FRANK NORRIS",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PIT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 92
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "272.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] THE PIT | A STORY OF CHICAGO | [rule] | BY | FRANK NORRIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–x [xi–xii], [2], 1–403 [404].  [1–11]16[12]18[13]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1902,byTHE CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. |Copyright,1903,byDOUBLEDAY,PAGE & CO. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [iii] biographical note and bibliography; [iv] blank; [v] dedication; [vi] ACKNOWLEDGMENT; vii–x FOREWORD signed p. x: Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.; [xi] PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS | IN THE NOVEL; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–403 text; [404] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on cream paper depicting ticker tape machines towering above a crowd with skyscrapers in background; borders in vivid reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo].",
            "Front flap:",
            "Frank Norris lived to complete only two-thirds of his planned trilogy,The Epic of Wheat.The Pit, which is the second volume, created a national furor and established Norris as the first and one of the greatest realists in America. TodayThe Pitis not only a startling exposé of the machinations of stock gamblers in the fundamental necessity of life, but also an authentic picture of the frenzied struggle for power that marked the end of American pioneer days and the beginnings of its ventures in world markets. (Fall 1934)",
            "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. New bibliographical edition with the Tompkins foreword published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928, as part of the 10-volume Argonaut edition of Norris’s works. ML edition (pp. [v]–403) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Argonaut edition. Published August 1934.WR25 August 1934. First (and probably only) printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 31 December 1940.",
            "Robert de Graff of Garden City Publishing Co., a Doubleday subsidiary, was inspired by Ernest Peixotto’s article on Norris inSaturday Review of Literature(27 May 1933) to suggest that Norris belonged in the ML (de Graff to Cerf, 29 May 1933). Sinclair Lewis had suggested a ML edition of Norris’sMcTeagueorTheOctopusthree years earlier (Lewis to Cerf, 14 March 1930). Cerf expressed interest, and de Graff sent copies ofThe PitandMcTeaguefor his consideration. He noted thatThe Pithad sold 189,455 copies in all editions whileMcTeaguehad sold 67,272 copies andThe Octopushad sold 59,779 copies (de Graff to Cerf, 14 July 1933). On this basis Cerf decided thatThe Pit“should certainly be the one for us to take” (Cerf to de Graff, 24 July 1933). He appears to have been unaware thatMcTeague(57) was in the ML between 1918 and 1922 but had been discontinued before he joined Boni & Liveright as a vice-president in 1923.",
            "The plates of the 1903 Doubleday edition ofThe Pitwere too large for the ML’s format, and Cerf initially assumed that the ML edition would have to be printed from a new typesetting. He hoped that Doubleday would share the cost and asked de Graff, “Can we make some deal, do you think, making some special provision for the cost of the plates?” (ibid.). Meanwhile, Klopfer investigated the possibility of adapting the original plates. He wrote to the ML’s printer: “We might put the book in the Modern Library by chopping off the running head and putting the folios in small numbers at the bottom of each page. The plates are in pretty bad shape, and I would like you to look them over and see whether you think, with a reasonable amount of repair work, you could make a decent looking book out of them” (Klopfer to William Simon, Parkway Printing Co., 29 August 1933).",
            "Publication of the ML edition was announced for May 1934 but postponed until August; Dickens’sDavid Copperfield(269), originally scheduled for August, was moved forward to May. Uncertainty over production ofThe Pitappears to have caused the delay. Klopfer indicated at the end of April, “I am still not sure what method of printing we are going to use” (Klopfer to Allen Lane, 30 April 1934). In the end a decision was made to print from offset plates photographically reduced from the 1928 Argonaut edition.The Pitappears to have been the first ML title printed by offset lithography. Offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing at this period and the quality was poorer, but it would have been considerably more expensive to reset the work and make new letterpress plates.",
            "Sales of the ML edition appear to have been disappointing.The Pitwas discontinued after less than six-and-a-half years. Copies of the first ML printing have been seen with the remainder mark of a star stamped on the endpaper.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Norris,McTeague(1918–1922)  57"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 273,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "F. SCOTT FITZGERALD",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE GREAT GATSBY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1938",
            "ML_NUMBER": 117
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "273.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] THE | GREAT GATSBY | [rule] | BY | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | [rule] | Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; | If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, | Till she cry “Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, | I must have you!” |  – Thomas Parke D’Invilliers. | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], 1–218 [219–226].  [1–7]16[8]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1934,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934 |Copyright,1925,byCHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS; v biographical note and bibliography; [vi] blank; vii–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: F. Scott Fitzgerald | Baltimore, Md. | August, 1934.; [xii] blank; [xiii] dedication; [xiv] blank; 1–218 text; [219–224] ML list; [225–226] blank. (Fall 1934)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper depicting a man and woman in formal dress against a background of skyscrapers and a speeding automobile; borders in moderate blue, title in reverse against illustration, other lettering in black. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Great Gatsbyis a story of the fabulous 1920s, that incredible period in American history that ended in a crash from which we are all reeling still. The editors ofTimeMagazine report that Gatsby was the “first racketeer in United States fiction.” Countless novels and motion pictures have followed the pattern since, butThe Great Gatsbyremains the most brilliant and understanding portrait of the first mad days of the bootleg era. It is by all odds Scott Fitzgerald’s best book, and one that nobody interested in the development of American literature can afford to overlook. (Fall 1934)",
            "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. ML edition (pp. [xiii]–218) printed from Scribner plates. Published September 1934.WR29 September 1934. First (and only) printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1939.",
            "Maxwell Perkins, Fitzgerald’s editor at Scribner’s, suggested a ML edition ofThe Great Gatsby. He wrote to Cerf (25 October 1933) to announce the forthcoming publication ofTender Is the Night, which appeared initially as a serial inScribner’s Magazine, and added: “If it goes, and the first installment appears in the January number, why don’t you consider issuing ‘The Great Gatsby’ with an introduction by Gertrude Stein?” (Stein was an early supporter ofThe Great Gatsbyand wrote Fitzgerald shortly after publication of the “genuine pleasure” it had brought her, calling it “a good book” and commenting that he was “creating the contemporary world as much as Thackeray did his”; see Tanselle and Bryer, p. 410). Four months later Cerf wrote that he wanted to publish a ML edition in fall 1934. He offered a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy and indicated that he would pay Fitzgerald $50 for a new introduction (Cerf to Perkins, 27 February 1934). Including his share of the advance, Fitzgerald received a total of $300 from the ML edition.",
            "Fitzgerald was “evidently quite pleased that this book is to go into our series” and telephoned long distance from Baltimore to talk with Cerf about the introduction (Cerf to Perkins, 6 March 1934). He put off writing it, however. After Klopfer wrote on 1 August to remind him of the approaching publication date he promised to submit it within a week. He appears to have met this deadline, and Klopfer sent him galley proofs of the introduction on 17 August. Shortly after Fitzgerald submitted the corrected proofs, he indicated that he was not satisfied with the introduction and asked for the proofs back (Myers, pp. 31–32).",
            "The ML began the practice of inviting selected authors to write original introductions to ML editions of their works in the late Boni & Liveright era, when Norman Douglas was asked to write an introduction toSouth Wind(114). Virginia Woolf’s introduction to the ML edition ofMrs. Dalloway(168), published in 1928, is one of the finest examples of this genre. Fitzgerald’s introduction toThe Great Gatsbywas one of the worst. He subsequently expressed a desire to revise it in future printings. When the ML edition was published he wrote: “I do not like the preface. Reading it over it seems to have both flipness and incoherance [sic], two qualities which the story that succeeds it manages to avoid” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 15 September 1934). Cerf tried to reassure him that the introduction was “thoroughly O.K.” (Cerf to Fitzgerald, 17 September 1934). The following month Fitzgerald declared, “The prefaceisincoherent. I am not even going to revise it, but simply do it over again” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 10 October 1934).",
            "A 1935 presentation copy of the ML edition to Marion Bristow Greene is inscribed, “With best wishes from F. Scott Fitzgerald to his neighbor in Tryon [North Carolina]” with the additional annotation at the top of p. vii: “Very bad introduction” (Abebooks listing by Peter Harrington, London; accessed Abebooks.co.uk, 5 July 2013). At least one copy of the ML edition—a presentation copy to Elizabeth Lemmon, a close friend of Maxwell Perkins—contains revisions to the introduction in Fitzgerald’s own hand (Roger Lathbury, posting to ML collector’s listserv , 10 November 2011).",
            "Tender Is the Night, Fitzgerald’s last completed novel, was published in April 1934, five months before the ML edition ofThe Great Gatsby. By 1936 Fitzgerald was campaigning for its inclusion in the ML. He sent Cerf a telegram asking if he would consider a ML edition ofTender Is the Nightif he made “certain changes toward the end which I see now are essential . . .” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 16 May 1936; the correspondence between Fitzgerald and Cerf quoted in this and the preceding paragraph is from Myers, pp. 34–38). Two months later he wrote, “I would like to have another book on your list, not from vanity . . . but simply because I think that two books would be stronger than one in building up a permanent interest among those whose destiny leads them to accept my observation as part of their cosmology” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 23 July 1936; quoted in Turnbull, pp. 536–37). In 1938 Maxwell Perkins expressed a “secret hope” of publishingThis Side of Paradise,The Great Gatsby, andTender Is the Nightas an omnibus volume in the ML, but nothing ever came of this (Bruccoli,Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2d rev, ed., 2002, p. 439).",
            "Sales ofThe Great Gatsbywere disappointing. The ML edition sold about 700 copies a year and was remaindered in 1939 (Klopfer Oral History, p. 39). Cerf stated, “The book is one of my personal enthusiasms, but I am sorry to say that it has been one of the poorest sellers in the whole Modern Library series. . . . I hate to see Scott Fitzgerald’s name being forgotten!” (Cerf to Whitney Darrow, Scribner’s, 31 January 1940). Fitzgerald’s popularity revived after his death. By the early 1960s the Scribner paperback edition ofThe Great Gatsbywas selling 300,000 copies a year (Klopfer Oral History, p. 39).",
            "There was a second printing of the jacket in fall 1939 afterThe Great Gatsbywas discontinued. All of the fall 1939 jackets examined are stamped “DISCONTINUED TITLE” and were used to freshen copies sold as remainders.",
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 274,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THORSTEIN VEBLEN",
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            "TITLE": "THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 63
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "274.1a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] THE THEORY OF | THE LEISURE CLASS | An Economic Study of Institutions | [rule] | BY | THORSTEIN VEBLEN | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY | STUART CHASE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [2], 1–404 [405–414].  [1–13]16[14]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Foreword Copyright,1934,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. |First Modern Library Edition| [5-line copyright and printings statement, Macmillan Co.] | [short rule] | [3-line printings statement, B. W. Huebsch] | [short rule] | [6-line printing and rights statement, Viking Press]; v–vi biographical note and bibliography; vii–viii PREFACE; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xv FOREWORD signed p. xv: Stuart Chase.; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–400 text; 401–404 INDEX; [405–410] ML list; [411–414] blank. (Fall 1934)Note:Firststatement retained on fall 1935 printing.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in light purplish blue (199) and dark brown (59) on light orange paper; borders and torchbearer in light purplish blue, lettering in dark brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“Armed both with science and satiric humor, Veblen exposes, with a ferocity like Swift’s and with incomparably larger understanding, the dominion throughout all our moral and aesthetic world of judgments resting on the rivalrous display of wealth. To my mind the protest against false values contained in this book, is one of the landmarks in the life of reason.”  —MAX EASTMAN. (Fall 1934)",
            "Originally published by the Macmillan Co., 1899; reprinted with the addition of an index, 1912; subsequently published by B. W. Huebsch, 1918, and Viking Press, 1931. ML edition (274.1, pp. vii–x, 1–404) printed from Macmillan/Huebsch/Viking plates with preliminaries repaginated for the ML edition, last line of p. vii shifted from the second page of the preface, and table of contents revised to reflect the addition of Chase’s foreword. Published September 1934.WR29 September 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Theory of the Leisure Classsold 7,807 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 4,399 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, still in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "274.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "The Theory of | the Leisure Class | AN ECONOMIC STUDY | OF INSTITUTIONS | by Thorstein Veblen | WITH A FOREWORD BY STUART CHASE | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 274.1a.",
            "Contents as 274.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [8 lines of copyright, printing and rights statements for Macmillan, Huebsch and Viking Press printings]; [1] fly title reset as two lines; [405–409] ML list; [410–411] ML Giants list; [412–414] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) and black on tan paper with title in reverse on inset moderate reddish brown panel at upper left, other lettering in black and torchbearer in moderate reddish brown below inset panel. Front flap as 274.1a. (Spring 1942)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "The influence of Thorstein Veblen’sThe Theory of the Leisure Classhas grown immeasurably in the half century since its original publication. Some of its phrases—notably “conspicuous consumption”—have become standard in our national vocabulary. His examination of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life and its emphasis on pecuniary culture is one of the masterly analyses and critiques of our socio-economic development. Its irony, its rich accumulation of evidence and, above all, its boldness of interpretation have kept it a vital work through years of social upheaval, economic disequilibrium and an altogether unstable period of national and world history. (Spring 1953)",
            "274.2.  Text reset; offset printing (c. 1968)",
            "the Theory | OF | the Leisure | ClassAn Economic|Study of Institutions|byThorstein Veblen | [torchbearer K at right; 2-line statement at left]with a Foreword by| STUART CHASE | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–301 [302–308].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1961, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT 1899, 1912, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY |New edition published by B. W. Huebsch,The Viking Press, Inc.; v–viii Foreword signed p. viii: STUART CHASE; ix–x Contents; xi–xii Preface; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–296 text; 297–301 Index; [302] blank; [303] ABOUT THE AUTHOR; [304] blank; [305–306] ML Giants list; [307–308] blank. (Spring 1967)Note:Seen in 1960s binding D with Fujita endpaper.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial Fujita jacket in black, light olive brown (94) and deep purplish red (256) on coated white paper with title in reverse, author and series in light olive brown and rules in deep purplish red, all on inset black panel; background in white.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Since its original publicationThe Theory of the Leisure Classhas become a classic in its field, both for its economic analysis and for its perspective on social values in America.",
            "Some of its phrases—notably “conspicuous consumption”—have become standard in our national vocabulary. Veblen’s examination of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life and its emphasis on pecuniary culture is one of the masterly critiques of our socio-economic development. The new point of view and method elaborated by Veblen riddled the whole structure of economics as a pseudo-social science and created instead an entirely original set of economic categories, based on changing industrial conditions rather than an inflexible system formulated from so-called eternal principles.",
            "Its irony, its rich accumulation of evidence and, above all, its boldness of interpretation have keptThe Theory of the Leisure Classa vital work through the years."
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 275,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DUBOSE HEYWARD",
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            "TITLE": "PORGY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 148
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "275.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] PORGY | [rule] | BY | DUBOSE HEYWARD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [1–10] 11–196 [197–198].  [1–12]8[13]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [1] title; [2]Copyright,1925,by| GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; [3] biographical note and bibliography; [4] blank; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] poem; [8] blank; [9] part title: I | [line drawing of birds, flower and snake]; [10] blank; 11–196 text; [197–198] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid purplish red (254), deep green (142), grayish reddish brown (46) and black on cream paper depicting a courtyard with figures in black clad in vivid purplish red, deep green and grayish reddish brown leaning out of windows; borders in vivid purplish red, lettering in grayish reddish brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The swarming Negro life of Catfish Row in Old Charleston provided Du Bose Heyward with the material for what first became a distinguished American novel, then a highly successful play under the aegis of the Theatre Guild, and now in its final incarnation, simultaneous with its admission to the Modern Library, a truly indigenous opera by the gifted composer, George Gershwin.Porgyis steeped in the atmosphere of one of the few really individual cities left in the United States. Heywood Broun calls it “the most moving and admirable book about Southern Negroes that I have ever read.” (Fall 1934)",
            "Originally published by George H. Doran Co., 1925. ML edition (pp. [5]–196) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates, including the decorative line drawings by Theodore Nadejen. Published October 1934.WR10 November 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941.",
            "The inclusion ofPorgyin the ML was inspired by the forthcoming production of Gershwin’sPorgy and Bess. ThePWadvertisement announcing the ML’s fall 1934 list stated, “The Theatre Guild production of ‘Porgy’ this Fall, with George Gershwin music, will center new attention on this book” (PW, 11 August 1934, p. 407). The Theatre Guild had hoped thatPorgy and Besswould be ready for the fall 1934 season (Alpert, p. 78), but the premier was delayed until October 1935, a full year after the appearance of the ML edition."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 276,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LOUIS HÉMON",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "MARIA CHAPDELAINE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1950",
            "ML_NUMBER": 10
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "276a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] MARIA | CHAPDELAINE | A TALE OF THE | LAKE ST. JOHN COUNTRY | [rule] | BY | LOUIS HÉMON | TRANSLATED BY W. H. BLAKE | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HUGH EAYRS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii–xx], [1–2] 3–288 [289–292]; inserted slip facing p. [289].  [1–9]16[10]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright, 1934,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934 | COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1924 | BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY; v–vi biographical note; vii–xvii INTRODUCTION signed p. xvii: Hugh Eayrs. | Toronto |October,1934.; [xviii] blank; [xix] CONTENTS; [xx] blank; [1] part title: CHAPTER I | PERIBONKA; [2] blank; 3–288 text; [289–292] blank. Inserted slip in some copies facing p. [289]: “This book has been printed from the plates of the Modern Readers’ Series.”",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), deep blue (179), moderate green (145) and grayish blue (180) on cream paper with inset illustration of a village set in snow-covered hills; borders in vivid reddish orange, lettering in deep blue. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Maria Chapdelaineis the kind of story on which the usual publisher’s “blurb” would be strangely out of place. The original publishers wisely issued it in a picture wrapper without a single word of description, and let the public discover its beauties for itself. Canadian in setting, this haunting story, written by a French wanderer, has gone far beyond the boundaries of America, and has become one of the treasures of the world’s narrative literature. Did you enjoyGreen Mansions? TryMaria Chapdelaine, then! (Fall 1934)",
            "Blake translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1921, with large initials in blue at the beginning of each chapter. Reprinted with drawings by Wilfred Jones, 1924, using the original text plates and a second set of plates containing illustrations and different large initials printed in grayish yellow. Reprinted with introduction and notes by Carl Y. Connor in Macmillan’s Modern Readers’ Series, 1929, with large initials from the illustrated edition added to the text plates to allow for one-color printing and illustrations omitted. ML edition (pp. [xix]–288) printed from Modern   Readers’ Series plates with Connor introduction and notes omitted. Published November 1934.WR1 December 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1950.",
            "Klopfer offered 8 cents a copy forMaria Chapedelainein 1926 with an advance of $400 against the first 5,000 copies, but Macmillan was planning to include it in their Modern Readers series (Klopfer to George Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 5 October 1926). In 1927 Cerf told William Lyon Phelps, “Macmillan’s, who hold the copyright, have turned a deaf ear to all of our proposals. It’s a rotten shame, too, because I think . . . we could sell ten times as many copies of this book as they sell themselves” (Cerf to Phelps, 3 March 1927). Seven years later the ML paid Macmillan a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to 19 March 1934). Hugh Eayrs, who wrote the new introduction, was president of the Macmillan Co. of Canada.",
            "The ML edition (276a) has been seen in a Macmillan binding commonly used for Canadian textbook editions, so there appears to have been some arrangement between Cerf and Eayrs for distributing copies of the ML edition in that format (David Mason, Fine & Rare Books, Toronto, to GBN; undated.)",
            "Maria Chapdelainesold 1,885 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the ML’s fourth worst-selling title. In 1952, two years after the ML edition was discontinued, 3,494 copies were remaindered through the Harlem Book Co.",
            "276b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "MARIA | CHAPDELAINE |A Tale of the Lake St. John Country| BY LOUIS HÉMON | TRANSLATED BY | W. H. BLAKE | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HUGH EAYRS | [torchbearer D6 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 276a without inserted slip.",
            "Contents as 276a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1924 | BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934 | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 276a except: [289–300].  [1–10]16. Contents as 276b except: [289–294] ML list; [295–296] ML Giants list; [297–300] blank. (Spring 1947)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark reddish orange background. Front flap as 276a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 277,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "VIRGIL",
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            "TITLE": "VIRGIL’S WORKS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1934–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 75
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "277a.First printing (1934)",
            "[within double rules] VIRGIL’S | WORKS | [short swelled rule] | THE AENEID, ECLOGUES, GEORGICS | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | J. W. MACKAIL | INTRODUCTION BY | CHARLES L. DURHAM, Ph.D. | PROFESSOR OF LATIN, CORNELL UNIVERSITY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–352 [353–354].  [1–11]16[12]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1934,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1934; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION |ByCharles L. Durham signed p. xiv:Cornell University,|Ithaca, New York.; [1] part title: THE AENEID; [2] blank; 3–261 text; [262] blank; [263] part title: THE ECLOGUES; [264] blank; 265–291 text; [292] blank; [293] part title: THE GEORGICS; [294] blank; 295–352 text; [353–354] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep green (142) and greenish gray (155) on very light green paper with lettering in deep green, borders and band in center in greenish gray.",
            "Front flap:",
            "As a companion volume to Homer’sIliad(No. 166) andThe Odyssey(No. 167),Virgil’s Workstakes a prominent place among the classics of antiquity on the Modern Library shelf. The prose translation by J. W. Mackail ofThe Aeneid,EcloguesandGeorgics,complete in one volume, is acknowledgedly the most authentic, in letter and in spirit, of the extant renderings. Students will find this edition of immense aid in their studies and all lovers of classical literature will welcome it in its new, compact and inexpensive format. (Fall 1934)",
            "Mackail’s translations ofThe AeneidandThe Eclogues & The Georgicswere originally published in London in the 1880s and were in the U.S. public domain. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1934.WR29 December 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "Cerf asked the textbook publisher F. S. Crofts what he thought of a complete Virgil in the ML and asked him to recommend someone to write the introduction (Cerf to Crofts, 28 March 1934).",
            "Virgil’s Workssold 4,277 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "277b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "VIRGIL’S | WORKS | THE AENEID · ECLOGUES · GEORGICS | Translated by j. w. mackail | With an introduction by charles l. durham, Ph.D. | Professor of Latin, Cornell University | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 277a.",
            "Contents as 277a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with title and statement of responsibility in black on deep reddish orange panel at upper left; series in black and torchbearer in deep reddish orange below panel. Front flap as 277a. (Fall 1944)",
            "277c.  McDermott introduction added (1950)",
            "VIRGIL’S | WORKS [first two lines in open face type] | The Aeneid  .  Eclogues | Georgics | TRANSLATED BY J. W. MACKAIL | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY WILLIAM C. McDERMOTT | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [1–2] 3–352 [353–358].  [1–12]16",
            "Contents as 277a except: [ii] blank; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; vii–xxiv INTRODUCTION |ByWilliam C. McDermott; xxv–xxvi BIBLIOGRAPHY; [353–358] ML list. (Fall 1950)",
            "Jacket:As 277b. (Fall 1951)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Stein wrote to Durham about revising the introduction (Stein to Durham, 27 January 1950) but discovered he had died. He then approached McDermott, who received $150 for the new introduction (Stein to McDermott, 23 February 1950)."
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      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1935",
      "HEAD": [
        1935,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": "A growing number of trade books were published under the Random House imprint. Works by American authors included Clifford Odets,Three Plays, Robinson Jeffers,Solstice and Other Poems, Gertrude Stein,Lectures in America, andThe Pulitzer Prize Plays, 1918–1934, edited by Kathryn Coe and William H. Cordell. British and Irish authors were represented by C. Day Lewis,Collected Poems, 1929–1933andThe Complete Works of John M. Synge. Nonfiction included Emile Burns,A Handbook of Marxismand Oswald Jacoby and others,The Four Aces System of Contract Bridge.Other books included Dostoyevsky,The Idiotwith illustrations by Boardman Robinson, which was reprinted in ML Giants in 1942."
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Ten new titles were added and nine were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 213. Six new titles were published in the ML Giants, one of which (Symonds,Renaissance in Italy) was in two volumes. By the end of 1935 the Giants included twenty-two titles in twenty-four volumes."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles except John Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(280) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).Ten Days That Shook the Worldhad a binding measuring 7⅛ x 4⅞ inches (182 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ inches (179 x 120 mm).",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in fall 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; all but three had torchbearer A2. Dickens,A Tale of Two Cities(284) had torchbearer C2; Mann,Buddenbrooks(285) and Ferber,Show Boat(286) had torchbearer A3. All new titles had the 3-line imprint that began to be used in January 1931:",
          "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine. \tBalloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown with the top edge stained the same color as the binding. Each title was published in all four bindings."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles had Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53) except Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World, which had plain endpapers on cream paper. ML books that were slightly larger than the standard format had white edges around the endpaper design, butTen Days That Shook the Worldwas so much larger that the patterned endpaper was abandoned altogether. The only other balloon cloth bindings that did not use Kent’s endpaper were three spring 1939 titles which were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets exceptAn Anthology of Light Verse(278), which had an individually designed non-pictorial jacket. The front flap of each jacket included descriptive text about the work written by Saxe Commins."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Hamsun,Growth of the SoilxMann,Buddenbrooks; Giants through G21; jackets: 236. (Fall) Mann,BuddenbrooksxGogol,Dead Souls; Giants through G24; jackets: 239.Note:Titles scheduled for January publication were printed late in the preceding year; ML lists inside the jackets and at the end of first printings are typically those of the preceding fall."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The only information available in the RH archives for a suggested title during 1935 is theComplete Works of Chaucer.  This title was considered for an ML Giant. Estimated at 1200 pages, the length of the work was decided to be prohibitive. “The composition costs will be enormous, running between ten and five thousand dollars” (Commins to Knopf, 7 October 1935).  This title was never added to the ML."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Kronenberger, ed.,Anthology of Light Verse(1935)  278",
          "Hamsun,Growth of the Soil(1935)  279",
          "Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(1935)  280",
          "Roberts,Time of Man(1935)  281",
          "Jeffers,Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems(1935)  282",
          "Maugham,Moon and Sixpence(1935)  283",
          "Dickens,Tale of Two Cities(1935)  284",
          "Mann,Buddenbrooks(1935)  285",
          "Ferber,Show Boat(1935)  286",
          "Newton,Amenities of Book-Collecting(1935)  287"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Artzibashev,Sanine(1931)",
          "Chesterton,Man Who Was Thursday(1918)",
          "Flaubert,Salammbô(1929)",
          "Ibsen,Wild Duck, The League of Youth, Rosmersholm(1918)",
          "Komroff, ed.,Oriental Romances(1930)",
          "Maupassant,Une Vie; Bel Ami(1932)",
          "Schopenhauer,StudiesinPessimism(1917)",
          "Van Vechten,Peter Whiffle(1929)",
          "Wells,Ann Veronica(1917)"
        ]
      },
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        {
          "NUMBER": 278,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "LOUIS KRONENBERGER",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "AN ANTHOLOGY OF LIGHT VERSE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1956",
            "ML_NUMBER": 48
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "278a.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] AN ANTHOLOGY OF | LIGHT VERSE | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | LOUIS KRONENBERGER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–291 [292–294].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1935,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1935; v–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: L.K. | New York,March,1934.; [xii] blank; xiii–xiv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; xv–xxv CONTENTS; [xxvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–287 text; [288] blank; 289–291 INDEX OF AUTHORS; [292–294] blank.",
            "Jacket:Nonpictorial in deep blue (179) and black on cream paper with title and decorations in reverse on inset deep blue panel; borders in deep blue, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The merry quips and satirical shafts of the world’s foremost poets are gathered together in a volume of light-hearted verse. Representative of the poetry from the earliest days of English verse down to the last rhymed witticisms of contemporary singers, this anthology is always on the side of excellence and good taste. The spontaneous gaieties of Shakespeare and Dorothy Parker, Pope and Ogden Nash, W. S. Gilbert, Lewis Carroll, Calverley, Edna St. Vincent Millay and scores of others are captured in a book that mocks at solemnity and banishes the sober mood. (Fall 1934)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published January 1935.WR26 January 1935. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1956.",
            "Kronenberger outlined his plan forAn Anthology of Light Versein a letter dated 5 December 1930; the book was published over four years later. Cerf wrote Kronenberger in 1932 and 1933 asking when the anthology would be ready. When Kronenberger indicated in November 1933 that he would deliver the manuscript the following week, Cerf replied: “The Board of Directors of the Modern Library has passed a resolution unanimously to the effect that the Anthology will be much more welcome in this dignified sanctum than the compiler thereof. The book had better be good!” (Cerf to Kronenberger, 22 November 1933). The anthology sold 5,718 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales.",
            "278b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "An Anthology of| LIGHT VERSE | EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | LOUIS KRONENBERGER | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 278a. Contents as 278a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Jacket:Nonpictorial in moderate reddish brown (43), gold and moderate yellow (87) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset moderate reddish brown panel and three moderate reddish brown bands at foot; background in white with decorations in gold and moderate yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone, May 1940; unsigned. Front flap as 278a. (Fall 1940)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 279,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "KNUT HAMSUN",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "GROWTH OF THE SOIL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1951",
            "ML_NUMBER": 12
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "279a.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] GROWTH OF THE SOIL | [rule] | BY | KNUT HAMSUN | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN | BY W. W. WORSTER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–6] 7–304; [5–6] 7–276.  [1–18]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1917,by| Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlog |Copyright, 1921,byAlfred A. Knopf, Inc. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition; [5] part title: Book One; [6] blank; 7–304 text; [5] part title: Book Two; [6] blank; 7–253 text; [254] blank; [255] part title: Knut Hamsun |by| W. W. Worster; [256] blank; 257–276 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light brown (57) and black on tan paper depicting a farmer standing in a field and holding a scythe with buildings and mountains in the background; borders in light brown, lettering in black. Signed: illegible.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The elemental strength and simplicity ofGrowth of the Soilwon for its author the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921 and for itself a permanent place among the great novels of our century. An epic of the soil, it portrays the alliance between Man and Nature in a story notable for its magnitude and compassion. The eternal struggle for the physical means of life becomes a revelation of heroism and profound spiritual meaning. (Spring 1935)",
            "Worster translation originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. ML edition (pp. [5]–304; [5]–276) printed from Knopf plates. Published February 1935.WR9 March 1935. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 31 December 1951.",
            "The ML paid Knopf a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. The ML secured reprint rights in December 1934 after offers in 1932 and 1933 had been rejected. Cerf told Knopf thatGrowth of the Soilwould make a “tremendous title” for the ML; after signing the contract he exclaimed, “One more deal like this and we’ll be on Federal Relief!” (Cerf to Knopf, 3 December 1934; Cerf to Knopf, 19 December 1934). The royalty rate was adjusted to 10 percent of the retail price in 1947 when the ML increased the list price to $1.25 (Klopfer to Knopf, Inc., 9 June 1947).Growth of the Soilsold 3,620 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales.",
            "279b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "GROWTH | OF | THE SOIL | BY | KNUT HAMSUN | TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN | BY W. W. WORSTER | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 279a. Contents as 279a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY | GYLDENDALSKE BOGHANDEL, NORDISK FORLOG | COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.",
            "Jacket:Nonpictorial in dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark blue background. Front flap as 279a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 280,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN REED",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 215
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "280.1a.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] TEN DAYS THAT | SHOOK THE WORLD | [rule] | BY | JOHN REED | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY | V. I. LENIN | AND AN INTRODUCTION BY | GRANVILLE HICKS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [16], vii–xxiv, 1–371 [372–374].  [11–2]16[13]12. 7 x 4¾ in. with cream endpapers.",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1935,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |Copyright,1919,byBONI & LIVERIGHT, INC. | [short rule] |Copyright,1934,byINTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO., INC. | [short double rule]; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [7] FOREWORD signed V. I. Lenin. |End of 1919.; [8] blank; [9–16] INTRODUCTION |ByGranville Hicks; vii–xii PREFACE signed p. xii: J. R. | New York, January 1st, 1919.; xiii–xxiv NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS; 1–313 text; [314] blank; 315–371 appendices; [372–374] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 280.1a except: [372–382].  [1–13]16.Contents as 280.1a except: [372–382] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on cream paper with inset panel divided diagonally into vivid reddish orange and black with Czarist coat of arms and Soviet insignia of globe with hammer and sickle; title in reverse on inset panel, borders in vivid reddish orange, other lettering in black. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "John Reed’s eye-witness account of the ten most decisive days of our time has become an authentic historical document and a vivid, moment-to-moment narrative of the Bolshevik Revolution. Reed, now buried beneath the Kremlin wall in Moscow, is a national hero and martyr in Russia. His book, unreservedly recommended by Lenin, is used as a text in the schools of the Soviet Union and is recognized everywhere as a stirring and faithful record of the events leading to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1919. ML edition (280.1, pp. [5–7], vii–371) printed from B&L plates with illustrations omitted and contents page revised to include the Lenin foreword and Hicks introduction and with the page number for the appendices corrected. Published March 1930.WR30 March 1935. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Lenin foreword was written after the publication of the B&L edition. The earliest printing seen with the foreword is a reprint from B&L plates published by International Publishers in 1926. The ML edition sold 4,000 to 6,000 copies a year during the mid-1930s; sales totaled 66,633 copies by 1960.Ten Days That Shook the Worldsold 4,666 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales.",
            "280.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "TEN DAYS | THAT SHOOK | THE WORLD | BY JOHN REED |With a foreword byV. I. LENIN |And an introduction byGRANVILLE HICKS | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 280.1a variant. Contents as 280.1a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO., INC.; [372] blank; [373–377] ML list; [378–379] ML Giants list; [380–382] blank. (Fall 1942)Note:Battered page numeral “vii” removed from plates by spring 1959.",
            "Jacket:As 280.1a except in deep reddish orange (36) instead of vivid reddish orange. (Fall 1943)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "John Reed’s eye-witness account of the ten most decisive days of the Russian Revolution has become an authentic historical document and a vivid, moment-to-moment narrative of the Bolshevik rise to power. Reed, American-born and graduate of Harvard, lies buried beneath the Kremlin wall in Moscow, an almost legendary figure in the hierarchy of national heroes and martyrs of the Revolution. His book is recognized internationally as a faithful record of the events leading to the dictatorship and the dominance of the Soviet system in Russia. It is required reading for those who want to know how Communism first took over the government of one-sixth of the world. (Fall 1953)",
            "280.2.  Text reset; Wolfe introduction and index added (1960)",
            "TEN DAYS | THAT SHOOK | THE WORLD | BY JOHN REED |With a Foreword byV. I. Lenin |Edited with Introduction and|Notes byBertram D. Wolfe | [at left] THE | MODERN | LIBRARY [at center: torchbearer D5] [at right] NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–lxviii, 1–439 [440–444].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1960, by Random House, Inc.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xlv INTRODUCTION | BY BERTRAM D. WOLFE; xlvi FOREWORD signed: V. I. Lenin |End of 1919; xlvii–liii AUTHOR’S PREFACE signed p. liii: J. R. |New York, January 1st, 1919.; liv–lv EDITOR’S NOTES | TO PREFACE; lvi–lxviii NOTES AND | EXPLANATIONS; 1–426 text; 427–439 INDEX; [440–441] ML Giants list; [442] blank; [443] American College dictionary advertisements; [444] blank. (Fall 1960)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid orange (48), light brownish gray (63) and black on coated white paper with half-tone photograph in black and light brownish gray of Russian soldiers raising rifles in air; title in vivid orange, other lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Ten Days That Shook the Worldunrolled in November, 1917, when the Bolsheviks, in a second revolution, seized power from the government that had succeeded the Czar. John Reed wrote this eyewitness account of the Bolshevik Revolution as reportage, as personal history, as propaganda, but also as raw history. Published in 1919, and written before the rise of an official Communist version of these events (Trotsky here still stands beside Lenin, and Stalin is nowhere to be found), it still retains its value as history; but more important than this, it helped create an image, a myth, of the Bolshevik Revolution which was enormously influential in America, in other countries where the book was widely circulated, and in Communist Russia itself, where it was translated by Lenin’s wife and introduced enthusiastically by Lenin.",
            "The present edition ofTen Days That Shook the Worldhas a new introduction by Bertram D. Wolfe, author ofThree Who Made a Revolution, which relates this important work to our current knowledge of the Russian Revolution. (Fall 1960)",
            "Printed from newly set plates that were also used for a paperback edition in Vintage Books. Vintage and ML editions published fall 1960.",
            "The plates used for 280.1 had become badly worn when the ML decided to bring out a new edition. Wolfe received $1,000 for his introduction. Reed’s notes were shifted from the appendix to the end of each chapter. Wolfe suggested the addition of an index."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 281,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE TIME OF MAN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1938",
            "ML_NUMBER": 54
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "281.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] THE TIME OF MAN | [rule] | BY | ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | J. DONALD ADAMS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], [2], 1–382 [383–388].  [1–12]16[13]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1935,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |Copyright,1926,byThe Viking Press, Inc. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1935; v–vii INTRODUCTION signed p. vii: J. Donald Adams. |New York City.; [viii] blank; [ix] dedication; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–382 text; [383–388] ML list. (Spring 1935)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper depicting a woman standing on a hilltop with her arms raised to the sunrise, with rooftop, evergreen trees and mountains in the distance; borders in very deep red, lettering in black. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With the publication of her first novel,The Time of Man, Elizabeth Madox Roberts attained the front rank among living American writers. The glowing beauty of her work, its insight, its vividness and lyrical flow give to this chronicle of the American soil a distinction shared by few novels of our time. The story of Ellen Chesser is an American idyl that captures the grim and exalted meaning of the pioneer’s struggle with the land. It is a book that has earned its own and its author’s eminence. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published by Viking Press, 1926. ML edition (pp. [ix] –382) printed from Viking plates. Published April 1935.WR20 April 1935. First (and only) printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 31 December 1938.",
            "There was a second printing of the jacket in fall 1939 afterThe Time of Manwas discontinued. All of the fall 1939 jackets examined are stamped “DISCONTINUED TITLE” and were presumably used to freshen copies sold as remainders."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 282,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ROBINSON JEFFERS",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ROAN STALLION, TAMAR AND OTHER POEMS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1959",
            "ML_NUMBER": 118
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "282a.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] ROAN STALLION | [diamond ornament] | TAMAR | [diamond ornament] | AND OTHER POEMS | [rule] | BY | ROBINSON JEFFERS | [rule] | WITH A NEW | INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–295 [296–300].  [1–9]16[10]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D13; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1935,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. |Copyright,1924,byPeter G. Boyle |Copyright,1925,byHorace Liveright, Inc. |First Modern Library Edition| 1935; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: Robinson Jeffers.; xi–xii CONTENTS; [1] part title: ROAN STALLION; [2] blank; 3–295 text; [296–300] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on cream paper depicting a black horse on inset circular cream panel; background in solid vivid reddish orange with title in reverse around inset circular panel, other lettering and horizontal rules in reverse. Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Robinson Jeffers’ position as the writer of the most challenging poetry of our time is now generally conceded. The spiritual tragedies that he sets against the rocky landscape of the Pacific coast reveal all the fierce intensity and overwhelming beauty of his unique gifts. WhenRoan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poemswas first published a new and elemental force in our native poetry was acclaimed. Now, in the Modern Library, it wins new adherents for the poet of the dark labyrinths of the human soul. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1925. ML edition printed from newly set plates. Published May 1935.WR25 May 1935. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 31 December 1959.",
            "The original B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format and new plates had to be made for the ML edition. Cerf gave Jeffers an opportunity to revise the text but he declined. In the introduction he stated: “. . . it is a pleasure to write, but after a thing has been written I hate to see it again; poems are the sort of children that it is delightful to beget, dreary to educate. . . . So I made terms with my conscience and my publisher: ‘If you’ll let me off revising I’ll write an introduction instead; that will only take a few hours, the other would take weeks’” (p. vii).Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poemssold 2,403 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the bottom quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales.",
            "282b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "ROAN STALLION | [diamond ornament] | TAMAR | [diamond ornament] | AND OTHER POEMS | BY | ROBINSON JEFFERS | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 282a. Contents as 282a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY PETER G. BOYLE | COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC.",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 282a except: [296–308].  [1–10]16. Contents as 282b except: [296] blank; [297–302] ML list; [303–304] ML Giants list; [305–308] blank. (Spring 1945)",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY ROBINSON JEFFERS | COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY PETER G. BOYLE | COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC. (Spring 1952)",
            "Variant C:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1953, BY ROBINSON JEFFERS. (Spring 1955)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 282a in very deep red (14) instead of vivid reddish orange with horizontal rules omitted. Front flap as 282a. (Spring 1941)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "For many years Robinson Jeffers has maintained a distinguished place among the poets of America. WhenRoan Stallion,Tamar and Other Poemswas first published a new and elemental force in our native poetry was acclaimed. The fierce tragedies enacted against a background of the rocky landscape of the Pacific Ocean revealed the brooding and tortured men and women whose hearts Jeffers searched. In poem after poem over many years, he has explored the dark labyrinths of the human spirit. Without compromise or concession he has pursued his search and written about the stark beauty of a rugged landscape and the agonized gropings of a people at war with their environment and themselves. (Spring 1955)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 283,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE MOON AND SIXPENCE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 27
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "283.1a.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] THE MOON AND | SIXPENCE | [rule] | BY | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–6] 7–314 [315–320].  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1919,byGEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1935; [5] fly title; [6] blank; 7–314 text; [315–320] ML list. (Spring 1935)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong yellow (84), deep green (142) and dark brown (59) on cream paper depicting a South Sea village with mountains in distance; lettering in dark brown against strong yellow background. Signed: Newman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The fame of W. Somerset Maugham rests securely on two novels. The first,Of Human Bondage(No. 176), has steadily maintained its position as one of the two best sellers on the entire Modern Library list during the last three years. The second,The Moon and Sixpence, now takes its place in the series with the promise of competing for popular favor with its celebrated predecessor. This story of Charles Strickland, driven by the demon of his genius to the South Seas, parallels in many respects the strange life of Paul Gauguin. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Doran Co., 1919. ML edition (283.1, pp. [5] –314) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates. Published June 1935.WR22 June 1935. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy. The ML printed 43,500 copies by August 1944. Sales were about 2,000 copies a year in the late 1930s but increased to about 7,000 copies a year after the United States entered the war (Ray Freiman memo to Robert Haas, 13 November 1944).The Moon and Sixpencesold 11,156 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it twenty-first out of 271 ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "283.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE MOON | AND | SIXPENCE | BY | W. SOMERSET | MAUGHAM | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 283.1a. Contents as 283.1a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY; [315–319] ML list; [320] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 283.1a with author in deep green and series in reverse against dark brown band added at foot. (Fall 1940)",
            "283.2.  Text reset (1946)",
            "THE MOON | AND | SIXPENCE | BY | W. SOMERSET | MAUGHAM | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–341 [342–348].  [1–10]16[11–12]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY GEORGE H. DORAN CO.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–341 text; [342–347] ML list; [348] blank. (Spring 1947)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 383.2.  [1–11]16.  Contents as 383.2 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM; [342 blank]; [343–348] ML list. (Spring 1950)",
            "Jacket:As 283.1b. (Spring 1947)",
            "Freiman reported in 1944 that the plates, though not perfect, could be used for several more years, but Haas decided to make new plates for Maugham’sOf Human Bondage(199) andThe Moon and Sixpenceat the same time. Freiman contacted Doubleday, Doran to determine whether it was willing to supply new plates or at least pay part of the cost (Freiman memo to Haas, 13 November 1944). Doubleday, Doran agreed to reset and replate both titles at its own expense as long as the ML agreed to keep them in print and promote them aggressively for at least ten years (Cedric R. Crowell, Doubleday, Doran, to Commins, 2 January 1945). The new plates were delivered to the ML’s printers in December 1945. The ML instructed Parkway Printing Co. to dispose of the old plates and use the new ones for all future printings (Regina Spirito to Bill Simon, Parkway Printing, 13 December 1945). The first printing from the new plates (not seen) was for 7,000 copies in April 1946."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 284,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHARLES DICKENS",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "A TALE OF TWO CITIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 189
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "284a.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] A TALE OF | TWO CITIES | [rule] | BY | CHARLES DICKENS | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, [1–2] 3–397 [398].  [1–12]16[13]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D14; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1935; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank; [vii] PREFACE; [viii] blank; ix–x CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK THE FIRST | RECALLED TO LIFE; [2] blank; 3–397 text; [398] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with inset illustration of a guillotine with upraised arms holding a torch in the foreground; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in dark brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The response by Dickens enthusiasts to the two titles already in the Modern Library series . . . persuaded the editors to include the famous historical-imaginative novel,A Tale of Two Cities, in a completely new edition. In the three-quarters of a century since its first appearance, this story of the French Revolution has maintained its popularity generation after generation with readers the world over. The widespread revival of interest in the works of Charles Dickens made the reissue ofA Tale of Two Citiesinevitable and imperative. (Fall 1935)",
            "ML edition printed from newly set plates. Published September 1935.WR19 October 1935. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "A Tale of Two Citiessold 5,682 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the same periodDavid Copperfield(269) sold 8,665 copies andPickwick Papers(247) sold 7,325 copies.A Tale of Two Citiesdid not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "284b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] A TALE | OF TWO | CITIES | BY | CHARLES | DICKENS | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, [1–2] 3–397 [398–406].  [1–13]16",
            "Contents as 284a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [399–403] ML list; [404–405] ML Giants list; [406] blank. (Spring 1943)",
            "Jacket:Nonpictorial in dark purplish blue (201) and dark bluish gray (192) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark purplish blue panel; background in dark bluish gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Front flap as 284a. (Spring 1943)",
            "284c.  Wagenknecht introduction added (1950)",
            "BOOK THE FIRST | RECALLED TO LIFE | [rule] |A Tale|of Two Cities|ByCharles Dickens |With an Introduction by| Edward Wagenknecht |Professor of English|Boston University| [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 3–396.  [1–13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvii INTRODUCTION | by Edward Wagenknecht; xvii (cont.)–xviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xix] AUTHOR’S PREFACE; [xx] blank; xxi–xxii CONTENTS; 3–396 text.",
            "Jacket A:As 284b. (Spring 1952)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "It is now almost a full century sinceA Tale of Two Citieswas published, yet it still stands as one of the best of all the historical novels written during that time. New generations of readers have obtained their first understanding of the meaning of the French Revolution as a social cataclysm and a human drama from the pages of this novel. They have participated in its blood-stirring events not by following the career of notable and spectacular personages, but by identifying themselves with Sydney Carton, the Defarges and the other obscure people who lived and died during the reign of terror. (Fall 1953)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial on coated white paper with multicolored illustration of a public execution with the severed head of a guillotined man being held aloft to a crowd of soldiers and others; lettering in black. Front flap as jacket A rewritten text. (Spring 1956)",
            "Wagenknecht received $150 for the introduction (Stein to Wagenknecht, 24 January 1950). Despite the addition of the new introduction and bibliography, the number of leaves is identical to 284b. This was accomplished by omitting the biographical note (which was superseded by the new introduction), the first part title (which was added at the head of chapter 1 and mysteriously appears as well at the head of the title page), and the ML lists at the end of the book. In addition, pp. 395–96 were adjusted with minor resetting to accommodate the last three lines of text that appeared on p. 397 in earlier printings."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 285,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THOMAS MANN",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "BUDDENBROOKS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 57
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "285.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] BUDDENBROOKS | [rule] | BY | THOMAS MANN | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN | BY H. T. LOWE-PORTER | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–389 [390]; [1–2] 3–359 [360–370].  [1–24]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1924,byALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1935; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] TRANSLATOR’S NOTE signed: H. T. Lowe-Porter; [8] blank; [1] part title: PART ONE; [2] blank; 3–389 text; [390] blank; [1] part title: PART SEVEN; [2] blank; 3–359 text; [360] blank; [361–366] ML list; [367–370] blank. (Fall 1935)Note:Firststatement retained on spring 1937 printing.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light yellowish brown (76) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with inset illustration of a hand holding aloft a book with a crown hovering over it and a German town in the background; borders in light yellowish brown, lettering in dark brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature, Thomas Mann, stands pre-eminent among living writers. His fame rests chiefly on two novels,The Magic MountainandBuddenbrooks. For more than three years,The Magic Mountain(#200) has maintained its position as one of the five best sellers on the Modern Library list. With the addition ofBuddenbrooksto the series, it is safe to predict that it will take rank with its illustrious predecessor as a book of immense popular appeal. (Fall 1935)",
            "Lowe-Porter translation originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. ML edition (pp. [7]–389; [1]–359) printed from Knopf plates. Published October 1935.WR2 November 1935. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1940.",
            "The ML paid Knopf royalties of 12 cents a copy. Second and third printings of 4,000 copies each were made in March 1937 and May 1938. The reprint contract expired on 1 July 1938, but Knopf agreed to an eighteen-month extension through 1 January 1940. The ML paid a $1,200 advance for an additional 10,000 copies and agreed to sell any remaining copies on hand within the first three months of 1940. Joseph Lesser of Knopf wrote, “Thus, you have 21 months in which to sell 10,000 copies (or more, I hope)” (Lesser to Klopfer, 17 May 1938). The first printing under the extended contract was for 6,000 copies in October 1938. The ML reported in April 1940 that the last copies had been delivered from the bindery and thatBuddenbrookswould be completely out of stock within a few weeks (Emanuel Harper to Lesser, 5 April 1940). The final royalty statement in February 1941 indicated a payment of $70.92, reflecting sales of 591 copies in excess of the 10,000 covered by the advance."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 286,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDNA FERBER",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SHOW BOAT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 35
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "286.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] SHOW BOAT | [rule] | BY | EDNA FERBER | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY | JEROME KERN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi [vii–x], [4], 1–398 [399–402].  [1–13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1926,byEDNA FERBER |Foreword copyright,1935,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1935; v–vi FOREWORD signed p. vi: Jerome Kern; [vii] biographical note; [viii] blank; [ix] dedication; [x] blank; [1] Introduction signed: E. F.; [2–3] 2-page spread headed: SHOW BOAT | BY EDNA FERBER | [left page]THE TIME:| [2 lines of text] |THE SCENE:| [19 lines of text] | [right page]THE PLAYERS:| [23 lines of text]; [4] blank; 1–398 text; [399–402] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep green (142) and strong yellow (84) on pale yellow green paper depicting the Mississippi show boatCotton Blossomat a landing with the sun setting in the distance. Signed: illegible.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Millions of people have enjoyedShow Boatin at least one of its many manifestations. First as a book it was a national best seller. As a play, a musical comedy, a weekly radio feature for three years, and, in its latest version, an operatic film,Show Boat, like the river it celebrates, rolls on forever. Now in the Modern Library series, Edna Ferber’s famous chronicle of the Mississippi summons a new audience to Captain Andy Hawks’ floating palace of entertainment. Jerome Kern, the well-known composer, provides a foreword. (Fall 1935)",
            "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. ML edition (pp. [ix]–398) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates with pp. [2–3] adapted from the original title page with the imprint removed and the title printed in smaller type. Published November 1935.WR30 November 1935. First (and probably only) printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 31 December 1940.",
            "Daniel Longwell of Doubleday, Doran asked Cerf in 1934 if Ferber’sShow BoatorSo Bigcould be included in the ML “in however small an edition” and indicated that no advance on royalties would be required. “It would help us tremendously,” he observed, “to be able to tell Edna Ferber right now that you are going to do that” (Longwell to Cerf, 4 April 1934). Cerf replied that nothing could be done during the coming season. “Our Fall Modern Library list already includes THE GREAT GATSBY, PORGY, and LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL, and that is more than enough Americana for this one installment!” (Cerf to Longwell, 9 April 1934).Show Boatappeared in the ML the following year and was discontinued five years later. Copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder mark of a star stamped on the endpaper."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 287,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "A. EDWARD NEWTON",
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1935–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 164
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "287.  First printing (1935)",
            "[within double rules] THE AMENITIES OF | BOOK-COLLECTING | AND | KINDRED AFFECTIONS | [rule] | BY | A. EDWARD NEWTON | [rule] | WITH A NEW | INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [16], [ix] x–xxvii [xxviii], [1] 2–13 [14], [2], 15–16, [2], 17–20, [2], 21–24, [2], 25–26, [2], 27–34 [35–36], [2], 37–42, [2], 43–48, [2], 49–52, [2], 53–54, [2], 55–60, [2], 61–72, [2], 73–74, [2], 75–80, [2], 81–82, [2], 83–90, [2], 91–102, [2], 103–110, [2], 111–114, [2], 115–116, [2], 117–130, [2], 131–132, [2], 133–136, [2], 137–146, [2], 147-150, [2], 151–174, [2], 175–184, [2], 185 [186], [2], 187–200, [2], 201–204, [2], 205–222, [2], 223–236, [2], 237–250, [2], 251–268, [2], 269–306, [2], 307–312, [2], 313–344, [2], 345–350, [2], 351–352, [2], 353–373 [374].  [1–14]16[15]4[16]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] blank; [4] portrait of A. Edward Newton; [5] title; [6]Copyright,1918,byA. EDWARD NEWTON | [short double rule] |Introduction copyright,1935,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1935; [7] DEDICATION; [8] blank; [9–15] INTRODUCTION signed p. [15]: [at left] “Oak Knoll” | Berwyn, Pennsylvania. |June1, 1935. | [at right] A. Edward Newton.; [16] pub. notes to the fifth and fourth editions; [ix]–xi PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION signed p. xi: A. Edward Newton |July12, 1920.; [xii] blank; [xiii]–xix ESSAY INTRODUCTORY signed p. xix: The Author. | “Oak Knoll,” | Daylesford, Pennsylvania, |April7, 1918.; [xx] blank; [xxi] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [xxii] blank; [xxiii]–xxvii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; [xxviii] blank; [1]–355 text with illustrations facing pp. [14], 16, 20, etc.; [356] blank; [357] part title: INDEX; [358] blank; [359]–373 INDEX; [374] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark blue (183) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with a facsimile of Newton’s bookplate depicting Temple Bar with a quotation from Samuel Johnson: “Sir, the biographical part of literature is what I love most”; borders in dark blue, lettering in dark brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "One need not be an expert to partake with A. Edward Newton in the most fascinating of all pursuits—the endlessly revealing search in every ramification of the merits and oddities of books and authors. A prince among bibliophiles, A. Edward Newton has wisely and wittily recorded his lifelong quest among books. The authority and the informality ofThe Amenities of Book-Collectingmade it the unanimous choice of the editors of the Modern Library as the first bibliographical volume to be welcomed into the series. (Fall 1935)",
            "Originally published by Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918; sixth impression published by Little, Brown & Co., 1929. ML edition (pp. [7], [16]–373) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the sixth impression, with the color frontispiece replaced by a black-and-white portrait of Newton and other inserted plates in the Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown edition photographically reduced and printed with the text. Published December 1935.WR14 December 1935. First printing: Probably 7,000 copies. Discontinued 31 December 1940.",
            "Cerf and Klopfer tried to secure reprint rights toThe Amenities of Book-Collectingwhen they acquired the ML, but the original edition was still selling too well for Little, Brown to consider a reprint (Cerf to Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 18 August 1925; McIntyre to Cerf, 24 August 1925). Ten years later Klopfer wrote to McIntyre: “I have just returned from a visit to Mr. A. Edward Newton’s home in Paoli where we had a grand evening talking about his projected set of Trollope. At that time I suggested that it might be a good idea to do a Modern Library edition of The Amenities of Book Collecting. He referred the matter to you and I am taking this opportunity of finding out how you feel about it” (Klopfer to McIntyre, 21 February 1935). McIntyre replied that he would be glad to consider the possibility (McIntyre to Klopfer, 25 February 1935).",
            "The Little, Brown plates were too large for the ML’s format. Cerf initially proposed resetting the text and making new plates, and he wanted Little, Brown to share the cost. He offered an advance of $750 against royalties of 10 cents a copy but indicated that the ML would pay only 7 cents a copy until the cost of the plates was recovered, after which the plates would become the property of Little, Brown (Cerf to McIntyre, 11 April 1935). McIntyre declined the offer. He didn’t think that Newton should share the cost of the plates and noted, “I figure that every sale we lose of the regular edition must be offset by a sale of at least fifty copies of your edition unless our gross profit on the book is to be lessened.” He suggested photographically reducing the pages and printing by photo-offset (McIntyre to Cerf, 12 April 1935).",
            "Cerf decided that photo-offset was practicable and agreed to pay the $750 advance against a flat 10-cent royalty. He noted that photo-offset “would be more costly than the ordinary job and I am afraid the result may not look as well, but nevertheless the result should be good enough to suit all practical purposes” (Cerf to McIntyre, 18 April 1935). The Polygraphic Co. of America quoted a total price of $792 for making the plates and printing 7,000 copies. This represented $400 for plate work, including all halftones, and $392 for press work. The cost of reprints (make-ready and press work) was quoted as $296 for 5,000 copies or $408 for 7,000 copies (Polygraphic Co. of America to Klopfer, 18 July 1935).",
            "Newton received $50 for his introduction to the ML edition. When Cerf invited him to write it, he noted that such introductions “have meant not only additional interest on the part of the book-buying public, but special attention from the entire reviewing fraternity. In other words, the new introduction gives the critic a reason for doing a brand new review of the book regardless of the fact that it is a reprint” (Cerf to Newton, 25 April 1935)."
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1936",
      "UNASSIGNED": 1936,
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The most important step in Random House’s growth as a trade publisher came in 1936 when Cerf and Klopfer acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert K. Haas. Smith and Haas had been in business for just over five years, but both men had solid experience in publishing. Smith had been an editor at Harcourt, Brace & Co., where one of his authors was Sinclair Lewis. Shortly before the Wall Street crash he joined the English publisher Jonathan Cape in establishing the firm Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith in New York. He left that firm in October 1931 to go into business with Haas, who had been a founder of the Book-of-the-Month Club and served as its president for five years. Smith and Haas published many important books, but the early 1930s was a difficult time to launch a new publishing firm and Smith and Haas remained financially insecure. When Cerf and Klopfer suggested a merger with Random House they agreed. Haas recalled the circumstances as follows:",
          "We had a small, but I think extraordinarily distinguished, list. We did everything but make money. We were not quite in the black, but it was coming; we had been doing better each year. . . . Then one day Bennett Cerf who had been an acquaintance, although not an intimate friend, of mine for some years . . . asked if we would consider merging with them, because they were anxious to get a list of trade books. . . . That appealed to me very much because I thought the Modern Library was the finest list of books of its kind in the whole world (Haas interview, “The Book-of-the-Month Club,” Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, 1954–55, pp. 963–64).",
          "The merger gave Random House a ready-made trade list that included such authors as William Faulkner, Isak Dinesen, André Malraux, Robert Graves, Maurice Hindus, Edgar Snow, and Louis Fischer. It also gave Random House a children’s department under the direction of Louise Bonino and a children’s list that included Jean de Brunhoff’s Babar books.",
          "The firm’s corporate name changed from The Modern Library, Inc., to Random House, Inc. The Modern Library became a subsidiary of its offspring. Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners of Random House. Cerf was president, Haas was vice-president, Klopfer was treasurer, and Smith was secretary. Cerf described the reorganization in a letter to Gertrude Stein:",
          "The actual structure of the new firm leaves one-third of the business belonging to me, one-third to Donald, and the other one-third to be divided between the two new partners. This means, of course, that in a pinch we will always be running the show. As a matter of fact, however, both of the new partners are not only very charming men, but are extremely competent and highly regarded by the publishing world. I am absolutely sure that everything will work out beautifully (Cerf to Stein, 28 February 1936, Random House Collection).",
          "The transition is documented in the title leaves of ML books published between January and May 1936. January and February titles include Cerf and Klopfer’s names on the title page as part of the imprint; beginning in March Cerf and Klopfer’s names are omitted from the imprint. Original ML introductions are copyrighted under the name The Modern Library, Inc., through April. Beginning in May 1936 Random House, Inc., becomes the copyright holder, and the names of all four owners are recorded on the verso of the title page (see examples under “Title Page” below).",
          "Smith remained at Random House for less than a year. The firm did not need a fourth partner, and Smith had a flair for forgetting dates and losing manuscripts that Cerf found irritating (Cerf,At Random, p. 123). He once described Smith as “the only man who ever mislaid six manuscripts simultaneously in the same desk” (Cerf, “Trade Winds,”Saturday Review of Literature, 18 April 1942, p. 20). When Smith resigned as of 1 January 1937 he commented, “I have discovered that the combined staff of both houses was so completely and fully manned on the editorial side that it did not leave enough active work for me in the future” (Harrison Smith to Fletcher Pratt, 30 December 1936, Random House Collection). He later became the publisher ofSaturday Review of Literature.",
          "After Smith’s departure Cerf, Klopfer and Haas each owned one-third of Random House and the Modern Library. Haas, who was eight years older than Cerf and twelve years older than Klopfer, remained an active partner until his retirement in 1956.",
          "The acquisition of Smith and Haas was the second of three events in the 1930s that were of major importance in the development of Random House as a trade publisher. The first was the acquisition of Eugene O’Neill and the hiring of Saxe Commins as editor in 1933 after the bankruptcy of Liveright, Inc. The third was the arrival of Lewis Miller in August 1936.",
          "Miller came to Random House from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary, where he had been sales manager and played an important role in the success of the firm’s full-sized reprints, Star Dollar Books. He moved to Random House to develop a reprint line under the resurrected Carlton House imprint, but that venture was unsuccessful and in January 1938 he became sales manager for Random House and the Modern Library. He was one of the best sales managers in the business and it was in that capacity that he played a major role in the development of Random House. He remained with the firm until his retirement in 1967. Klopfer once stated that Miller was “responsible for Random House being as big a firm as it was” (Klopfer, interview with GBN, 1 June 1977)."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Ten new titles were added and ten titles were discontinued. The number of titles in the regular ML remained stable at 213, making 1936 the first year in which the number of titles in the regular series did not increase. Six new titles were published in ML Giants series, bringing the Giants to twenty-eight titles in thirty volumes."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles except Glasgow,Barren Ground(289) and James,Portrait of a Lady(291) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).Barren Groundwas ¼ inch taller and wider to accommodate the Doubleday, Doran plates;Portrait of a Ladywas ¼ inch taller to accommodate the Houghton, Mifflin plates. All new titles were published in balloon cloth binding D with the Kent endpaper in orange. Each title was available in red, blue, green, and brown cloth with the top edge stained the same color as the binding.",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; six title pages had torchbearer A2 and four had torchbearer A3. The title pages of the January and February titles—Dostoyevsky,The Possessed(288) and Glasgow,Barren Ground(289)—have the 3-line imprint that had been used since January 1931:",
          "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas:",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "New ML titles published between May 1936 and January 1937 have the following statement on the verso of the title page, reflecting the change in the firm’s legal name from The Modern Library, Inc. to Random House, Inc. and listing all four owners:",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "IS PUBLISHED BY",
          "R A N D O M  H O U S E ,  I N C .",
          "BENNETT A. CERF        [2-line RH       ROBERT K. HAAS",
          "DONALD S. KLOPFER       device]        HARRISON SMITH"
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine. Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939 except for Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(1935) and three spring 1939 titles, all of which were published in the larger format that the ML adopted for all titles beginning fall 1939. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All but three 1936 titles except were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Dostoyevsky,The Possessed(288), James,Portrait of a Lady(291), and James,Varieties of Religious Experience(296) were published in individually designed non-pictorial jackets. The front flap of each jacket included descriptive text about the work written by Saxe Commins."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Gogol,Dead SoulsxMalraux,Man’s Fate; Giants through G27; jackets: 242.  (Fall) Malraux,Man’s FatexGraves,I, Claudius; Giants through G30; jackets: 245.Note:Titles scheduled for January publication were printed late in the preceding year; ML lists inside the jackets and at the end of the volumes are typically those of the preceding fall."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Two years after Little, Brown rejected his earlier offer to includeMutiny on the Bountyin the ML, Cerf tried again to secure reprint rights to the novel. By this time the second and third volumes of Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall’s Bounty trilogy—Men Against the SeaandPitcairn’s Island—had been published, and the motion picture version ofMutiny on the Bountystarring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable had been released. Cerf offered a $2,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for a ML edition to be published in spring 1937. He wrote, “We have discovered that by putting the first volumes of the Proust set in the Modern Library, we have boosted the sale of the complete set enormously, and I honestly believe that by makingMutiny on the Bountyavailable to a new audience, you would find the sales of the trilogy increased in exactly the same manner” (Cerf to Alfred McIntyre, Little, Brown, 5 October 1936). Little, Brown was not persuaded.",
          "Another popular book for which the ML was unable to get reprint rights was Ralph Roeder’sMan of the Renaissance, which had been published by Viking Press in 1933 (Haas to Marshall Best, Viking Press, 14 September 1936).",
          "Alfred McIntyre of Little, Brown suggested a ML edition of Louis-Ferdinand Céline’sJourney to the End of Night(McIntyre to Cerf, 10 February 1936), but the Little, Brown edition was nearly two inches taller than the ML’s format and the original plates could not have been used. Cerf responded, “Under ordinary circumstances, I would be strongly inclined to add the book to the regular Modern Library series because I think it is good enough for it, but the plate difficulty seems insurmountable” (Cerf to McIntyre, 18 March 1936). It would have been possible to photograph the Little, Brown edition, reduce the type page photographically, and print by offset lithography—as New Directions did for at least some paperback printings ofJourney to the End of Nightthree or four decades later—but in the 1930s offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing, the quality was not as good, and the ML resorted to it reluctantly. Céline’s novel never appeared in the ML.",
          "Ross G. Baker of Bobbs-Merrill suggested Robert Nathan’sWoodcutter’s House, which the firm had published in 1927. Cerf replied, “We discussed this book several times before . . . and decided that it is not sufficiently popular to warrant its inclusion in the series, despite its obvious merit. It is true that Knopf is doing a great deal of ballyhoo for Nathan these days, but unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be doing very much for his older titles” (Cerf to Baker, 4 August 1936).",
          "Raymond Healy, who had been hired in 1935 as the ML’s sales representative on the West Coast, suggested that the ML publish a cookbook. Cerf replied, “We have thought of putting a cookbook in the Modern Library, but decided that we had better stick more to the literary line . . . and let people like Blue Ribbon and Star Dollar do cookbooks and the like” (Cerf to Healy, 3 April 1936; underlining in original). Around the same time Healy reported that “the trade is now asking us for an Emerson in the Modern Library. Personally, I think the old Gent was a stick in the mud but I relay the request to you anyhow” (Healy to Cerf, 6 April 1936). The ML published Emerson’sComplete Essays and Other Writings(334) in 1940."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Dostoyevsky,The Possessed(1936)  288",
          "Glasgow,Barren Ground(1936)  289",
          "Gogol,Dead Souls(1936)  290",
          "James,Portrait of a Lady(1936)  291",
          "Trollope,The Warden & Barchester Towers(1936–1940);Barchester Towers & The Warden(1940– )  292",
          "Horace,Complete Works(1936)  293",
          "Malraux,Man’s Fate(1936)  294",
          "Richardson,Maurice Guest(1936)  295",
          "James,Varieties of Religious Experience(1936)  296",
          "Thackeray,History of Henry Esmond(1936)  297"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Balzac,Short Stories(1918)",
          "Baudelaire,Prose and Poetry(1919)",
          "Cabell,Beyond Life(1923)",
          "D’Annunzio,Flame of Life(1918)",
          "Douglas,Old Calabria(1928)",
          "Mencken,Selected Prejudices(1930)",
          "Pennell,Art of Whistler(1928)",
          "Rodin,Art of Rodin(1918)",
          "Sudermann,Dame Care(1918)",
          "Turgenev,Smoke(1920)"
        ]
      },
      "HEAD": [
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 288,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE POSSESSED",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 55
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "288a.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] THE POSSESSED | [rule] | BY | FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | WITH A FOREWORD BY | AVRAHM YARMOLINSKY | AND A TRANSLATION OF THE | HITHERTO-SUPPRESSED CHAPTER | “AT TIHON’S” | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–736 [737–738].  [1–23]16[24]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D15; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1936,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; v–ix FOREWORD signed p. ix:July, 1935.  Avrahm Yarmolinsky; [x] blank; xi epigraphs from Pushkin and Luke 8:32–37; [xii] blank; xiii–xiv CONTENTS; [1] part title: PART ONE; [2] blank; 3–688 text; [689] part title: SUPPLEMENT | AT TIHON’S | STAVROGIN’S CONFESSION; [690] NOTE signedA. Y.; 691–730 text; [731] part title: VARIANT READINGS; [732] blank; 733–736 text; [737–738] blank.",
            "Jacket: Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with decorative dot in deep reddish orange and black; borders and three lines of text in deep reddish orange, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The third novel by Dostoyevsky to be included in the Modern Library series . . .The Possessedhas the distinction of appearing as a first American edition, in that it contains a hitherto-suppressed chapter. Avrahm Yarmolinsky, who provides a foreword and the translation of the newly discovered chapter, explains the political reasons for the suppression and the manner in which the original was released from the Russian archives. The translation of the novel is by Constance Garnett. (Fall 1935)",
            "Garnett translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1913. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published January 1936.WR25 January 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1990.",
            "The Possessedsold 5,350 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it at the top of the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales increased significantly by the early 1950s. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 6,218 copies, placing it solidly in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles and twenty-sixth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML. Sales totaled 95,003 copies by spring 1958.",
            "ML sales of other Dostoyevsky titles during the 1951–52 period are as follows:The Brothers Karamazov(12,124 copies: combined total of regular and ML Giant editions),Crime and Punishment(10,943 copies), andThe Idiot(4,192 copies).",
            "288b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "The Possessed |byFYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY |translated from the Russian byCONSTANCE GARNETT |with a foreword byAVRAHM YARMOLINSKY | AND A TRANSLATION OF THE HITHERTO- | SUPPRESSED CHAPTER “AT TIHON’S” | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 288a.",
            "Contents as 288a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 288a.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]24[12]32[13]16.  Contents as 288b except: [iv] line 2 added: AND RENEWED, 1963, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [737–738] ML Giants list.  (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with front of jacket divided diagonally with lower portion in dark green; lettering on upper portion in black with title on diagonal axis; lettering and torchbearer in reverse on lower portion with statement of responsibility on diagonal axis. Front flap as 288a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in moderate orange (53) and black on yellowish gray paper; lettering in black on upper and lower portions, torchbearer in reverse. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in greenish gray (155), dark grayish brown (62), moderate green (145), grayish reddish brown (46), moderate reddish brown (43) and black on coated white paper depicting eight faces clutched in a large hand against background in greenish gray and dark grayish brown; title in reverse, other lettering in black. Signed: O’Toole. Front flap as 288a. (Fall 1951) Front flap reset with last sentence revised: “The translation of the main text of this searching political and philosophical novel is by Constance Garnett.” (Fall 1953)",
            "288c.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 288b through line 4; lines 5–8: [torchbearer M at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 288a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 288b variant except: [737–738] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in very dark red (17) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Possessedwas written between 1870 and 1872, years in which the just-beginning Russian revolutionary movement first exploded in acts of violence. The actual murder of a member of a revolutionary circle by his fellow conspirators first gave Dostoyevsky the idea for the book in which he turned against the radicals and socialists with whom he had earlier identified. As Avrahm Yarmolinsky observes in his Foreword, “The Possessedtestifies to the fact that Dostoyevsky was not without some insight into the nature of the upheaval from which he was separated by nearly half a century.” Revolution, however, is not the sole theme of this novel, rich in insight, imaginative power and strongly drawn characters, which ranks with Dostoyevsky’s major works.",
            "Published fall 1977 at $6.95.  ISBN 0-394-60441-5.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dostoyevsky,Poor People(1917–1934)  10",
            "Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(1929–1971)  171; (Giant, 1937– )  G34; (Illus ML, 1943–1949)  IML 2",
            "Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(1932– )  228; (Illus ML, 1944)  IML 10",
            "Dostoyevsky,The Idiot(Giant, 1942–1972; 1983–1986)  G60",
            "Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(Illus ML, 1944–1950)  IML 10",
            "Dostoevsky,Best Short Stories(1955–1971; 1979– )  479*",
            "*All ML editions used the spelling Dostoyevsky exceptBest Short Storieswhich uses the spelling Dostoevsky. In recent decades “Dostoevsky” has become the most common transliteration of the author’s name in English-language editions of his works. “Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881” remains the “authorized form” used in library catalogs to collocate the nearly 50 variant spellings that have been used to represent the author’s name in the Roman alphabet (OCLC, Library of Congress Name Authority Record n79029930."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 289,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ELLEN GLASGOW",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "BARREN GROUND",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1948",
            "ML_NUMBER": 25
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "289a.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] BARREN GROUND | [rule] | BY | ELLEN GLASGOW | [rule] | WITH A PREFACE | BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–526 [527–530].  [1–16]16[17–18]8. 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (174 x 115 mm)",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D15; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1925, 1933,byELLEN GLASGOW | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; [iii] biographical note and bibliography; [iv] blank; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–ix Preface signed p. ix: Ellen Glasgow. | Richmond, Virginia, January, 1933.; [x] blank; [xi] Contents; [xii] blank; [1] part title: Part First | BROOMSEDGE |A girl in an orange-coloured shawl. . . .; [2] blank; 3–526 text; [527–530] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on cream paper with inset black-and-white illustration of a farm house surrounded by fields; background in vivid reddish orange with rules and lettering in reverse except title in reverse bordered in black. Signed: GF(?).",
            "Front flap:",
            "In selecting the first novel by Ellen Glasgow to be included in the Modern Library series, the editors’ choice was inevitablyBarren Ground. Of the score of distinguished books from her pen, none so completely reveals her powers as a novelist. None depicts so poignantly and unforgettably the social history of the South. Dorinda Oakley, the central character, is considered by everyone, including Miss Glasgow herself, the supreme achievement of the writer who has given to the world such notable novels asBarren GroundandVein of Iron. (Spring 1936)",
            "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925. New bibliographical edition with a preface by the author published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1933, as part of the Old Dominion Edition of the Works of Ellen Glasgow. ML edition (pp. [v]–526) printed from Old Dominion Edition plates. Published February 1936.WR7 March 1936. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1948.",
            "The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "Barren Groundsold 3,743 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "289b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] | BARREN | GROUND | BY | ELLEN | GLASGOW | WITH A PREFACE BY | THE AUTHOR | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 289a.  [1–17]16",
            "Contents as 289a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1925, 1933, BY ELLEN GLASGOW.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid moderate reddish brown background. Front flap as 289a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 290,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "NIKOLAI GOGOL",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "DEAD SOULS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 40
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "290.1a.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] DEAD SOULS | [rule] | BY | NIKOLAI GOGOL | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY CLIFFORD ODETS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [1–10] 11–275 [276]; [5–6] 7–265 [266–270].  [1–16]16[17–18]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [1] title; [2]Copyright,1923,byMrs. Edward Garnett |Introduction Copyright,1936,by| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; [3–6] INTRODUCTION |ByClifford Odets dated p. [6]: January, 1936.; [7–8] TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE; [9] part title: VOLUME ONE | BOOK ONE; [10] blank; 11–275 text; [276] blank; [5] part title: VOLUME TWO | BOOK ONE; [6] blank; 7–265 text; [266–270] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in strong purplish blue (196) and black on light yellowish brown paper with inset illustration of a Russian official holding a notebook and addressing a man with bowed head; borders in strong purplish blue, title in reverse against illustration, other lettering in black. Signed: Cassens.",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is almost a hundred years sinceDead Soulswas written. During that time it has made a permanent place for itself in the world’s literature beside such books asGulliver’s TravelsandDon Quixote. To the Russian, whatever his political allegiance may be,Dead Soulsis more than a satire that flays the weakness of the Slavic character; it is the enduring symbol of a people that neither tyranny nor revolution can change. Gogol’s masterpiece lends new distinction to the Modern Library list. (Spring 1936)",
            "Constance Garnett translation originally published in U.S. as vols. 1–2 ofThe Collected Works of Nikolay Gogolby Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. ML edition (290.1, pp. [7]–275; [5]–265) printed from Knopf plates with page numerals removed from translator’s preface. Published March 1936.WR28 March 1936. First printing: 5,000 copies. Superseded 1965 by Guerney translation (290.2).",
            "Herschel Brickell, head of the trade department at Henry Holt & Co., asked in 1931 whyDead Soulswasn’t in the ML. Klopfer replied, “Dead Souls isn’t in the Modern Library yet because we haven’t got around to it. I think you’re right; it should be there” (Brickell to Cerf, undated; Klopfer to Brickell, 3 March 1931). The ML edition was published five years later.",
            "The ML edition (290.1) was translated by Constance Garnett. Garnett was named on the title page of other classics of Russian literature published in the ML before the 1960s. The only clue to the translator’s identity inDead Soulsis the copyright notice on the verso of the title page, where she is identified as “Mrs. Edward Garnett.” Odets received $50 for the introduction (Cerf to Odets, 16 January 1936).",
            "Dead Soulssold 3,557 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "290.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "DEAD | SOULS | BY | NIKOLAI | GOGOL | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CLIFFORD ODETS | [torchbearer D6] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 290.1a.  [1–17]16",
            "Contents as 290.1a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY MRS. EDWARD GARNETT | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1936, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "JacketB1:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel; background in very deep red with series and torchbearer in reverse at foot. Front flap as 290.1a. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket B2:As jacket A except in grayish red (19) and gray. Front flap as 290.1a except first sentence revised, “It is a hundred years . . .” and last sentence rewritten: “Gogol’s masterpiece mirrors the nature of the Russian people with far more authority than Tsarist or Soviet spokesmen or writers could succeed in doing.” (Spring 1957)",
            "290.2a.  Guerney translation (1965)",
            "DEAD SOULS | [swelled rule] | Nicholai V. Gogol | [ornaments] |Translated from the Russian,|and with a Foreword, by| BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY |Thoroughly Revised,|with Additional New Material,|Constituting the Present Translation|the Nearest Approach to a Comprehensive Version|in Any Language| [torchbearer J] |The Modern Library|New York",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xxvi, [1–3] 4–549 [550].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1965 | COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY THE READERS CLUB; 1944, BY THE LIMITED | EDITIONS CLUB, © 1965, BY BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY; [v] translator’s dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–xxiv TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD signed p. xxiv:At the Sign of the Blue Faun| 1942; 1948; 1964. | Bernard Guilbert Guerney; [xxv]–xxvi CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–517 text; [518] blank; [519]–522 TO THE READER FROM | THE AUTHOR |Foreword to the Second Edition of Volume One; [523]–526 A GLOSSARY OF NAME | MEANINGS; [527]–544 ADDENDA AND VARIANTS; [545]–549 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [550] blank.",
            "Jacket C1:Pictorial in strong yellow green (117), vivid orange (48), light orange (52), dark brown (59), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of two men standing next to a horse-drawn cart; background in strong yellow green with lettering in black; spine with title and author in vivid orange on inset black panel. Designed by Warren Chappell; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Since its publication in 1842Dead Soulshas made a permanent place for itself in the world’s literature beside such books asGulliver’s TravelsandDon Quixote. Gogol’s epic laughter, his grotesque realism and relentless satire have created a triumphant masterpiece that is an enduring symbol of the Russian character.",
            "Bernard Guilbert Guerney’s brilliant translation includes the seldom-printed second volume ofDead Souls, which Gogol left unfinished. Mr. Guerney has also provided notes, a glossary and an introduction.",
            "Guerney translation originally published by the Readers Club, 1942, and Limited Editions Club, 1944. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1965.WR12 April 1965. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Guerney revised his translation for the ML and included material not in earlier editions. The Guerney translation was also published in MLCE, summer 1965.",
            "290.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 290.2a except line 13: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 290.",
            "Contents as 290.2a, includingFirststatement on p. [iv].",
            "Jacket C2:Enlarged version of 290.2a except in strong greenish yellow (99), deep reddish orange (36), moderate reddish orange (37), dark brown (59), and grayish reddish brown (46) on coated white paper; background in strong greenish yellow with lettering and Fujita “ml” symbol in dark brown; spine lettering in dark brown against strong greenish yellow background.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Gogol,Collected Tales and Plays(1969–1971)  G115"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 291,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY JAMES",
            "TEXT": [
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1973; 1983–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 107
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "291.1a.First printing(1936)",
            "[within double rules] THE PORTRAIT OF | A LADY | [rule] | BY | HENRY JAMES | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], 1–427 [428]; [2], 1–437 [438].  [1–26]16[27–28]8[29]6. 6⅞ x 4⅜ in. (174 x 111 mm)",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D15; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1881,byHENRY JAMES, JR. |Copyright,1909,byHENRY JAMES | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] part title: THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY | IN TWO VOLUMES | VOLUME I; [8] blank; 1–[428] text; [1] part title: THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY | Volume II; [2] blank; 1–[438] text.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 291.a except: [438–442].  [1–27]16[28]8. Contents as 291.1a except: [4]Firststatement omitted; [439–442] blank. (Fall 1937 jacket)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in light yellowish brown (76) and deep brown (56) on cream paper with rules and lettering in deep brown against light yellowish brown background; inset diagonal panel in the form of a note in Cerf’s handwriting pinned to the jacket: “Required Reading in Almost Every University Course in American Literature!”",
            "Front flap:",
            "The widespread revival of interest in the novels of Henry James provides the editors of the Modern Library with the opportunity of fulfilling a long-cherished plan to issueThe Portrait of a Lady. Confronted with an embarrassment of riches in making a choice among so many novels, this selection was made because it most completely embodies the spirit and substance of Henry James’ unique gifts. The recognition given him by discriminating readers during the last part of the nineteenth century promises to be renewed in the twentieth. (Spring 1936)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1881. ML edition (291.1, pp. [7]–[428]; [1]–[438]) printed from Houghton Mifflin plates. Published April 1936.WR25 April 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74. Reissued 1983.",
            "WhenDaisy Miller & An International Episode(60) was discontinued in 1934, the ML was left with a single James volume,Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master(189). Klopfer then contacted Houghton Mifflin: “It occurred to me that it is just about time for us to get a decent Henry James title in the Modern Library.” He expressed interest inThe Portrait of a LadyorThe Tragic Museprovided the plates fit the ML’s format and offered royalties of 10 cents a copy (Klopfer to Robert Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, 6 June 1934). Linscott replied that nothing could be done for a year. Houghton Mifflin had just concluded “a long and difficult negotiation” with the James family to bring out a less expensive edition ofThe Portrait of a Lady, and Ferris Greenslet, general manager of the trade department, did not want to undertake another campaign just then (Linscott to Klopfer, 11 June 1934).",
            "Three years after the ML edition was published, Linscott showed Klopfer the Houghton Mifflin sales figures forThe Portrait of a Ladyfor the preceding twelve years (Linscott to Klopfer, 23 May 1939). The figures illustrate the effect of the ML edition on sales of the original publisher’s edition: 510 copies (1927), 509 copies (1928), 400 copies (1929), 402 copies (1930), 309 copies (1931), 192 copies (1932), 112 copies (1933), 155 copies (1934), 158 copies (1935), 93 copies (1936, when the ML edition appeared), 82 copies (1937), 89 copies (1938).",
            "The Portrait of a Ladysold 4,308 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales increased by the early 1950s. It sold 5,345 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it thirty-ninth out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "291.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | PORTRAIT | OF | A LADY | BY | HENRY JAMES | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 291.1a variant.  [1–26]16[27]8[28]16",
            "Contents as 291.1a variant except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY HENRY JAMES, JR. | COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY HENRY JAMES. (Fall 1947 jacket)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in bluish gray (191) and black on coated white paper with silhouette in black of woman’s head at right and smaller profile drawing of woman’s head at left within rule frame; background in bluish gray with title in reverse and (where overlapping silhouette) bluish gray, author in bluish gray, other lettering in black. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 291.1a. (Fall 1947)",
            "291.1c.  Millett introduction added (1951)",
            "The Portrait | of a Lady | By HENRY JAMES | [ornament: dove and olive branch] |Introduction by FRED B. MILLETT|Professor of English and Director of the Honors College|Wesleyan University| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxvii [xxxviii], [2], 1–427 [428]; [2], 1–437 [438–442].  [1–27]16[28]8[29]16",
            "Contents as 291.1a variant except: [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1881, by Henry James, Jr.|Copyright, 1909, by Henry James|Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxxv INTRODUCTION | By Fred B. Millett; xxxvi–xxxvii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxxviii] blank; [1–2] as 291.1a, pp. [7–8].",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 291.1c except: [i–v] vi–xxxvii.  [1]16[2–13]32[14]8[15]32[16]16. Contents as 291.1c except: [v]–xxxv INTRODUCTION . . . ; [439–440] ML Giants list; [441] American College Dictionary advertisement; [442] blank. (Spring 1959)Note:Page numeral “v” removed from plates.",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY HENRY JAMES, JR. | COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY HENRY JAMES | COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [439–440] ML Giants list; [441–442] blank. (Spring 1965)",
            "Jacket:As 291.1b except in yellowish gray (93) instead of bluish gray. Front flap reset with last seven words replaced by the following: “. . . grew through the first half of the twentieth and bids fair to be increased considerably in the second.” (Spring 1955)",
            "Originally published with Millett’s introduction and bibliography in MLCE, 1951, and subsequently in the regular ML. Stein offered Millett $200 to write an introduction of 3,000–5,000 words (Stein to Millett, 28 June 1950). Millett submitted an essay two-and-a-half times the length requested and indicated that Stein could cut it (Millett to Stein, 3 October 1950). The first part was a sketch of James’s life and works, the second part provided an account of the writing of the novel and James’s opinion of it at various times, and the third part consisted of a critical discussion of the work in light of James’s own criteria and the expectations of the modern reader. Both Stein and Linscott (who had moved to RH from Houghton Mifflin in 1944) were enthusiastic about the introduction but thought it had to be cut. Stein suggested leaving part 3 largely as it stood, cutting part 1 from 3,000 to 1,000 words, and eliminating most of part 2. He urged Millett to publish the entire essay in a journal likeKenyon RevieworSewanee Review(Millett to Stein, 3 October 1950; Millett to Stein 12 October 1950; Stein to Millett, 25 October 1950).",
            "Millett does not appear to have published the complete version of his essay. His introduction to the ML edition is the only entry by Millett recorded in Marion Richmond, “Henry James’sThe Portrait of a Lady: A Bibliography of Primary Material and Annotated Criticism,”Henry James Review7 (Winter–Spring 1986, pp. 164–195).",
            "291.2a.  Text reset; offset printing (1966)",
            "[left page of 2-page spread]Preface to the New York Edition|by Henry James|Introduction by Fred B. Millett|Professor Emeritus of English, Wesleyan University|The Modern Library  New York| [torchbearer J] | [right page of 2-page spread] THE | PORTRAIT | OF | A | LADY | [decorative rule] |Henry James",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xlii, [1–3] 4–595 [596–598].  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii–iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1881, by Henry James, Jr.|Copyright, 1909, by Henry James|Copyright, 1951, © 1966, by Random House, Inc.; [v]–xxviINTRODUCTION|by Fred B. Millett; [xxvii]–xliiPREFACE|by Henry James; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–591 text; [592] blank; [593]–595BIBLIOGRAPHY; [596] blank; [597–598] ML Giants list. (Fall 1966)",
            "Jacket:Fujita jacket in deep orange yellow (69), strong red (12), dark grayish brown (62) and black on coated white paper with author and title in deep orange yellow and strong red within an oval picture frame in dark grayish brown highlighted in deep orange yellow; other lettering in black, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Portrait of a Ladywas first published in 1881. The text reprinted here is the final version, revised by James for the definitive New York Edition of his works.",
            "The Portrait of a Ladyis considered James’s first major novel. It is his most thorough and finest exploration to that time of a theme that held his imagination: the impact of the older European civilization on the American character. In Isabel Archer, the American girl who “affronts her destiny” in Europe, James created one of the more enduring and subtle literary portrayals of women.The Portraitis recognized as a triumph of James’s method of psychological realism.",
            "Millett’s introduction and bibliography are revised, and James’s preface is added.",
            "291.2b  Reissue format; Millett introduction and bibliography dropped (1983)",
            "HENRY JAMES | [2-line title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] THE PORTRAIT | OF A LADY | [below panel] THE NEW YORK EDITION | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–v] vi–xx, [1–3] 4–591 [592–594].  Perfect bound.",
            "[1–2] blank; [i] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of a woman in hat; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] SECOND MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | May 1983 | Copyright © 1951, 1966 by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1979 by Random House, Inc.; [v]–xxPREFACE|by Henry James; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–591 text; [592] blank; [593] biographical note; [594] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on kraft paper with inset woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of woman in hat.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Regarded by F. R. Leavis as the greatest achievement in the whole of James’s work,The Portrait of a Ladyexplores a theme and moral dilemma that captivated James’s imagination: the perilous allure of the older European civilization and its impact on the American character. Through the finely drawn figure of Isabel Archer, “a certain young woman affronting her destiny” in Europe, and his mastery of interpersonal relationships to objectify her maturing moral sense, James has produced a triumph of psychological realism that fulfills his own demands of the art form by being both “interesting” and “amusing.” In an exquisite prose style—sensitive, subtle, and perfectly controlled—The Portrait of a Ladyis one of the most enduring representations of women in Western literature, and ranks as one of the finest novels written in the English language.",
            "The Portrait of a Ladywas first published in 1881. The text reprinted here is the final version, revised by James for the definitive New York Edition of his works in 1908, and includes his famous Preface.",
            "Published spring 1983 at $8.95.  ISBN 0–394–60432–6.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "James,Daisy Miller; An International Episode(1918–1934)  60",
            "James,Turn of the Screw(1930–1971)  189",
            "James,Wings of the Dove(1946‑1969)  389",
            "James,Short Stories(1948–1970)  G75",
            "James,Washington Square(1950–1970)  427",
            "James,The Bostonians(1956–1970)  480"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 292,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANTHONY TROLLOPE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  BARCHESTER TOWERS & THE WARDEN.  1940–1971.  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE WARDEN & BARCHESTER TOWERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 41
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "292a.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] THE WARDEN | AND | BARCHESTER TOWERS | [rule] | BY | ANTHONY TROLLOPE | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | A. EDWARD NEWTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–746 [747–754].  [1–24]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1936,by| RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: A. EDWARD NEWTON, | Founder of The Trollope Society, | 501 North 19th Street, | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | March 1st, 1936.; [x] blank; xi–xiv CONTENTS; [1] part title: THE WARDEN; [2] blank; 3–199 text; [200] blank; [201] part title: BARCHESTER TOWERS; [202] blank; 203–746 text; [747–751] ML list; [752] ML Giants list; [753–754] blank. (Spring 1936)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136) and black on cream paper depicting a stone bridge over a river with trees and cathedral in background; borders in moderate yellowish green, lettering in black except “and the WARDEN” in reverse against moderate yellowish green background. Jacket title: Barchester Towers and The Warden. Signed: illegible.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The only quarrel among Trollope enthusiasts revolves around the preference betweenBarchester TowersandThe Warden. The editors of the Modern Library serve both factions by including the two novels in a single volume, not so much to placate the embattled Trollopians, but becauseBarchester Towersis, by the author’s own intention, inseparable fromThe Warden, and is its sequel. A. Edward Newton, author ofThe Amenities of Book-Collectingand founder of The Trollope Society, contributes a glowing introduction to this volume. (Spring 1936)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published May 1936.WR16 May 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Cerf wrote to Newton after the announcement of ML’s spring list: “I am amazed and delighted at the interest that has been evinced at the mere announcement of the first Trollope title in our Modern Library series. We have announced the book for May publication, but it seems if we can get it ready five or six weeks before that time, we may be able to bag a few big school orders for the book. Accordingly, I would esteem it a tremendous personal favor if you could get your foreword over to us in the course of the next two weeks – that is, before the first of February. This would enable us to manufacture the book in time to get all the orders that are floating about” (Cerf to Newton, 14 January 1936). Newton submitted his introduction by 1 February, and the ML edition was published a few weeks before the customary publication date of the 25th of the month.",
            "The Trollope Society was dedicated to making Trollope’s novels readily accessible in small, well-printed, inexpensive volumes. Newton hoped that an acknowledgment to the Society could appear on the title page. It appeared instead on the copyright page: “THE WARDEN and BARCHESTER TOWERS are published under the patronage of The Trollope Society” (p. [iv]). Klopfer expressed the hope that the ML edition would be the first of a Trollope Society series (Klopfer to Newton, 12 March 1936). But sales were disappointing and no further works by Trollope were added to the series untilThe Way We Live Now(639) appeared in 1984.",
            "Barchester Towers & The Wardensold 3,196 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "292b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "Barchester Towers | AND | The Warden | BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE |With an introduction byA. EDWARD NEWTON | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 292a.",
            "Contents as 292a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1936, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [747–751] ML list; [752–753] ML Giants list; [754] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 292a in deep yellowish green (132) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse except “Barchester Towers” in black, all against deep yellowish green background. Front flap as 292a. (Fall 1940)",
            "292c.  Hatcher introduction added (1950)",
            "Barchester Towers |AND| The Warden | BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE | WITH AN INTRODUCTION |By Harlan Hatcher| VICE PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–746 [747–748].  [1–24]16",
            "Contents as 292a except: [ii] blank; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xiii INTRODUCTION | By Harlan Hatcher; [xiv] blank; xv BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xvi] blank; xvii–xx CONTENTS; [747–748] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 292b with front flap slightly revised and reference to Newton introduction retained. (Spring 1954)",
            "Printings with Hatcher introduction originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Hatcher received $150 for the introduction (Stein to Hatcher, 2 February 1950). Stein initially asked Gordon S. Haight of Yale University to write the introduction. Haight declined on the grounds that he didn’t have time, but he strongly urged that George Eliot’sMiddlemarchbe added to the ML and indicated that he would write an introduction to that (Haight to Stein, 26 January 1950). Haight suggested that Stein contact his colleague Chauncey B. Tinker, but Tinker also declined, as did Mary Ellen Chase (Stein to Tinker, 26 January 1950; Tinker to Stein, 27 January 1950; Stein to Chase, 27 January 1950). Hatcher was the fourth person that Stein contacted.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Trollope,Eustace Diamonds(1947–1959)  399",
            "Trollope,The Way We Live Now(1984– )  639"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 293,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HORACE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF HORACE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 141
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "293a.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] THE COMPLETE WORKS | OF | HORACE | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CASPER J. KRAEMER, JR. | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx, [1–2] 3–412.  [1–13]16[14]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D15; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1936,by| RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; [v] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION | by Casper J. Kraemer, Jr.; xiii–xx CONTENTS; [1] part title: Conversation Pieces | (Satires); [2] blank; 3–83 text; [84] blank; [85] part title: Refrains | (Epodes); [86] blank; 87–124 text; [125] part title: Poems | (Odes); [126] blank; 127–301 text; [302] blank; [303] part title: Letters in Verse | (Epistles); [304] blank; 305–387 text; [388] blank; [389] part title: Jubilee Hymn | (Carmen Saeculare); [390] blank; 391–394 text; [395] part title: The Art of Poetry; [396] blank; 397–412 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) and black on cream paper depicting Horace seated in forum; borders in moderate reddish brown, lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The inclusion ofThe Complete Works of Horacein the Modern Library series carries forward the policy of issuing the classic writers of antiquity, as well as the best works of their successors, including our own contemporaries, in editions that are notable for their completeness and scholarship. This volume contains all the satires, odes, epodes, epistles, hymns and the essayThe Art of Poetry. The translations were chosen for their fidelity and for their retention of the gay and ebullient spirit of Quintus Horatius Flaccus. (Spring 1936)",
            "Original ML collection. Published June 1936.WR27 June 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Kraemer, a professor at New York University, proposed the Horace volume. He asked for an advance of $100 and royalties at the standard sliding scale for trade books of 10 to 15 percent (Kraemer to Cerf, 20 June 1935). Cerf agreed to the advance but indicated that the ML could only pay royalties of 5 percent (Cerf to Kraemer, 25 June 1935). Kraemer accepted these terms.The Complete Works of Horacereprinted 29 pages fromHorace and English Versetranslated by Alexander Murison, which was copyrighted by Longmans, Green & Co. in the British Empire but not in the United States. Cerf requested permission to use the material, but Longmans, Green wanted a fee of twenty guineas. This was more than Cerf was prepared to pay, so the ML used the material without permission. He told Longmans, Green that the ML would confine distribution to the United States and Canada. Longmans, Green asked its Canadian office to stop imports into Canada. T. F. Pike of the Longmans, Green Toronto office wrote to Hugh Eayrs of the Macmillan Co. of Canada, the ML’s Canadian distributors, so that he could “advise London my duty has been done” (Pike to Eayrs, 30 November 1936). Eayrs passed his letter along to Cerf.",
            "The Complete Works of Horacesold 2,730 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. Sales totaled 44,171 copies by spring 1958.",
            "293b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF | HORACE | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CASPER J. KRAEMER, JR. | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 293a.",
            "Contents as 293a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1936, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 293a. Contents as 293b except: [iv] line 2 added: COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1963, BY RUTH I. KRAEMER.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark purplish blue (201) and dark gray (266) on cream paper with title in reverse on dark purplish blue panel at upper left; other lettering in dark gray. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 293a. (Fall 1940)",
            "293c.  Title page reset; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF | HORACE | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CASPAR J. KRAEMER, JR. | [torchbearer K] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 293a.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]24[7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 293b variant.",
            "Jacket:As 293b except in vivid purplish blue (194) and black on coated white paper.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This volume contains all the satires, odes, epodes, epistles, hymns, and the essayThe Art of Poetry. For centuries, poets and scholars have made new translations of the poems and prose of Horace. The ones in this volume, which include translations by Ben Jonson and Samuel Johnson, were chosen for their fidelity and for their retention of the gay, ebullient spirit of Quintus Horatius Flaccus."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 294,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANDRÉ MALRAUX",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "MAN’S FATE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 33
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "294a.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] MAN’S FATE | (LA CONDITION HUMAINE) | [rule] | BY | ANDRÉ MALRAUX | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | HAAKON M. CHEVALIER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], 1–360.  [1–10]16[11]8[12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1934,byHARRISON SMITH AND | ROBERT HAAS, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [7–8] CONTENTS; 1–4 Translator’s Introduction signed p. 4: H. M. C.; [5] Principal Characters; [6] blank; [7] part title: Part One; [8] blank; 9–360 text.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting two Chinese soldiers with howitzer; borders and title in deep reddish orange, other lettering in black. Signed: Cassens.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No writer of our time has so vividly dramatized the living spirit of revolution, nor so completely identified himself with the struggle for a new social order as André Malraux.Man’s Fate, dealing with the 1925–1927 uprising in China, is, indeed, more than a novel of the fierce conflicts that tore a vast country asunder; it is a revelation of man’s courage and heroism in the face of imminent annihilation. Winner of the Goncourt Prize for 1933,Man’s Fateestablished André Malraux as one of the leading novelists of France and the world. (Fall 1936)",
            "Chevalier translation originally published by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934, two years before Random House acquired the firm. ML edition (294a, pp. [7]–360) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Smith and Haas edition with page numerals “v–vi” removed from contents pages; 294b–c (pp. v–360) printed letterpress from Smith and Haas/RH plates; 294d printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Smith and Haas edition. Published September 1936.WR26 September 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74. Published in Vintage Books, February 1969.",
            "Man’s Fatewas the first Smith and Haas title added to the ML after Cerf and Klopfer absorbed the firm in April 1936.",
            "The Smith and Haas edition measured 8⅜ x 5¾ inches with a type page of 6⅜ by 3⅝ inches. The plates were far too large for the ML’s 6½ x 4¼ inch format. To includeMan’s Fatein the series the ML would either have to reset the text and make new letterpress plates or photograph a clean copy of the Smith and Haas edition, reduce the type page photographically, and print by offset lithography. The quality of offset lithographic printing in the 1930s was inferior to letterpress and the cost of each print run was higher, but photographing an existing book was significantly cheaper than making a new typesetting. There were at least two printings of 294a from offset plates, including a September 1939 printing of 3,000 copies.",
            "The introduction of the larger ML format in fall 1939 made it possible, with uncomfortably narrow margins, to use the original letterpress plates for subsequent ML printings (294b–c). With a top margin that averaged about ¼ in. (6 mm), letterpress printings in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s were not examples of fine bookmaking. The ML reverted to offset lithography in 1964 (294d) after the cost of offset printing dropped below that of letterpress.Man’s Fateis the only ML title to have been printed initially by offset lithography, then by letterpress, and again by offset lithography. The type pages of 294d are photographically reduced from an early Smith and Haas printing, making printings of 294d superior to earlier ML printings in terms of comfortable margins and freshness of the type.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 5 cents a copy, either directly to Malraux or to Gallimard, the French publisher ofLa Condition humaine.",
            "Man’s Fatesold 3,376 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles.Man’s Hope(G56), Malraux’s other novel in the ML, sold 2,143 copies during the same period.Man’s Fatedid not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "294b.  Title page reset; letterpress printing (c. 1941)",
            "MAN’S | FATE | (LA CONDITION HUMAINE) | BY | ANDRÉ MALRAUX | TRANSLATED BY | HAAKON M. CHEVALIER | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–vi, 1–360.  [1–11]16[12]8",
            "Contents as 294a except: [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC.; [iii] biographical note and bibliography; [iv] blank; v–vi CONTENTS.",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in bluish green (165) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid bluish green background. Front flap as 294a. (Fall 1942)",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), very dark greenish blue (175) and medium gray (265) on coated white paper with lettering in brilliant yellow and reverse against a checkerboard pattern of four panels in medium gray and very dark greenish blue. Signed: Meek. Front flap as 294a. (Spring 1946)",
            "294c.  Chevalier introduction dropped (1954)",
            "Title as 294b.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [5–8] 9–360 [361–366].  [1–10]16[11]8[12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC.; v–vi CONTENTS; [5]–360 as 294a; [361–366] ML list. (Spring 1954)",
            "Variant: Pp. [i–iv] v [vi], [5–8] 9–360 [361–366].  Collation as 294c.  Contents as 294c except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC. | RENEWED, 1961, BY | RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; v–[vi] CONTENTS  (Fall 1962)Note:Battered page numeral “vi” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket B2:As 294b jacket B. Front flap reset with additional sentence at end: “Since then he has had a dramatic and distinguished career as a soldier and leader in the Resistance movement during World War Two, as a strong political voice in France and as an eminent art historian.” (Spring 1954)",
            "Jacket C:As jacket A except in deep yellowish pink (27) in place of brilliant yellow, black in place of very dark greenish blue, and light grayish yellowish brown (79) in place of medium gray. (Fall 1960)",
            "Chevalier’s introduction was written for the Smith and Haas edition. Its rhetorical style and point of view seemed uncomfortably dated by the 1950s:",
            "In this book one grasps the profound meaning of the revolutionary impulse in terms of individuals. One understands here why no setbacks, no defeats, no slaughters can ever kill the undying flame which is burning in the hearts of men all over the world, which is spreading, working its way on the surface and underground, through a thousand channels, flaring up sporadically, always growing, always more vigorous and irrepressible, with the force of life itself. . . .",
            "There are many of us today who ask of a work of art more than beauty of form and substance. We are in the midst of a critical period of history, a period when the basic values of civilization are being threatened. We say that an artist—more than others sensitive to the moods of society—cannot remain aloof and indifferent, that to justify himself he must deal with matters that are important and help to clarify human problems. (294a–b, pp. 3)",
            "Those of us who demand this can now point toMan’s Fateand say: ‘This is what we mean!’ (294a–b, pp. 3–4).",
            "Chevalier’s name figured prominently in the J. Robert Oppenheimer hearings in April 1954. The decision to drop the introduction (unless it was made earlier) may have been in response to publicity surrounding the hearings.",
            "294d.  Title page reset; offset printing (1964)",
            "[within triple rules] Man’s Fate | (LA CONDITION HUMAINE) | [ornament] | ANDRÉ MALRAUX | TRANSLATED BY | HAAKON M. CHEVALIER | [torchbearer J] |THE MODERN LIBRARY|NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 294c.",
            "Contents as 294c except: [iv] as 294c variant; [361–366] blank.Note:Page numeral “vi” is present on the second contents page.",
            "Jacket:As 294c jacket B. (Fall 1964)",
            "ML edition (294d, pp. [iii], v–360) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Smith and Haas edition with the Translator’s Introduction omitted and the title page revised to include ML device and imprint.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Malraux,Man’s Hope(1941–1946; 1983– )  G56"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 295,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "MAURICE GUEST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1939",
            "ML_NUMBER": 65
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "295.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] MAURICE GUEST | [rule] | BY | HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–566 [567–568].  [1–18]16",
            "[1] part title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1930,byW. W. NORTON & COMPANY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [7] dedication; [8] blank; [1] part title: PART I; [2] blank; 3–566 text; [567–568] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark red (16) and black on light bluish gray paper depicting a pianist seated at a grand piano; borders and title in dark red, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is a matter of publishing history that two distinguished novels—Of Human BondageandMaurice Guest—have had an almost parallel fate. Both were acclaimed by discriminating critics but at first met with an apathetic public response. Years later they came into their own as two of the most popular novels of our time. TodayMaurice Guestis ranked, among musical novels, withJean ChristopheandEvelyn Innes, and has grown so steadily in esteem that it is surpassing Henry Handel Richardson’s best-selling novel,Ultima Thule. (Fall 1936)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by P. R. Reynolds, 1908, and Duffield & Co., 1909, probably using printed sheets or duplicate plates of the English edition published by William Heinemann, 1908. New bibliographical edition published by W. W. Norton & Co., 1930. ML edition (pp. [1]–566) printed from Norton plates. Published October 1936.WR31 October 1936. First (and only) printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1940.",
            "A ML edition ofMaurice Guestwas suggested by at least two people. The ML’s traveler for the Middle West passed along a bookseller’s suggestion for the novel (James L. Crowder to Cerf, 1 October 1934), and W. W. Norton appears to have suggested a ML reprint. Cerf expressed reservations about its sales potential: “May I ask you on what terms you will be prepared to let us publish MAURICE GUEST in the Modern Library this Fall? I agree with you that it is a fine book, but am a little doubtful as to just how big a seller it would be” (Cerf to Walter Norton, W. W. Norton & Co., 2 January 1936).",
            "Henry Handel Richardson was the pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson. Commins identified the author as Henrietta Richardson in the first draft of his biographical note and indicated that “Handel” had been taken from the name of the composer. Norton asked Cerf to omit the reference since neither Norton nor Heinemann, her English publisher, had ever made Richardson’s identity public. He also pointed out that she had been married for over thirty years to an important figure in English letters (the philologist John George Robertson) and was no longer Miss Richardson (Norton to Cerf, 28 July 1936). Commins left in the reference to “Miss Richardson” but omitted information about to her real name.",
            "The ML edition was not a success. Copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder mark of a star stamped on the endpaper."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 296,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM JAMES",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 70
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "296a.First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] THE VARIETIES OF | RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE |A Study in Human Nature| [rule] | BEING THE GIFFORD LECTURES | ON NATURAL RELIGION | DELIVERED AT EDINBURGH IN 1901–1902 | [rule] | BY | WILLIAM JAMES | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xviii, [1–2] 3–526.  [1–16]16[17–18]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] list of books by William James; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1902,byWILLIAM JAMES | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1936; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank; [vii] dedication; [viii] blank; ix–xv CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii PREFACE dated p. xviii: Harvard University, | March, 1902.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–516 text; [517] part title: INDEX; [518] blank; 519–526 INDEX.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep orange (51) and black on cream paper with title in black on inset circular panel in deep orange; borders in deep orange, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is both as philosopher and experimental psychologist that William James approached the study of religious phenomena. Conversion, repentance, mysticism, hopes of reward and fears of punishment in the hereafter are studied with boldness, sympathy and the unbiased common sense of science. The result is a book that has become a living force in religious literature, for believer and non-believer alike, and has contributed to maintain William James’s status as the greatest American philosopher. (Fall 1936)",
            "Originally published in New York and London by Longmans, Green & Co., 1902. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1936.WR21 November 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "The ML paid Longmans, Green an advance of $500. The ML’s reprint rights were limited to the U.S. since Longmans, Green in London retained rights to the Canadian market (Klopfer to Walter Jefferay, Longmans, Green, 26 May 1936). The original royalty rate has not been ascertained but was probably 10 cents a copy. In 1958, shortly beforeThe Varieties of Religious Experienceentered the public domain, Klopfer inquired whether a reduction in royalties would be appropriate (Klopfer to Longmans, Green, 14 February 1958). In 1970 the ML was paying royalties of 5 cents a copy.",
            "The Varieties of Religious Experiencesold 6,519 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It ranked in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 with sales of 5,390 copies.The Philosophy of William James(119) did not sell as well asThe Varieties of Religious Experience. It sold 5,378 copies during the 1942–43 period, placing it near the bottom of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles; it was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during 1951–52.",
            "296b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE VARIETIES | OF | RELIGIOUS | EXPERIENCE |A Study in Human Nature| BEING THE GIFFORD LECTURES ON | NATURAL RELIGION DELIVERED AT | EDINBURGH IN 1901–1902 | BY WILLIAM JAMES | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 296a.  [1–17]16",
            "Contents as 296a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY WILLIAM JAMES.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 296a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16[9]32[10]16. Contents as 296a except: [iv] line 2 added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1929.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel tilted to left; background in dark green with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Front flap as 296a. (Spring 1941) Front flap reset with “was” substituted for “is” in first sentence.",
            "296c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1966/67)",
            "THE | VARIETIES OF | RELIGIOUS | EXPERIENCE | [rule] |A Study in Human Nature| [rule] | Being the Gifford Lectures on | Natural Religion Delivered at | Edinburgh in 1901–1902 | by WILLIAM JAMES | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–526 [527–528].  [1]8[2–9]32[10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1902, by William James | Copyright renewed, 1929; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xiii CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; xv–xvi PREFACE dated p. xvi: Harvard University, | March, 1902.; [1]–526 as 296a; [527] biographical note; [528] blank.",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in strong red (12), strong green (141) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black, Fujita “ml” symbol in strong red and ornaments in strong red and strong green, all against white background. Front flap as 296b with several minor changes in wording and James downgraded in the last sentence from “the greatest American philosopher” to “a great American philosopher.”",
            "296d.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 296c except line 12: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 296c.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 296c except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1936 | Copyright, 1902, by William James | Copyright renewed, 1929.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark purplish blue (201) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap as 296c.",
            "Published fall 1978 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60463-6.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "James,Philosophyof William James(1925–1969)  119",
            "James,Writingsof William James(1968– )  G111"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 297,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1936–1967",
            "ML_NUMBER": 80
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "297a.  First printing (1936)",
            "[within double rules] THE HISTORY OF | HENRY ESMOND, esq. | [rule] | BY | 1WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x] 11–615 [616].  [1–18]16[19–20]8[21]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1936 | [short double rule]; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank; vii–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank, 11–17 PREFACE | The Esmonds of Virginia; [18] blank; [19] part title: Book I | THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME | OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE; [20] blank; 21–615 text; [616] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong yellow green (117) and black on cream paper depicting a garden with a man in wig and knee breeches bowing to a woman holding a fan; borders in strong yellow green, lettering in black. Signed: Cassens.",
            "Front flap:",
            "All Thackeray enthusiasts, and especially readers ofVanity Fair(No. 131), will welcome the addition ofThe History of Henry Esmond, Esq., to the Modern Library series. This romance of a time past embodies all the qualities by which Thackeray has endeared himself to the English-speaking world for a century. Its spontaneous wit and charm hold an equal fascination for those who have made a lifetime habit of reading Thackeray as well as for those who are acquiring the fortunate habit now. (Fall 1936)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1936.WR12 December 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1967.",
            "The History of Henry Esmondsold 4,409 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951‑October 1952. Thackeray’sVanity Fairwas solidly in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles at both periods with sales of 10,067 copies during 1942–43 and 5,390 copies during 1951–52.",
            "297b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE HISTORY OF |Henry Esmond| ESQUIRE |by| WILLIAM | MAKEPEACE | THACKERAY | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 297a except: [616–624].  [1–19]16[20]8",
            "Contents as 297a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [617–622] ML list; [623–624] ML Giants list. (Spring 1946)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid yellowish green (129), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with lettering in vivid yellowish green and brilliant yellow on inset oval black panel framed in intertwined wavy lines; background in vivid yellowish green with decorations in black and reverse. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 297a. (Fall 1945)",
            "297c.  Ray introduction added (1950)",
            "THE HISTORY OF | Henry Esmond | ESQUIRE | [decorative rule] | BY |William Makepeace Thackeray| INTRODUCTION BY |Gordon N. Ray| PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND | HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library ·New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxvii [xxxviii], [19–20] 21–615 [616–620].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxi INTRODUCTION | By Gordon N. Ray; [xxii] blank; xxiii BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; [xxiv] genealogical table of the Esmond family; [xxv] facsimile title page of the first edition (London, 1852); [xxvi] facsimile dedication page of the first edition; xxvii–xxix CONTENTS; [xxx] blank; xxxi–xxxvii PREFACE | The Esmonds of Virginia; [xxxviii] blank; [19]–615 as 297a; [616–620] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 297b. (Fall 1950) Front flap slightly revised. (Fall 1960)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Ray received $150 for the introduction (Stein to Ray, 25 January 1950). The genealogical table of the Esmond family and the facsimiles of the first edition title and dedication pages were included at Ray’s recommendation.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Thackeray,Vanity Fair(1933–1970)  258"
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1937",
      "HEAD": [
        1937,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf and Klopfer’s acquisition early in 1936 of the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert K. Haas and the subsequent change in the legal name of the firm from The Modern Library, Inc. to Random House, Inc. was followed by a surge in trade publishing.",
          "Trade books published by Random House in 1937 include the following: W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood,The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts; W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice,Letters from Iceland; Harry Elmer Barnes,An Intellectual and Cultural History of the Western World; Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck,Beloved Friend: The Story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck; twoBabarbooks by Jean de Brunhoff,Babar and ZephirandZephir’s Holidays; Rudolf Brunngraber,Radium: A Novel; Morley Callaghan,More Joy in Heaven; E. H. Carr,Michael Bakunin; Paul Vincent Carroll,Shadow and Substance; Charles J. Connick,Adventures in Light and Color: An Introductionto the Stained Glass Craft; Edwin Corle,People on the Earth; Thomas De Quincey,Selected Writings, selected and edited by Philip Van Doren Stern; Havelock Ellis,Studies in the Psychology of Sex; Robert Graves,The Antigua Stamp; Lancelot Hogben,Retreat from Reason; Robinson Jeffers,Such Counsels You Gave to Me & Other PoemsandSelected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers; Alva Johnston,The Great Goldwyn; George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart,I’d Rather be Right: A Musical Revue; Clare Boothe Luce,The Women: A Play; Louis MacNeice,Poems; James Morier,Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, illustrated by Cyrus Roy Baldridge; Clifford Odets,Golden Boy, A Play in Three Acts; Elliot Paul,The Life and Death of a Spanish Town;The Dialogues of Plato, translated into English by Benjamin Jowett; Laura Riding,A Trojan Ending; Romain Rolland,The Wolves: A Play in Three Acts; Stephen Spender,Forward from Liberalism; Gertrude Stein,Everybody’s Autobiography; Hudson Strode,South by Thunderbird; Noel Streatfeild,Ballet Shoes; Anthony Trollope,The Kellys and the O’Kellys; and Leane Zugsmith,Home Is Where You Hang Your Childhood and Other Stories."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eleven new titles were added to the Modern Library and eight were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular series to 216. Seven new titles were published in the Giants series; by the end of 1937 ML Giants included thirty-five titles in thirty-seven volumes."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles in the regular ML except D. H. Lawrence,Women in Love(302) and John Dos Passos,The 42nd Parallel(307) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).Women in Lovewas ¼ in. taller and wider to accommodate the Seltzer/Viking Press plates;The 42nd Parallelwas ¼ in. taller and ⅛ in. wider to accommodate new Harcourt, Brace plates.",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in fall 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; all but four had torchbearer A3. Reade, Cloister of the Hearth(303), Woolf,To the Lighthouse(306), Dos Passos,The42nd Parallel(307), and Calverton, ed.,Making of Society(308) had torchbearer A2. All new titles had the 2-line imprint that had been used since March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners:",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "Smith resigned from Random House at the end of 1936, leaving the firm with three partners. Stendhal,Charterhouse of Parma(298), which was published in January but had been printed prior to Smith’s resignation, includes the names of all four partners on the verso of its title page:",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "IS PUBLISHED BY",
          "R A N D O M  H O U S E ,  I N C .",
          "BENNETT A. CERF        [2-line RH       ROBERT K. HAAS",
          "DONALD S. KLOPFER      device]         HARRISON SMITH",
          "All other 1937 titles shift the RH device to the top of the publication statement and list the names of the three remaining partners in a single line:",
          "[RH device]",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "IS PUBLISHED BY",
          "R A N D O M  H O U S E ,  I N C .",
          "BENNETT A. CERF  ·  DONALD S. KLOPFER  ·  ROBERT K. HAAS"
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine. \tBalloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with the top edge stained the same color as the binding. Each title was published simultaneously in all four bindings."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939 except for Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(1935) and three spring 1939 titles, all of which were published in the larger format that the ML adopted for all titles beginning fall 1939. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets except Lawrence,Women in Love(302), Reade,Cloister of the Hearth(303), Dos Passos,The 42nd Parallel(307), andThe Making of Society, ed. Calverton (308), which had individually designed non-pictorial jackets."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Graves,I, ClaudiusxWoolf,To the Lighthouse; Giants through G34; jackets: 246. (Fall) Woolf,To the LighthousexConfucius,Wisdom; Giants through G37; jackets: 253."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf sought several titles in 1937 for which the original publishers were unwilling to grant reprint rights. Little, Brown rejected Cerf’s offer for a ML edition of Emily Dickinson’s poetry (Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown & Co., to Cerf, 26 May 1937). Houghton Mifflin declined an offer to addThe Rise of Silas Laphamby William Dean Howells (Cerf to Robert Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, 18 October 1937; Linscott to Klopfer, 4 January 1938). The ML was able to publishSelected Poetry of Emily Dickinson(410) in 1948 andThe Rise of Silas Lapham(442) in 1951.",
          "Cerf decided not to publish a ML edition of Thomas Wolfe’sOf Time and the River(Cerf to Maxwell Perkins, Scribner’s, 21 October 1937)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Stendhal,Charterhouse of Parma(1937)  298",
          "O’Neill,Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape(1937)  299",
          "Lundberg,Imperial Hearst(1937)  300",
          "Graves,I, Claudius(1937)  301",
          "Lawrence,Women in Love(1937)  302",
          "Reade,Cloister and the Hearth(1937)  303",
          "Steinbeck,Tortilla Flat(1937)  304",
          "Thoreau,Walden and Other Writings(1937)  305",
          "Woolf,To the Lighthouse(1937)  306",
          "Dos Passos,42nd Parallel(1937)  307",
          "Calverton, ed.,Making of Society(1937)  308"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Apuleius,Golden Ass(1928)",
          "Cather,Death Comes for the Archbishop(1931)",
          "Huysmans,Against the Grain(1930)",
          "Lewisohn, ed.,Modern Book of Criticism(1920)",
          "Nietzsche,Beyond Good and Evil(1917)",
          "Nietzsche,Ecce Homo & The Birth of Tragedy(1927)",
          "O’Neill,EmperorJones;TheStraw(1928)*",
          "Wilder,The Cabala(1929)"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": "*Superseded spring 1937 by O’Neill,Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape(299)",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 298,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "STENDHAL",
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            "TITLE": "THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1943",
            "ML_NUMBER": 150
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "298a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] THE CHARTERHOUSE | OF PARMA | [rule] | BY | STENDHAL | (HENRI BEYLE) | [rule] | WithA Study of M. Beyleby | HONORÉ DE BALZAC | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–lxxxi [lxxxii], [2], 1–290; [2], 1–343 [344–350].  [1–22]16[23]8[24]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1925,byBONI & LIVERIGHT, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1937; [iii] biographical note headed: STENDHAL | (Henri Beyle) | (1783-1842); [iv] blank; [v] TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [vi] blank; vii–lxxiii A STUDY OF M. BEYLE | By Honore De Balzac; lxxiv–lxxxi BEYLE’S REPLY TO BALZAC; [lxxxii] blank; [1] part title:The Works of Stendhal| .I. | THE CHARTERHOUSE | OF PARMA | VOLUME ONE; [2] blank; 1–2TO THE READERdated p. 2: 23rd January, 1839.; 3–290 text; [1] part title:The Works of Stendhal| .I. | THE CHARTERHOUSE | OF PARMA | VOLUME TWO; [2] blank; 1–325 text; [326] blank; [327] part title: APPENDIX; [328] blank; 329–332 APPENDIX signed p. 332: C. K. S. M.; 333–340 FRAGMENT I |BIRAGUE’S NARRATIVE; 341–343 FRAGMENT II |CONTE ZORAFI, THE PRINCE’S|“PRESS”; [344–350] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting Napoleon in silhouette with clouds and deep reddish orange sky in background; borders in deep reddish orange, title in reverse and deep reddish orange on black panel below illustration, other lettering in black. Signed: Cassens.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The foremost authorities of the world are in agreement thatThe Charterhouse of Parmais one of the great works of fiction in the French language. Such writers as Balzac, Nietzsche, Zola, Dowden, André Gide and Lytton Strachey acclaimed it.The Charterhouse of Parmafinds a distinguished place in the Modern Library series. WithThe Red and the Black(No. 157), Stendhal is now represented by his two chief novels. The translation by C. K. Scott Moncrieff captures the glowing spirit of this nineteenth-century masterpiece. (Fall 1936)",
            "Scott Moncrieff translation originally published in U.S. by Boni & Liveright, 1925, as vols. 1–2 ofThe Works of Stendhal. ML edition (pp. [v]–290; [1]–343) printed from B&L plates. Published January 1937.WR23 January 1937. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1943.",
            "Arthur Pell, president of the Liveright Publishing Corporation, had to secure the approval of the Stendhal estate before he could sign the reprint contract for the ML edition. Lewis Galantière agreed to write an introduction to the ML edition: “It will make Stendhal sell,” he assured Cerf, “and remember that he has never sold in America” (Galantière to Cerf, 30 October 1936). Galantière missed the deadline;The Charterhouse of Parmawent to press without an introduction, and sales were disappointing.",
            "Total printings of the ML edition were as follows: 5,000 copies (November 1936); 1,000 copies (November 1940); 1,000 copies (March 1941); 1,000 copies (January 1942); 1,000 copies (November 1942). Unsold copies of the first printing, which were in the ML’s balloon cloth format, were remaindered after the November 1940 printing, which was in the larger format that the ML introduced in fall 1939. (Information about Macy’s February 1941 sale of 110,000 balloon cloth volumes appears under “General” in the chapter for 1939.)",
            "Wartime paper shortages together with a surge in demand for reading matter in general contributed to the ML’s decision to dropThe Charterhouse of Parma, which continued to sell poorly in comparison to other titles in the series. The discontinuation of the ML edition in fall 1943 provoked strong protests and damaged the ML’s reputation among academics and intellectuals. The debate began with an open letter by George Mayberry in theNew Republic(8 November 1943, p. 661):",
            "An Open Letter",
            "The Modern Library, Inc.,",
            "New York City.",
            "Sirs: Reading one of your recent circulars to the trade I was deeply shocked to discover that along with James Branch Cabell’s “Jurgen” and John Strachey’s “The Coming Struggle for Power,” Stendhal’s “The Charterhouse of Parma” was dropped from the Modern Library on August 15, 1943. The demise of the first two books is hardly disturbing, if no one has begrudged their respectively arch and instructive existence in your series. But the passing of Stendhal’s masterpiece in Scott-Moncrieff’s incomparable translation is serious enough for comment.",
            "One assumes that from time to time the poorest-selling titles are dropped from your list, and as a general procedure this can hardly be quarreled with. Nor is there need to ring the obvious changes on the ironies that Stendhal is surely one of the most “modern” of nineteenth-century writers, that his contemporaneity was recently dramatically invoked when two serious commentators on the Allied invasion of Italy drew parallels between this event and the first chapter of “The Charterhouse of Parma,” that Stendhal looked for no public (nor did he have one) until long after his death, that he somewhat tediously addressed his fiction to “the happy few,” among whom the patrons of your series surely wish to be classed.",
            "You need not be reminded that “The Charterhouse of Parma” is one of the world’s great novels, that however few copies may have been sold in recent years, its popularity will hardly diminish over a period of time, and that it will be read for centuries to come. Whatever immediate impulse, then, impels you to drop it is the result of commercial as well as esthetic shortsightedness.",
            "May I urge you, therefore, to reconsider your decision. For this great book, in a translation that matches its greatness, to go out of print will be a serious deprivation for a coming generation of readers, even if a handful are now to profit (one presumes) by picking up remaindered copies at Macy’s.",
            "George Mayberry",
            "Cerf’s response ignored the cultural and literary issues raised by Mayberry and focused on sales (“Stendhal and the Modern Library,”New Republic, 29 November 1943, pp. 747-48):",
            "Sir: Your issue of November 8 contains an open letter addressed to the Modern Library and signed by George Mayberry, which questions our announced intention of dropping Stendhal’s “The Charterhouse of Parma” from the Modern Library. May I explain why this step was taken?",
            "The total sale of this volume in our series in 1938 was 307 copies; in 1939, 636 copies; in 1940, 544 copies; in 1941, 820 copies. Last year, when the sale of every title in the series was booming, ‘The Charterhouse of Parma’ crept up to 1,083. Of all the 234 titles in the Modern Library, this sales record is one of the worst three. Under present conditions, when every sheet of paper counts, it seemed to us that we had no choice in the matter but to drop such a laggard from the series. It is necessary to print a book of this length in the Modern Library in an edition of 5,000 copies; such a printing would have lasted us in this case, under the most favorable conditions, for somewhere between four and five years. [This statement was not strictly true. The first printing was for 5,000 copies, but the ML had reprinted it, as noted above, 1,000 copies at a time.]",
            "May I explain further that we have frequently been compelled to drop titles from the Modern Library that we should have liked to have kept there but that were obviously standing in the way of the healthy growth of the entire series. We have had examples before of fine reprint series that were damaged beyond repair by the retention of obvious deadwood. Some booksellers have neither the inclination nor the time to check stock carefully on each series; they see on their shelves an ample stock of the titles that do not sell rapidly and quite overlook the fact that they are sold out on the really popular numbers. Gradually the impression grows upon them that the series is losing its popularity and, one fine day, they remove the books from a favorable and accessible position in the front of the store to some dusty shelf in the rear. The fact that this has never happened to the Modern Library, we attribute to our admittedly ruthless policy of eliminating all titles that cannot hold their own after a full trial period in actual sales.",
            "Incidentally, we’d like to point out to Mr. Mayberry that Stendhal’s “The Red and the Black” is still obtainable in the Modern Library. Some day I hope that public demand will warrant the relisting of “The Charterhouse of Parma.”",
            "BENNETT A. CERF",
            "Mayberry’s response appeared in square brackets following Cerf’s letter:",
            "[I think Mr. Cerf’s explanation was anticipated in my original letter. His “ruthless” commercial candor is a refreshing contrast to the pious highmindedness of most of those engaged in the business of making and selling books, but I still feel that Mr. Cerf could keep “such a laggard” as “The Charterhouse of Parma” on his list without seriously prejudicing the popularity or the financial prospects of the Modern Library.  —G.M.]",
            "Intellectuals were not appeased; the discontinuation ofThe Charterhouse of Parmabecame a cause célèbre. In 1945 the little magazinePharospublished a special issue on Stendhal in which Harry Levin, the future Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard, reprinted Mayberry’s “Open Letter” and charged that “the publishers of The Modern Library committed the cultural outrage against their country of dropping from the Library their edition of Stendhal’s masterpieceThe Charterhouse of Parmabecause they thought they were unable to sell it as numerously as such great works of literature asLife with FatherandRebecca” (Pharos, no. 3, Winter 1945, p. 71).",
            "Levin acknowledged in his introductory note to the issue, which consisted primarily of his sixty-four-page essay, “Toward Stendhal”: “. . . it cannot be said that he has been widely discussed in English, in spite of some admirable translations by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff; and in America, with the clairvoyant exceptions of James and Huneker, Stendhal has received little notice and exerted no influence” (ibid., p. 5).",
            "James T. Farrell, writing the following year about the commercialization of publishing, asserted that a study of ML titles added and dropped in recent years showed that its editors were “gradually watering down their stock” (“Will the Commercialization of Literature Destroy Good Writing? Some Observations on the Future of Books,”New Directions9, 1946, p. 13).",
            "When Jason Epstein launched Anchor Books, the first American “quality” or “trade” paperback series, in 1953—a decade after the fact—he staked a claim to the intellectual audience by makingThe Charterhouse of Parmahis first title.",
            "In 1999, fifty-six years afterThe Charterhouse of Parmawas discontinued, the ML restored it to the series in a new translation by Richard Howard. That edition, in paperback, was in print as of 2016.",
            "298b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE | CHARTERHOUSE | OF PARMA | BY STENDHAL | (HENRI BEYLE) | WITH A STUDY OF M. BEYLE BY | HONORÉ DE BALZAC | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 298a.",
            "Contents as 298a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.; [344] blank; [345–349] ML list; [350] blank. (Spring 1941)Note:November 1940 printing not seen.",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in strong orange yellow (68) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel; background in strong orange yellow with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 298a. (Spring 1941)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Stendhal,Red and the Black(1929–1973; 1984– )  177"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 299,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EUGENE O’NEILL",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE EMPEROR JONES, ANNA CHRISTIE, THE HAIRY APE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 146
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "299a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] THE EMPEROR JONES | ANNA CHRISTIE | THE HAIRY APE | [rule] | BY | EUGENE O’NEILL | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | LIONEL TRILLING | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–4] 5–260 [261–268].  [1–8]16[9–10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]The Emperor Jones,copyright, 1921, by | HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |Anna Christie,copyright, 1922, by | HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |The Hairy Ape,copyright, 1922, by | HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |Introduction,copyright, 1937, by | RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1937; v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xix INTRODUCTION | By Lionel Trilling; [xx] blank; [1] part title: THE EMPEROR JONES; [2] blank; [3] CHARACTERS; [4] blank; 5–260 text; [261–268] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in deep blue (179), bluish gray (191) and black on cream paper with drawing of O’Neill at lower left against overlapping panels in deep blue and bluish gray; borders in deep blue, title in reverse against deep blue panel, other lettering in black against gray panel and cream bands at top and foot. Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The award of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature to Eugene O’Neill brings new distinction to the foremost playwright of the world. In observance of the event, the Modern Library has the honor to issue three of his best-known plays in a single volume.The Emperor Jones,Anna ChristieandThe Hairy Aperepresent the work by which Eugene O’Neill first established his reputation, and they are by unanimous consent the plays by which his name will be remembered through the years. (Spring 1937)",
            "Original ML collection superseding O’Neill,EmperorJones;TheStraw(157). Published February 1937.WR27 February 1937. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72. Published in Vintage Books, 1972, using plates made from a new typesetting.",
            "The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Apeand its predecessor in the ML,The Emperor Jones; The Straw(157), use the original version ofThe Emperor Jones.Nine Plays(G53) andThe Plays of Eugene O’Neill(624) use the revised version. SeeThe Emperor Jones; The Straw(157) for full information.",
            "The ML paid O’Neill royalties of 5 cents a copy. Shortly before O’Neill was awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature, Cerf asked his permission to replace the ML volume containingThe Emperor JonesandThe Strawwith one containingThe Emperor Jones,Anna Christie, andThe Hairy Ape. “The substitution of two of your first-line plays for THE STRAW should mean a tremendous increase in the sale of the Modern Library volume” (Cerf to O’Neill, 20 October 1936).",
            "The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Apesold 4,051 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the same period O’Neill’sNine Plays(G53) sold 7,967 copies, placing it solidly in the first quarter, andThe Long Voyage Home(101) sold 2,457 copies. O’Neill’s sales increased by the early 1950s.The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Apesold 3,708 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.Nine Playswas in the first quarter with sales of 5,651 copies.",
            "299b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE | EMPEROR JONES | ANNA CHRISTIE | THE HAIRY APE | by Eugene O’Neill | INTRODUCTION BY | LIONEL TRILLING | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 299a.",
            "Contents as 299a except: [ii] blank; [iv]The Emperor Jones| COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |Anna Christie| COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |The Hairy Ape| COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |Introduction| COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [261–265] ML list; [266–267] ML Giants list; [268] blank. (Spring 1940)",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 299a except: [i–vi] vii–xix [xx].  [1–9]16. Contents as 299b except: [v] CONTENTS; [261–266] ML list; [267–268] ML Giants list. (Spring 1948)Note:Battered page numeral “v” removed from plates.",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] copyright renewal notices (1948 and 1949) added for plays. (Fall 1954)",
            "Variant C:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant B except: [iv] copyright renewal notice (1964) added for introduction; [261–268] ML list. (Fall 1965)",
            "JacketB:Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse against dark greenish blue panel at upper left; background in cream with other lettering below panel in black. Unsigned. Front flap as 299a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "Three times winner of the Pulitzer award and in 1936 the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Eugene O’Neill stands pre-eminent among the world’s dramatists. The originality, strength and integrity of his plays have helped bring a new dignity to the American theatre. What he has done for the theatre of the reader’s imagination is equally noteworthy, for his dramas have been treasured by an immense public. The three plays in this volume are representative of the work done by O’Neill at the crest of his creative powers. (Fall 1954)",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), light bluish green (163), yellowish gray (93) and black on coated white paper with title in light bluish green, yellowish gray and brilliant yellow on inset black panel; other lettering in light bluish green and black against yellow panel at top and in reverse against light bluish green panel at foot. Unsigned. Front flap as jacket A, rewritten text. (Spring 1957)",
            "299c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 299b except: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 299b variant A. Contents as 299b variant C. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket D:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in strong greenish blue (169), dark yellowish green (132), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with reproductions of three torn theater tickets in dark yellowish green, brilliant yellow, and strong greenish blue; lettering in black and strong greenish blue, all against white background. Front flap as 299b jacket A rewritten text.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "O’Neill,Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea(1923–1940);Long Voyage Home(1940–1971)  101",
            "O’Neill,Emperor Jones; The Straw(1928–1936)  157",
            "O’Neill,Nine Plays(1941– )  G53",
            "O’Neill,Ah, Wilderness! and Two Other Plays(1964–1973)  559",
            "O’Neill,Plays, 3 vols. (1982– )  624"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 300,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FERDINAND LUNDBERG",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "IMPERIAL HEARST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1941",
            "ML_NUMBER": 81
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "300.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] IMPERIAL HEARST | A SOCIAL BIOGRAPHY | [rule] | BY | FERDINAND LUNDBERG | [rule] | WITH A PREFACE BY | DR. CHARLES A. BEARD | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–xvi [xvii–xx], [17–18] 19–406 [407–410].  [1–13]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1936,by| FERDINAND LUNDBERG | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1937; [iii] biographical note; [iv] blank; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–x A PREFACE | and a Farewell to William Randolph Hearst signed p. x: Charles A. Beard |Washington, D.C.,|March 9, 1936; xi–xvi AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION FOR THE MODERN | LIBRARY EDITION signed p. xvi: Ferdinand Lundberg. |January7, 1937.; [xvii–xx] Contents; [17] fly title; [18] blank; 19–381 text; 382–390 BIBLIOGRAPHY; 391–392 APPENDIX; 393–406 INDEX; [407–410] blank.Note:Firststatement retained on subsequent printings, which was typical for early titles printed by offset lithography.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish orange (35) and black on yellow paper with a drawing of Hearst beneath an imperial eagle decorated with a dollar sign and swastika and holding a pen and syringe in its claws; borders in strong reddish orange, lettering in black except statement “The UNauthorized biography” in strong reddish orange. Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few men during the last half century have exercised more power upon our national destiny than William Randolph Hearst. What are the sources of his power? What are the effects? Ferdinand Lundberg’s factual biography reveals, with unchallengeable documents, the record of a life without parallel in our time. Now his book appears, complete and unabridged, in the Modern Library series, with a new foreword that includes what has occurred between the date of the last edition and the moment of going to press. (Spring 1937)",
            "Originally published by Equinox Cooperative Press, 1936. ML edition (pp. [v]–x, [xvii–xx], 19–390, 393–406) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Equinox edition with Author’s Foreword reset and appended to Author’s Introduction for the Modern Library Edition, page numerals removed from contents pages, reference to Appendix added to last page of the contents, fly title reset, part title leaf for index (pp. [391–92]) replaced by Appendix (see below), and errata page omitted. Published February 1937.WR27 February 1937. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1942.",
            "The ML paid Equinox Cooperative Press royalties of 10 cents a copy. Heywood Broun, to whom the book is dedicated, agreed to write an introduction to the ML edition but does not appear to have submitted it. In the end Lundberg wrote the introduction himself, updating the work with an account of Hearst’s activities from June 1936 to January 1937. The Appendix (pp. 391–92), which discusses Al Capone’s influence in calling off a threatened strike by theChicago Tribune’s drivers and provides additional information about the American Metal Co., does not appear in the Equinox edition.",
            "The ML edition was printed by the Polygraphic Co. of America following the specifications for its offset printing of Newton,Amenities of Book-Collecting(287). The plates cost $245; presswork for 6,000 copies was $294 (C. J. Herold, Polygraphic Co. of America, to Commins, 30 December 1936).",
            "There were two additional printings of 5,000 copies (April 1937) and 2,000 copies (September 1939). Like other ML titles printed from offset plates at this period, theFirst Modern Library Editionstatement (p. [ii]) is retained in later printings. The three ML printings can be distinguished by the list of titles printed inside the jackets: spring 1937 (246 titles); fall 1939 (265 titles)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 301,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ROBERT GRAVES",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "I, CLAUDIUS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1971; 1982–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 20
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "301.1a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] I, CLAUDIUS | FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS | BORN B.C. 10 · MURDERED AND DEIFIED A.D. 54 | [rule] | BY | ROBERT GRAVES | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, [1–2] 3–427 [428–430].  [1–13]16[14]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1934,by| HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1937; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank; [vii] epigraph from Tacitus; [viii] blank; ix–x AUTHOR’S NOTE; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–427 text; [428–430] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in black and gold on coated cream paper with drawing of a procession led by a chariot on a gold band between two black bands with title and other lettering in reverse; cream bands at top and foot with author and series in black, borders in gold. Signed: Cassens.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of all the historical novels of recent times, none has found such widespread public response as Robert Grave’s reconstruction of the grandeur and folly and fantastic sensuality of Imperial Rome. The mild Claudius, moving unobtrusively among his sinister relatives and recording their proud and vile history, unfolds a panorama of weird intrigue and startling events. Poison, blasphemy, incest, black magic and unnatural vice flourish with a fine disdain for the good opinion of history. Such worthies as Caligula, Nero and Messalina come to life in a book as historically accurate as it is enthralling. (Spring 1937)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. ML edition (301.1) printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1937.WR27 February 1937. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72; restored to ML 1982.",
            "The Smith and Haas typesetting was too large for the ML’s format and included a folding genealogical table of the Imperial family that was omitted from the ML edition. By reducing the type size the ML was able produce a volume that was 67 pages shorter than the Smith and Haas edition. The ML plates were also used for a Grosset & Dunlap printing which retained the biographical note (p. [v]) written for the ML.",
            "I, Claudiussold 5,215 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. By June 1964 the ML had printed 89,000 copies (Higginson, p. 56).",
            "301.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "I, CLAUDIUS | FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS | BORN B.C. 10 | MURDERED AND DEIFIED A.D. 54 | BY | ROBERT GRAVES | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 301.1a except: [428–438].  [1–14]16",
            "Contents as 301.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC.; [428] blank; [429–434] ML list; [435–436] ML Giants list; [437–438] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of 301.1a on coated white paper. (Spring 1944)",
            "301.2.  New bibliographical edition; reissue format (1982)",
            "ROBERT GRAVES | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] I, CLAUDIUS | [below panel] FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS | BORN 10 B.C. | MURDERED AND DEIFIED A.D. 54 | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], [1–3] 4–432 [433–438].  Perfect bound.",
            "[1–2] blank; [3] woodcut of Claudius by Stephen Alcorn; [4] blank; [5] title; [6] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION OCTOBER 1982 | Copyright © 1934 by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc. | Copyright renewed, 1961, by Robert Graves.; [7] epigraph from Tacitus; [8] blank; [9–10] AUTHOR’S NOTE; [1] woodcut of Claudius; [2] blank; [3]–432 text; [433–438] blank.",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on kraft paper with inset woodcut illustration of Claudius by Stephen Alcorn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 B.C. to A.D. 54. Despised as a weakling and considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the mad Caligula to become emperor in A.D. 41.I, Claudius, written in the form of Claudius’ autobiography, unfolds a panorama of startling events in this scandalous era. Violence, blasphemy, incest, black magic and vice flourish with a fine disdain for the good opinion of history in a book that is one of the classics of modern fiction, and the best fictional reconstruction of Rome ever written.",
            "New typesetting originally made for Vintage Books, 1961. ML edition (301.2, pp. [7–10], [3]–432) printed from offset lithographic plates made from the Vintage typesetting with running heads (title and page numeral on versos, page numeral only on rectos) reset. Published fall 1982 at $8.95. ISBN 0-394-60811-9.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Graves,Claudius the God(1982)  626"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 302,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "D. H. LAWRENCE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "WOMEN IN LOVE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 68
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "302a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] WOMEN IN LOVE | [rule] | BY | D. H. LAWRENCE | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–x [xi–xii], 7–548 [549–554].  [1–17]16[18]8Women in Lovehad a binding measuring 6⅞ x 4⅝ inches (175 x 117 mm) and leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4½ inches (170 x 113 mm)",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1920, 1922,byD. H. LAWRENCE | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1937; [v] acknowledgment; [vi] blank; vii–viii biographical note; ix–x FOREWORD | By D. H. Lawrence dated p. x: Hermitage | 12 September, 1919; [xi] CONTENTS; [xii] blank; 7–548 text; [549–554] blank.",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in strong yellowish green (131), very light yellowish green (134) and black on pale yellow green paper with title in reverse on black panel inset against very light yellowish green panel; borders in strong yellowish green, other lettering in black including author and series against pale yellow green bands at top and foot. Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "To judge by the avalanche of biographies, memoirs and critical works which have appeared since his death, no writer of our time has had a more profound influence on his contemporaries than D. H. Lawrence. Among his own novels,Sons and Lovers(No. 109) andThe Rainbow(No. 128) have maintained his reputation as the grand inquisitor into the dark labyrinths of the human soul. NowWomen in Lovetakes its place by their side in the Modern Library series as the third of his novels dealing with the physical and mystical urgency of love. (Spring 1937)",
            "Originally published in New York by Thomas Seltzer in a “privately printed” edition of 1250 copies for subscribers only, with 50 copies signed by Lawrence, 1920. Trade edition, printed from plates made from a new typesetting, published in U.S. by Seltzer, 1922; publishing rights and plates subsequently acquired by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [xi]–548) printed from Seltzer/Viking plates. Published April 1937.WR24 April 1937. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1990.",
            "Lawrence’s foreword was originally published in 1920 as an advertising leaflet for Seltzer’s first printing ofWomen in Love(Roberts, p. 39). The acknowledgment on p. [v] of the ML edition states, “The manuscript of the Foreword for this volume is in the possession of the Stanford University Library. It is published here by courtesy of Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., of San Francisco.”",
            "Women in Lovesold 4,736 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the same period the ML editions ofSons and Lovers(99) andThe Rainbow(138) sold 6,808 copies and 3,565 copies respectively.Women in Lovesold 3,313 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it ninety-sixth out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "302b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] WOMEN | IN | LOVE | BY | D. H. LAWRENCE | WITH A FOREWORD BY | THE AUTHOR | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 302a.",
            "Contents as 302a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1920, 1922, BY D. H. LAWRENCE; [549–554] ML list. (Spring 1946)",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 302a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]24[9]32[10]16. Contents as 302b except: [iv] 2nd line added: COPYRIGHT, 1948, 1950, BY FRIEDA LAWRENCE. (Spring 1957)",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as 302b except: [iv] 2nd line revised: COPYRIGHT, 1947, 1949 BY FRIEDA LAWRENCE; [549–550] ML Giants list; [551–554] blank. (Spring 1967)Note:The publication date of variant B is later than spring 1967. Variant A exists in a late printing with the spring 1967 Giants list and the spring 1967 format of 1960s binding C with tan Kent endpapers.",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in light greenish blue (172) and black on white paper depicting a factory with a tall smokestack emitting smoke into a sky streaked with white cirrus and cumulus clouds; title and author in black with title on diagonal axis and series in reverse, all against light greenish blue background. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 302a. (Spring 1946)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "During his brief but stormy and prolific writing career and in the years following his death in 1930, D. H. Lawrence stirred up many fierce literary controversies. An avalanche of biographies, memoirs and critical works showed how much partisanship and antagonism he inspired among his contemporaries. Now, in the perspective of a quarter of a century, three of his novels,Sons and Lovers(No. 109),The Rainbow(No. 128) andWomen in Love(No. 68), offer the best testimony to clarify his position as a writer who explored the darker labyrinths of the human soul.Women in Love, particularly, is characteristic of Lawrence’s work dealing with the physical and mystical urgency of love. (Spring 1956)",
            "302c.  7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 302b.",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 302b variant B.",
            "Jacket C:Enlarged version of 302b with factory and lettering against solid light greenish blue (172) background without clouds; Fujita “ml” symbol added, Kaufer signature and series name omitted. Front flap as 302b revised text.",
            "302d.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "[7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] WOMEN | IN | LOVE | BY | D. H. LAWRENCE | WITH A FOREWORD BY | THE AUTHOR | [below frame] [torchbearer M] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 302a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 302a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1920, 1922, BY D. H. LAWRENCE | COPYRIGHT, 1948, 1950, BY FRIEDA LAWRENCE.",
            "Jacket D:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari.",
            "Front flap:",
            "AlthoughLady Chatterley’s Loveris probably Lawrence’s most famous novel,Women in Loveis unquestionably one of his two or three finest. Many critics in fact believe that it is the most profound investigation of his lifelong preoccupation with the relationships between the sexes and between man and nature. The story of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, and their love affairs with Birkin and Gerald, it contrasts the two relationships—Gudrun and Gerald’s, which is icy, sterile and doomed; and Ursula and Birkin’s, which is fruitful and transcendent.",
            "Published fall 1977 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60442-3.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Lawrence,Sons and Lovers(1923–1959; 1962–1990)  99",
            "Lawrence,The Rainbow(1927–1971; 1980–1990)  138",
            "Lawrence,Lady Chatterley’s Lover(1960–1990)  519"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 303,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHARLES READE",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 62
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "303a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] THE CLOISTER | AND THE HEARTH | A TALE OF THE MIDDLE AGES | [rule] | BY | CHARLES READE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–4] 5–913 [914–922].  [1–28]16[29–30]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1937 | [short double rule]; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [1] PREFACE; [2] blank; [3] fly title; [4] blank; 5–913 text; [914] blank; [915–919] ML list; [920] ML Giants list; [921–922] blank. (Spring 1937)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on inset black panel; rules and other lettering in cream, all against vivid reddish orange background. Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For three-quarters of a centuryThe Cloister and the Hearthhas been recognized as one of the finest historical novels in existence. It takes its place in the Modern Library series at a moment when novelists the world over are occupied with the theme which dominated all of Charles Reade’s works: the fierce protest against social injustice.The Cloister and the Hearthassumes even greater significance today than at any time since it appeared in 1861. (Spring 1937)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published April 1937.WR24 April 1937. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Cloister and the Hearthsold 2,742 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "303b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "The Cloister | and the Hearth | A TALE | OF THE MIDDLE AGES | by | CHARLES READE | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 303a.",
            "Contents as 303a except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [920–921] ML Giants list; [922] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and dark gray (266) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark green panel; background in dark gray with series and torchbearer in reverse above inset panel. Unsigned. Front flap as 303a. (Fall 1940)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "For more than three-quarters of a centuryThe Cloister and the Hearthhas been acknowledged as one of the finest historical novels in English literature. It stands comparison with the best of the works of fiction in its genre and has outlived most of them. Because the theme which dominated all of Charles Reade’s writings—a fierce protest against social injustice—is never out of style,The Cloister and the Hearthhas as great a significance today as it has had at any time since it appeared originally in 1861. (Spring 1959)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 304,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN STEINBECK",
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            "TITLE": "TORTILLA FLAT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 216
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "304a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] TORTILLA FLAT | [rule] | BY | JOHN STEINBECK | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | ILLUSTRATED BY | RUTH GANNETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [i–iv] v–vi [7–8] 9–316 [317–320].  [1–10]16[11]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D18; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1935,byJohn Steinbeck |Foreword Copyright,1937,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] biographical note; [8] blank; [i–iii] FOREWORD signed p. [iii]: John Steinbeck. | June, 1937.; [iv] blank; v–vi CHAPTER HEADINGS; [7] fly title; [8] blank; 9–[317] text; [318–320] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and deep blue (179) on coated white paper depicting a man in wide-brimmed hat with bay in distance; title in reverse highlighted in deep blue, other lettering in deep blue, all against vivid reddish orange background. Spine panel in deep blue with lettering in reverse. Designed by Paul Galdone, July 1937; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Long beforeOf Mice and Menbecame a best-seller and thrust its author into the national limelight, John Steinbeck had built a solid reputation upon his novel,Tortilla Flat. This carefree tale of the exploits of three lovable rogues won the unanimous praise of critics and reading public alike. Now it is included in the Modern Library series, partly as a tribute to the novel’s own enchantment and partly because John Steinbeck has earned the right to a place in a library of the foremost writers of our time. (Fall 1937)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Covici, Friede, 1935; publishing rights and plates subsequently acquired by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. v–[317]) printed from Covici, Friede (later Covici, Friede/Viking) plates. Published September 1937.WR25 September 1937. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Steinbeck’s foreword begins: “When this book was written, it did not occur to me that paisanos were curious or quaint, dispossessed or underdoggish. They are people whom I know and like, people who merge successfully with their habitat. . . . Had I known that these stories and these people would be considered quaint, I think I never should have written them” (p. [i]). When he submitted the foreword he told Cerf, “It is the only thing I want to say. If it won’t do—throw it out and have someone else do it. This is not a clever introduction” (Steinbeck to Cerf, undated but probably June 1937). He also asked that the ML edition be dedicated to Susan Gregory of Monterey. The dedication was retained in later Viking printings.",
            "Subsequent printings of the ML edition include the following: 3,000 copies (August 1938); 3,000 copies (July 1939); 5,000 copies (December 1939); 2,000 copies (July 1941); 6,000 copies (December 1942).Tortilla Flatsold 13,432 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the fourth best-selling title in the regular series and thirteenth out of 281 ML and Giant titles. The unusually strong sales ofTortilla Flatat this period may have been stimulated by the release of the 1942 film version starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr.",
            "During the same periodThe Grapes of Wrath(341) ranked in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles with sales of 9,495 copies.Of Mice and Men(311) andIn Dubious Battle(322) were in the second quarter with sales of 7,020 copies and 6,028 copies respectively. By the early 1950s (November 1951–October 1952)The Grapes of Wrathwas the only Steinbeck title among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "304b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "Tortilla Flat | BY JOHN STEINBECK | WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | ILLUSTRATED BY RUTH GANNETT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 304a.",
            "Contents as 304a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY JOHN STEINBECK | FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1937, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 304a except: [317–328].  [1–10]16[11]8. Contents as 304b except: [318] blank; [319–324] ML list; [325–326] ML Giants list; [327–328] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of 304a with highlighting in white redone. (Fall 1942)",
            "304c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 304b except: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 304b variant.  [1–8]16[9]8[10–11]16. Contents as 304b variant except: [319–326] ML list; [327–328] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket C:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in black, vivid yellow (82) and red on coated white paper with lettering shaded from vivid yellow flecked with red at top to solid red at foot, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Tortilla Flat, which appeared in 1935, was the first of Steinbeck’s novels to receive wide attention. He was disturbed by the response to this portrait of a group of carefreepaisanosin a Monterey slum, writing two years later that “I shall never again subject to the vulgar touch of thedecentthese good people of laughter and kindness, of honest lusts and direct eyes, of courtesy beyond politeness.” If today, Steinbeck’s own view of Danny and his friends seems to some shallow and condescending, that is a measure of the time in which he wrote and the impact of his writing on the change in our attitudes. Steinbeck tells this story with warmth and liveliness, and it remains a document of a period when even this glimpse of a different slice of life could be considered shocking.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Steinbeck,Of Mice and Men(1938– )  311",
            "Steinbeck,In Dubious Battle(1939–1971)  322",
            "Steinbeck,Grapes of Wrath(1941–1959)  341"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 305,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY DAVID THOREAU",
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            "TITLE": "WALDEN AND OTHER WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 155
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "305a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] WALDEN | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF | HENRY DAVID THOREAU | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | BROOKS ATKINSON | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–732.  [1–23]16[24]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction copyright,1937, |byRandom House, Inc. | [short double rule]; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xx INTRODUCTION |ByBrooks Atkinson dated p. xx: New York City, |March,1937.; [1] part title: WALDEN; [2] blank; 3–732 text.",
            "Contents:Walden – A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (selections) – Cape Cod (selections) – The Allegash and East Branch (condensation) – Walking – Civil Disobedience – Slavery in Massachusetts – A Plea for Captain John Brown – Life without Principle.",
            "Jacket A1:Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136), pale greenish yellow (104), dark gray (266), black and gold on coated white paper depicting a small figure gazing at a pond under a canopy of towering trees with low mountains and clouds in the distance; title and author in black and reverse on inset gold panel bordered in black, other lettering in black, all against pale greenish yellow background; bands on spine and flaps in strong green(141). Designed by Paul Galdone, July 1937; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "To collect the representative writings of Henry David Thoreau within a volume of seven hundred and fifty pages has long been the ambition of the directors of the Modern Library. Now that ambition has been fulfilled, thanks to the selection made by the editor, Brooks Atkinson, who also contributes a penetrating critical and biographical introduction. This volume contains, besidesWalden, the essaysCivil Disobedience,Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown, Life Without Principleand many of the famous nature studies. (Fall 1937)",
            "Original ML collection. Published September 1937.WR25 September 1937. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The ML and Houghton Mifflin Co. both published Thoreau collections in September 1937. When the ML edition was announced, Robert Linscott of Houghton Mifflin told Klopfer that his firm was “rather daunted” by the news. Houghton Mifflin had thought that the ML was giving up its collection and would have abandonedThe Works of Thoreau, an 872-page volume edited by Henry Seidel Canby, if it had known the ML was going ahead. The Houghton Mifflin collection included selections from Thoreau’s journals, which were still protected by copyright and had not been available to the ML. Linscott offered to lease the plates of Canby’s volume to the ML within eighteen months if the ML gave up its volume (Linscott to Klopfer, 7 July 1937). Klopfer replied that the ML had changed its plans as much as it could when the conflict was discovered and expressed the hope that the two books would not interfere with each other (Klopfer to Linscott, 8 July 1937).",
            "When the Viking Portable Thoreau appeared in 1949, Brooks Atkinson told Cerf that it was “such a good job that your Modern Library Thoreau volume is behind the eight-ball.” He suggested replacing the selections fromA Week on the Concord and Merrimack Riverson pp. 301–436 with the complete work (Atkinson to Cerf, 4 March 1949). Commins replied that he hoped Atkinson would allow the ML edition to remain unchanged. The complete text ofA Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, he noted, would add 200 pages to the collection, at a resetting cost of around $2,000; changing the page numerals from p. 437 to the end would cost an additional $200 or $300 (Commins to Atkinson, 1 April 1949). The ML never acted on Atkinson’s suggestion.",
            "Walden and Other Writingssold over 6,000 copies by early 1939 (Cerf to Robert Lamont, Atlantic Monthly Press, 26 May 1939). It sold 11,558 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the ninth best-selling title in the regular ML. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 5,694 copies, making it the regular ML’s thirty-second best-selling title.",
            "305b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "WALDEN | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF | HENRY | DAVID | THOREAU | EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY BROOKS ATKINSON | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 305a.",
            "Contents as 305a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1937, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 305a except: [733–740].  [1–23]16[24]12. Contents as 305b except: [733–738] ML list; [739–740] ML Giants list. (Fall 1947)",
            "Jacket A2:Enlarged version of 305a. (Spring 1942)",
            "305c.  Scudder foreword added (1950)",
            "WALDEN | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF | HENRY DAVID THOREAU | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, | BY BROOKS ATKINSON | FOREWORD BY TOWNSEND SCUDDER | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, SWARTHMORE COLLEGE | [torchbearer E5] |THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, [1–2] 3–732 [733–736].  [1–22]16[23]12[24]16",
            "Contents as 305a except: [ii] blank; [iv]Copyright, 1937, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v CONTENTS with Scudder foreword added; vii–viii FOREWORD |ByTownsend Scudder; ix–xxii INTRODUCTION |ByBrooks Atkinson with place and date (“New York City, |March, 1937”) omitted from p. xx; xxiii–xxiv BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE signed: T. S.; [733–736] blank.",
            "Variant: Pagination as 305c except: [733–744].  [1]16[2–12]32[13]16. Contents as 305c except: [733–738] ML list; [739–740] ML Giants list; [741–744] blank. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket B:As 305b. (Spring 1953) Front flap reset with the words “complete and unabridged,” added in the last sentence after “Walden.”(Spring 1956)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Scudder received $75 for his foreword and bibliography (Stein to Scudder, 26 January 1950).",
            "305d.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format; offset printing (1969/70)",
            "Title as 305c through line 6; lines 7–8: [torchbearer K] |THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 305c variant.  [1–12]32",
            "Contents as 305c except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, September 1937 | Copyright, 1937, 1950, renewed 1965 by Random House, Inc.; v CONTENTS as 305a without indication of Scudder foreword; ix–xxii INTRODUCTION |ByBrooks Atkinson dated as 305a, p. xx; [733–740] ML list; [741–742] ML Giants list; [743–744] blank. (Spring 1967)Note:The ML appears to have photographed the table of contents and a copy of 305a or 305b for its offset plates.",
            "Jacket C:Fujita pictorial jacket in deep brown (56), strong red (12) and black on coated white paper with inset reproduction of B. D. Maxham’s daguerreotype portrait of Thoreau (1856) in black and deep brown; lettering in reverse, strong red and deep brown, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Henry David Thoreau’s vision of personal freedom—the concept that moral law and the dictates of the individual conscience are superior to civil law and governmental statutes—has become part of the American heritage, particularly pertinent to our own times. Thoreau spent his life listening to “a different drummer,” and in following his belief that the individual could lead a life of simplicity and independence apart from social organization and material civilization, he anticipated one of the major themes of contemporary America. His writings communicate his thoughts and offer us his personal vision of life as well as its tranformation [sic] into a practical working philosophy on which he based his life style.",
            "This volume contains the full text ofWaldenas well as the essaysCivil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown, Life Without Principle, and many of the famous nature studies. The editor, Brooks Atkinson, has contributed a penetrating critical and biographical introduction.",
            "The offset plates for the text, contents pages, and introduction were photographically reproduced from a printing of 305a or 305b. Atkinson’s introduction is repaginated to correspond with 305c but the place and date of composition (omitted from 305c) is restored. The table of contents does not reflect the revised front matter of 305c–d: Scudder’s foreword is not listed at all, and Atkinson’s introduction is shown as beginning on p. vii.",
            "305e.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 305d.",
            "Pagination as 305d.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents, including the outdated title page, as 305d; [733–744] blank.",
            "Jacket D:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish red (20) and torchbearer in dark brown (159). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap as 305d with spelling of “transformation” corrected.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $6.95. ISBN 0-394-60421-0.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Thoreau,Walden(1946–1947)  Illus ML 19"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 306,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "VIRGINIA WOOLF",
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            "TITLE": "TO THE LIGHTHOUSE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1948",
            "ML_NUMBER": 217
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "306a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] TO | THE LIGHTHOUSE | [rule] | BY | VIRGINIA WOOLF | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | TERENCE HOLLIDAY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [5–8] 9–310.  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1937,by|Random House, Inc.| [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1937; v–xiii INTRODUCTION |byTerence Holliday; [xiv] blank; [5]Contents; [6] blank; [7] part title:The Window; [8] blank; 9–310 text.",
            "Jacket A1:Pictorial in deep blue (179), moderate blue (182), light bluish gray (190), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper depicting a lighthouse on an outcropping of land surrounded by water and with a shoreline in the distance; lettering in black. Spine panel in deep blue with lettering in reverse. Designed by Paul Galdone, July 1937; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The mastery with which Virginia Woolf has achieved such novels and books of essays asMrs. Dalloway(No. 96),To the Lighthouse,The Common ReaderandA Room of One’s Ownhas at last brought her the public tribute of having a national best-seller inThe Years.To the Lighthouseis in Mrs. Woolf’s best vein, quiet [sic] evocative, full of the interplay of human emotion. In addition, its autobiographicalnotethrows light upon her own family, one of the most illustrious in England. (Fall 1937)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1927. ML edition (pp. [5]–310) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published September 1937.WR25 September 1937. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1948.",
            "Total ML sales ofTo the Lighthousewere 38,000 copies (Kirkpatrick,Virginia Woolf, p. 31).To the Lighthousesold 3,203 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles.Mrs. Dalloway(168) sold 4,271 copies during the same period.",
            "Harcourt, Brace decided in 1948 to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, in response to the burgeoning college market. It served notice that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts forTo the Lighthouse,Mrs. Dalloway, and seven other titles, including works by E. M. Forster, Sinclair Lewis, Katherine Anne Porter, and Lytton Strachey (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). At that time the ML had only a few copies ofTo the Lighthousein stock; Klopfer estimated that it would take two months for the stock to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June and 28 June 1948).",
            "306b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "TO THE | LIGHTHOUSE | BY | VIRGINIA WOOLF | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | TERENCE HOLLIDAY | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 306a.",
            "Contents as 306a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1937, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 306a. Contents as 306b except: [iv] 3rd line added: COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. (Fall 1942 jacket)",
            "Jacket A2:Enlarged version of 306a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Woolf,Mrs. Dalloway(1928–1949)  168"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 307,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN DOS PASSOS",
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            "TITLE": "THE 42nd PARALLEL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1940",
            "ML_NUMBER": 88
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "307.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] THE 42nd| PARALLEL | [rule] | BY | JOHN ` | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], v–ix [x], [1–2] 3–415 [416].  [1–13]16[14]8. Binding: 6⅞ x 4½ in. (175 x 114 mm); leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4⅜ inches (170 x 110 mm).",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1930,byJohn Dos Passos |Introductory Note Copyright,1937,by| Random House, Inc. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1937; v biographical note; [vi] blank; vii–ix INTRODUCTORY NOTE |ByJohn Dos Passos dated p. ix: Provincetown, July, 1937.; [x] blank; v–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–415 text; [416] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with “42” in large black numerals bordered in white, “The” and “nd” in reverse at top, “PARALLEL” in black against red background on upper half of inset diagonal panel overlapping base of numerals, author in black against white background on lower half of inset panel, all against black background ruled horizontally in red. Designed by Paul Galdone, July 1937; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "When the completed trilogy,U. S. A., of whichThe 42nd Parallelis the introductory novel, will have been published in the Modern Library, John Dos Passos will have gained the distinction of being represented by four titles in the series.Three Soldiers(No. 205), his war novel, has been in active demand for years. Following the publication ofThe 42nd Parallel,1919andThe Big Moneywill be issued in successive seasons. By this plan, John Dos Passos’ original intention of maintaining the unity of the three novels will be fulfilled. (Fall 1937)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1930; rights subsequently acquired by Harcourt, Brace & Co. ML edition ofThe 42nd Parallelprinted from plates made from a new Harcourt, Brace typesetting with revisions by the author. The plates were subsequently used for the one-volume edition ofU.S.A.published by Harcourt, Brace in January 1938 and reprinted in ML Giants in 1939. Published 10 November 1937.WR13 November 1937. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1940 after the ML publishedU.S.A.as a Giant (G42).",
            "The ML signed a contract with Harcourt, Brace to publishThe 42nd Parallel,Nineteen Nineteen, andThe Big Moneyin the regular ML in the fall seasons of 1937, 1938, and 1939 (Cerf to Dos Passos, 23 June 1937). The ML appears to have offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for each volume. Cerf indicated after signing the reprint contract, “I am really delighted that we are going to have these books in the Modern Library. John Dos Passos is exactly the kind of author that we can sell in this series” (Cerf to Donald Brace, 13 May 1937).",
            "Harcourt, Brace resetThe 42nd Parallel, incorporating corrections of a large number of typographical errors submitted by Dos Passos. The ML edition was the first printing from the new typesetting. Dos Passos had also made extensive revisions for the ML edition ofThree Soldiers(248).",
            "Cerf asked Dos Passos to write a short foreword to the ML edition ofThe 42nd Parallel, noting that he believed his foreword to the ML edition ofThree Soldiers(248) “materially helped the sale of the book.” He offered the usual $50 fee with the apology that the ML couldn’t afford more but enclosed a ML list and invited Dos Passos to select any books he wanted (Cerf to Dos Passos, ibid.). Dos Passos eventually selected about a hundred titles. He promised to send a short introduction and noted, “I’m not quite sure whether this is the time to spill the fact that the narratives will be collected into a one volume novel under the name ofU.S.A.or not” (Dos Passos to Cerf, 4 July 1937).",
            "The introduction to the ML edition, dated July 1937, begins:",
            "The 42nd Parallelis the first volume ofU. S. A., a long narrative which deals with the more or less entangled lives of a number of Americans during the first three decades of the present century. The volumes that follow are called1919andThe Big Money.",
            "In an effort to take in as much as possible of the broad field of the lives of these times, three separate sequences have been threaded in and out among the stories. Of theseThe Camera Eyeaims to indicate the position of the observer andNewsreelto give an inkling of the common mind of the epoch. Portraits of a number of real people are interlarded in the pauses in the narrative because their lives seem to embody so well the quality of the soil in which Americans of these generations grew.",
            "This method was used with the idea of coping with the particular job in hand rather than from any generalized theory about novelwriting [sic]. In fact I don’t think any such theory holds water. The shape of a piece of work should be imposed, and in a good piece of work always is imposed, by the matter. That’s more or less of a commonplace of a considerable body of literary criticism.",
            "The ML later renegotiated the reprint contract so that the trilogy could appear as a Giant rather than separate volumes in the regular ML.U.S.A.(G42) was published as a Giant in February 1939, andThe 42nd Parallelwas discontinued as a separate volume in fall 1940.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dos Passos,Three Soldiers(1932–1963)  248",
            "Dos Passos,U.S.A.(1939–1962)  G42"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 308,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "V. F. CALVERTON",
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            "TITLE": "THE MAKING OF SOCIETY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1937–1959",
            "ML_NUMBER": 183
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "308a.  First printing (1937)",
            "[within double rules] THE | MAKING OF SOCIETY | AN OUTLINE OF SOCIOLOGY | [rule] | EDITED BY | V. F. CALVERTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xviii, 1–11 [12], [2], 13–40, [4], 41–923 [924–928].  [1–29]16[30]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D18; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1937,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: V.F.C.; [xii] blank; xiii–xiv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; xv–xviii CONTENTS; 1–11 INTRODUCTION | THE AMERICAN PATTERN |ByV. F. CALVERTON; [12] blank, [1] part title: I | RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; [2] blank; 13–14COMMENTARY; 15–40 text; [1] part title: II | GREEK THEORIES; [2] blank; [3]COMMENTARY; [4] blank; 41–902 text; [903] part title: BIOGRAPHIES; [904] blank; 905–923 BIOGRAPHIES; [924–928] blank.",
            "Contents:I. Religious and Ethical Contributions. The Ten Commandments – The Sermon on the Mount – The Code of Hammurabi – Selections from the Koran – On Government, by Confucius – On Co-operation, by Lao Tse.  II. Greek Theories. Philosophers as Kings and Kings as Philosophers, by Plato – On Property, by Aristotle.  III. Medieval Concepts. On the Law of Heaven and Earth, by St. Augustine.  IV. The Advance of Modern Sociological Thought. Selections from Scienza Nuova, by Giambattista Vico – The Art of War, by Niccolo Machiavelli – Selections from Two Treatises on Civil Government, by John Locke – On the Natural Condition of Mankind, by Thomas Hobbes – Selections fromThe Social Contract, by Jean Jacques Rousseau – Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession, by Thomas Paine – Of Laws in Relation to the Nature of the Climate, by Baron de Montesquieu – Division of Labor, by Adam Smith.  V. Sociology Comes of Age. An Essay on the Principle of Population, by T. R. Malthus – The Authority of Society over the Individual, by John Stuart Mill – The Action of Positivism upon the Working Classes, by Auguste Comte – Political Economy and Utopian Socialism, by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon – Selections fromThe State, by Michael Bakunin – Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest, by Charles Darwin – Influence of Physical Laws, by Henry Thomas Buckle – The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.  VI. Sociology and Social Conflict. Division of Labor and Social Solidarity, by Emile Durkheim – Selections fromThe Outline of Sociology, by Ludwig Gumplowicz – The Tendency of the Development of the State, by Franz Oppenheimer – Class Society and the State, by Nicolai Lenin – What Is the Permanent Revolution, by Leon Trotsky – On the Expropriation of the Capitalists, by Waclaw Machajaski – The Collectivist Wages System, by Peter Kropotkin – Personality and the Conception of the State, by Adolf Hitler – The Fascist State and the Future, by Benito Mussolini.  VII. Sociology and Culture. The Sociological View of Ethics, by Herbert Spencer – The Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber – Proletariat and Religion and Nationalism, by Werner Sombart – Sociology as a Science, by Vilfredo Pareto – Intellectual Egalitarianism, by Lester Ward – Selections fromFolkways, by William Graham Sumner – Conspicuous Consumption, by Thorsten Veblen – The Scientific Scrutiny of Societal Facts, by F.",
            "H. Giddings – The Economics of Genius, by J. M. Robertson.  VIII. Contemporary Sociological Reflections.  Liberal. The Development of Sociology, by Harry Elmer Barnes – Classes of Social Interest, by R. M. MacIver – The Cultural Approach to Sociology, by Malcom M. Willey and Melville S. Herskovits – The Migration of Class Struggle, by Edward A. Ross – The Hypothesis of Cultural Lag, by William Fielding Ogburn – Art, Science, and Society, by C. H. Cooley – Mental Patterns in Relation to Culture, by Wilson D. Wallis – Renascent Liberalism, by John Dewey – Law as a Social Science, by Huntington Cairns – The Idol of the Laboratory, by Graham Wallas – Anglo-Saxonism and Nordicism in America, by F. H. Hankins.  Radical. A Planned Society: Communist Vision, by John Strachey – Technocracy, by Stuart Chase – Marxian Philosophy, by Max Eastman – The Scope of Marxian Theory, by Sidney Hook – Sociological Criticism of Literature, by V. F. Calverton – Masters: Old and New, by Max Nomad – The Applications of Engineering Methods to Finance, by C. H. Douglas.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in deep blue (179), brilliant green (140) and gold on coated white paper with title in reverse on deep blue band bordered in gold; background in brilliant green with gold decorations and additional lettering in reverse. Designed by Paul Galdone, July 1937; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "A companion volume toThe Making of Man(No. 149), which is a compilation of the most authoritative views on anthropology,The Making of Societyis its logical and necessary sequel. In it men of such diverse opinions as Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Mill, Darwin, Pareto, Veblen, Dewey, Strachey, Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Hitler, Mussolini and many others offer their social philosophies. Here the lay reader can find the essential principles upon which society is organized and understand the struggle for power which today engages the thought of the entire world. (Fall 1937)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published 10 November 1937.WR13 November 1937. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded fall 1959 by a revised edition edited by Robert Bierstedt (514).",
            "Review copies included the following note from Cerf: “ATTENTION, PLEASE! This is an entirely new book, and NOT A REPRINT [underlining in original]. I will appreciate your bearing this fact in mind when you write your review.”",
            "Adolf Hitler’s name is misspelled “Adolph” in the table of contents (Part VI) and spelled correctly in the text (p. 454).  all ptintings?",
            "The Making of Societysold 4,911 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter ML and Giant titles. It was not among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "308b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE MAKING | OF SOCIETY |An Outline of Sociology|Edited byV. F. CALVERTON | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 308a except: [924–936].  [1–30]16",
            "Contents as 308a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [924] blank; [925–930] ML list; [931–932] ML Giants list; [933–936] blank. (Fall 1949)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of 308a except in deep red (13) and dark gray (266) in place of deep blue and brilliant green. Front flap as 308a. (Fall 1946) Front flap reset with last sentence revised: “. . . and understand the conflicts and adjustments in which men in relation to other men are engaged.” (Fall 1953)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Bierstedt, ed.,Making of Society(1959– )  514",
            "Calverton, ed.,Anthology of American Negro Literature(1929–1944)  183",
            "Calverton, ed.,Making of Man(1931–1970)  215"
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      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1938",
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "1938",
        "*The ML’s reprint contract forThe Magic Mountain(229) was limited to a term of five years. Knopf refused to consider a renewal, but he appears to have allowed the ML to make a final printing of 10,000 copies shortly before the contract expired."
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The spring 1938 RH catalogue was indicative of the growing importance of RH’s trade list. It included Isak Dineson’sOut of Africa, William Faulkner’sUnvanquished, Robert Graves’sCount Belisarius, Edgar Snow’sRed Star Over China, and John Strachey’sWhat is to be Done?Other titles includedThe Public PapersandAddresses of Franklin D. Rooseveltin five volumes andThe Complete Greek Drama, a two-volume set in the Lifetime Library, a series of mainly ancient classics that began the previous year withThe Complete Dialogues of Plato.",
          "It was a list that even other publishers found impressive. Albert Knopf wrote to Cerf: “I have just been looking over with admiration and respect your new catalogue. You are publishing a lot of interesting books and building on a solid foundation” (Knopf to Cerf, 26 January 1938).  Philip Van Doren Stern of Simon & Schuster was equally impressed, and perhaps a bit envious (Stern to Cerf, 26 January 1938).",
          "I want to congratulate you on your really magnificent list. It is one of the finest that I have ever seen assembled by an American publisher. You will certainly have a successful year with books like these and you are building up a backlist that will give your house a solid foundation of real honest-to-God titles in the years to come. . . .",
          "P.S. This is no Dale Carnegie crap [How to Win Friends and Influence People, then enjoying a huge success, was a Simon & Schuster publication.]  I mean every word of it."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eight new titles were added and five were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 219. Five new titles were published in the Giants series; by the end of 1938 ML Giants included forty titles in forty-two volumes."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles in the regular ML except Walter D. Edmonds,Rome Haul(310) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).Rome Haulwas ¼ in. taller and wider to accommodate the Little, Brown plates.",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in fall 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles in the regular ML had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; four had torchbearer A2 and four had torchbearer A3. All new titles had the 2-line imprint:",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK"
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine. \tBalloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with the top edge stained the same color as the binding. Each title was published simultaneously in all four bindings."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939 except for Reed,Ten Days That Shook the World(1935) and three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML adopted for all titles beginning in fall 1939. These four titles had blank endpapers. Since endpapers were printed from plates designed for the standard balloon cloth format, titles like Edmonds,Rome Haul, which were slightly larger than the standard balloon cloth format had endpapers with unprinted outer edges. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding pattern of open books and the initials “ml” was extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in individually designed jackets. Four had pictorial jackets; Steinbeck,Of Mice and MenandThe Wisdom of Confuciushad non-pictorial jackets. Two titles had predominately non-pictorial jackets: the blue background of Canfield,The Deepening Stream, was patterned to suggest water currents, and Proust,Cities of the Plain, featured a small left-profile silhouette of the author."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Confucius,WisdomxProust,Cities of the Plain; Giants through G40; jackets: 257. (Fall) Proust,Cities of the PlainxStone,Lust for Life; Giants through G42; jackets: 262."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf wanted to add a historical novel to the ML. He wrote Doubleday, Doran about Kenneth Roberts’sArundel, which dealt with Benedict Arnold’s expedition to Quebec during the Revolutionary War. He noted that he understood that Roberts was not keen about having his books in reprint editions but argued that the ML should “be considered in a rather different category than the ordinary reprint. We have got one book or more by almost every important American novelist in the series now” (Cerf to Malcolm Johnson, Doubleday, Doran, 12 May 1938). Cerf then wrote to Roberts himself, offering an advance of $1,500 against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He indicated, “In these days and times, a $1500.00 advance is a heavy one, but I feel so confident that ARUNDEL would sell like blazes in the Modern Library series that I think the advance would be earned in far less than the usual time and that, therefore, the book would sell in the Modern Library series very steadily for many years to come” (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 May 1938). Doubleday, Doran agreed to Cerf’s terms, but Roberts was unconvinced. He indicated that he was not certain thatArundelshould be available in a cheap edition, and subsequently wrote that he had decided “to wait a while longer before allowing a cheap edition of any of my books” (Roberts to Cerf, 21 November 1938).",
          "Shortly thereafter Cerf wrote Hervey Allen about including his historical novelAnthony Adversein ML Giants (Cerf to Hervey Allen, 6 December 1938). He first expressed interest inAnthony Adversefive years earlier, shortly after it was published (see 1933 Titles sought, suggested, declined).Anthony Adversesold 300,000 copies in its first six months and led the fiction bestseller lists in 1933 and 1934. Nothing came of Cerf’s initiative. Like Roberts’sArundel,Anthony Adversedoes not appear to have been published in an inexpensive reprint edition.",
          "Cerf approached Little, Brown yet again about a ML edition of Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall’sBountytrilogy, but Alfred McIntyre of Little, Brown indicated that the books were still selling too well in their original editions to consider an inexpensive reprint (Cerf to McIntyre, 19 April 1938; McIntyre to Cerf, 20 April 1938). That fall Cerf wrote again:",
          "What we want at the moment is a real leader or two for our Modern Library list for the next year. We can get all the sound run-of-the-mill titles, but it is a different problem to find another item like our Freud or Jean Christophe to head next year’s list. This brings me around once again to the question of the Bounty trilogy. If we were to offer you $5000.00 cash on signing of the contract for an edition of 50,000 copies of the trilogy, to be published in the Spring of 1939 as a Modern Library Giant at $1.25, would you be inclined to consider the proposal? The understanding would be that after 50,000 copies had been exhausted, we could not print another edition in this format without a brand new contract with you. Frankly, I think this would be a wonderful title for the Modern Library and that it would establish the authors on a higher literary plane than they have ever occupied before (Cerf to McIntyre, 7 September, 1938).",
          "The advance was twice what Cerf had offered in 1936, though the royalty rate remained the same (see 1936 Titles sought, suggested, declined). McIntyre replied that Little, Brown was publishing its own one-volume edition in October for the Christmas season and that it would be withdrawn in January, after which Little, Brown would push the three separate volumes (McIntyre to Cerf, 8 September 1938).",
          "In 1940 Cerf tried again to secure theBountytrilogy for the ML. On that occasion he was told that Little, Brown was publishing a new edition of the trilogy with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth (Cerf to McIntyre, 2 April 1940; McIntyre to Cerf, 6 April 1940). The edition with Wyeth’s illustrations was published in October 1940.",
          "During a trip to England in fall 1938 Cerf met with George Bernard Shaw, who had always opposed inexpensive reprint editions of his plays. On this occasion Cerf reported in a letter to Random House, “Old boy spryer than ever. All for us doing ‘9 Plays’ as Giant. Gotta get after Dodd, Mead on this soon” (Cerf Papers Box 71, Cerf European trip (1) folder. Cerf to Random House, undated).Nine PlaysincludedMrs. Warren’s Profession,Arms and the Man,Candida,The Devil’s Disciple,Caesar and Cleopatra,Man and Superman,Fanny’s First Play,Androcles and the Lion, andSaint Joan. However, when Cerf contacted Dodd, Mead after his return, he indicated that the two firms would have to find a formula satisfactory to both, given the number of editions of Shaw’s works that Dodd, Mead published. Since Dodd, Mead had no cheap edition ofSt. Joan, he suggested a ML edition of that play with “one or 2 lesser efforts. Perhaps Candida or Caesar & Cleopatra” (Cerf to Howard Lewis, Dodd, Mead & Co., 2 December 1938). There is no further correspondence in the archives about a ML reprint of Shaw’s plays. Shaw may have changed his mind, or Dodd, Mead may have vetoed the idea. It was only after Shaw’s death in 1950 that the ML was able to publish two volumes of his plays:Four Plays(1953) andSaint Joan, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion(1956).",
          "Henry Hoyns of Harper and Brothers suggested a ML edition of Paul Horgan’s novelThe Fault of Angels, which had won the Harper Prize when it was published in 1933. Cerf replied that he did not think there would be sufficient sales to justify a ML edition (Hoyns to Cerf, 4 February 1938; Cerf to Hoyns, 17 February 1938)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Pearson,Studies in Murder(1938)  309",
          "Edmonds,Rome Haul(1938)  310",
          "Steinbeck,Of Mice and Men(1938)  311",
          "Confucius,Wisdom of Confucius(1938)  312",
          "George,Progress and Poverty(1938)  313",
          "Webb,Precious Bane(1938)  314",
          "Canfield,Deepening Stream(1938)  315",
          "Proust,Cities of the Plain(1938)  316"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "France,Red Lily(1917)",
          "Gilbert,H.M.S. Pinafore and Other Plays(1925)",
          "Hecht,Erik Dorn(1924)",
          "Ibsen,Master Builder, Pillars of Society, Hedda Gabler(1918)",
          "Mann,Magic Mountain(1932)*"
        ]
      },
      "HEAD": [
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 309,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDMUND PEARSON",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "STUDIES IN MURDER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1938–1950",
            "ML_NUMBER": 113
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "309a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] STUDIES IN MURDER | [rule] | BY | EDMUND PEARSON | [rule] | I met Murder on the way— | He had a mask like Castlereagh: | Very smooth he looked, yet grim; | Seven bloodhounds followed him: | All were fat; and well they might | Be in admirable plight, | For one by one, and two by two, | He tossed them human hearts to chew. | —The Masque of Anarchy | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–346 [347–352].  [1–10]16[11–12]8[13]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A7; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1924,byTHE MACMILLAN COMPANY, | 1933, 1935,by theF-R PUBLISHING CORPORA- | TION,and1938,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1938; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; [1] part title: THE BORDEN CASE; [2] blank; 3–333 text; [334] blank; [335] part title: APPENDIX; [336] blank; 337–346 APPENDIX; [347–351] ML list; [352] blank. (Spring 1938)",
            "Contents:The Borden Case – The Twenty-third Street Murder – “Mate Bram!” – The Hunting Knife – Uncle Amos Dreams a Dream – Malloy the Mighty – Hauptmann and Circumstantial Evidence – Do We Execute Innocent People?",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), dark blue (183), silver and black on coated white paper depicting a seated man with elongated bony head examining a sheet of paper listing the partial contents of the ML edition; author and title in silver above illustration, other lettering on front panel in black; lettering on spine in silver.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No criminologist of our time has approached Edmund Pearson for his accuracy in probing into the hidden motives and mysterious circumstances of famous homicides.Studies in Murderis the book by which he is best known. Originally, it contained analyses of the weird cases of Lizzie Borden, Benjamin Nathan, Captain Nash, Mabel Page and others. In the Modern Library edition two world-renowned cases are added, those of Bruno Hauptmann and the insurance murder of the almost indestructible Michael Malloy, with an essay, “Do We Execute Innocent People?” (Spring 1938)",
            "Originally published by the Macmillan Co., 1924. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with illustrations omitted and three chapters added: “Malloy the Mighty,” “Hauptmann and Circumstantial Evidence,” and “Do We Execute Innocent People?” Published February 1938.WR12 February 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1950.",
            "The plates of the Macmillan edition were too large for the ML’s format. The added chapters in the ML edition were originally published inThe New Yorker: “Malloy the Mighty” (23 September 1933), “Hauptmann and Circumstantial Evidence” (9 March 1935), and “Do We Execute Innocent People?” (22 June 1935). The Appendix is reprinted from the Macmillan edition and includes sources and acknowledgments for the first five chapters only.",
            "Studies in Murdersold 3,713 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "309b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "STUDIES IN| MURDER | BY | EDMUND PEARSON |I met Murder on the way— |He had a mask like Castlereagh:|Very smooth he looked, yet grim;|Seven bloodhounds followed him:|All were fat; and well they might|Be in admirable plight,|For one by one, and two by two,|He tossed them human hearts to chew.| THE MASQUE OF ANARCHY | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–346 [347–360].  [1–11]16[12]8",
            "Contents as 309a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, | 1933, 1935, BY THE F-R PUBLISHING CORPORATION, | AND 1938, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [352–353] ML Giants list; [354–360] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 309a.  [1–11]16[12]4. Contents as 309b except: [347–351] ML list; [352] blank. (Fall 1943)",
            "Variant B:Pagination as 309b.  [1–10]16[11–13]8. Contents as 309b except: [347–348] ML list (first 2 pages); [349–354] ML list (complete 6-page list); [355–356] blank; [357–360] ML list (last 4 pages). (Fall 1947)Note:The list of regular ML titles appears twice in the final gathering, with the beginning and end of one list separated by the list on pp. [349‑354] and a blank leaf.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 309a except lettering on spine in reverse with torchbearer and frame around title in silver. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 310,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WALTER D. EDMONDS",
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            "TITLE": "ROME HAUL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1938–1945",
            "ML_NUMBER": 191
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "310a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] ROME HAUL | [rule] | BY | WALTER D. EDMONDS | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xvi], [3] 4–347 [348–354].  [1–11]16[12]8. 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (175 x 116 mm)",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A7; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,byWALTER D. EDMONDS; |Introduction copyright,1938,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1938; v biographical note; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION | By Walter D. Edmonds; [xiii] dedication; [xiv] acknowledgment; [xv] CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [3]–347 text; [348] blank; [349–353] ML list; [354] blank. (Spring 1938)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial with multicolor illustration depicting of mule-drawn canal boat in strong blue (178), very pale blue (184), moderate yellow green (120), moderate olive green (123), moderate yellow (87), and moderate orange (53) on coated white paper with lettering in black; spine with strong blue bands and lettering in black against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Erie Canal, with its roistering boatmen and hard-fisted muleteers, its legends and feuds, comes into its own inRome Haul. Walter D. Edmonds has re-created all its lost glories in a book that is remarkable as a contribution to American folklore and fascinating as a novel of adventure. The dramatized version ofRome Haul, under the title ofThe Farmer Takes a Wife, enjoyed great success on the stage and screen. In the Modern Library series it will enlist a new army of enthusiasts. (Spring 1938)",
            "Originally published by Little, Brown & Co., 1929. ML edition (pp. [xiii]–347) printed from Little, Brown plates with fly title and chart of the Erie Canal on Little, Brown endpapers omitted. Published February 1938.WR12 February 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1946.",
            "Rome Haulwas ¼ in. taller and wider than the ML’s standard balloon cloth format to accommodate the Little, Brown plates.",
            "Rome Haulsold 3,091 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "310b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "[within single rules; 7-line title and statement of responsibility within second set of single rules]Rome|Haul| BY | WALTER D. | EDMONDS | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below inner frame: torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 310a.",
            "Contents as 310a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY WALTER D. EDMONDS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1938, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 310a with foreground in light orange (52) instead of moderate yellow; spine in strong blue (178) with lettering in reverse and torchbearer and frame around title in black. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 311,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN STEINBECK",
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            "TITLE": "OF MICE AND MEN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1938–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 29
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "311a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] OF MICE AND MEN | [rule] | BY | JOHN STEINBECK | [rule] | With an Introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [5–6] 7–186 [187–192].  [1–6]16[7]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A7; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1937, by John Steinbeck | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1938; v–xx INTRODUCTION |ByJoseph Henry Jackson; [5] fly title; [6] blank; 7–186 text; [187–191] ML list; [192] blank. (Spring 1938)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark greenish blue (174), dark grayish yellow (91), and black on coated white paper with title in reverse against large dark greenish blue panel, borders at top and bottom in dark greenish blue, other lettering in black against smaller white panels ruled in dark grayish yellow; spine in dark grayish yellow with lettering in black. Three-line statement on front panel: “A New Masterpiece” |The strange and disturbing drama of|two men and a woman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Genuine compassion for his vagabonds and human flotsam gives the breath of life to John Steinbeck’s novels and makes them idylls of the lower depths.Of Mice and Menis Steinbeck at his compassionate best; it is a story movingly and forcefully told and with overtones of soaring beauty. Its first success as a national best-seller and its subsequent triumph in dramatic form have helped to place John Steinbeck in the company of the first prose writers of America. (Spring 1938)",
            "Originally published by Covici, Friede, 1937, and subsequently by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [5]–186) printed from Covici, Friede/Viking plates. Published February 1938.WR5 March 1938. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Cerf and Klopfer arranged the ML reprint with Covici, Friede, which had been Steinbeck’s publisher since the publication of his fourth novel,Tortilla Flat, in 1935.The close working relationship between Steinbeck and his editor Pascal Covici was comparable to those between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway with Maxwell Perkins at Charles Scribner’s Sons. Covici, Friede failed shortly afterOf Mice and Menappeared in the ML. The firm was acquired by Viking Press, Covici became a Viking editor, and Steinbeck became a Viking author. Arrangements for the second ML printing were made with Viking Press in October 1938.",
            "There were four ML printings between October 1938 and September 1942 totaling 10,000 copies. Steinbeck’s first book with Viking Press,The Grapes of Wrath, sold 430,000 copies in less than a year and was the best-selling work of fiction for 1939 (Madison, pp. 306–7; Hackett and Burke, p. 127).",
            "WhenOf Mice and Menwas published in the ML it had to compete with a 39-cent reprint published by Blue Ribbon Books. Lewis Miller, the Random House sales manager, told one of the sales representatives: “Bennett felt strongly that the book deserved a place in the Modern Library, no matter what other editions were to be had” (Miller to Rosengren, 24 January 1938).",
            "Of Mice and Mensold 7,020 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales of all four Steinbeck titles in the ML totaled 35,975 copies during this period.The Grapes of Wrathwas the only Steinbeck novel among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "311b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "OF MICE | AND MEN | BY | JOHN STEINBECK | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | JOSEPH HENRY JACKSON | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 311a.",
            "Contents as 311a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY JOHN STEINBECK.  (Fall 1940)",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [5–6] 7–186 [187–192].  [1–6]16[7]8. Contents as 311b except: v–[xx] INTRODUCTION |ByJoseph Henry Jackson; [187–192] ML list. (Spring 1945)Note:Page numeral “xx” removed from plates.",
            "Variant B:Pagination as variant A.  [1–4]16[5]8[6–7]16. Contents as variant A except: [187] biographical note; [188] blank; [189–190] ML Giants list; [191–192] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 311a jacket in moderate bluish green (164) instead of dark bluish green; spine in moderate bluish green with lettering and torchbearer in reverse with frame around title in black. Statement on front: “This is the novel that first established the author ofGrapes of Wrathas a National Best Seller.” (Spring 1942)",
            "311c.  Reissue format (1979)",
            "Title as 311b except: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 311b variants.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 311b variant except: [iv] Copyright, 1937, by John Steinbeck | Copyright renewed 1965 by John Steinbeck; [187] biographical note; [188–192] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark purple (224) and torchbearer in dark yellowish brown (78). Designed by Sara Eisenman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of Mice and Menis the beautiful and moving story of George Milton and Lennie Small, who live—like the characters inThe Grapes of Wrath—on the fringes of American society. Sustained by the hope of someday owning a farm of their own, these two itinerant laborers arrive to work on a ranch in central California. George, who is short-tempered, relies on Lennie’s great physical strength for protection and in turn tries to keep his feeble-minded friend out of trouble. But in the end, Lennie’s fundamental weakness leads to the inevitable tragedy that Steinbeck so poignantly explores in this spare, poetic novel.",
            "Published spring 1979 at$5.95. ISBN 0-394-60472-5.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Steinbeck,Tortilla Flat(1937–1971)  304",
            "Steinbeck,In Dubious Battle(1939–1971)  322",
            "Steinbeck,Grapes of Wrath(1941–1959)  341"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 312,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CONFUCIUS",
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            "TITLE": "THE WISDOM OF CONFUCIUS",
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "312.1a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] THE WISDOM | OF CONFUCIUS | [rule] |Edited and Translated with Notes | ByLIN YUTANG | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–290 [291–294].  [1–9]16[10]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D11; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1938,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1938; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–ix IMPORTANT CHARACTERS | MENTIONED; [x] blank; xi–xiii THE PRONUNCIATION | OF CHINESE NAMES; [xiv] blank; xv–xvii CONTENTS; [xviii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] map of the most important Chinese states at the time of Confucius; 3–290 text; [291–294] blank.",
            "Jacket:Predominantly non-pictorial in deep yellowish pink (27), dark reddish brown (44) and dark grayish yellow (91) on coated white paper with title in reverse against deep yellowish pink panel; other lettering in reverse against dark reddish brown panel with rules and pictorial decorations of trees and pagodas in dark grayish yellow; lettering on spine in reverse against dark reddish brown. Designed by Paul Galdone, December 1937; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For 2,500 years the writings of China’s great sage have represented the moral principles as well as the day-to-day standards of conduct for countless millions of people in the East. Today, as much as ever, his doctrines influence the way of life of the most populous nation on earth. A completely new English text has been prepared for the Modern Library edition ofThe Wisdom of Confuciusunder the editorship of Dr. Lin Yutang, the foremost interpreter of ancient and modern China in America today. (Spring 1938)",
            "Original ML collection. Published April 1938.WR9 April 1938. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Several months beforeThe Wisdom of Confuciuswas published Cerf wrote to a publishers’ representative in New Zealand, “I call your particular attention to the Confucius volume, edited by Lin Yutang. I think this will prove one of the most popular titles we have ever had, and we expect about three times the normal advance sale on it” (Cerf to Nash & Kissling, 17 November 1937). Cerf’s prediction was correct.The Wisdom of Confuciuswas one of the ML’s best-selling titles. In 1942 it was the third best-selling title in the series.",
            "While working on the manuscript Lin Yutang wrote, “I am conceited enough to think that it will be a gorgeous book, the most intelligible on Confucianism. I have gone through the entire material already, and besides the introduction, it will be principally the work of translating. Most of the chapters are not very long and the manuscript will be around two hundred pages” (Lin Yutang to Klopfer, 4 January 1938). The completed manuscript was submitted on 31 January. The ML’s financial arrangements with Lin Yutang have not been ascertained. He received $300 on publication (Emanuel Harper to Lin Yutang, 11 April 1938); it is not known whether this represented partial payment of a flat fee or was an advance against royalties.",
            "Lin Yutang made a trip to Europe after submitting the manuscript and did not read the proofs. The ML’s rights to some of the material in the collection appears to have been challenged. In 1939 Random House paid $250 for all rights to Miles Menander Dawson’sThe Conduct of Life (The Ethics of Confucius), originally published by International Press in 1915.",
            "The Wisdom of Confuciussold 12,000 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it seventeenth out of 281 ML and Giant titles. Sales declined by the early 1950s. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 4,036 copies, making it sixty-first out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "312.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE | WISDOM | OF | CONFUCIUS |Edited and translated|with notes by| LIN YUTANG | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 312.1a.",
            "Contents as 312.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1938, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–290 [291–302].  [1–10]16. Contents as 312.1b except: [291–296] ML list; [297–298] ML Giants list; [299–302] blank. (Fall 1944)",
            "JacketA:Enlarged version of 312.1a. (Spring 1941) Front flap reset with following sentence added at end: “His Introduction clarifies for the Western reader the great ethical teachings of Confucius.” (Spring 1962)Note:Jackets numbered “7” on spine through spring 1959 and “306” from fall 1959.",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial Fujita jacket in deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with pattern of Chinese figures and lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For 2,500 years the writings of China’s great sage have represented the moral principles as well as the day-to-day standards of conduct for countless millions of people in the East. Today, as much as ever, his doctrines influence the way of life of the most populous nation on earth. The English text was prepared for the Modern Library edition under the editorship of Lin Yutang. His Introduction clarifies for the Western reader the great ethical teachings of Confucius.",
            "In 1945 the word “Jewish” was removed from the following sentence: “[Confucius] could sing and be extremely polite, but he also could hate and sneer with the hatred and contempt of a ‘real man,’ which was shared by Jesus in his hatred of the Jewish scribes” (p. 27, line 16). Freiman asked that the word be eliminated from the plates of both the regular ML and Illustrated ML editions (Freiman to Parkway Printing, 21 May 1945).",
            "The Wisdom of Confuciuswas shifted from ML 7 to ML 306 in fall 1959 when the six-volume Shakespeare was renumbered ML 2–7.",
            "312.2.  Text reset; reissue format (1977)",
            "THE | WISDOM | OF | CONFUCIUS |Edited and translated|with notes by| LIN YUTANG | [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–290 [291–302].  Perfect bound.",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1938, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1966, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–ix IMPORTANT CHARACTERS | NAMED; [x] blank; xi–xiii THE PRONUNCIATION | OF CHINESE NAMES; [xiv] blank; xv–xvii CONTENTS; [xviii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] map of the most important Chinese states at the time of Confucius; 3–290 text; [291–302] blank.Note:The text is entirely reset except for the map on p. [2]. The preliminaries and the body of the text of 312.1 and 312.2 have the same number of pages.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in strong brown (44). Designed by R. D. Scudellari.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“Confucianism stood for a rationalized social order through the ethical approach, based on personal cultivation. It aimed at political order by laying the basis for it in a moral order, and it sought political harmony by trying to achieve the moral harmony in man himself. . . . Fundamentally, it was a humanist attitude, brushing aside all futile metaphysics and mysticism, interested chiefly in the essential human relationships, and not in the world of spirits or in immortality. The strongest doctrine of this particular type of humanism, which accounts for its great enduring influence, is the doctrine that ‘the measure of man is man,’ a doctrine which makes it possible for the common man to begin somewhere as a follower of Confucianism by merely following the highest instincts of his own human nature, and not by looking for perfection in a divine ideal.”",
            "Published spring 1977 at $4.95. ISBN 0-394-60426-1.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Confucius,Wisdom of Confucius, illustrated by Jeanyee Wong (Illus ML, 1943–1949)  IML 3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 313,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY GEORGE",
            "TEXT": [
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            "TITLE": "PROGRESS AND POVERTY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1938–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 36
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "313a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] PROGRESS AND POVERTY | AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL | DEPRESSIONS AND OF INCREASE OF WANT | WITH INCREASE OF WEALTH | THE REMEDY | [rule] | BY | HENRY GEORGE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx, [1–2] 3–571 [572].  [1–18]16[19]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D11; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1938 | [short double rule]; [v] dedication; [vi] epigraph from Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; vii–viii FOREWORD | TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION; ix–xii HOW THE BOOK CAME TO BE WRITTEN signed p. xii: Henry George, Jr. | New York, | January 24, 1905.; xiii–xvii PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION signed p. xvii: Henry George. | New York,November,1880.; [xviii] epigraphs from Edwin Arnold and Whittier; xix–xx CONTENTS; [1] part title: INTRODUCTORY | THE PROBLEM; [2] epigraph in verse from Mrs. Sigourney; 3–565 text; [566] blank; 567–571 INDEX; [572] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with graph showing economic trends from 1907 to 1937; lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The growing importance of the economics section of the Modern Library is amply confirmed in the demand for such books as Adam Smith’sThe Wealth of Nations(G32), Karl Marx’sCapital(G26), John Strachey’sThe Coming Struggle for Power(G22), Thorstein Veblen’sThe Theory of the Leisure Class(No. 63), and others. Now, with the addition of Henry George’sProgress and Poverty, complete and unabridged, every school of economic thought is represented and made available to the general reader at a price easily within his reach. (Spring 1938)",
            "Originally published by D. Appleton & Co., 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition published by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. ML edition (pp. [v]–571) printed from Fiftieth Anniversary Edition plates with frontispiece portrait omitted. Published April 1938.WR2 April 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Progress and Povertysold 2,945 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "313b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "PROGRESS | AND | POVERTY | AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL | DEPRESSIONS AND OF INCREASE OF WANT | WITH INCREASE OF WEALTH | THE REMEDY | BY HENRY GEORGE | [torchbearer D2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 313a.",
            "Contents as 313a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep reddish brown (41) and bluish gray (191) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on tilted rectangular panel in deep reddish brown; background in bluish gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below tilted panel. Front flap as 313a. (Fall 1943)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "The growing interest in books on economics reflects the demand for enlightenment on means of production and modes of distribution. Knowledge of the needs and capacities of the individual and the society in which he lives are of vital concern to everyone. Such works as Adam Smith’sThe Wealth of Nations(G-32), Karl Marx’sCapital(G-26), Thorstein Veblen’sThe Theory of the Leisure Class(No. 63),The Making of Society(No. 183) and other volumes on economics and sociology make available to the general reader the widest possible range of thought on these subjects. Essential to this library of the world’s great social and economic thinkers is Henry George’sProgress and Poverty. The advocate of the single tax here analyzes the causes and effects of industrial depression and their consequences in terms of prosperity and poverty. (Fall 1956)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 314,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARY WEBB",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "PRECIOUS BANE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1938–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 219
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "314a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] PRECIOUS BANE | [rule] | BY | MARY WEBB | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | by Stanley Baldwin | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xvi, [2], [1] 2–356 [357–366].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]First published,1926,by| E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC. | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |First Modern Library Edition| 1938 | [short double rule]; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank: [vii] dedication [viii] blank; ix–xii Introduction signed p. xii: STANLEY BALDWIN | 10 Downing Street, S.W.1. |October,1928; xiii–xivForewordsigned p. xiv: MARY WEBB |March,1926; xv–xviContents; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–356 text; [357–361] ML list; [362–363] ML Giants list; [364–366] blank. (Fall 1938)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong green (141), moderate yellow green (120), pale greenish yellow (104), and deep brown (56) on coated white paper depicting two small figures walking on a country road with a village in the distance; title in reverse on inset strong green panel bordered in deep brown; other lettering in green. Signed: Galdone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "WhenPrecious Banewas first published in England it was hailed by a handful of discerning readers. Gradually it won for itself more and more enthusiastic admirers, and then suddenly its popularity became worldwide. Over 170,000 copies were sold in expensive editions. Writers and critics vied with one another in praising this memorable Shropshire novel. England’s former Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, was moved to write a glowing introduction. Now in the Modern Library,Precious Banewill win hosts of new adherents. (Fall 1938)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton & Co., 1926; introduction by Stanley Baldwin added, 1930. ML edition (pp. [vii]–356) printed from Dutton plates. Published September 1938.WR24 September 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 6 cents a copy.Precious Banesold 3,987 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "314b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "PRECIOUS | BANE | BY MARY WEBB | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | STANLEY BALDWIN | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 314a.",
            "Contents as 314a except: [ii] blank; [iv]First Published| 1926, BY E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 314a. (Spring 1941) Front flap reset with last sentence revised as follows: “. . . will win hosts of new champions and adherents.” (Spring 1959)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 315,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DOROTHY CANFIELD",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE DEEPENING STREAM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1938–1958",
            "ML_NUMBER": 200
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "315a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] THE | DEEPENING STREAM | [rule] |BY |DOROTHY CANFIELD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–393 [394].  [1–12]16[13]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D11; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1930,by| HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. |Copyright,1930,by| THE CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1938; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–393 text; [394] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in light bluish gray (190), moderate blue (182), and black on coated white paper with background patterned like currents of a stream, deepening from light bluish gray at top to moderate blue at the foot; author in black, other lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Paul Galdone, June 1938; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For a long time the editors of the Modern Library have wanted to include one of Dorothy Canfield’s novels in the series. They were confronted with an embarrassment of riches. The problem was solved by asking Dorothy Canfield herself to select her favorite novel. She unhesitatingly namedThe Deepening Stream. Of all her many books of fiction it best represents her unique storytelling gift. Here she brings vividly to life the drama of a young girl who grew to womanhood through love and suffering. (Fall 1938)",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1930. ML edition (pp. [1]–393) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published 11 November 1938.WR12 November 1938. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1959.",
            "The ML paid Harcourt, Brace an advance of $500. Haas invited Canfield to write a preface of 6–7 pages and offered the ML’s usual $50 fee (Haas to Dorothy Canfield Fisher, 20 August 1937), but she apparently declined. There were printings of 2,000 copies each in October 1940, June 1941, and December 1941, and a printing of 1,000 copies in May 1943.",
            "The Deepening Streamsold 2,865 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "315b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | DEEPENING | STREAM | BY | DOROTHY CANFIELD | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 315a.",
            "Contents as 315a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 315a. (Spring 1946)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "When the editors of the Modern Library decided to include one of Dorothy Canfield’s novels in the series, they were confronted with an embarrassment of riches. The problem of making a choice was solved for them when Dorothy Canfield herself selected the work that, in her opinion, deserved permanence. She unhesitatingly namedThe Deepening Streamas the one among all her books of fiction that best represents her unique story-telling gifts. In her favorite novel she brings vividly and memorably to life the drama of a young girl who achieved womanhood through love and suffering. (Spring 1954)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 316,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCEL PROUST",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CITIES OF THE PLAIN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1938–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 220
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "316a.  First printing (1938)",
            "[within double rules] CITIES OF THE PLAIN | [rule] | BY | MARCEL PROUST | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [12], 1–352; [2], 1–384 [385–386].  [1–23]16[24]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D11; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1927,by| RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1938; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [7] TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [8] blank; [9] CONTENTS; [10] blank; [11] part title: PART I; [12] blank; 1–352 text; [1] part title: PART II; [2] blank; 1–384 text; [385–386] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark gray (266) and grayish yellow green (122) on cream paper; left profile silhouette of Proust in grayish yellow green against dark gray background with lettering in reverse. Unsigned; probably designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Remembrance of Things Pastis the general title for the life work of Marcel Proust, and one by one, the seven independent novels which comprise the whole are being made available for readers of the Modern Library. . . . (Fall 1938)",
            "Scott Moncrieff translation originally published in U.S. in two volumes by A. & C. Boni, 1927. ML edition printed from A. & C. Boni/Random House plates. Published November 1938.WR12 November 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Random House acquired the rights to Proust’sRemembrance of Things Pastfrom A. & C. Boni when that firm ran into financial difficulties and published the seven-novel sequence in 1934 as a four-volume set in a wooden slipcase (Cerf,At Random, p. 99). RH subsequently publishedRemembrance of Things Pastin two volumes. The seven novels were published individually in the ML between 1928 and 1951.",
            "Cities of the Plainsold 2,292 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.Swann’s Way(166), which sold 5,017 copies between May 1942 and October 1943, was in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles and the only Proust title at that period to rank above the fourth quarter. By November 1951–October 1952Swann’s Wayhad climbed to a secure position in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "316b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "CITIES | OF THE | PLAIN | BY | MARCEL PROUST | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 316a.",
            "Contents as 316a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Spring 1946 jacket)",
            "VariantA:Pagination as 316a.  [1]16[2–11]32[12]24[13]16. Contents as 316b except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1955, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [385–386] ML Giants list. (Spring 1958)",
            "Variant B:Pp. [12], 1–352; [2], 1–383 [384–386].  [1]16[2–10]32[11]24[12]32[13]16. Contents as variant A except: 1–[384] text. (Fall 1967)Note:Battered page numeral “384” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 316a in moderate yellowish green (136) instead of grayish yellow green. (Fall 1949)",
            "Front flap reset and revised:",
            "Cities of the Plainis the fourth of the seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work under the general title ofRemembrance of Things Past. All seven volumes are now available in the Modern Library exclusively. . . . Each novel, complete and unabridged, is a separate entity and yet is an integral part of the grand design of Proust’s masterpiece. (Spring 1956)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Proust,Swann’s Way(1928–1971; 1977–1982)  166",
            "Proust,Within a Budding Grove(1930–1970)  194",
            "Proust,Guermantes Way(1933–1970)  264",
            "Proust,The Captive(1941–1970)  340",
            "Proust,Sweet Cheat Gone(1948–1971)  408",
            "Proust,The Past Recaptured(1951–1971)  443"
          ]
        }
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library Series 1939",
      "HEAD": [
        1939,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The ML underwent a major change in format and design for the second time in its history. The first, in 1929, substituted balloon cloth bindings for imitation leather and introduced Rockwell Kent’s binding and endpaper designs. (Balloon cloth began to be used in January 1929; Kent’s binding and endpaper designs were introduced in April.) The balloon cloth format suffered from two problems. The semi-flexible balloon cloth bindings were attractive but did not stand up to heavy use. And the 6½ x 4¼ inch (165 x 107 mm) page size, retained from Boni & Liveright days, sometimes made it difficult to print from original publishers’ letterpress plates, most of which were designed for a larger format. Many of the volumes printed from original publishers’ plates had uncomfortably narrow margins. Sometimes the original plates were too large to be used by the ML.",
          "The ML’s economic model assumed multiple printings, and all ML books were printed from plates. For older titles in the public domain the ML usually ordered new typesettings from which new plates were made. Copyrighted works were printed whenever possible from the original publisher’s plates. In general, the ML expected to pay royalties or typesetting and plate-making costs but tried whenever possible to avoid paying both. Royalties paid by the ML to the original publisher were regarded in part as a plate rental. In this respect the ML operated no differently than Grosset & Dunlap and other publishers of hardbound reprints of current books. Grosset & Dunlap differed from the ML in that its printings were closer in size to the original publishers’ editions, and it rarely had problems using original publishers’ plates.",
          "The ML had several options when the original publisher’s plates were too large for its format. The most expensive option was to reset the work to fit its format and make new letterpress plates. When the ML did this for copyrighted titles the original publisher occasionally agreed to forego royalties in whole or part until the plates were paid for. A second option was to photograph a clean copy of the original publisher’s edition, reduce the size of the type page photographically, and print by offset lithography. The disadvantage of this approach was that before the 1960s offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing and the quality was inferior. Another option when the original publisher’s plates were only slightly too large for the ML’s format was to print from a duplicate set of plates with the headline removed. Finally, the ML could print a given title in a slightly larger format in order to accommodate the original publisher’s plates. The ML resorted to this option on several occasions during the balloon cloth era, and once—for Charles Jackson’sTheLost Weekend(406), a short-lived title published in 1948—after the introduction of its larger format in fall 1939.",
          "Another problem with the balloon cloth format was that it made it harder to sell ML books to libraries. Many libraries did not buy ML books before the 1940s because the bindings did not stand up to heavy use and the narrow margins made rebinding difficult.",
          "A new format that corrected both faults was introduced in September 1939 withSix Plays of Clifford Odets(321) and John Steinbeck,In Dubious Battle(322). The page size was increased half an inch to 7 x 4¾ inches (176 x 120 mm). And the balloon cloth binding was replaced with a far more durable binding constructed of stiff boards covered with smooth linen. The new binding, designed by Joseph Blumenthal, is described below. Two spring 1939 titles, Irving Stone,Lust for Life(317) and Isak Dinesen,Seven Gothic Tales(320), were published in the larger format with balloon cloth bindings.",
          "The introduction of the larger format for regular ML volumes meant that existing jackets had to be replaced or redesigned. A few titles received enlarged versions of their existing jackets, but most were outfitted in newly designed jackets. Two designers were responsible for most of the new jackets that were introduced at this period. Joseph Blumenthal created a large number of elegant typographic jackets. The majority of new pictorial jackets were by Paul Galdone, a Hungarian-born illustrator of children’s books who designed his first ML jackets in 1937. Many ML Giants also received new jackets to go with their new bindings, although the size of the Giants remained unchanged.",
          "The introduction of the new format involved reprinting backlist titles at an accelerated pace so the series could regain a uniform appearance as quickly as possible. It also presented the ML with the problem of disposing of balloon cloth volumes that remained in the warehouse. When the first two titles in new format were published in September 1939, over 200 regular ML titles remained in the balloon cloth format. It would be February 1941 before the ML could announce, “Every title in the MODERN LIBRARY (95¢) is now readyin the new binding!” (PW139, 15 February 1941, pp. 814–15).",
          "An arrangement with the Book-of-the-Month Club, which appears to have begun in fall 1938, may have been conceived in part as a way of reducing the inventory of balloon cloth titles. The Book-of-the-Month Club offered free Modern Library books, all in balloon cloth bindings and 1930s jackets, to members who made advance deposits of $12 or more against future purchases. Two 16-page brochures titled “Free Books” are known to exist. The first is undated, gives the Book-of-the-Month Club’s address as 386 Fourth Avenue, New York, and includes Fitzgerald’sThe GreatGatsby—now one of the most sought-after ML titles (MLC46, p. 1). The second catalog, dated 3-39 (March 1939), uses the Club’s new address, 385 Madison Avenue. The March 1939 catalog can be viewed online at http://www.modernlib.com/General/brochures/BOMC/BOMC39.html (accessed 24 August 2017). It lists 103 titles from the regular ML and 42 Giants—half of the titles then in the series—along with books from five other reprint series.The Great Gatsby, which had been discontinued at the end of 1938, is not included in the second catalog, although a large number of unsold copies remained in the ML warehouse. Any hint that the offer was essentially a remaindering operation was avoided. Book-of-the-Month Club members were also given the option of buying ML books at the regular price. The arrangement with the Book-of-the-Month Club suggests that the ML planned the transition to the new format well in advance.",
          "Most of the 110,000 balloon cloth volumes that remained in the warehouse in early 1941 were disposed of at a widely publicized sale at Macy’s, the New York department store. Macy’s was one of the leading retailers of ML books, and it made a cash offer for the remaining stock of balloon cloth bindings. The sale was announced in a full-page ad in the SundayNew York Times(2 February 1941, p. 27). The ad listed 166 titles that were available in quantities of 100 copies or more. Another 50 balloon cloth titles were available in smaller quantities. The sale price for books in the discontinued binding was 33 cents. Three books were 94 cents; the price for twenty was $5.98. The sale began Monday morning at 9:30, and the books sold out in less than a week.",
          "Once the transition to the new format was complete, the ML invited booksellers to return their remaining stock of balloon cloth titles for replacement with volumes in the new format. Booksellers had a one-month window during which balloon cloth volumes could be exchanged. By February 1941, 700 accounts had returned around 160,000 books and received an equal number of volumes in the Blumenthal format at no cost. Two months later Cerf indicated that returns of balloon cloth volumes were expected to run to more than 200,000 copies. At that time the ML had not decided what would be done with the returned books, but the U.S. Government was expected to buy thousands of them for libraries in cantonments where new troops were billeted (PW139, 8 February 1941, p. 741; 15 February 1941, pp. 814–15; 5 April 1941, p. 1459).",
          "The year that saw the introduction of the ML’s new format was also the year that the twentieth-century paperback revolution spread to the United States. The paperback revolution in the English-speaking world was launched by Allan Lane, who founded Penguin Books in 1935. Pocket Books, Inc., established in 1939, was the first American publisher of mass-market paperbacks. It operated very differently from the ML. The 6½ x 4⅛ inch (164 x 105 mm) format of mass-market paperbacks was smaller than the ML’s original format. Pocket Books ordered new typesettings for all of its titles, printed its books on high-speed magazine presses in print runs vastly larger than the ML’s, and priced the books at 25 cents. Magazine wholesalers, who distributed the books to mass-market outlets such as drug stores and newsstands, treated paperback books as they did magazines. Newly published titles were distributed monthly. Credit for unsold copies of the previous month’s books was secured by tearing off the front covers and returning the covers. The coverless books were then pulped."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eight new titles were added to the Modern Library and nine were discontinued, reducing the number of titles in the regular series to 218. Six new titles were published in the Giants series; by the end of 1939 ML Giants included forty-six titles in forty-eight volumes."
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "Format and design",
        "Two spring titles (Liddell Hart,The War in Outlineand Walton,The Compleat Angler) were published in the ML’s standard balloon cloth format with binding D measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm). The other two spring titles (Stone,Lust for Lifeand Dinesen,Seven Gothic Tales) were in a larger format with balloon cloth bindings measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm).",
        "Fall titles were published in a newly designed binding with stiff boards measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). The larger format remained standard for nearly all titles published in the regular ML from fall 1939 through 1968. In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
        "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
      ],
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles in the regular ML had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; three had torchbearer C2 and five had torchbearer A2. All new titles had the 2-line imprint:",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "Adler’s title-page design was used for the last time in fall 1939. Beginning in 1940 Modern Library title pages were individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal."
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The balloon cloth binding was used for the last time in spring 1939. A new binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal, proprietor of the Spiral Press, was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. Blumenthal’s binding was designed for the ML’s new 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format and used smooth linen over stiff boards. The new bindings were in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover over upon which lettering stamped in gold. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Unlike balloon cloth bindings, where a portion of each printing of a given title was bound in cloth of different colors, each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. Successive printings sometimes had bindings in different color combinations. As Blumenthal recalled it, Cerf and Klopfer accepted the design on the first sketch he submitted (Blumenthal to GBN, 30 June 1978).",
          "The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the inset panel on the spine. There were two versions of the inset panel on the front cover, both of which employed a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel. The first version of the outer frame, used on the two titles published in September 1939 and all titles published 1940–1962, featured Kent’s torchbearer in gold below the inset panel at the lower right.",
          "Blumenthal appears to have been dissatisfied with the front panel design, and the two October 1939 titles, Fielding,Joseph Andrews(323) and Fineman,Hear, Ye Sons(324), feature an alternative version. The panel with the title and author is unchanged, but Kent’s torchbearer was omitted, and the outer frame in gold is adjusted so that the top is the same distance (10 mm) from the inner panel as the sides, and the bottom is 12 mm from the inner panel. The omission of the torchbearer gave the front panel of the binding a more classic, uncluttered appearance—but there was nothing on the front panel to identify the series or associate the volume with the ML. All previous ML bindings had included a ML device on the front panel. It is not known whether Blumenthal or Cerf and Klopfer made the decision to revert to Blumenthal’s original front panel design. All subsequent ML books except the first three Giants and titles in the short-lived Illustrated Modern Library series have included a ML device on the front panel of the binding."
        ]
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in moderate orange was used for one 1939 title, the first printing of Walton,Complete Angler(319). The only other 1939 title in the 6⅝ x 4⅜ inch format for which the endpaper had been designed was Liddell Hart,War in Outline(318), which used a map from the original edition as the front and back endpaper. The other two spring 1939 titles, Stone,Lust for Lifeand Dinesen,Seven Gothic Tales, were published in the larger 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format that would be adopted for all ML titles in fall 1939. The first printings ofLust for LifeandSeven Gothic Taleshad plain cream endpapers, as did the four titles published in fall 1939. The only previous ML volume in the 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format, John Reed’sTen Days That Shook the World(1935), also had plain cream endpapers. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in individually designed jackets. Four titles (Stone,Lust for Life; Liddell Hart,War in Outline; Walton,Compleat Angler; and Steinbeck,In Dubious Battle) had pictorial jackets, and four (Dinesen,Seven Gothic Tales; Odets,Six Plays; Fielding,Joseph Andrews; and Fineman,Hear, Ye Sons) had non-pictorial jackets. The jackets forJoseph AndrewsandHear, Ye Sonsmay have been designed by Joseph Blumenthal, whose newly designed binding was introduced in fall 1939 and whose individually designed title pages began to be used in 1940. Blumenthal created a large number of non-pictorial jackets for the ML during the 1940s, including many older titles that required new jackets when they were reprinted in the ML’s larger format. None of Blumenthal’s jackets were signed."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Stone,Lust for LifexOdets,Six Plays; Giants through G45; jackets: 265. (Fall) Odets,Six PlaysxChaucer,Troilus and Cressida; Giants through G48; jackets: 268."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf asked Knopf for permission to publish Thomas Mann’sThe Magic Mountainas a Giant, adding “we would be willing to make a special royalty deal on this one book, and would pay a whopping advance for it immediately” (Cerf to Knopf, 7 February 1939). Mann’s novel had appeared in the regular ML in 1932, but Knopf declined to renew the five-year reprint contract and the ML edition had been out of print since May 1938. Knopf rejected Cerf’s offer. Several subsequent reprint offers by the ML were also unsuccessful.The Magic Mountainwas not restored to the regular ML until 1992, after Random House’s “relaunch” of the series. By this time Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., had been a division of Random House for 32 years.",
          "Cerf inquired about the possibility of doing a volume by Edna St. Vincent Millay in the ML (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 27 February 1939). Macmillan rejected an offer for the one-volume edition of Sir James George Frazier’sThe Golden Bough, originally published in 1922, noting that it still netted the firm between $1,300 and $1,800 a year (George P. Brett, Macmillan, to Cerf, 7 August 1939). Cerf expressed interest in reprinting John Galsworthy’sThe Forsyte Saga(published in one volume by Scribner’s in 1925) as a Giant, offering an advance of $7,500 (Cerf to Perkins, 26 September 1939), but Scribner’s had no interest in authorizing a reprint edition.",
          "Cerf also expressed interest in including A. L. Morton,A People’s History of Englandin ML Giants (Cerf to Morton, 9 November 1939), but the book never appeared in the series. The American edition had been published by Random House the previous year. The original edition was published in Britain by Victor Gollancz and had been the May 1938 main selection of Gollancz’s Left Book Club.",
          "Clifford Odets suggested a collection of the best eight, ten, or twelve American plays ever written (Odets to Cerf, 20 September 1939). Howard Mumford Jones suggested a volume by Anthony Trollope (Jones to Cerf, 8 June 1938), but the ML had publishedThe Warden & Barchester Towers(292) three years earlier. It would be eight years before Trollope’sEustace Diamonds(399) was added. John Farrar suggested Henry Seidel Canby’sAge of Confidence, which Farrar & Rinehart had published five years earlier.",
          "Cerf considered adding Gustavus Myers’sHistory of the Supreme Court of the United Statesbut decided that it did not quite fit into the Modern Library list (Cerf to Kerr & Co., 7 November 1939).",
          "Gertrude Stein urged Cerf to add her two autobiographical works,The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas(Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1933) andEverybody’s Autobiography(Random House, 1937) to the ML (Stein to Cerf, undated). Cerf replied that he would love to see them as a Giant but that “public demand for these books is practically non-existent” (Cerf to Stein, 8 August 1939). Stein’sThree Lives(261) had been published in the ML in 1933, but sales were disappointing and it was discontinued at the end of 1940. It would be twenty-four years before another book by Stein appeared in the regular ML.The Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein(547) was published in 1963, followed byThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas(623) in 1980. However,The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklaswas reprinted in Random House’s quality paperback series, Modern Library Paperbacks, in fall 1955. After Random House acquired Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1960, the Knopf series Vintage Books became the quality paperback imprint for the combined firm, and later paperback printings ofThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklasappeared in Vintage Books."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Stone,Lust for Life(1939)  317",
          "Liddell Hart,War in Outline(1939)  318",
          "Walton,Compleat Angler(1939)  319",
          "Dinesen,Seven Gothic Tales(1939)  320",
          "Odets,Six Plays(1939)  321",
          "Steinbeck,In Dubious Battle(1939)  322",
          "Fielding,Joseph Andrews(1939)  323",
          "Fineman,Hear, Ye Sons(1939)  324"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Anderson,Poor White(1926)",
          "Fitzgerald,Great Gatsby(1934)",
          "France,Revolt of the Angels(1928)",
          "France,Thaïs(1924)",
          "Gilbert,Mikado and Other Plays(1918)",
          "Kent,Wilderness(1930)",
          "Hearn,Some Chinese Ghosts(1927)",
          "Moore,Confessions of a Young Man(1917)",
          "Roberts,Time of Man(1935)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 317,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "IRVING STONE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "LUST FOR LIFE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 11
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "317a.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules] LUST FOR LIFE | THE NOVEL OF VINCENT VAN GOGH | [rule] | BY | IRVING STONE | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [v–vi] vii–x, [2], 1–489 [490–494].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D16; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1934,byIRVING STONE |Foreword Copyright,1939,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; v–ix FOREWORD signed p. ix:January, 1939IRVING STONE; [x] blank; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–x CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–488 text; 489NOTEsignedI. S.|June 6th,1934; [490–494] blank.",
            "Format:7⅛ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and balloon cloth binding D.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on coated white paper with color reproduction of Van Gogh’s self-portrait dedicated to Paul Gauguin, painted at Arles in 1888, lettering in brilliant yellow (83) and reverse on black upper panel; backstrip in brilliant yellow with lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The turbulent life of Vincent Van Gogh is the basis for Irving Stone’s best-selling novel. Out of the misery of the painter’s struggle for existence and the magnificence he achieved in his art, there is woven his profoundly moving life-story. Van Gogh worked, fought and created with some of the most celebrated men of the century: Gauguin, Zola, Cezanne; and he lived with some of the most abject human beings of his time. In the pages ofLust for Life, Van Gogh is vindicated as man and artist. (Spring 1939)",
            "Originally published by Longmans, Green & Co., 1934. ML edition (pp. [v]–489) printed from Longmans, Green plates. Published February 1939.WR18 February 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Longmans, Green plates were too large for the ML’s 6½ by 4¼ inch format. To avoid resetting the text the ML the publishedLust for Lifein the 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format that would become standard for ML books beginning in fall 1939.",
            "Lewis Miller, the RH sales manager, liked the larger format. He consideredLust for Lifethe most presentable book the ML had published, “particularly because it is oversize, just like TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD” (Miller to James Crowder, 3 February 1939). He also regarded the jacket as one of the best in the series. The format and appearance of the ML edition were especially important since the ML did not have exclusive reprint rights and shared the market with a dollar reprint published by Grosset & Dunlap (Miller to Rollin B. Fisk, 8 February 1939).",
            "The ML edition sold 5,269 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it high in the third quarter of ML titles. It sold 3,576 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it high in the second quarter of ML titles. Adjusted for 18 months, 1951–52 sales exceed those for 1942–43 by fewer than 100 copies; the ranking ofLust for Lifein the third quarter of ML sales during 1942–43 reflects the increase in demand for books of all kinds during the Second World War.",
            "Pocket Books, Inc., publishedLust for Lifeas a 25-cent paperback in 1945. The film version of Stone’s novel starring Kirk Douglas, released in 1956, probably led to an increase in sales of the ML edition, but sales figures for the mid-1950s are not available.",
            "317b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)",
            "LUST FOR LIFE | THE NOVEL OFVincent van Gogh| BY IRVING STONE |with a foreword byTHE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 317a.",
            "Contents as 317a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY IRVING STONE | FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1939, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 317a.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16. Contents as 317b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, AND RENEWED, 1962, | BY IRVING STONE | FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1939, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [490–491] ML Giants list; [492–494] blank. (Spring 1964)",
            "Jacket:As 317a. (Spring 1942). Front flap reset with last sentence revised as follows: “. . . Van Gogh is vindicated as man and artist, and his tormented career is revealed with understanding and compassion.” (Spring 1954)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 318,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BASIL HENRY LIDDELL HART",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE WAR IN OUTLINE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1945",
            "ML_NUMBER": 16
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "318a.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules] THE WAR | IN OUTLINE | 1914–1918 | [rule] | BY | LIDDELL HART | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xx, [9–10] 11–285 [286–290].  [1–9]16[10]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D16; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1936,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; [iii] biographical note; [iv] blank; v–xiii PREFACE; [xiv] blank; xv–xvi CONTENTS; [xvii] MAPS; [xviii] blank; xix–xx PROLOGUE; [9] part title: THE SPARK AND THE POWDER; [10] blank; 11–275 text; [276] blank; [277] part title: INDEX; [278] blank; 279–285 INDEX; [286–290] blank.",
            "Format:6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) with map “Battle Fronts of the World War in 1917” on front and back endpapers.  Other ML titles with unique pictorial endpapers include Rockwell Kent,Wilderness(1930: 205), Elliot Paul,Life and Death of a Spanish Town(1942: 358).",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep purple (219), pale purple (227), vivid reddish orange (34), and black on coated white paper with illustration depicting soldiers in black silhouette emerging from trench in attack, with sun and faces in vivid reddish orange; title in reverse on deep purple background, author in reverse against black silhouette, other lettering in black on white panel:",
            "Captain Liddell Hart, whoseHistory of the World Warstill holds the field as the most brilliant analysis of the strategy and campaigns of that conflict, has now compressed the complete story into 285 pages, without the slightest sacrifice to accuracy or clarity. Read this little book—refresh your memory—and get a new insight into the present-day maneuvering of Europe’s war barons!",
            "Front flap:",
            "The complete story of the World War is here compressed into 285 pages by the greatest military authority of our time. Without the slightest sacrifice of accuracy or clarity, every campaign, every innovation, every change of leadership of the entire conflict on land and sea and in the air is covered completely. This volume is identical with the original edition and includes the unabridged text, with full maps.The War in Outlineis even more than a history; it is also a prophecy of what may happen during the war now threatening the world. (Spring 1939)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1936. ML edition (pp. v–285) printed from RH plates with list of maps on p. [xvii] revised to reflect the omission of two folded maps and the use of a third map on the endpapers. Published February 1939.WR18 February 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1946.",
            "The War in Outlinewas an abridgment of Liddell Hart’sHistory of the World War, 1914–1918(Little, Brown, 1935), which was originally published in 1930 asThe Real War(Little, Brown, 1930). The abridgment reduced the text from 635 to 285 pages.",
            "When the RH edition ofThe War in Outlinewas published Cerf wrote to Eugene O’Neill, who had lent him an earlier book by Liddell Hart: “I was so deeply impressed by that book that I swore that one day we’d get something by Hart [sic] for Random House. This is one time anyhow that a dream came true!” (Cerf to O’Neill, 21 September 1936). \tCerf does not appear to have realized that Liddell Hart was a compound surname. The author’s forenames, Basil Henry, were omitted from the title pages of Random House and ML printings and also from the jacket, andThe War in Outlinewas entered under “Hart” in ML lists and catalogues.",
            "The ML edition sold 2,481 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it among the thirty worst-selling titles for that period. Random House offered to sell the plates to Liddell Hart after the ML edition was discontinued (Emanuel Harper to Liddell Hart, 31 October 1947).",
            "318b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "[within single rules; 7-line title and statement of responsibility within second set of single rules] THE WAR | IN | OUTLINE | 1914–1918 | by | LIDDELL | HART | [below inner frame: torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 318a.",
            "Contents as 318a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 318a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 319,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "IZAAK WALTON",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COMPLEAT ANGLER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1957",
            "ML_NUMBER": 26
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "319a.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules] THE | COMPLEAT | ANGLER | [rule] | BY | IZAAK WALTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–295 [296–298].  [1–9]16[10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D16; [iii] title; [iv] [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; v–vi TABLE OF CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–13 THE LIFE OF IZAAK WALTON signed p. 13: Geoffrey Keynes.; [14] blank; 15–16 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; 17–18 dedicatory letter signed p. 18: Iz. Wa.; 19–23 To all Readers of this | Discourse but especially to the | HONEST ANGLER signed p. 23: I. W.; [24] blank; 25–32 COMMENDATORY VERSES; 33–270 text; 271–289 THE CHIEF | ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS | IN THE FIFTH EDITION | OF 1676; 290–295 index headed: THE TABLE | FROM THE FOURTH EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS | INDICATED BY SQUARE BRACKETS; [296–298] blank.",
            "Format:6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) with Kent endpaper in orange.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong brown (55), brilliant greenish blue (168), and black on linen-finish cream paper depicting a fisherman seated by a stream with trees overhead and a stone bridge and church steeple in the background, all in strong brown with highlights of greenish blue on the river; “COMPLEAT ANGLER” in decorated capitals highlighted in brilliant greenish blue, other lettering in black or brilliant greenish blue. Signed: Galdone, with signature running vertically at right of the riverbank.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In response to many urgent requests, the editors of the Modern Library add Izaak Walton’s classic to the series. The great work of the immortal fisherman is given a handsome format in an edition that is well within the purse of the humblest Walton devotee. All the quaint humor and serene wisdom, the lyric moods and the enormous fund of information on the fisherman’s art are here, complete and unabridged.The Compleat Angleris a book to be treasured by readers of every age. (Spring 1939)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published April 1939.WR8 April 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1958.",
            "Geoffrey Keynes’s “Life of Izaak Walton” is reprinted from the Nonesuch Press edition of Walton’s complete works (The Compleat Angler, The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson, with Love and Truth & Miscellaneous Writings), published in 1929 in 1100 copies, 500 of which were distributed in the U.S. by Random House. The ML edition includes none of the illustrations from the Nonesuch Press edition, but both 319a and 319b retain Keynes’s reference to “the portrait by Jacob Huysman, from which the copper-plate in the present work has been engraved” (p. 12); a footnote indicates that the portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery, London. The revised “Life of Izaak Walton” in 319c omits the words, “from which the copper-plate in the present work has been engraved.” Keynes also refers to a pastel portrait of Walton by Edmund Ashfield. A footnote in 319a and 319b states, “Now in the possession of Dr. Samuel Lambert of New York”; the footnote in 319c reads, “Formerly in the possession of the late Dr. Samuel Lambert of New York” (p. 12).",
            "The ML edition sold 2,617 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placingThe Compleat Anglerin the fourth quarter of ML titles during that 18-month period. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "319b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | COMPLEAT | ANGLER | BY | IZAAK WALTON | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 319a.",
            "Contents as 319a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 319a. (Fall 1943)",
            "319c.  Keynes’s “Life of Izaak Walton” revised (1949)",
            "Title as 319b.",
            "Pagination as 319a.  [1–8]16[9]8[10]16",
            "Contents as 319b except Keynes’s “Life of Izaak Walton” on pp. 3–13 revised and reset.",
            "JacketA:As 319b. (Spring 1949)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A in strong green (141) and black on coated white paper with illustration in strong green; “COMPLEAT ANGLER” in black and strong green, other lettering in black or strong green. Galdone’s signature is replaced by curved green line.",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "All the quaint humor and serene philosophy, the lyrical moods and the enormous fund of information on the angler’s art are here, complete and unabridged, for the devotees of the rod and hook and line, and for all other civilized readers.The Compleat Angler, now three hundred years young, is still the fisherman’s guide and companion; it has been through three centuries a source of joy and wisdom to contemplative men. Izaak Walton’s classic is a book to be treasured by readers of every age and inclination—fishermen and nonfishermen. It is the compleat balm for troubled minds and a refuge of quiet in a noisy world. (Fall 1954)",
            "Keynes’s “The Life of Izaak Walton” (pp. 3–13) was revised and reset in 1948. The printing with the spring 1949 jacket is probably the first from the reset plates. The original introduction stated, “Of Walton’s mother nothing is known, not even her name.” New information allowed Keynes to revise this passage as follows: “His mother, Anne Walton, survived her husband for thirty years, having married Humfrey Burne of Stafford in 1598. She was buried in Stafford in May, 1623” (p. 3). A footnote indicates that the source of the new information was a letter from Arthur M. Coon of Cornell University inThe Times Literary Supplement(25 December 1937).",
            "The fall 1952 printing of the jacket was the last in three colors. The fall 1954 jacket in two colors (black and strong green) may have been a response to rising costs of color printing or declining sales ofTheCompleat Angler. The ML edition ofThe Compleat Anglerwas discontinued at the end of 1957."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 320,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ISAK DINESEN",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SEVEN GOTHIC TALES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1971; 1980–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 54
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "320a.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules] SEVEN GOTHIC | TALES | [rule] | BY | ISAK DINESEN | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY DOROTHY CANFIELD | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "[i–iv] v–x [xi–xii], [2], 1–79 [80], [2], 81–107 [108], [2], 109–163 [164], [2], 165–216, [2], 217–270, [2], 271–355 [356], [2], 357–420 [421–422].  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title in roman type; [ii] pub. note D16; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1934,byHARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; v–x Introduction signed p. x: Dorothy Canfield. |Arlington, Vermont, 1934.; [xi] Contents; [xii] blank; [1] part title: The Deluge | at | Norderney; [2] blank; 1–79 text; [80] blank; [1] part title: The | Old Chevalier; [2] blank; 81–107 text; [108] blank; [1] part title: The Monkey; [2] blank; 109–163 text; [164] blank; [1] part title: The | Roads Round | Pisa; [2] blank; 165–216 text; [1] part title: The Supper | at | Elsinore; [2] blank; 217–270 text; [1] part title: The Dreamers; [2] blank; 271–355 text; [356] blank; [1] part title: The Poet; [2] blank; 357–420 text; [421–422] blank.Note:The headings for the introduction and table of contents and the part titles for each of the tales are printed in gothic type, represented here by Old English Text MT. The text of each tale begins with a 4-line gothic capital.",
            "Format:7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and balloon cloth binding D.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid red (11), black and gold on coated cream paper with title at top in black letters highlighted in red except large initial “S” in red highlighted in gold, all against drawing of an unfurled scroll surrounded by grape vines; author and other lettering in black on smaller white panel bordered in red below scroll, all against black background; spine in red with lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the few years that have elapsed since the publication ofSeven Gothic Tales, it has established itself among discerning readers as a modern classic. In order to add an increasing number of admirers to those who have been acclaiming this book in its more expensive format, the editors of the Modern Library include it in the series. The felicity of writing, the charm and dramatic power of these tales, their dignity and beauty, create a spell for readers of every shade of interest. Dorothy Canfield contributes an illuminating introduction. (Spring 1939)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934, two years before the firm was acquired by Random House. ML edition (pp. v–420) printed from Smith and Haas/RH plates with decorative borders omitted from part title pages and part titles printed in black gothic type instead of red. Published April 1939.WR8 April 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71. Published in Vintage Books, September 1972; restored to ML, 1980.",
            "The 7⅛ x 4⅞ in. format was used because the original plates were too large for the ML’s standard balloon cloth format. Even with the larger format the margins of the printed pages are uncomfortably narrow. The switch from letterpress to offset lithographic printing in the 1960s allowed the type page of 320c to be reduced photographically from 160 x 98 mm to 146 x 90 mm. This allowed larger margins, but the substantial reduction in type size made the text harder to read. A happy medium is achieved in 320d. The format is increased to 7½ x 4⅞ in., and the type page has been increased photographically to 155 x 88 mm. However, the volume is an early example of perfect binding rather than sewn, and it is not unusual to find copies today that are falling apart.",
            "The ML edition sold 7,154 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placingSeven Gothic Talesnear the top of the second quarter of ML titles during this 18-month period. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952. In contrast, sales of Dinesen’sOut of Africa(447), published in the ML in April 1952, placed it near the top of the second quarter of ML sales for the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "320b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] SEVEN | GOTHIC | TALES | BY ISAK DINESEN | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY DOROTHY CANFIELD | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 320a.",
            "Contents as 320a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 320a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16. Contents as 320b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1961, BY ISAK DINESEN; [421–422] ML Giants list. (Fall 1965)",
            "Jacket:As 320a. (Fall 1940)",
            "320c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1967/68)",
            "Seven | Gothic | Tales | by | Isak Dinesen |With an Introduction by|Dorothy Canfield| [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library |New York",
            "Pagination as 320a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 320b except: [i] half title: Seven | Gothic | Tales; [iv] Copyright, 1934, | by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc. | Copyright renewed, 1961, by Isak Dinesen.",
            "Format: Fujita binding B in black cloth with Fujita endpapers.",
            "Jacket:Fujita pictorial jacket in black, brownish orange (54) and gray on coated white paper; background in black with author in reverse and 3-line title in brownish orange on upper half; inset drawing in black and gray on lower half depicting an old European city with a tower and other buildings and boats on a river. Front flap as 320a with “few” deleted from the first sentence and second sentence omitted.",
            "320d.  Reissue format (1980)",
            "[7-line title, statement of responsibility and torchbearer within single-rule frame] SEVEN | GOTHIC | TALES | BY ISAK DINESEN | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY DOROTHY CANFIELD | [torchbearer M] | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 320a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 320b except: [i] Seven | Gothic | Tales; [iv] COPYRIGHT 1934 | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS | COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1961 BY ISAK DINESEN.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep purplish blue (201) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by Sara Eisenman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Seven Gothic Taleswas an immediate sensation when it was first published in 1934, and there was much speculation about the author before it was revealed that “Isak Dinesen” was actually the Danish Baroness Blixen, who had written this, her first book, in English. Since then,Taleshas established itself as a classic. By using modern perceptions within the framework of the old Gothic tale, Baroness Blixen created, as one of her early critics wrote, “a book of unique atmosphere . . . a book bringing the psychological insight of a Henry James to the material of a Northern Boccaccio . . . a book of extraordinary fantasy that yet takes us intimately into a vivid variety of human lives.”",
            "Published spring 1980 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60496-2.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dinesen,Out of Africa(1952–1971)  447"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 321,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CLIFFORD ODETS",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SIX PLAYS OF CLIFFORD ODETS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1972",
            "ML_NUMBER": 67
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "321a.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules] SIX PLAYS | OF CLIFFORD ODETS | [rule] | WITH A PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, [1–4] 5–433 [434–438].  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D17; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939,byCLIFFORD ODETS | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–x PREFACE |by Clifford Odetsdated p. x:New York,|July 18, 1939; [1] part title: WAITING FOR LEFTY; [2] copyright notice; [3] Characters; [4] blank; 5–418 text; [419] part title: APPENDIX | Three Introductions | by | Harold Clurman; [420] blank; 421–433 text; [434–438] blank.",
            "Contents:Waiting for Lefty – Awake and Sing! – Till the Day I Die – Paradise Lost – Golden Boy – Rocket to the Moon.",
            "Format:7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and Blumenthal binding.Six Plays of Clifford Odetsand Steinbeck,In Dubious Battle(322) were the first titles to be published in the ML’s larger 7¼ x 4⅞ in. format after it was adopted for all ML titles and the first to appear in the new binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate yellow (87), light bluish green (163), very light greenish blue (171) and black on coated white paper with three diagonal brick-like panels tilting to the upper right with the 3-line collective title in reverse on the face of each panel: SIX PLAYS OF | CLIFFORD | ODETS against background in black; left side of each panel in very light greenish blue and base in light bluish green; titles of the six plays in black on light bluish green panel tilting toward the lower right, all against woven background pattern in moderate yellow.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the Spring of 1935, whenWaiting for Leftywas first produced by the Group Theatre, a new force made itself felt in the American drama. Since then Clifford Odets has extended and solidified his reputation as the most brilliant playwright of the younger generation. Each of his plays reveals an impressive development of his dramatic gifts. This volume includes all his work to date in their complete texts:Waiting for Lefty,Awake and Sing,Till the Day I Die,Paradise Lost,Golden BoyandRocket to the Moon. (Fall 1939)",
            "Original ML collection; published simultaneously in a Random House trade edition at $2.50. Published September 1939.WR9 September 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1972/73.",
            "Cerf told Odets in 1938, “I consider you and O’Neill the two most important playwrights in America” (Cerf to Odets, 19 May 1938). Both were Random House authors.",
            "The trade edition ofSix Plays of Clifford Odetswas published primarily for sale to libraries. The same plates except for the half title and title page were used for printings of the ML and trade editions. The plates were designed for the ML’s larger format that was introduced in fall 1939; they would have been too large for the ML’s balloon cloth format that remained in use through spring 1939.",
            "The ML edition sold 4,819 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "321b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "SIX PLAYS | OF | CLIFFORD | ODETS | WITH A PREFACE BY | THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 321a.",
            "Contents as 321a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, | BY CLIFFORD ODETS.",
            "Jacket:As 321a. (Fall 1940)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "In the 1930’s the GroupTheatre made its presence felt with new plays, actors and writers who have since added great luster to the American stage. The most notable dramatist to emerge from that adventure in the theatre was Clifford Odets. In the Spring of 1935 his first play,Waiting for Lefty, was produced and it created a sensation, both as atour de forceand as a drama of substantial theme and sharply drawn character. Since that first production, Clifford Odets has extended his reputation with other plays of distinction. This volume includes the complete texts of the following plays:Waiting for Lefty,Awake and Sing,Till the Day I Die,Paradise Lost,Golden Boy, andRocket to the Moon. (Spring 1960)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 322,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN STEINBECK",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "IN DUBIOUS BATTLE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 115
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "322a.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules] IN | DUBIOUS | BATTLE | [rule] | BY | JOHN STEINBECK | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–343 [344].  [1–10]16[11–12]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D18; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1936, byJOHN STEINBECK | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] epigraph from Paradise Lost; [8] author’s note; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–343 text; [344] blank.",
            "Format:7⅛ x 4⅞ in. (181 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and Blumenthal binding. Steinbeck,In Dubious Battleand SixPlays of Clifford Odets(321) and were the first titles to be published in the ML’s larger 7⅛ x 4⅞ in. format after it was adopted for all ML titles and the first to appear in the newly designed Blumenthal binding.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in brilliant greenish yellow (98) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of itinerant fruit pickers—men, women, and children—walking along a road followed by a truck carrying more workers; lettering in reverse on black panels above and below the illustration; backstrip in brilliant greenish yellow with lettering in black. Illustration signed at lower right: [Valenti] Angelo.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Everyone who has been stirred by John Steinbeck’sThe Grapes of Wrathmust turn toIn Dubious Battleto discover the source from which his most famous book drew its strength and deep humanity. In all his novels Steinbeck is preeminently the story-teller. InIn Dubious Battlehe is at the crest of his powers as he dramatizes the plight of men and women fighting for their lives. A common cause animates their struggle, and their heroism makes the narrative soar from climax to climax. (Fall 1939)",
            "Originally published by Covici, Friede, 1936; new bibliographical edition published by Viking Press, August 1939. ML edition (pp. [7]–343) printed from Viking plates.Published September 1939.WR9 September 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML secured exclusive reprint rights toIn Dubious Battleshortly before the publication ofThe Grapes of Wrathin 1939 vastly enlarged Steinbeck’s audience. An earlier reprint had been published by Blue Ribbon Books in October 1937, but it sold poorly and was out of print by November 1938. Lewis Miller expected the success ofThe Grapes of Wrathto stimulate interest in all of Steinbeck’s books (Miller to Crowder, 11 July 1939). In a memo to the sales force he urged the travelers to open their sales talks withIn Dubious Battle:",
            "We got the sole reprint rights before GRAPES OF WRATH leaped to best-sellerdom and very lucky, too, for I am convinced it would have been more advantageous to the Viking crowd to have given the book to Grosset as well as to us. We would in that case have shared the market and perhaps not a big share either. If Grosset had IN DUBIOUS BATTLE they would get an advance of 20,000 to 25,000 copies, in my judgment. We are looking for an 8,000 to 10,000 advance on the strength of the fact that this brand new army of Steinbeck readers is now wide open for his past work. Every bookstore you call on has sold good quantities of GRAPES OF WRATH and that’s the market for IN DUBIOUS BATTLE. . . . Remember that IN DUBIOUS BATTLE does not take up much room and you have got to get at least a 25-stack if you expect the public to see it. We want 25’s, 50’s and 100’s. If a dealer buries this title on a shelf in 1’s and 2’s, we are licked before we start. (RH Box 153, Sales folder)",
            "The ML distributed a four-color display poster to bookstores that describedIn Dubious Battleas “a long, full, satisfying novel that deals with the same kind of characters and the same background as THE GRAPES OF WRATH” and launched a $7,500 advertising campaign that featuredIn Dubious Battlealong with Steinbeck’s other ML titles,Tortilla FlatandOf Mice and Men(PW, 5 August 1939, p. 351). A special discount was offered for combination orders of all three Steinbeck titles: 41 percent for 50 copies, 40 + 5 percent for 100 copies, and 44 percent for of 250 copies. The 40 + 5 percent discount was normally reserved for the ML’s biggest customers, such as Brentano’s, Macy’s, and Marshall Field & Co., who obtained ML books (list price 95 cents) for 55 cents instead of the 57 cents paid by booksellers who got a straight 40 percent discount. Booksellers who received this discount were expected to promote the series aggressively.",
            "“You can see the leverage you get with such a schedule,” Miller told the travelers. “You may get a dealer who can buy only 25 IN DUBIOUS BATTLE and you now have got a wedge to get 25 assorted out of the other two. And so on, up the scale” (RH Box 153, Sales folder). He also reminded them, “In selling this title don’t overlook the point that, because the book will be bound in stiff covers, it lends itself admirably to lending library use in addition to over-the-counter sales” (Miller to Consolino, 31 July 1939).",
            "The Grapes of Wrathled the 1939 best-seller list and remained one of the ten best-selling fiction titles in 1940 (Hackett and Burke, pp. 127–29). Sales figures for the ML edition ofIn Dubious Battleare not available for 1939 and 1940. The ML edition ofIn Dubious Battlesold 6,028 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML titles—but by thenThe Grapes of Wrathitself was available in the ML.In Dubious Battlewas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "322b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "IN | DUBIOUS | BATTLE | by John Steinbeck | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 322a.  [1–11]16",
            "Contents as 322a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY JOHN STEINBECK.",
            "Jacket:As 322a. (Spring 1946) Front flap reset with minor stylistic revisions and last sentence replaced by the following: “Their cause gives them courage and a kind of heroism of desperation. By his understanding of their plight Steinbeck becomes their champion and sympathetic chronicler in a novel that moves from climax to climax.” (Fall 1955)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Steinbeck,Of Mice and Men(1938– )  311",
            "Steinbeck,Grapes of Wrath(1941–1959)  341",
            "Steinbeck,Tortilla Flat(1937–1971)  304"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 323,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY FIELDING",
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            "TITLE": "JOSEPH ANDREWS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 117
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "323a.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules]The History of the Adventures of| JOSEPH ANDREWS |and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams| [rule] | BY HENRY FIELDING | [rule] |With an Introduction by| HOWARD MUMFORD JONES | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxviii, [1–2] 3–422 [423–426].  [1–14]16[15]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D18; [iii] title; [iv]Introduction Copyright,1939, |byRANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; v–xxii INTRODUCTION | By Howard Mumford Jones dated p. xxii:Harvard University|July, 1939; xxiii–xxxiAuthor’s Preface; [xxxii] blank; xxxiii–xxxviiiContents; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–422 text; [423–426] blank.",
            "Format:7⅛ x 4⅞ in. (181 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and the variant Blumenthal binding without the torchbearer on the front panel. The binding appears to have been used only for first printings of the two new titles published in October 1939, Fielding,Joseph Andrewsand Fineman,Hear Ye Sons(324).",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in light blue (181) on coated white paper with lettering and decoration in reverse on front panel and spine. Probably designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Convinced that Fielding’sJoseph Andrewswill take its place in general popularity beside his universally readTom Jones(No. 185), the editors take pleasure in adding this immortal satire to the Modern Library series. Full-bodied, broadly humorous, this swift-paced classic is a biting commentary on the pretenses and foibles of eighteenth-century England, and is as fresh and vivid today as it was when written. It is doubtful if its array of characters has ever been surpassed in English fiction for brilliance, economy and variety. (Fall 1939)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1939.WR14 October 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Cerf appears to have asked Henry C. Moriarty, manager of the book department of the Harvard Cooperative Society, to suggest someone to write the introduction. Moriarty suggested Howard Mumford Jones, a professor of English at Harvard. When Cerf contacted Jones he explained that the ML could “only pay $50 for forewords because of the small margin of profit on which the library is operated. On the other hand, there are no stipulations whatever as to the length of the foreword or contents thereof” (Cerf to Jones, 8 June 1939). Jones suggested George Sherwood of Columbia University as better qualified, but after a second letter from Cerf he agreed to write the introduction himself.",
            "The ML edition sold 2,823 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the middle of the fourth quarter of ML titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "323b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF | JOSEPH | ANDREWS | AND HIS FRIEND MR. ABRAHAM ADAMS |byHENRY FIELDING |with an introduction byHOWARD MUMFORD JONES | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 323a.",
            "Contents as 323a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1939, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Variant:Pp. [iii–iv] v–xxxviii, [1–2] 3–422 [423–428].  Collation as 323a.  Contents as 323b except: half title leaf omitted; [423–428] ML list. (Fall 1946)",
            "Jacket:As323a. (Spring 1946)",
            "323c.  Title page reset; bibliography added (1950)",
            "The History of the Adventures of| Joseph Andrews |and of his friend Mr. Abraham Adams|Written in imitation of the manner of Cervantes,|author ofDon Quixote | By Henry Fielding | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HOWARD MUMFORD JONES | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxix [xl], [1–2] 3–422 [423–424].  [1–13]16[14]8[15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1939, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxii INTRODUCTION | By Howard Mumford Jones [undated]; xxiii–xxiv BIBLIOGRAPHY; xxv–xxxContents; xxxi–xxxixAuthor’s Preface; [xl] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–422 text; [423–424] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 323a, probably including front flap. (Not seen)",
            "Flap text rewritten:",
            "Fielding himself describedJosephAndrewsas a satire “in imitation of the manner of Cervantes.” Its original purpose was to heap ridicule on the then popular romantic heroine of Samuel Richardson’sPamela. But the novel grew beyond its first intention and became more than a mere parody. In its own right it earned the status of one of the major works of fiction of the mid-eighteenth century and was the forerunner of Fielding’s masterpiece,Tom Jones(Modern Library No. 185). Broadly ironic and rich in its commentary on the pretenses and follies of English society,Joseph Andrewsis a novel of manners and character, written with insight and tolerance and sharp wit. It is by these two novels that Fielding is acknowledged the master by whom the great school of Victorian novelists was inspired. (Spring 1954)",
            "Published initially in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML.",
            "WhenJoseph Andrewswas included on the first list of titles to be published in MLCE, Stein offered Jones $75 to add a bibliography and invited him to look over the introduction to see if he would like to make any changes (Stein to Jones, 27 January 1950). Jones made only a few small changes.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Fielding,History of Tom Jones(1931–1971; 1985– )  208; Giant (1940–1951)  G52; Illustrated Modern Library (1943–1947)  IML 5."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 324,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "Irving Fineman",
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            "TITLE": "Hear, Ye Sons",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1939–1941",
            "ML_NUMBER": 130
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "324.  First printing (1939)",
            "[within double rules] HEAR, | YE SONS | A NOVEL | [rule] | by IRVING FINEMAN | [rule] | “. . . hear, ye sons of Jacob; | And hearken unto Israel your father.” |  –Genesis| [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–306 [307–308].  [1–10]16[11]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D17; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1933,byIRVING FINEMAN | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1939; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] dedication; [8] blank; [i–v] A BELATED PREFACE |by Irving Fineman; [vi] blank; vii–xii PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE | My Children; [1] part title: PART I; [2] blank; 3–306 text; [307–308] blank.",
            "Format:7⅛ x 4⅞ in. (181 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and the variant Blumenthal binding without the torchbearer on the front panel. The binding appears to have been used only for first printings of the two new titles published in October 1939, Fielding,Joseph Andrews(323) and Fineman,Hear Ye Sons.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark yellowish green (137) and black on coated white paper with title in reverse against dark yellowish green background, other lettering in black, and vertical borders in reverse at left. Probably designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Nothing could be more timely than a novel which re-affirms the nobility and integrity of the Jewish people. Such a novel isHear, Ye Sonsand it is revived at a moment when persecution of a defenseless minority is spreading all over the world. The most popular book by the author ofDoctor Addams, a national best-seller,Hear, Ye Sonsis a story recommended to readers of every taste and every racial and religious origin. It is a novel alive with the spirit of tolerance. (Fall 1939)",
            "Originally published by Longmans, Green & Co., 1933. ML edition (pp. [7], vii–306) printed from Longmans, Green plates. Published October 1939.WR14 October 1939. First (and only) printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1942.",
            "Ford Madox Ford wrote to the ML in 1933 praisingHear, Ye Sons, and Cerf may have told Fineman that he was interested in a ML edition. Fineman indicated in 1938 that reprint houses had been asking for the book for several years but that he had held off, hoping that it would appear in the ML. He added that if the ML did not want it he would let it go to another reprinter (Fineman to Cerf, 26 December 1938). Cerf replied two days later that he wanted to publishHear, Ye Sonsin fall 1939 and invited Fineman to write a new preface (Cerf to Fineman, 28 December 1939). “A Belated Preface” (pp. [i–v]) was written for the ML edition.",
            "The ML edition ofHear, Ye Sonssold poorly and was discontinued after two years and two-and-a-half months, making it the shortest-lived ML title. John Davidson,Poems(107), published by Boni & Liveright in April 1924 and discontinued at the end of 1926, outlastedHear, Ye Sonsby six months and was the second shortest-lived title."
          ]
        }
      ]
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1940",
      "HEAD": [
        1940,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "By 1940, Cerf and Klopfer had been in charge of the ML for nearly fifteen years.  Many titles inherited from Boni & Liveright were discontinued in the 1930s; by 1940, less than a third of the Boni & Liveright titles remained. ML Giants joined the regular ML series in 1931. By spring 1940, regular titles and Giants together numbered 270 titles—two-and-a-half times the size of the series when Cerf and Klopfer acquired it.",
          "The increased representation of American authors in the ML that began in the 1930s continued. By 1940, 28 percent of the authors in the regular series were Americans, compared to 20 percent in 1930. Even so, British authors remained in first place, accounting for 36 percent of the regular series. There was a marked falling off of French authors from 18 percent in 1930 to 11 percent in 1940. This decline reflected the large number of French titles—most of which were inherited from Boni & Liveright days—that were dropped during the 1930s.",
          "By 1940, the regular ML was a series of predominately modern works. In 1940, 22 percent of the titles were works dating from the preceding 20 years. In spring 1940, works first published between 1881 and 1900 made up just 15 percent of the regular ML series, compared with 34 percent in 1930 and 26 percent in 1925.",
          "The tendency toward making the ML more middlebrow was reflected in an increased proportion of fiction. By spring 1940, fiction accounted for 64 percent of the regular ML.  That was the highest proportion of fiction the ML would ever contain."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eleven new titles were added to the ML and nine were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular series to 219. Six new titles were published in the Giants series; by the end of 1940 ML Giants included fifty-two titles in fifty-four volumes."
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Beginning in 1940, ML title pages were individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal, proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. Existing titles acquired new title pages as they were reprinted. Blumenthal created the new title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the ML’s regular printer."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s new format (7¼ x 4⅞ inches, enlarged from 6⅝ x 4⅜ inches) was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards and were sturdier than the ML’s earlier bindings. Books were bound in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination.",
          "The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold on all titles published 1940–1962."
        ]
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "An enlarged version of Rockwell Kent’s endpaper, redesigned to fit the ML’s larger format, was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged; the surrounding pattern of open books and “ml” initials was extended to fill the larger space. The spring endpapers, like earlier Kent endpapers, were in moderate orange; fall 1940 endpapers were in gray. Kent endpapers in gray remained in use through spring 1966. New titles published in fall 1966 and spring 1967 had Kent endpapers in light yellowish brown. New endpapers designed by S. Neil Fujita were introduced in fall 1967 as part of a comprehensive redesign of the series."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in individually designed jackets. Five titles (Sheean,Personal History; Marquand,The Late George Apley; Forester,The African Queen; Porter,Flowering Judas and Other Stories; and Emerson,The Complete Essays and Other Writings) had pictorial jackets. Six (Chaucer,Troilus and Cressida; Machiavelli,The Prince and The Discourses; Lewisohn,The Island Within; Forster,A Passage to India;The Short Bible; and Morley,Human Being) had non-pictorial jackets. The jackets forTroilus and Cressida, Machiavelli, Lewisohn, and Forster were clearly designed by Joseph Blumenthal, whose newly designed binding was introduced in fall 1939 and whose individually designed title pages began to be used in 1940. Blumenthal created a large number of non-pictorial jackets for the ML during the 1940s, including many for older titles that required new jackets when they were reprinted in the ML’s larger format. None of Blumenthal’s jackets were signed."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Chaucer,Troilus and CressidaxEmerson,Complete Essays; Giants through G51; jackets: 271 (=spring 1941). (Fall) Emerson,Complete EssaysxHugo,Hunchback of Notre Dame; Giants through G54; jackets: 274."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf expressed interest in a volume of poetry by Robert Frost (Cerf to Holt & Co., 12 February 1940), but it would be 1946 beforeThe Poems of Robert Frost(393) appeared in the ML. Cerf tried again to get Rudyard Kipling’sKimfor the ML, offering an advance of $2,000 against 10 cents a copy royalties for reprint rights (Cerf to Van Cartmell, Doubleday, Doran, 27 February 1940). It would be another decade before the ML secured reprint rights to Kipling’s novel. Cerf also sought Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’sThe Yearling, which was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1938, became the year’s best-selling novel, and won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He indicated that he wanted to publish it in 1942 (Cerf to Max Perkins, 11 April 1940). Scribner’s did not grant reprint rights to the ML until 1946. The ML edition ofThe Yearling(391) appeared late in 1946.",
          "Several other titles to which Cerf tried to secure reprint rights never appeared in the series. He offered advances of $1,000 against royalties of 10 cents a copy forThe Collected Poems of T. S. Eliotand Lytton Strachey’sQueen Victoria(Cerf to Hastings Harcourt, 26 April 1940; Cerf to Donald Brace, 3 May 1940). He had been trying to getQueen Victoriafor the ML since 1928. He also wanted to publish William Graham Sumner’sFolkwaysas an ML Giant. He offered Ginn & Co., who first published it in 1906, a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. “Judging by our sales of similar volumes of the series,” he wrote, “I think it fair to assume that we will sell these 10,000 copies within a year and a half, and that thereafter the book should sell between 2000 and 4000 copies every year. . . .” (Cerf to Richard Thornton, Ginn & Co., 16 August 1940). Thornton declined the offer: “We still have a fair sale for the book, and we have recently put out a special Centennial Edition [Sumner was born in 1840], which we have been giving extra promotion” (Thornton to Cerf, 25 September 1940).",
          "Cerf received a suggestion for Alfred Thayer Mahan’sInfluence of Sea Power upon History, but after seeing a copy he concluded it was “too special in its appeal—and dated, too—to be a likely candidate for ML” (Cerf to Alfred McIntyre, Little, Brown, 2 April 1940)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Sheean,Personal History(1940)  325",
          "Marquand,Late George Apley(1940)  326",
          "Chaucer,Troilus and Cressida(1940)  327",
          "Machiavelli,The Prince & The Discourses(1940)  328",
          "Lewisohn,Island Within(1940)  329",
          "Forster,Passage to India(1940)  330",
          "Goodspeed and Smith, eds.,Short Bible(1940)  331",
          "Forester,African Queen(1940)  332",
          "Porter,Flowering Judas and Other Stories(1940–1950; 1953)  333",
          "Emerson,Complete Essays and Other Writings(1940–1960);Selected Writings(1960)  334",
          "Morley,Human Being(1940)  335"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Blake,Poems(1921)",
          "Cabell,Cream of the Jest(1927)",
          "Crane,Maggie, A Girl of the Streets and Other Stories(1933)",
          "Dos Passos,42nd Parallel(1937)*",
          "Dowson,Poems and Prose(1919)",
          "Lewisohn,Up Stream(1926)",
          "Mann,Buddenbrooks(1935)",
          "Richardson,Maurice Guest(1936)",
          "Schnitzler,Reigen, The Affairs of Anatol and Other Plays(1933)"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": "*Dos Passos’s42nd Parallelwas discontinued after the ML published Dos Passos’sU.S.A.trilogy as a Giant in 1939.",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 325,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "VINCENT SHEEAN",
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            "TITLE": "PERSONAL HISTORY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1953",
            "ML_NUMBER": 32
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "325.  First printing (1940)",
            "Personal History|by| VINCENT SHEEAN |with a new introduction byTHE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–436.  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, 1935, BY VINCENT SHEEAN | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1940, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; [v] dedication; [vi] acknowledgment; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: Vincent Sheean |November, 1939.; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–430 text; 431–436 AN INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), vivid red (11), yellowish gray (93) and black on coated white paper depicting an Arab in front of a mosque, marching soldiers, a steamship at sea, and a Chinese peasant against moderate yellow background; title in vivid red on diagonal yellowish gray panel with ragged sides, other lettering in black. Signed: Galdone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Vincent Sheean’s book is far more than its title implies; it is history in the making, a vivid interpretation of the ideas and struggles that have so suddenly changed our conception of the modern world. An eye-witness of violent events, the friend and confidant of men and women of power and influence, he has been able to give to this book an authority and intensity that few of the long succession of volumes fashioned on it have been able to attain.Personal Historyis a book of lasting importance. (Spring 1940)",
            "Originally published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. ML edition printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting; the plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML but remained the property of Doubleday, Doran. Published January 1940.WR27 January 1940. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1954.",
            "The original Doubleday, Doran plates were too large for the ML’s format. The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "The ML edition sold 6,635 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML titles during this eighteen-month period.Personal Historywas not among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 326,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN P. MARQUAND",
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            "TITLE": "THE LATE GEORGE APLEY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 182
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "326a.  First printing (1940)",
            "THE LATE | GEORGE APLEY | A NOVEL IN THE FORM | OF A MEMOIR | BY JOHN P. MARQUAND | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [i–v] vi, [1–3] 4–354 [355–360].  [1–11]16[12]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1937, BY JOHN P. MARQUAND | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1940, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; [iii–iv] INTRODUCTION signed p. [iv]: J. P. Marquand |December, 1939; [v]–viCONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–354 text; [355–360] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep blue (179), pale blue (185) strong red (12), moderate red (15), pale yellow (89), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting a street of Boston town houses highlighted in strong and moderate red and a passing pedestrian with walking cane with pavement in pale yellow; title in reverse highlighted in black against background fading from deep blue to pale yellow; other lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone in November 1939; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Pulitzer Prize Novel for 1938,The Late George Apley, is a delicious satire on the palmy days of Boston during America’s golden era. Laugh as much as you like at George Apley’s discomfiture, you will relish the rich portrait of a New England family set against a background of Puritanism. The tone throughout this book is gentle, compassionate and ironic; the total effect is entertainment of the highest order and a new and unforgettable insight into a warmly human American way of life. (Spring 1940)",
            "Flap text revised:",
            "The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for 1938,The Late George Apleyis a deft and devastating satire on the most proper of Bostonians when they were the self-appointed guardians of America’s social and intellectual destiny. Laugh as much as you like at George Apley’s pretensions and his discomfiture, you will relish this rich portrait of a New England family with its background of rigid Puritanism. The tone throughout this novel is gentle, compassionate and ironic; its total purpose and achievement is entertainment of the highest order and a new and unforgettable insight into a passing but still warmly human American way of life. (Fall 1956)",
            "Originally published by Little, Brown & Co., 1937. ML edition (pp. [v]–354) printed from Little, Brown plates. Published January 1940.WR27 January 1940. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML paid Little, Brown royalties of 10 cents a copy. The initial reprint contract was for a period of three years and appears to have given the ML exclusive reprint rights. When the contract was renewed Little, Brown added a stipulation that gave them the option of authorizing a Pocket Books paperback edition (Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, to Cerf, 29 September 1943). The ML edition sold 6,118 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML titles during this eighteen-month period. Sales to September 1943 totaled 13,450 copies (Cerf to Elizabeth Marden, Little, Brown, 24 September 1943).",
            "326b.  Title page reset; offset printing (1966/67)",
            "THE LATE | GEORGE APLEY | [short decorative rule] |A Novel in the Form of a Memoir| [short decorative rule] |By| John P. Marquand |With an Introduction|by the Author| [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library |New York",
            "Pp. [10], [1–3] 4–354 [355–358].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]16[7]8[8]16",
            "Contents as 326a except: [1–2] blank; [3] half title; [4] blank; [5] title; [6] Copyright 1936, 1937 by John P. Marquand | Copyright renewed 1964, 1965 by John P. | Marquand, Jr. and Christina M. Welch. | Introduction Copyright, 1940, | by The Modern Library, Inc.; [7–8] INTRODUCTION signed p. [8]: J. P. Marquand |December, 1939; [9–10]CONTENTS; [355–358] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 326a with moderate blue (182) instead of deep blue and pale yellow omitted to reduce printing costs; pavement in white and background fading from moderate blue to bluish white (189). Front flap with revised flap text.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Little, Brown edition with the height of the type page reduced about 3/8 in. (8 mm)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 327,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEOFFREY CHAUCER",
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            "TITLE": "TROILUS AND CRESSIDA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1944",
            "ML_NUMBER": 126
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "327.  First printing (1940)",
            "Troilus| and | Cressida | BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER | RENDERED INTO | MODERN ENGLISH VERSE BY | GEORGE PHILIP KRAPP | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule].Note:The 3-line title, headings of the preliminaries, and part titles are set in Trafton Script, a typeface designed by Howard A. Trafton in 1933. It is represented here by Ar Berkley.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–309 [310–316].  [1–10]16[11]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; v Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xiii Introduction; [xiv] blank; xv–xviii Proem; xix epigraph in verse from Gower,Confessio Amantis; [xx] blank; [1] part title: The Temple Door | BOOK I; [2] blank; 3–309 text; [310] blank; [311–315] ML list; [316] blank. (Fall 1939)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper; title in reverse on curved dark reddish orange panel at right, other lettering in black. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The addition of Chaucer’sTroilus and Cressidain a modern verse rendering to the Modern Library series is a boon to readers everywhere. For students in our schools and colleges especially it provides a scholarly and readable version of what is considered by the most eminent authorities to be, withTheCanterbury Tales(No. 161), Chaucer’s greatest achievement. Originally published under the Random House imprint in a volume which sold at $3.50, it is now issued in an entirely new edition at a price within the reach of everybody. (Spring 1940)",
            "Krapp translation originally published by Random House, 1932, with wood engravings by Eric Gill on the outer margins of facing pages (verso and recto) and full page wood engravings at the beginning of each of the five parts. Trade edition published from a new typesetting that closely follows that of the 1932 edition, with illustrations omitted and page numerals shifted from the head of the page at the outer margins to the foot of the page at the center. The trade edition is ⅜ inch larger than the ML edition and appears to have been published shortly before or simultaneously with the ML edition. ML edition (pp. v–309) printed from plates of the RH trade edition. The only significant differences between the two printings are the title leaf and half title: the RH half title is in Trafton script and the ML half title is in roman type. Published January 1940.WR27 January 1940. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1944.",
            "The ML edition appears to have been unsuccessful and was discontinued after less than five years. In 1957, thirteen years after the ML edition was discontinued, Random House used the ML plates to publishTroilus and Cressidain Modern Library Paperbacks, its trade paperback imprint. After Random House acquired Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1960 the Knopf paperback series, Vintage Books, became Random House’s primary trade paperback imprint. Subsequent printings ofTroilus and Cressidaappeared in Vintage Books.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Chaucer,Canterbury Tales(1929–1971)  181"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 328,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI",
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            "TITLE": "THE PRINCE & THE DISCOURSES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 65
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "328a.  First printing (1940)",
            "THE PRINCE | AND | THE DISCOURSES | BY | NICCOLÒ | MACHIAVELLI | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY MAX LERNER | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xlvi, [1–2] 3–540 [541–546].  [1–18]16[19]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; v–xxiv CONTENTS; xxv–xlvi INTRODUCTION |byMax Lerner dated p. xlvi:March, 1940; [1] part title: THE PRINCE |Translated from the Italian by| Luigi Ricci |Revised by| E. R. P. Vincent; [2] blank; 3–98 text; [99] part title: DISCOURSES | ON THE | FIRST TEN BOOKS OF TITUS LIVIUS. | (Translated from the Italian by Christian E. Detmold); [100] blank; 101–540 text; [541–545] ML list; [546] blank. (Spring 1940)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 328a.  [1–17]16[18]8[19]16. Contents as 328a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [541–546] ML list. (Fall 1947)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper; title and author in black on inset cream panel, other lettering in reverse on deep reddish orange background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Nothing could be more timely than the publication at this moment of history of the two works which made Machiavelli both famous and infamous as a model for contemporary statesmen.The PrinceandThe Discourseshave become required reading for an understanding of our daily newspaper headlines. These books have never before been printed in a single volume. The texts are complete and unabridged. An illuminating introduction is provided by Max Lerner of Williams College and until recently editor ofThe Nation.  (Spring 1940)",
            "Ricci translation ofThe Princeoriginally published in London in World’s Classics, 1906; Vincent revision originally published in World’s Classics, 1935. Detmold translation ofThe Discoursesoriginally published by James R. Osgood & Co., 1882, as part of Machiavelli’sHistorical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published April 1940.WR6 April 1940. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "Machiavelli was included in the ML at Max Lerner’s recommendation. Lerner received $75 for the introduction, $25 more than the ML’s usual fee (Cerf to Linscott, 30 August 1940). The ML edition sold 8,721 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943 and 4,634 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it securely in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles at both of these periods. Sales totaled 114,857 copies by spring 1958.",
            "328b.  Introduction revised; bibliography added (1950)",
            "THE PRINCEand|THE DISCOURSES|By Niccolò Machiavelli| WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY MAX LERNER |Professor of American Civilization|and Political Institutions,|Brandeis University| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xlviii, [1–2] 3–540 [541–544].  [1–17]16[18]8[19]16",
            "Contents as 328a except: [iv]Copyright, 1940, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; xxv–xlvi INTRODUCTION |byMax Lerner dated p. xlvi:March, 1940; May, 1950; xlvii–xlviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [541–544] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 328a. Front flap with last sentence revised as follows: “An illuminating introduction is provided by Max Lerner who traces the career and thought of the first analyst of power and the uses to which political domination can be put for aggression and the expanding control of the state.” (Spring 1953)",
            "Published initially in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML. When Machiavelli was included on the first list of titles to be included in MLCE, Stein offered Lerner $50 to add the bibliography and make any changes he wanted in the introduction (Stein to Lerner, 27 January 1950). Lerner made a number of small changes, including the addition of two sentences within the last paragraph, which begins with the sentence “Machiavelli sought to distinguish the realm of what ought to be and the realm of what is.”:",
            "To be realistic about methods in the politics of a democracy at home does not mean that you throw away all scruples, or accept the superior force of “reason of state,” or embrace the police-state crushing of constitutional liberties. To be realistic about the massing of power abroad in the economic and ideological struggle for the support of men and women throughout the world does not mean that you abandon the struggle for peace and for a constitutional imperium that can grow into a world republic."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 329,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LUDWIG LEWISOHN",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ISLAND WITHIN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1942",
            "ML_NUMBER": 123
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "329.  First printing (1940)",
            "THE ISLAND | WITHIN | BY | LUDWIG LEWISOHN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–350 [351–362].  [1]16(–3) [2–11]16[12]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY HARPER & BROTHERS | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; [1] part title:Book One; [2] dedication; 3–350 text; [351–355] ML list; [356–357] ML Giants list; [358–362] blank. (Spring 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark grayish red (20) and dark gray (266) on cream paper; background in dark grayish red, title and author in dark gray on inset cream panel, series and torchbearer below panel in reverse against dark grayish red background; backstrip in dark grayish red with torchbearer and lettering in reverse except title in gray on inset cream panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The appeal to conscience and the lyrical quality of Ludwig Lewisohn’s writing makeThe Island Withinhis most notable novel. In it he recounts the age-old plight of the man of integrity who must struggle alone against the evil forces of prejudice and reaction. With an unerring insight into the Jewish spirit, Mr. Lewisohn reveals the nobility of a people reflected by one of its sons in the modern world. The story he tells is rich in imagery and immensely rewarding to the reader who demands fiction with meaning and emotion. (Spring 1940)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1928. ML edition (pp. [1]–350) printed from Harper plates. Published April 1940.WR6 April 1940. First and only printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1942.",
            "The ML paid Harper’s a $400 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy. Lewisohn repeatedly urged Cerf to addThe Island Withinto the ML although two of his books,Up Stream(128) andThe Story of American Literature(G43), were already in the series. Cerf confided to Cass Canfield, Lewisohn’s publisher, “[T]hat seems more than enough to me.” He continued, “I did suggest to Lewisohn, however, that we might drop UP STREAM next year and substitute THE ISLAND WITHIN in its place. Lewisohn approved of this step with all the vociferousness at his command, which, I need scarcely tell you, is quelquechose [sic]” (Cerf to Canfield, Harper & Bros., 12 October 1939).",
            "The Island Withinwas discontinued after two and a half years because of poor sales. Copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder mark of a star stamped on the endpaper.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Lewisohn, ed.,Modern Book of Criticism(1920–1936)  75",
            "Lewisohn,Up Stream(1926–1939)  128",
            "Lewisohn,Story of American Literature(Giant, 1939–1956)  G43"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 330,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "E. M. FORSTER",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "A PASSAGE TO INDIA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1948",
            "ML_NUMBER": 218
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "330.  First printing (1940)",
            "A PASSAGE | TO INDIA | BY E. M. FORSTER | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [1–6] 7–322.  [1–9]16[10]16(16+1.2)",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [1] title; [2] COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY HARCOURT, BRACE & CO. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; [3] biographical note; [4] blank; [5] dedication; [6] blank; 7–322 text.",
            "Variant:Pp. [2], [1–6] 7–322 [323–334].  [1–10]16[11]8.  Contents as 330 except: [2]Firststatement omitted; [323–328] ML list; [329–330] ML Giants list; [331–334] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in solid dark grayish reddish brown (47) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The fame of E. M. Forster’sA Passage to Indiagrows with the passage of time. When it first appeared, in 1924, critics everywhere acclaimed it as a brilliant novel which upheld the highest traditions of English fiction. In the intervening fifteen years, it has established itself with the general public as a twentieth-century classic. Its subtle characterizations, its deep understanding of the Eastern mind, and its serene spirit make it a story to be cherished by a world from which all tranquillity seems to have departed. (Spring 1940; Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial on coated cream paper with multi-color illustration of two people on an elephant with Hindus and Moslems in foreground; background in moderate yellow (87) with author’s name in black at top and title in reverse on inset rectangular panel in dark gray (266). Backstrip in dark gray with inset cream panel with title in black; other lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1946)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1924. ML edition (pp. [5]–322) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published April 1940.WR6 April 1940. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1949.",
            "Cerf tried to includeA Passage to Indiain the ML shortly after he and Klopfer acquired the series (Cerf to Alfred Harcourt, 10 March 1926). Harcourt, Brace was agreeable but decided to ask Forster’s permission. Nine months later Harcourt reported, “The upshot of our correspondence with him is that we are forced to the decision not to sell this book to The Modern Library for next year” (Harcourt, Brace to Cerf, 11 December 1926).A Passage to Indiadid not appear in the ML until thirteen years later.",
            "Shortly after the Second World War, Harcourt, Brace launched its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, in response to the burgeoning college market. Harcourt, Brace served notice in 1948 that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts forA Passage to Indiaand eight other titles, including works by Sinclair Lewis, Katherine Anne Porter, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). At that time the ML had 3,300 copies ofA Passage to Indiain stock; Klopfer estimated that it would take eight months for the stock to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June 1948; 28 June 1948).A Passage to Indiasold 6,654 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. Total ML sales were 48,110 copies (B. J. Kirkpatrick,E. M. Forster, p. 34).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Forster,Collected Tales(1968–1969)  605"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 331,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": [
              "EDGAR J. GOODSPEED",
              "J. M. POWIS SMITH"
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            "TITLE": "THE SHORT BIBLE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 57
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "331.  First printing (1940)",
            "THE | SHORT | BIBLE | AN AMERICAN TRANSLATION | EDITED BY | EDGAR J. GOODSPEED | AND | J. M. POWIS SMITH | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, [1–2] 3–545 [546–550].  [1–17]16[18]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: Edgar J. Goodspeed | Paradise Island | July 20, 1933; vii AIDS TO FURTHER STUDY; [viii] blank; ix–x TABLE OF CONTENTS; [1] part title: THE OLD TESTAMENT; [2] blank; 3–545 text; [546] blank; [547] part title: INDEX; [548] blank; [549] INDEX; [550] blank.",
            "Variant:As 331 except p. [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | AND RENEWED 1961, BY EDGAR J. GOODSPEED | AND GRACE F. P. GATES",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep purplish blue (201), yellowish white (92), gold and black on coated cream paper; background of front panel and backstrip tinted yellowish white with title on front panel in reverse on inset deep purplish blue panel bordered in gold and other lettering in black; inset title panel on backstrip with title in black against untinted background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The editors of this volume were guided entirely by the principle of clarifying for the modern American reader all the obscurities of the Bible in its standard forms. They have emphasized the religious and literary qualities of the Book of books, and have made it easy to read and understand. The historical background of each book is traced in simple and succinct commentaries, and the very arrangement of the books themselves, in the probable order of their writing, throws new light on the development of religious thought.The Short Bibleis a boon to those who seek its essential truth and beauty. (Fall 1940)",
            "Originally published by University of Chicago Press, 1933. ML edition (pp. v–[549]) printed from University of Chicago Press plates. Published September 1940.WR14 September 1940. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "The Short Biblewas included in the ML after Cerf and Klopfer failed to secure reprint rights to Smith and Goodspeed’sThe Complete Bible: An American Translation(University of Chicago Press, 1939), which they wanted for the Giants. Cerf had offered a $5,000 advance forThe Complete Bible($3,000 on signing and $2,000 one year after publication) shortly after it was published. He noted, “I honestly think we could sell 50,000 copies of this book in two years’ time” (Cerf to Donald Bean, University of Chicago Press, 17 October 1939). When the University of Chicago Press indicated that a reprint ofThe Complete Biblewas premature, Cerf offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy forThe Short Bible(Cerf to Bean, 30 November 1939). Shortly after this communication, the University of Chicago asked Bean to run its Fiftieth Anniversary celebration, and Rollin D. Hemens became Acting Manager of the Press.",
            "Cerf and Klopfer did not abandon their hopes of gettingThe Complete Bible. During a visit to California Cerf discussed the situation with Goodspeed. He told Klopfer, “I got him steamed up about getting the complete Bible in the series and he is going to write a strong letter to the Chicago University Press to emphasize this point” (Bennett Cerf Papers. Cerf to Klopfer, 19 December 1939). When he returned from California he wrote to the University of Chicago Press that he and Goodspeed had decided against a ML edition ofThe Short Bible. He reported to Goodspeed, “I have written to Mr. Hemens . . . that . . . you and I had decided that it would be the intelligent thing to pass up the Short Bible as far as the Modern Library is concerned and wait until we can concentrate all our selling efforts on the Modern Library Giant edition of theComplete Bible. I told him that we both understand full well that the time is not yet ripe for this Modern Library edition, but if we could have it within two years’ time, we would be quite willing to guarantee a sale of 50,000 copies and to make this guarantee a part of our contract” (Cerf to Hemens, University of Chicago Press, 27 December 1939; Cerf to Goodspeed, 28 December 1939).",
            "Lewis Miller disagreed with this decision and argued for going ahead withThe Short Bible. He pointed out that a ML edition ought to sell well, that another reprint publisher was likely to pick it up if the ML rejected it, and that whichever firm gotThe Short Biblewould have a “toe-hold” onThe Complete Bible. He recommended that the ML secureThe Short Bibleon the understanding that it would getThe Complete Bibleif and when it became available. He acknowledged Cerf and Klopfer’s concern that a ML edition ofThe Short Biblemight injure their chances of gettingThe Complete Bibleif it sold poorly but concluded, “It’s a risk we should take” (Miller memo to Cerf, 23 February 1940).",
            "Cerf reopened discussions with the University of Chicago Press three days later (Cerf to Hemens, 26 February 1940). The reprint contract forThe Short Biblewas signed in May when Hemens visited New York. After signing Cerf wrote, “I hope that when and if the time comes to discuss a reprint edition of the Complete Bible, the Modern Library will be given the first opportunity of entering into negotiations with you for this edition!” (Cerf to Hemens, 15 May 1940).",
            "Two years later Cerf offered a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for reprint rights toThe Complete Bible. Hemens replied that it would not be available for 1943 but that things might be different the following year (Cerf to Hemens, 12 May 1942; Hemens to Cerf, 19 June 1942). Cerf wrote again later in the year, noting that many readers wanted a complete Bible. “When you are ready to let us have the complete Goodspeed Bible, I am sure we will be able to do a really impressive job with it” (Cerf to Hemens, 21 October 1942).The Complete Biblenever appeared in the ML.",
            "The text and quotations on the front panel of the ML jacket are adapted and abridged from the front panel and flap of the University of Chicago Press jacket, but the design of the ML jacket is far more attractive and appealing than that of the original edition.",
            "The ML edition ofThe Short Biblesold 6,735 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing in the second quarter of ML titles. There was a second printing of 3,000 copies in February 1941, additional printings of 5,000 copies each in September 1941 and October 1942, and printings of 4,000 copies in March 1944 and 7,000 copies in January 1945. It sold 3,371 copies during the twelve month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it 117th out of the 125 best-selling ML titles.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "The Holy Bible, illus. Fritz Kredel(Illustrated Modern Library, 1943–1944)  IML 1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 332,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "C. S. FORESTER",
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            "TITLE": "THE AFRICAN QUEEN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 102
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "332.  First printing (1940)",
            "The | African Queen | BY | C. S. FORESTER | WITH A NEW FOREWORD | BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBARY · NEW YORK | [rule]Note:The 2-line title is set in Bernhard Cursive Bold, a typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1928. It is represented here by Script MT Bold.",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–307 [308–312].  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY CECIL SCOTT FORESTER | COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7–8]A Very Personal Explanationsigned p. [8]: C. S. FORESTER; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–[308] text; [309–312] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 332. Contents as 332 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1935, AND RENEWED 1963 | BY CECIL SCOTT FORESTER | COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [309–310] ML Giants list; [311–312] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid greenish yellow (97), moderate bluish green (164), dark bluish green (165), very dark bluish green (166), and black on coated white paper depicting a boat on a vivid greenish yellow river with moderate bluish green mountains in distance and thick foliage in foreground framing the scene at top and bottom; lettering in reverse against foliage in moderate bluish green and black; backstrip in brilliant yellow (83) with lettering in black and with frame around title and torchbearer in dark yellow (88). Designed by Paul Galdone in May 1940; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Readers ofThe GeneralandCaptain Horatio Hornblowerwill welcome the revival ofThe African Queenin the Modern Library series. In C. S. Forester’s happiest vein, this fabulous tale maintains from first page to last its breathless excitement. An asthmatic steam launch carries a timid Cockney and a maidenly English missionary on a river in Central Africa to the adventure of their lives. Romance triumphs over fate, tropical heat and whizzing bullets.The African Queenis a story to be read at a sitting and to be relished for a lifetime. (Fall 1940)",
            "Front flap reset with last sentence revised:",
            "“The African Queenis a story of high adventure and suspense, to be read at a sitting and to be relished for a lifetime.” (Fall 1959)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Little, Brown & Co., 1935, with the last four chapters of the British edition omitted. ML edition (pp. [1]–275) printed from Little, Brown plates with the last four chapters restored. Chapters 16–19 (pp. 276–[308]) printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1940.WR14 September 1940. First printing: 5,000 copies.",
            "Cerf had never readThe African Queen. He asked Little, Brown for a copy after attending a party at which “Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs spent about an hour raving about C. S. Forester’s THE AFRICAN QUEEN, and swore that it was an ideal suggestion for the Modern Library” (Cerf to Alfred B. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 2 October 1939). The ML paid Little, Brown royalties of 10 cents a copy. The ML edition appeared eleven years before the release of the John Huston film based on the novel.",
            "Forester expressed the hope that the ML could restore the chapters omitted by Little, Brown (Cerf to McIntyre, 15 January 1940). In the foreword to the ML edition he wrote that he had been engrossed in writing another book when Little, Brown indicated “they did not like the end of the book and had thought of a simple way of changing the end without calling for any effort from me. The fact that no effort was called for was sufficient inducement. I wrote blithely and agreed, and it was only when my complimentary copies reached me in England that I really appreciated what had happened to the book when it had been docked of its last two [sic] chapters. . . . So it is with very great pleasure that I welcome this reissue ofThe African Queenfor the opportunity it gives me of presenting the book in the form in which I first pictured it” (p. [8])."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 333,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "KATHERINE ANNE PORTER",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            "TITLE": "FLOWERING JUDAS AND OTHER STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": [
              "1940–1950",
              "1953–1970"
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            "ML_NUMBER": [
              88,
              284
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          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "333a.  First printing (1940)",
            "FLOWERING | JUDAS | AND OTHER STORIES BY |Katherine Anne Porter| WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [10], [1–2] 3–285 [286–294].  [1–9]16[10]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1930, 1935, by Katherine Anne Porter | “Hacienda” copyright, 1934, by Harrison of Paris | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7–8]Introductionsigned p. [8]: Katherine Anne Porter | June 21, 1940; [9]Contents; [10] blank; [1] part title: MARIA CONCEPCION; [2] blank; 3–285 text; [286] blank; [287–291] ML list; [292–293] ML Giants list; [294] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 333a.  [1–7]16[8]8[9–10]16.  Contents as 333a except: [4] Copyright, 1930, 1935, © 1958, by Katherine Anne Porter | “Hacienda” copyright, 1934, by Harrison of Paris; [287–292] ML list; [293–294] ML Giants list. (Fall 1962)",
            "Jacket A (ML 88):Pictorial in strong pink (2) and dark blue (183) on light gray (264) paper depicting an outdoor fountain with cacti, gourd pots and a tree with foliage in strong pink; lettering in dark blue.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The few, exquisitely wrought tales written by Katherine Anne Porter have firmly established her reputation as one of the masters of the short-story form. Critics have vied with one another in lavishing their praise for the crystalline quality of her prose, and her public has grown in ever-widening circles, until now the devotees of her writings include the most discriminating readers in America.Flowering Judas and Other Storiestakes an honored place on the Modern Library shelf as a collection of short tales worthy of the illustrious company of great writers already represented in the series. (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket B (ML 284):Pictorial in pale green (149), deep red (13) and black on cream paper with illustration from jacket A reduced in size and printed in deep red and black at lower right with portion of design uncolored; lettering in black on background printed in pale green at top and deep red at foot. Front flap as jacket A through second sentence; third sentence replaced by the following:",
            "Flowering Judas and Other StoriesandPale Horse, Pale Rider(Number 45) are the two collections of tales by Katherine Anne Porter in the Modern Library. Both rank high in the honored company of world-famous writers of short stories represented in the series. (Spring 1953)",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1935. ML edition (pp. [9]–285) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published September 1940 as ML 88.WR14 September 1940. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1950; restored spring 1953 as ML 284. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML paid Harcourt, Brace a $250 advance, and Porter received $25 for her introduction. In later years the ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy; it is possible that the initial royalty rate was lower. Porter was pleased thatFlowering Judaswas to be included in the series. She wrote Cerf: “It will be a new lease on life for Flowering Judas, and I hope you will not have any cause to regret reprinting it. For myself, a buyer of books with very limited means, I have found the Modern Library a God-send. I have about sixty of those little books, and mean to have more.” She also discussed her introduction: “I have begun, uncertainly, a kind of small preface. It should be short, I think, to match the book; authors writing about themselves and their works are in general a little on the dull side, anyway. But I shall do what I can” (Porter to Cerf, 8 May 1940).",
            "The ML edition sold 3,234 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943. There was a second printing of 2,000 copies in November 1942. Earlier that year Cerf told Porter, “The Modern Library edition of the book sells slowly but steadily and we have no intention in the world of letting it drop into a void” (Cerf to Porter, 24 April 1942).",
            "When Harcourt, Brace decided in 1948 to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, the firm served notice that it was terminating the reprint contracts for all of its titles in the ML (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). The ML had 4,400 copies ofFlowering Judasin stock, and Klopfer estimated that it would take twelve months for the books to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June 1948 and 28 June 1948). The ML edition was officially discontinued in fall 1950. Its number (ML 88) was reassigned to William Faulkner’sLight in August(429), which was published in the series shortly afterFlowering Judaswas discontinued.",
            "Harcourt, Brace subsequently decided against includingFlowering Judasin Harbrace Modern Classics and allowed it back into the ML in spring 1953. The ML commissioned a new jacket to welcome its return and assignedFlowering Judasa new number (ML 284). Some copies of the 1946 ML printing that remained in the warehouse were sold in the spring 1953 jacket.",
            "333b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 333a except: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 333a.  [1–7]16[8]8[9–10]16",
            "Contents as 333a except: [4] Copyright, 1930, 1935, © 1958, 1963, by Katherine Anne Porter | “Hacienda,” Copyright, 1934, by Harrison of Paris; [286–293] ML list; [294] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Fujita pictorial jacket in vivid red (11), strong purplish red (255), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper depicting a tree with leaves in vivid red and trunk in dark gray against black background; title and ml symbol in strong purplish red, author in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The few, exquisitely wrought tales written by Katherine Anne Porter have firmly established her reputation as one of the masters of the short-story form. The ten stories in this volume include: “María Concepción,” “Magic,” “Rope,” “He,” “Theft,” “That Tree,” “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” “Flowering Judas,” “The Cracked Looking-Glass,” and “Hacienda.”",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Porter,Pale Horse, Pale Rider(1949–1970)  418"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 334,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RALPH WALDO EMERSON",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON.  1960–  .  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COMPLETE ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1960",
            "ML_NUMBER": 91
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "334a.  First printing (1940)",
            "THE COMPLETE ESSAYS | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF | RALPH WALDO | EMERSON | EDITED, WITH | A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION | BY BROOKS ATKINSON | [torchbearer D2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiii [xxiv], [1–2] 3–930 [931–936].  [1–30]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xxiii INTRODUCTION |ByBrooks Atkinson; [xxiv] blank; [1] part title: NATURE; [2] 6-line poem; 3–930 text; [931–935] ML list; [936] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Contents:Nature – The American Scholar – An Address – The Transcendentalist – The Lord’s Supper – Essays: First Series – Essays: Second Series – Plato, or, The Philosopher – Napoleon, or, The Man of the World – English Traits – Conduct of Life – Society and Solitude – Farming – Poems – Ezra Ripley, D.D. – Emancipation in the British West Indies – The Fugitive Slave Law – John Brown – The Emancipation Proclamation – Thoreau – Abraham Lincoln – Carlyle.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in pale blue (185), dark reddish orange (38), strong reddish brown (40), medium gray (265), and black on coated white paper with illustration of winter scene with houses and horse-drawn sled; lettering 8 reverse on black panels at head and foot; backstrip lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone in June 1940; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The long-planned, single-volume edition of Emerson’s writings—including the complete essays and representative portions from the poems, addresses, biographical sketches and miscellaneous works—now becomes one of the most notable titles in the Modern Library series. Under the scholarly editorship of Brooks Atkinson, Drama Critic of theNew York Timesand editor ofWalden and Other Writingsof Henry David Thoreau(Modern Library No. 155), this collection is an essential addition to the library of every student and general reader who wishes to partake of America’s spiritual and cultural heritage. (Fall 1940)",
            "Original ML collection. Published October 1940.WR12 October 1940. First printing: Number of copies not ascertained.",
            "The ML edition sold 11,103 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, making it the eleventh best-selling title in the regular ML.",
            "334b.  McDowell foreword added (1950)",
            "THE COMPLETE ESSAYS | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF | RALPH WALDO | EMERSON |Edited, with a Biographical Introduction,| BY BROOKS ATKINSON | FOREWORD BY TREMAINE McDOWELL |Professor of English and|Chairman of American Studies,|University of Minnesota| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvii [xxviii], [1–2] 3–930 [931–932].  [1–30]16",
            "Contents as 334a except [iv]Copyright, 1940, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; ix–x FOREWORD |ByTremaine McDowell; xi–xxv INTRODUCTION |ByBrooks Atkinson; [xxvi] blank; xxviiA SHORT READING LISTsigned: T. McD.; [xxviii] blank; [931–932] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 334a except very light greenish blue (171) instead of pale blue.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Included in this volume are the complete essays, representative poems, public addresses, biographical sketches and miscellaneous writings from the pen of the first philosopher of the American spirit. The influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s character and thought on our culture is immeasurable.  His example and his eloquence have given our entire way of life direction and impetus for the last half of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth. Here, in more than 950 pages, is the quintessence of his life work, edited with scholarship and sensibility, by Brooks Atkinson, drama critic of theNew York Times, and with a special foreword by Tremaine McDowell, Professor of English, University of Minnesota. (Spring 1952)",
            "Front flap reverts to 334a text. (Fall 1953)",
            "Originally published in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML. McDowell received a flat fee of $75 for his foreword and bibliography (Stein to McDowell, 26 January 1950).",
            "The last printing of 334b has a spring 1959 MLG list on pp. [931–932].",
            "334c.  Title changed: Selected Writings (1960)",
            "THE | SELECTED WRITINGS | OF | Ralph Waldo Emerson |Edited, with a Biographical Introduction,|byBROOKS ATKINSON |Foreword byTREMAINE McDOWELL | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND | CHAIRMAN OF AMERICAN STUDIES, | UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 334b.  [1]16[2–15]32[16]16",
            "Contents as 334b except: [iv] ©Copyright, 1940, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; [931–932] ML Giants list. (Spring 1960)",
            "Jacket:As 334b with “The Selected Writings of” instead of “The Complete Essays | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF” in light greenish gray (154); flap text reverts to 334a text. (Spring 1960)",
            "Jason Epstein recommended the title change after several readers complained that the ML edition did not contain Emerson’s complete essays:",
            "The volume includes the Essays First Series, Essays Second Series and English Traits which the editors presumably regard as the only volumes of essays that Emerson assembled.The Conduct of Life, from which they have excerpted two sections, apparently is considered a whole book and not a collection of essays, but this is an ambiguous point and I think it would be much less confusing to have the title of this book changed to THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON (Epstein memo to Cerf, 12 January 1960).",
            "334d.  Title page reset; offset printing (1968)",
            "The|Selected Writings|of| Ralph Waldo Emerson | [short ornamental rule] |Edited,|with a Biographical Introduction,|by| BROOKS ATKINSON |Foreword by| TREMAINE McDOWELL | [short ornamental rule] | [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library | New York",
            "Pagination and collation as 334c.",
            "Contents as 334b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1940, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Format:All copies examined are in Fujita binding D which was in use only in 1968.",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket on coated white paper with lettering in black, vivid green (139) and strong blue (178).",
            "Front flap:",
            "“Your goodness must have some edge to it.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson",
            "Here in one easily accessible volume is the edge of Emerson—all the essential writings of this notable philosopher of the American spirit. Included are Emerson’s complete essays and representative selections from the poems, addresses, sermons, biographical sketches, and miscellaneous works that make him an outstanding interpretive critic and contributor to America’s spiritual and cultural heritage. This collection provides both the scholar and the general reader with a comprehensive view of Emerson’s evocative and timely thought.",
            "334e.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title: As 334d except line 13: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination: As 334b.  [1–30]16",
            "Contents: As 334b except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1964 [sic] | Copyright © 1940, 1950 by Random House, Inc.; [931–932] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 334d jacket “Emerson” in deep blue (179) instead of strong blue.",
            "334f.  Printing from letterpress plates; 7½ inch format (mid-1970s)",
            "Title as 334c through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 334b.  [1–30]16",
            "Contentsas 334b except: [iv] © Copyright, 1940, 1950, byRandom House, Inc.; [931–932] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:As 334e.",
            "Most ML books had been printed by offset lithography since the mid-1960s, when the cost of offset printing dropped below that of letterpress. The ML reverted to letterpress for several titles in the mid-1970s, presumably attracted by incentives offered by printers desperate to make use of idle letterpress equipment.",
            "334g.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 334f except line 8: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 334b.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 334b except: [iv] © Copyright, 1940, 1950, byRandom House, Inc.| Copyright renewed 1968, byRandom House, Inc.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish brown (62) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as 334d except “easily accessible” omitted in first sentence. Jacket design by R. D. Scudellari.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $6.95.  ISBN 0-394-60418-0.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Emerson,Essays, illus. by John Steuart Curry (Illustrated Modern Library, 1944–1949)  IML 11",
            "Emerson,Journals(1960–1970)  520"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 335,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHRISTOPHER MORLEY",
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "HUMAN BEING",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1940–1945",
            "ML_NUMBER": 74
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "335.  First printing (1940)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] HUMAN | BEING | A Story by | CHRISTOPHER | MORLEY | With a new Introduction by | THE AUTHOR | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORKNote:Lines 3 and 6 of the title and statement of responsibility are set in Bernhard Cursive Bold, a typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1928. It is represented here by Script MT Bold.",
            "Pp. [14], ix–xii, [2], [1] 2–350 [351–356].  [1–11]16[12]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | COPYRIGHT 1940, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1940; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] epigraphs; [8] blank; [9] biographical note; [10] blank; [11–14] Introduction signed p. [14]: CHRISTOPHER MORLEY |April 8,1940; ix–xii Contents; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–350 text; [351–355] ML list; [356] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), strong reddish brown (40), gold, and black on coated yellowish white paper with author, title and series in reverse against background patterned like textured fabric in deep reddish orange and strong reddish brown; title highlighted in gold with author’s note (“I have been amused by some of the indignation caused by KITTY FOYLE which disturbed many readers because they said it was so different from the author’s previous doings. No one could have thought so who had read HUMAN BEING. –Christopher Morley”); backstrip with same textured background as front panel with torchbearer and title in reverse; author, ML number, publisher, and frame around title in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, June 1940; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Writing ofHuman Being, Edna Ferber said: “It is a glorious book, a wise and deeply understanding book. It has a touch of God in it, and the devil. It has all New York in it and most of America.” The reading public agreed enthusiastically with this judgment and took to its heart Christopher Morley’s story of an obscure man caught in the act of being human. Every reader of Morley’s national best-seller,Kitty Foyle, as well as those who have yet to experience their first acquaintance with his writings, will enjoy the glowing warmth ofHuman Being. (Fall 1940)",
            "Originally published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932; rights subsequently acquired by J. B. Lippincott Co. ML edition (pp. [5–7], ix–350) printed from Doubleday/Lippincott plates with a correction requested by Morley. Published October 1940.WR12 October 1940. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1946.",
            "The suggestion to includeHuman Beingin the ML came from Morley himself. He wrote Cerf (31 January 1939):",
            "Every time I get one of the Modern Library lists it gripes me a little to see myself represented in there only byParnassus on Wheels; a worthy little book I dare say, but it seems pretty juvenile as I look at it now.",
            "I so often say to myself, how I wish you’d think about putting inHuman Being, a novel which seems to me to stand up well in retrospect and which has been out since 1932 so I have had time to get a good many comments on it. I think it gives a picture of the Depression period as it worked on a Caspar Milquetoast sort of person; a picture which I don’t believe anyone else has given us.",
            "Cerf replied, “I thoroughly agree with you that you should be represented in the Modern Library by more than PARNASSUS ON WHEELS. I don’t think, however, that HUMAN BEING is the book by you that should be added; I am sure there are other books on the Christopher Morley backlist that would be a much better bet for a series like the Modern Library” (Cerf to Morley, 2 February 1939). A month later Cerf admitted that he had never readHuman Beingand asked Morley to send him a copy (Cerf to Morley, 3 March 1939). After reading it he indicated that he still thought that other books of Morley’s “would have a more general interest than this one. . . . I may be completely cockeyed, but I think that a lot of my enjoyment of HUMAN BEING came from the fact that I was able to identify the characters with the old Doubleday personnel!” (Cerf to Morley, 30 August 1939).",
            "Morley’s novelKitty Foylewas a best-seller in 1939 and 1940 (Hackett and Burke, pp. 127–29), and his publisher began to talk about reissuingHuman Beingin a full-priced edition. Morley indicated that he would prefer to see it in the ML (Morley to Cerf, 4 January 1940), and Cerf agreed to put it in the series. “Both Bob [Haas] and I still think it is a rather special sort of book, but it should make its way anyhow, and the huge success of KITTY FOYLE will help it to a good start” (Cerf to Morley, 31 January 1940). The ML paid Lippincott a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. At Morley’s request the ML edition corrected “George” to “Herman” on p. 25, line 9.",
            "Human Beingsold 2,110 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the tenth worst-selling title in the ML. Morley was the only American among the authors of the ML’s ten worst-selling titles at this period—and he had two books in that category.Parnassus on Wheels(213), with sales of 1,814 copies, was the second worst-selling title.",
            "There was a second ML printing of 2,000 copies in December 1943. By February 1944 sales of the ML edition ofHuman Beingexceeded 6,000 copies (Cerf to Percy Loring, Lippincott, 8 February 1944).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Morley,Parnassus on Wheels(1931–1954)  213"
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        }
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1941",
      "HEAD": [
        1941,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The last title added in 1941, Pascal’sPensées & The Provincial Letters(345), was published a month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The next four years would be difficult, as publishers struggled with a huge increase in demand for books coupled with scarcity of resources, including paper rationing, the absence of personnel who served in the armed services, and other dislocations caused by the war. The end of the war in August 1945 was accompanied by rapid inflation and a wave of strikes that disrupted the return to a peacetime economy. It would be September 1948 before the Modern Library could announce, “Every title in the Modern Library and the Modern Library Giants is now back in stock for the first time since the war” (Modern Library advertisement,Publishers’ Weekly, September 17, 1948, p. 1095)."
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Ten titles were added to the ML and ten were discontinued.  The number of titles in the series remained at 219, the same as in 1940."
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Modern Library title pages continued to be individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the ML’s regular printer."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. \tThe inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The enlarged version of Rockwell Kent’s endpaper, redesigned to fit the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format, was introduced in spring 1940 and used through spring 1967. The central panels of the paste-down and free endpapers featured Kent’s torchbearer surrounded by a pattern of open books and “ml” initials. The endpapers were printed in gray from fall 1940 through spring 1966."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Two 1941 titles (Saroyan,Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapezeand Bemelmans,My War with the United States) were originally published by Random House; their ML jackets were adapted from the RH jackets. The Saroyan jacket was designed by Ernest Reichl, and the jacket forMy War with the United Statesfeatured an adaptation of one of Bemelmans’s illustrations.",
          "The jacket for Steinbeck,The Grapes of Wrathincorporated a reproduction of Thomas Hart Benton’s lithograph “Departure of the Joads” from his Grapes of Wrath series. Paul Galdone was responsible for three jackets: Hugo,The Hunchback of Notre Damewas an individually designed pictorial jacket;Five Great Modern Irish Playsand Lardner,Collected Storiesfeatured a decorative non-pictorial design that was used on six ML titles between fall 1939 and the early 1940s.",
          "Pascal,Pensées & The Provincial Letters, had a typographic jacket that was clearly designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Three other predominately typographic jackets were probably also by Blumenthal, who signed none of his jackets.The Federalistfeatured a decorative image of an American eagle, Proust’sThe Captivehad a small silhouette of Proust in left profile that was also used on the other six titles ofRemembrance of Things Past, and Plato’sRepublichad an inset photographic image of a bust of Plato."
        ]
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Hugo,Hunchback of Notre DamexBemelmans,My War with the United States; Giants through G56; jackets: 271 (=spring 1940). (Fall) Bemelmans,My War with the United StatesxLewis,Babbitt; Giants through G58 with G20–21 Symonds,Renaissance in Italy; jackets: 278."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf expressed interest in Ernest Hemingway’sFor Whom the Bell Tolls, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1940: “This is one book above almost any other that has been written in the past five years that I’d like to see on the Modern Library list when the time comes” (Cerf to Max Perkins, 23 July 1941). The ML never secured reprint rights. In 1953 Scribner’s served notice that it was withdrawing all three Hemingway titles in the ML—The Sun Also Rises(190),A Farewell to Arms(237), andThe Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway(G59)—in order to publish their own reprint editions in all English-speaking markets in North America.",
          "Conrad Aiken repeated his suggestion for a ML edition of his first novel,Blue Voyage, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1927 (Aiken to Cerf, 19 May 1941). Aiken edited several poetry anthologies for the ML, but he never had a book of his own in the series."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Saroyan,Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze(1941–1948)  336",
          "Hugo,Hunchback of Notre Dame(1941–1971)  337",
          "The Federalist(1941– )  338",
          "Five Great Modern Irish Plays(1941– )  339",
          "Proust,The Captive(1941– )  340",
          "Steinbeck,Grapes of Wrath(1941– )  341",
          "Plato,The Republic(1941– )  342",
          "Bemelmans,My War with the United States(1941– )  343",
          "Lardner,Collected Stories of Ring Lardner(1941– )  344",
          "Pascal,Pensées; The Provincial Letters(1941– )  345"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Beebe,Jungle Peace(1925)",
          "Ferber,Show Boat(1935)",
          "Heyward,Porgy(1934)",
          "Merejkowski,Death of the Gods(1929)",
          "Merejkowski,Peter and Alexis(1931)",
          "Newton,Amenities of Book Collecting(1935)",
          "Norris,The Pit(1934)",
          "Stein,Three Lives(1933)",
          "Wallace,Ben Hur(1933)",
          "Waugh,Vile Bodies(1933)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 336,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM SAROYAN",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1948",
            "ML_NUMBER": 92
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "336.  First printing (1941)",
            "THE DARING | YOUNG MAN | ON THE | FLYING | TRAPEZE |AND OTHER STORIES BY| WILLIAM | SAROYAN |with a new preface by the author| [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–x] xi–xv [xvi], 9–270 [271–280].  [1–8]16[9–10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, 1941, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1941; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank; [vii] dedication; [viii] blank; [ix–x]Contents; xi–xvPreface|by|William Saroyandated p. xv:October 25, 1940|San Francisco.; [xvi] blank; 9–13Preface|to the|First Edition; [14] blank; [15] fly title; [16] blank; 17–270 text; [271–275] ML list; [276–277] ML Giants list; [278–280] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on cream paper printed in grayish yellow green (105) with title in ornamental lettering in deep orange (51), very dark green (147), and moderate greenish blue (173); subtitle and author in script lettering in very dark green and moderate greenish blue. Adapted from Ernst Reichl’s jacket for the original RH edition. The original jacket is signed “REICHL” in sans-serif capitals along the lower right margin. The reduction in size of the ML jacket is achieved by cropping the side and lower margins, resulting in the omission of his name.",
            "Front flap:",
            "When this volume first appeared in 1934 under the Random House imprint, William Saroyan’s meteoric flight across the literary skies was begun. For a book of short stories, it had an unprecedented success and was an augury of his continuing national fame. Since then William Saroyan has maintained his position among the foremost writers of America. Winner of the Drama Critics Circle award and also winner, but scorner, of the Pulitzer Prize forThe Time of Your Life, he has achieved quite as sensational a name for himself in the field of the drama as in the short story. (Spring 1941)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1934. ML edition (pp. [vii–x], 9–270) printed from RH plates with running heads removed to accommodate the ML’s smaller format and with page numerals 7–8 removed from the table of contents, which was revised to include Saroyan’s preface to the ML edition. Published January 1941.WR25 January 1941. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1948.",
            "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapezewas one of the first trade titles published by Random House. Cerf and Klopfer quickly learned to design trade books that were potential candidates for the ML so that the plates would fit the ML’s format without resorting to major surgery such as the removal of running heads.",
            "The ML edition sold 5,347 copies during the eighteen-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it at the top of the third quarter of ML titles. Sales appear to have declined after the Second World War and the ML edition was discontinued in fall 1948. When Saroyan asked if it was out of print Cerf replied disingenuously that it was not out of print and that 3,000 copies of the ML edition remained on hand (Cerf to Saroyan, 5 April 1949)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 337,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "VICTOR HUGO",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 35
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "337.  First printing (1941)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] | THE |Hunchback| OF |Notre Dame| BY | VICTOR HUGO | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–5] 6–416 [417–426].  [1–13]16[14]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1941; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [1–3] CONTENTS.; [4] blank; [5]–416 text; [417–421] ML list; [422–423] ML Giants list; [424–426] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), very dark greenish blue (175) brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated cream paper depicting Quasimodo on rooftop with large gargoyles, overlooking Paris at night with new moon in brilliant yellow; lettering in reverse shaded in strong greenish blue. Signed: Galdone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The perennial success ofLes Miserablesin the Modern Library has induced the editors to add Victor Hugo’s companion masterpiece,The Hunchback of Notre Dame, to the series. Adult readers of every taste and opinion turn back to these monumental novels of the Romantic School for escape [+and excitement] and solace, and new generations receive their first introduction to the world of good books by the discovery of such [+pulse-quickening] novels asThe Hunchback of Notre Dame. Young and old are rewarded by a story that stirs the heart and kindles the imagination. (Spring 1941; [Fall 1953])",
            "Anonymous translation previously published in U.S. by A. L. Burt Co. and other publishers. ML edition (pp. [5]–416) printed from Burt plates with the table of contents reset. Published January 1941.WR25 January 1941. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The anonymous nineteenth-century translation used by the ML was based on the first printing of Hugo’sNotre-Dame de Paris(1831) and does not include three chapters that Hugo added when the book was reprinted in December 1832. The added chapters consist of Book Four, Chapter 6, and Book Five, Chapters 1 and 2. (Books Five through Ten in the translation used by the ML are Books Six through Eleven in the second printing, and Book Four, Chapter 4 appears in the second printing as Chapters 4 and 5.) Hugo argued that the second printing was definitive but not “augmented” in the sense that it included newly written material. The three added chapters were part of the original manuscript but had been misplaced when the book was first printed. They surfaced in time to be included in the 1832 printing (Hugo,Notre-Dame de Paris, translated and edited by John Sturrock [London: Penguin Books, 2004], pp. 26–29).",
            "The absence of Book Five, Chapter 2, “Ceci teura cela” (This Will Kill That), is especially regrettable. Hugo argues in this chapter that the printing press had supplanted architecture as the primary medium for the public expression of human thought. Before printing, he writes, “during the world’s first six thousand years, from the most immemorial Hindustan pagoda to the cathedral of Cologne, architecture was the great script of the human race. And so true is this, that not only every religious symbol but also every human thought has its own page and its own monument in this immense book” (Penguin Books, 2004, p. 191).",
            "When the ML reprintedThe Hunchback of Notre Damein 1996 as part of the “relaunch” of the series that began in 1992 it used the anonymous and incomplete translation that had been in the series between 1941 and 1971.",
            "The Hunchback of Notre Damesold 4,004 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it low in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. Hugo’sLes Misérables(G3) was in first quarter of ML titles at both periods.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hugo,Les Misérables(Giant, 1931–1973, 1980– )  G3"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 338,
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": "THE FEDERALIST",
            "TEXT": [
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              ")"
            ],
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 139
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "338a1.  First printing, first state (1941)",
            "THE FEDERALIST |A COMMENTARY ON| THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES |Being a Collection of Essays written in Support of the | Constitution agreed upon September 17, 1787, by | the Federal Convention| FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF | ALEXANDER HAMILTON | JOHN JAY | JAMES MADISON |With an introduction by| EDWARD MEAD EARLE |Professor of History, Institute for | Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.| [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xlv [xlvi], [1–2] 3–575 [576], [2], 577–618 [619–624].  [1–20]16[21–22]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1941 | 3-line acknowledgment to Carnegie Corporation of New York; 4-line dedication; v–xxi INTRODUCTION signed p. xxi: Edward Mead Earle |The Institute for Advanced Study|Princeton, New Jersey|May 14, 1937; xxii BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; xxiii–xxv THE AUTHORS OF THE FEDERALIST; [xxvi] blank; xxvii–xlv CONTENTS; [xlvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–575 text; [576] blank; [1] part title: APPENDICES | AND | INDEX; [2] blank; 577–604 appendices: call for the Federal Constitutional Convention, Articles of Confederation, resolution transmitting the Constitution to Congress, Washington’s letter of transmittal, Constitution of the United States; 605–618 INDEX; [619–623] ML list; [624] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in dark red (16) and black on light grayish yellowish brown paper (79) with illustration in dark red of an American eagle with arrows and olive branch perched on a shield; lettering in black. Text on front: THE |Federalist| THE EIGHTY-FIVE ESSAYS WRITTEN BY |Alexander Hamilton·John Jay·James Madison| WHICH PERSUADED THE FOUNDING | FATHERS TO ADOPT THE CONSTITUTION | OF THE UNITED STATES.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For every American who is eager to know the fundamental principles upon which the Government of the United States was established, the first source isThe Federalist. These essays by Hamilton, Jay and Madison provided the arguments which persuaded the Founding Fathers to adopt the Constitution. They are required reading for an understanding of the ideal of representative government, now facing its most critical challenge in the one hundred and fifty years of America’s independence. By givingThe Federalistthe widest possible distribution at a cost within everybody’s purse, the Modern Library helps to explain the origins of our government to our people. (Spring 1941)",
            "Sesquicentennial Edition published by National Home Library Foundation, 1938. ML edition (pp. v–618) printed from National Home Library Foundation plates. Published January 1941.WR25 January 1941. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML presented the National Home Library Foundation with a complete set of ML books in print in exchange for the free use of its plates. The first printing of the ML edition failed to acknowledge the Foundation. It included instead the following statement, adapted from the National Home Library Foundation edition: “Acknowledgment is made, with thanks, for the aid received from theCarnegie Corporation of New Yorkin making possible this edition ofThe Federalist” (p. [iv]). The ML removed the title leaf of remaining copies of the first printing and tipped in a new title leaf which acknowledged the National Home Library Foundation on the verso (338a2).",
            "The ML edition sold 7,782 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML titles. It sold 4,330 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, retaining its place in the first quarter of ML titles.",
            "338a2.  First printing, second state (1941)",
            "Title as 338a1.",
            "Pagination as 338a1.[1]16(±2) [2–20]16[21–22]8",
            "Contents as 338a1except pp. [iii–iv] removed and replaced by a newly printed sheet with the verso of the title page revised as follows: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1941 | The publishers are indebted to the National Home | Library Foundation for making this edition possible | and wish to thank them for the courtesy extended in | the use of their plates. | [4-line dedication]Note:The second leaf (pp. [iii–iv]) with the acknowledgement to the Carnegie Corporation of New York (338a1) was removed from all copies in stock and replaced with a newly printed leaf with the acknowledgement to the National Home Library Foundation.",
            "Jacket A:As 338a1.Note:Some later printings on light bluish gray (191) paper. (Fall 1946)",
            "Sherman F. Mittell of the National Home Library Foundation informed Klopfer shortly after publication that the ML should have thanked the Foundation and that the acknowledgement to the Carnegie Corporation would have to be removed. Klopfer agreed to rip the title leaf out of every copy in stock and tip in a corrected leaf with the acknowledgment, “The publishers are indebted to the National Home Library Foundation for making this edition possible and wish to thank them for the courtesy extended in the use of their plates” (Klopfer to Mittell, 27 February 1941; Mittell to Klopfer, 4 March 1941). A sizable portion of the first printing appears to have been distributed before the cancellation and replacement of the title leaf. Copies of 338a2are notably harder to find than copies of 338a1.",
            "After Mittell’s death in 1942 his widow offered to sell the National Home Library Foundation plates to the ML. Cerf offered $250, then raised his offer to $350 (Cerf to Fanny Mittell, 10 August 1942). The offer appears to have been accepted. In 1960 Jason Epstein reported that the ML paid no royalty and owned the plates free and clear but still showed practically no profit per copy (Epstein to Willard A. Lockwood, 24 May 1960).",
            "338b.  Declaration of Independence added(1947)",
            "Title as 338a.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xlv [xlvi], [1–2] 3–575 [576], [2], 577–622 [623–624].  [1–21]16",
            "Contents as 338a1except: [iv] 4-line acknowledgment to National Home Library Foundation; 4-line dedication; 619–622 The Declaration of Independence | of the United States; [623–624] blank.",
            "Jacket A: As 338a. (Fall 1947)",
            "Jacket B:As 338a with lines 5-7 rewritten: WHICH SUPPORTED THE FOUNDING FATHERS | IN THE ADOPTION OF THE | CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (1953/early 1950s). Front flap reset with “one hundred and fifty years” in third sentence changed to “one hundred and seventy-seven years” (Fall 1961)",
            "338c.  Printing for National Foundation for Education in American Citizenship (late 1940s?)",
            "Title page completely reset. Transcription as 338a through line 10; lines 11–20: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | EDWARD MEAD EARLE |Professor of History, Institute for Advanced Study,|Princeton, N. J.| SPECIAL EDITION PRINTED FOR |NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR|EDUCATION IN|AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP| [short rule] | INDIANAPOLIS",
            "Pagination and collation as 338b.",
            "Contents as 338b except p. [iv] 3-line acknowledgment to National Home Library Foundation.",
            "Jacket:As 338a through line 4; line 5: ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; line 6: illustration in grayish red of an American eagle with arrows and olive branch perched on a shield; lines 7–13:Edition Printed for the| CONSTITUTION DAY COMMITTEE |Sponsored by the| NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | IN AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP | Indianapolis 4 | New York  Washington; on light gray (264) paper.Note:The back flap, back panel, and inside of the jacket are devoted to information about the Foundation and its activities.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For every American who is eager to know the fundamental principles upon which the Government of the United States was established, the first source isThe Federalist. These essays by Hamilton, Jay and Madison are required reading for an understanding of the ideal of representative government.",
            "This edition is printed by the Modern Library for the National Foundation for Education in American Citizenship, a nonprofit, nonpolitical educational organization.",
            "The printing for the National Foundation for Education in American Citizenship was undertaken as a commission and was not a ML publication. The publication statement on the verso of the title page identifying Random House as the publisher of the Modern Library is omitted, as is the manufacturing statement. The only references to the Modern Library appear on the spine of the binding and the backstrip of the jacket. The ML’s regular binding and endpapers are used."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 339,
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": "FIVE GREAT MODERN IRISH PLAYS",
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            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 30
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "339.  First printing (1941)",
            "FIVE GREAT | MODERN | IRISH PLAYS |The Playboy of the Western World| BY JOHN M. SYNGE |Juno and the PaycockBY SEAN O’CASEY |Riders to the SeaBY JOHN M. SYNGE |Spreading the NewsBY LADY GREGORY |Shadow and SubstanceBY PAUL VINCENT CARROLL |WITH A FOREWORD BY| GEORGE JEAN NATHAN | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–332 [333–338].  [1–10]16[11–12]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1941, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | 11 lines of copyright notices for individual plays | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1941; [v]Acknowledgments; [vi] blank; [vii]Contents; [viii] blank; ix–xiiiForeword| BY | GEORGE JEAN NATHAN dated p. xiii:New York City|Fall, 1940; [xiv] blank; [1] part title:The Playboy of the Western World| A PLAY IN THREE ACTS | BY JOHN M. SYNGE; [2] blank; 3–4 PREFACE signed p. 4: J. M. S. |January21, 1907; [5] CHARACTERS; [6] blank; 7–332 text; [333–337] ML list; [338] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 339. Contents as 339 except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1941, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | 14 lines of copyright notices for individual plays, including renewals; [333–338] ML list. (Spring 1958)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong yellowish green (131), gold and light yellow (86) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset panel in strong yellowish green and three strong yellowish green below the inset panel, all surrounded by white background with decorations in gold and yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone in December 1940; unsigned. The jacket design in different color combinations was also used forCollected Short Storiesof Ring Lardner(1941: 344),Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker(1942: 353), and four existing ML anthologies:Best Ghost Stories(1919: 67b),Best American Humorous Short Stories(1920: 80f),Great Modern Short Stories(1930: 188b), andGreat German Short Novels and Stories(1933: 256b) when they appeared in the ML’s larger format in the early 1940s.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No nation has made a richer contribution to the recent literature of the theatre than Ireland. Her playwrights have brought about a renaissance of the drama in their own country and have earned the world’s admiration. The plays in this volume represent the finest flowering of the Irish genius in the drama, and include the complete texts ofThe Playboy of the Western WorldandRiders to the Seaby J. M. Synge,Juno and the Paycockby Sean O’Casey,Spreading the Newsby Lady Gregory andShadow and Substanceby Paul Vincent Carroll. George Jean Nathan provides a scintillating introduction. (Spring 1941)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published March 1941.WR15 March 1941. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The working title of the anthology when it was being planned wasSix Great Modern Irish Plays. Cerf wanted to include William Butler Yeats’s one-act play,Cathleen ni Houlihan. He initially offered a flat fee of $50 to include the play, then increased the offer to a $100 advance against royalties of 1 percent of the list price. Mrs. Yeats did not reply to his letters. The Synge estate granted permission to includeThe Playboy of the Western WorldandRiders to the Seafor a $200 advance against a 2 percent royalty. The Synge estate received the entire amount even though Random House, as Synge’s U.S. publisher, might have claimed half of it; the advance exceeded the total 1939 royalties for the RH edition of Synge’sComplete Works(Cerf to Denis Synge Stephens, 15 October 1940). Lady Gregory’sSpreading the Newswas obtained for a flat fee of $25.",
            "The ML edition sold 3,393 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the fourth quarter of ML titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 340,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCEL PROUST",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CAPTIVE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 120
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "340.  First printing (1941)",
            "THE | CAPTIVE | BY | MARCEL PROUST | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [10], 1–563 [564–566].  [1–18]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION 1941; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [7] dedication; [8] blank; [9] CONTENTS; [10] blank; 1–563 text; [564–566] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 340.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16. Contents as 340 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1956, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [564] blank; [565–566] ML Giants list. (Fall 1960)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in very deep red (14) and dark blue (183) on coated cream paper with lettering in reverse on very deep red background and left-profile silhouette of Proust in dark blue.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Remembrance of Things Pastis the general title for the novels which constitute the life work of Marcel Proust. One by one, the seven independent titles which comprise the whole are being made available for readers of the Modern Library series.Swann’s Way, the first novel, is volume No. 59;Within a Budding Grove, No. 172, the second; the third,The Guermantes Way, is No. 213; the fourth, No. 220, isCities of the Plain. NowThe Captive, which was originally sold in a limited edition at fifteen dollars a copy, is the fifth title to be added to this impressive list. (Spring 1941)",
            "Flap text revised:",
            "Remembrance of Things Pastis the general title for the seven novels which constitute the life work of Marcel Proust. Each is independent of the other, yet the entire mosaic of novels is integrated into a single, grand pattern. The individual titles which comprise the whole are now available in the Modern Library. (Fall 1954)",
            "Scott Moncrieff translation originally published in U.S. by Albert & Charles Boni, 1929; subsequently published by Random House. ML edition (pp. [7]–563) printed from Boni/RH plates with the sequence of the dedication and table of contents reversed. Published March 1941.WR15 March 1941. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML edition ofThe Captivesold 2,779 copies during the eighteen-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. The only Proust title among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 wasSwann’s Way.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Proust,Swann’s Way(1928–1971; 1977–1982)  166",
            "Proust,Within a Budding Grove(1930–1970)  194",
            "Proust,Guermantes Way(1933–1970)  264",
            "Proust,Cities of the Plain(1938–1970)  316",
            "Proust,The Sweet Cheat Gone(1948–1971)  408",
            "Proust,The Past Recaptured(1951–1971)  443"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 341,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN STEINBECK",
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE GRAPES OF WRATH",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1959",
            "ML_NUMBER": 148
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "341.  First printing (1941)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE GRAPES | OF | WRATH | BY | John Steinbeck | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–619 [620–632].  [1–20]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1939, BY JOHN STEINBECK | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1941; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] dedication; [8] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–619 text; [620] blank; [621–625] ML list; [626–627] ML Giants list; [628–632] blank. (Fall 1941)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in dark red (16), light bluish gray (190) and black on coated cream paper with reproduction of Thomas Hart Benton’s lithograph “Departure of the Joads” from his Grapes of Wrath series; lettering in dark red on light bluish gray background above and below Benton illustration.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No novel of our own time more certainly deserves the permanence assured by inclusion in the Modern Library series thanThe Grapes of Wrath. Universally hailed for its humanity and its power, this odyssey of the Okies will long remain not only a fiery social document, but will also endure as a magnificent work of literature.The Grapes of Wrathis the fourth John Steinbeck novel on the Modern Library shelf; the others are:Tortilla Flat(No. 216),Of Mice and Men(No. 29) andIn Dubious Battle(No. 115). (Fall 1941)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A in light greenish gray (154) instead of light bluish gray (Fall 1958).",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "Hailed for its humanity and power, this odyssey of the Okies as they took flight westward from their dust-ruined land will long remain an important social document. As a fictional account of a migration unique in American history, it will endure as a magnificent work of literature.The Grapes of Wrathis the novel by which John Steinbeck achieved his greatest fame. It is one of four of his books on the Modern Library shelf. The other three areTortilla Flat(No. 216),Of Mice and Men(No. 29) andIn Dubious Battle(No. 115). (Spring 1954)",
            "Originally published by Viking Press, 1939. ML edition (pp. [7]–619) printed from Viking plates. Published October 1941.WR4 October 1941. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 31 December 1959.",
            "The Viking Press edition led the best-seller list in 1939 with sales of 300,000 copies (Hackett and Burke, p. 127). The ML paid Viking Press a $2,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for non-exclusive reprint rights. There was a ML printing of 2,000 copies in December 1942; later printings included 4,000 copies each in May 1943 and June 1944.",
            "The ML edition sold 9,495 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placingThe Grapes of Wrathin the middle of the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales declined to 3,964 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it toward the bottom of the first quarter of titles.",
            "In Chapter 30 (the last chapter) of Viking Press printings, the number of lines per page increases between the fifth printing (May 1939) and ninth printing (September 1939). The first page of Chapter 30 (p. 593) of the ninth printing has one more line than early printings; lines are shifted forward throughout the chapter, with the result that the last page of text (p. 619) has only four lines—five fewer than the fifth printing. The reason for the shift has not been determined. The plates used by the ML reflect the later configuration of Chapter 30.",
            "The ML’s reprint contract appears to have been terminated in 1958 when Viking Press publishedThe Grapes of Wrathin its quality paperback series, Compass Books. The Modern Library edition was discontinued at the end of 1959. Original publishers normally allowed the ML to sell out its existing stock when a reprint contract was terminated.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Steinbeck,Tortilla Flat(1937–1971)  304",
            "Steinbeck,Of Mice and Men(1938–  )  311",
            "Steinbeck,In Dubious Battle(1939–1971)  322"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 342,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "PLATO",
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            "TITLE": "THE REPUBLIC",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 153
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "342a.  First printing (1941)",
            "PLATO’S | The Republic | TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY | B. JOWETT, M.A. |Master of Balliol College·Regius Professor of Greek|in the University of Oxford · Doctor in Theology of | the University of Leyden| [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–397 [398–404].  [1–12]16[13]8[14]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1941; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–397 text; [398] blank; [399–403] ML list; [404] blank. (Fall 1941)",
            "Variant:Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–397 [398–412].  [1–13]16. Contents as 342a except: [4] publication and manufacturing statements only; [399–404] ML list; [405–406] ML Giants list; [407–412] blank. (Fall 1948)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in strong blue (178), deep brown (56) and black on coated white paper with bust of Plato in deep brown and white on inset circular panel; title and torchbearer in reverse on strong blue background, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For a long time the editors of the Modern Library have planned to include in the series the entire text of Plato’sThe Republicin the definitive Jowett version. That plan is now achieved in the fullest measure in this volume, which not only provides the complete and unabridged translation of the most famous of the Socratic dialogues, but also gives all of Jowett’s marginalia and references. Here, for student and general reader alike, is Plato’s forever timely description of the ideal commonwealth. (Fall 1941)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in moderate blue (182) instead of strong blue.",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "The entire text of Plato’sThe Republicin the Benjamin Jowett translation is made available in the Modern Library series. At a time when interest in government, local and national, is of critical importance, the most famous of the Socratic dialogues offers guidance in the principles under which man can live in amity with his fellow-man. Now, just as it had four centuries before the Christian era, Plato’s description of the ideal commonwealth has a special timeliness; it outlines a pattern of government that free men can follow with trust and conviction. This edition includes, in addition to the complete and unabridged text, the Jowett references and marginal notes. (Fall 1957)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1941.WR4 October 1941. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The ML edition sold 9,569 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it in the first quarter of regular ML and Giant titles. Sales increased to 7,187 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, makingThe Republicthe twentieth best-selling title in the ML.The Works of Plato(204) outsoldThe Republicat both periods.",
            "342b.  Title page reset; offset printing (c. 1967)",
            "[verso of double-page spread] [rule with curved downward edge at left] | PLATO | [rule with curved upward edge at left] | Translated by B. JOWETT, M.A. | [recto of double-page spread] [rule with curved downward edge at right] | THE REPUBLIC | [rule with curved upward edge at right] | THE MODERN LIBRARY New York | [torchbearer J]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–397 [398–412].  [1–13]16",
            "Contents as 342a except: [2–3] title; [4] manufacturing and publication statements; [399–406] ML list; [407–408] ML Giants list; [409–412] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:As 342a jacket A except in grayish blue (186) and brownish orange (54). Front flap as jacket B.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reduced from an earlier ML printing with title page, fly title, and p. 3 heading BOOK I | PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE reset.",
            "342c.  Reissue format (1982)",
            "PLATO’S | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on rectangular black panel] REPUBLIC | [below panel] TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH | BY B. JOWETT, M.A. | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–397 [398–410].  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 342a except: [1–2] blank; [3] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of bearded man in toga seated at writing table; [4] blank; [5] title; [6] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION OCTOBER 1982; [1] woodcut illustration as p. [3]; [398–410] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on kraft paper with woodcut illustration of bearded man in toga seated at writing table; lettering in black except title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on rectangular reddish orange panel. Jacket design by Robert Scudellari; woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No philosopher has had as profound an influence on the history of Western thought as Plato, and perhaps no one work has shaped our conception of the ideal society as much as Plato’sRepublic. The most important of the Socratic dialogues, theRepublicis concerned with the construction of an ideal commonwealth and thus wins its place as the earliest of utopias. At the same time, it seeks to define the word “philosopher,” questions our perception of reality, and describes various constitutions, citing their relative merits and defects. But above all, theRepublicis an attempt to define “justice”; by imagining the best possible State, Plato reasons, it will be easier to see what makes the just individual, and in his argument he shows himself at the peak of his dialectical and literary powers.",
            "The text used here is the classic Jowett translation, complete and unabridged, with notes and marginalia for the student, scholar, and general reader alike.",
            "Published fall 1982 at $7.95.  ISBN 0-394-60813-5.",
            "Printed from offset plates with pp. 3–397 as 242b.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Plato,Works of Plato(1930– )  204"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 343,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LUDWIG BEMELMANS",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "MY WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1948",
            "ML_NUMBER": 175
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "343.  First printing (1941)",
            "Ludwig Bemelmans | My War with the United States | Illustrated by the Author | The Modern Library | New York | [drawing of fort and cannon with turret of fort extending upward to the left of place of publication]",
            "Pp. [2], [1–8] 9–151 [152–158].  [1–10]8",
            "[1–2] blank; [1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY LUDWIG BEMELMANS | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1941; [5] Contents; [6] blank; [7] fly title; [8] blank; 9–10 Foreword; 11–151 text; [152–158] blank.Note:Firststatement retained on all printings. The first printing is on thicker paper than most of the later printings, and there is no list of titles inside the jacket.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), moderate yellow (87) and black on cream paper with drawing of a fort and cannon in black and moderate greenish blue against moderate yellow background; lettering in black except last two words of title in moderate greenish blue outlined in black. Adapted from the jacket of the Viking Press edition with a short quotation from Ralph Thompson and the words “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” replacing the name of the original publisher at the foot of the front panel. Hansen (p. 188) attributes the design of the ML jacket to George Salter; the jacket illustration is a reworking of the Bemelmans drawing on the title page.",
            "Front flap:",
            "What this country really needs is an entertaining story of its own foibles in wartime. Bemelmans’My War with the United Statesfulfils that need and provides a welcome antidote to the national jitters. It persuades you by its honesty and its charm that life in the American Army can be anything from a consecration to a lark. Both amiable and wise, his book is a special gem of eccentric literature, and its illustrations cannot fail to bring a happy chuckle to soldier and civilian alike. This is the first Bemelmans book to appear in a reprint edition.",
            "Originally published by Viking Press, 1937. ML edition (pp. [3], [5]–151) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Viking Press edition with the title-page imprint revised. Published October 1941.WR4 October 1941. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1948.",
            "The verso of the title page contains the boilerplate statement, “Manufactured in the United States of America | Printed by Parkway Printing Company Paper by Richard Bauer & Co. | Bound by H. Wolff”. The ML’s regular printers, Parkway Printing, did not have an offset department before 1955. The ML edition was printed by a company that specialized in offset lithography. The ML probably submitted its standard manufacturing statement to the printer, though it is possible that Parkway subcontracted the job.",
            "There are enough blank pages at the end of the volume to accommodate a ML list, but the lists of titles at the end of other ML volumes were printed from letterpress plates, which were incompatible with offset printing.",
            "The jacket also appears to have been printed by offset lithography, and the inside of the first printing of the jacket is blank. Later printings of the jacket, including a printing that probably dates from spring 1942, include ML lists. The ML may have photographed subsequent lists so they could be included in later offset printings of the jacket.",
            "The ML edition was published two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and American entry into the Second World War. Early ML printings are on thicker and stiffer paper than most ML titles, probably to enhance the reproduction of the text and illustrations by offset lithography. Later printings are on noticeably thinner paper because of wartime paper shortages.",
            "The ML edition sold 4,495 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of regular ML and Giant titles."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 344,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RING LARDNER",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF RING LARDNER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1956",
            "ML_NUMBER": 211
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "344.  First printing (1941)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] The Collected | Short Stories | OF | RING | LARDNER | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–viii, 3–467 [468–474].  [1–14]16[15–16]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1924, 1926, 1929,by Charles Scribner’s Sons|Copyright, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929,by International|Magazine Company, Inc.|Copyright, 1925, 1926,by Coloroto Corporation| FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1941 | Originally published under the title ofRound Up; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank; vii–viii CONTENTS; 3–467 text; [468] blank; [469–473] ML list; [474] blank. (Fall 1941)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in vivid orange (48), light yellow (86) and gold on coated cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset vivid orange panel and three vivid orange bands below the inset panel, all surrounded by cream background with decorations in light yellow and gold; spine in gold with lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, unsigned.Note:The jacket design in different color combinations was also used in fall 1941 forFive Great Modern Irish Plays (339), fall 1942 forCollected Short Stories of Dorothy Parker(353), and for four existing ML anthologies when they appeared in the ML’s larger format in the early 1940s:Best Ghost Stories(1919: 67b),Best American Humorous Short Stories(1920: 80f),Great Modern Short Stories(1930: 188b), andGreat German Short Novels and Stories(1933: 256b).",
            "Front flap:",
            "In his lifetime Ring Lardner was briefly described as a writer of humorous dialect, a baseball satirist and generally a funny fellow. This injustice to his reputation has been completely revised since his death by a new estimate of his place among the world’s great story–tellers. Now he is as much admired for his vigor and warmth and unfailing sense of the dramatic as for his irrepressible humor.The Collected Short Stories of Ring Lardner—thirty-five in all—represent, in John Chamberlain’s opinion, “The full measure of the talent of the man who is pre-eminently our best short story writer.” (Fall 1941)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in black, vivid orange (48), light yellow (86) and gold with inset panel in black instead of vivid orange. (Fall 1944)",
            "Originally published asRound Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardnerby Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. ML edition (pp. vii–467) printed from Scribner plates with fly title omitted. Published November 1941.WR8 November 1941. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1956.",
            "The ML paid Scribner’s a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Cerf had tried to get Lardner’s stories for the ML on several occasions before Scribner’s agreed to a reprint edition. He noted in spring 1941 when he requested permission to include the book in the fall, “It is a glaring omission on our list and it has been commented on so many times that I am getting tired of hearing it” (Cerf to Max Perkins, 1 May 1941). There was a second printing of 4,000 copies in March 1942 and a third printing of 3,000 copies in January 1943.",
            "The ML edition sold 7,800 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it in the first quarter of regular ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 345,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BLAISE PASCAL",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "PENSÉES; THE PROVINCIAL LETTERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1941–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 164
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "345.  First printing (1941)",
            "PENSÉES | [short swelled rule] | THE | PROVINCIAL | LETTERS |by| BLAISE PASCAL | [torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, [1–2] 3–620 [621–624].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1941, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1941 |Penséestranslated by W. F. Trotter |The Provincial Letterstranslated by Thomas M’Crie; v–viii CONTENTS; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi:July, 1941Saxe Commins; [1] part title: PENSÉES; [2] blank; 3–321 text; [322] blank; [323] part title: THE PROVINCIAL LETTERS; [324] blank; 325–620 text; [621–624] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper; background of front panel and backstrip in dark reddish orange with titles and torchbearer in reverse and other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The two works upon which Pascal’s enduring fame rests arePenséesandThe Provincial Letters. Now, at last, they are made available, as they always should have been, in a single, complete and unabridged volume. One of the world’s greatest declarations of faith,Penséeshas given sustenance over a period of three hundred years to men of inquiring minds who are assailed by doubt. Considered a masterpiece of religious controversy,The Provincial Lettersare the product of one of the most unusual scientific intellects of all time applied to the humane purpose of liberalizing religious doctrine. (Fall 1941)",
            "Trotter and M’Crie translations previously published in Harvard Classics and other editions. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1941.WR8 November 1941. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The estimate for typesetting and making electroplates was $876.95.",
            "The ML edition sold 2,523 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of regular ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML, November 1951–October 1952. Sales totaled 43,403 copies by spring 19558."
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY 1942",
      "UNASSIGNED": "1942",
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The war brought many changes to Random House. Klopfer, who was thirty-nine, applied for a commission in the Air Force. He was commissioned as a captain in May 1942 and left for training in California at the end of month. He was away from Random House until after the war. The war years were good ones for him. He was posted to England with the Eighth Air Force in October 1943 and served as an intelligence officer for a heavy bomber squadron—the job he wanted. When he stopped by Random House to say his final goodbyes before leaving for London, Cerf thought he looked “happier and more excited than I have ever seen him in my life before” (Cerf to Charles Allen Smart, 19 October 1943, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library). Early the following year he was promoted to major (Cerf, “Trade Winds,”Saturday Review of Literature, 12 February 1944, p. 19).",
          "Cerf was four years older than Klopfer and too old for military service. He remained a civilian, looking after Random House and playing an active role in the Council on Books in Wartime, of which he was a director. “I get damned impatient plugging away at publishing,” he told a friend in the service in 1943, “while all of you fellows are out there doing things I’d like to be doing myself, but I may as well face the fact that I am 45, that I am nearsighted as a bat, and that somebody has to keep Random House rolling along” (Cerf to Smart, 26 August 1943, Random House Collection).",
          "Random House rolled through the war years with increasing momentum. The firm was fortunate in that Klopfer was the only senior member who left to enter the service. Commins, several years older than Cerf, remained at Random House throughout the war, as did Haas, who was in his early fifties. It was Haas, however, who was touched most deeply by the war. His son, a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy, was killed in action in 1943.",
          "Random House had grown slowly in the 1930s. Each year sales increased over the previous year, but the increases were often small. The firm’s sales did not reach a million dollars until 1941. Beginning with sales of $256,000 in 1926, it took Cerf and Klopfer fifteen years to reach the million-dollar figure. Thereafter, sales increased rapidly. Cerf wrote in 1943, “I think we have reached the major leagues as publishers now, and I damn well mean for us to stay there” (Cerf to Smart, 26 August 1943, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library).",
          "Part of Random House’s wartime growth could be attributed to a series of best-selling war books. The firm’s first big seller in this category was Cecil Brown’sSuez to Singapore, about the sinking of the British battleshipPrince of Walesand the battle cruiserRepulseseveral days after Pearl Harbor. It appeared in August 1942. Shortly thereafter came Richard Tregaskis’sGuadalcanal Diary, published in January 1943. It was the first Random House book to sell over 100,000 copies (Cerf,At Random, p. 163). Random House’s next big war book wasThirty Seconds over Tokyoby Ted W. Lawson.",
          "During the war Cerf began to be well-known to the public at large as a writer and speaker. He took over the “Trade Winds” column inSaturday Review of Literaturein February 1942. For the next fifteen years he enlivened the magazine’s pages with a weekly mixture of publishing gossip, jokes, and stories. He also began to compile what became a long series of best-selling humor books. The first,The Pocket Book of War Humor, was an original paperback published by Pocket Books early in 1943. It was a collection, edited by Cerf, of previously published material. His objective in compiling it was to do something to dispel the widespread despondency that followed the American loss of the Philippines and Bataan (Cerf,At Random, p. 174). The book sold over a million copies.",
          "Cerf’s next project was a collection of humorous anecdotes and stories,Try and Stop Me, published by Simon and Schuster in 1944. It became a bestseller and was widely distributed in an Armed Services Edition to members of the armed services around the world. “It was just the kind of book they needed and appreciated—it made them laugh,” Cerf later recalled (At Random, p. 181). He subsequently wrote many other humor books, but he always regardedTry and Stop Meas his best (At Random, p. 180). The book led to a newspaper column syndicated to several hundred newspapers by King Features. Also called “Try and Stop Me,” it started as a serialization of the book, but when that material was used up, Cerf supplied new stories and jokes to keep the column going. But Cerf never overestimated his own publications. In a 1945 letter to Gertrude Stein, whom he had not seen since before the war, he wrote:",
          "You write asking whether I have changed any since you saw me last. I honestly don’t think I have. I am a bit grayer, of course, and don’t get around a tennis court quite as fast as I used to, but I like to think that my whole attitude to life hasn’t changed a bit. Certainly I am getting more fun out of it today than I ever did before. Besides the publishing, which has gone beautifully, I have been writing trivia for magazines and in book form and, while I know it is utterly unimportant drivel, people seem to like it and want more of it (Cerf to Gertrude Stein, 17 March 1945, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library).",
          "When a reader wrote Cerf in 1954 suggesting that his humor books be brought together and published as a ML Giant, he responded that he was flattered. “But quite honestly,” he added, “I’m not good enough” (Cerf to Ralph Winans, 22 July 1954, Random House Collection).",
          "Cerf was as engaging a speaker as he was a writer. His first major exposure came with tours of well-known writers selling war bonds for the Treasury Department. This was followed by a weekly radio program for the Council of Books in Wartime called “Books Are Bullets” in which he interviewed authors of war books. The radio program led to lecture tours through the Colston Leigh Agency. By the early 1950s, through extensive lecturing and, even more so, as a result of his participation as a regular panelist on the Sunday evening television program “What’s My Line,” Cerf had become a celebrity. He enjoyed being a celebrity, and the publicity he attracted brought enhanced recognition of Random House among the public at large.",
          "War Production Board",
          "The War Production Board was established in January 1942, a few weeks after the United States entered the war. Its purpose was to direct war production and assign priorities to the delivery of scarce materials. Paper use in the publishing industry was limited in the fall of 1942, when each publishing firm was allocated a paper quota based on its use of paper in 1941. Initially publishers were restricted to 90 per cent of the amount of paper they used before the war. This was not a severe hardship, especially compared with Britain, where publishers in 1942 were having to get by with 37½ per cent of the paper they used in 1939 (Cerf, “Trade Winds,”Saturday Review of Literature, 29 August 1942, p. 20). But the restrictions became increasingly severe as the war went on. There was an additional 10 per cent cut in 1943, and a further 15 per cent cut the following year (Cerf to Charles Allen Smart, 26 August 1943; Cerf to Lewis Browne, 4 April 1944, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library).]\\"
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Thirteen titles were added during 1942 and five titles were discontinued.  This brought the number of titles in the ML list to 227."
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Modern Library title pages continued to be individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the ML’s printer."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with lettering in gold on inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The enlarged version of Rockwell Kent’s endpaper, redesigned to fit the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format, was introduced in spring 1940 and used through spring 1967. The central panels of the paste-down and free endpapers featured Kent’s torchbearer surrounded by pattern of open books and “ml” initials. The endpapers were printed in gray from fall 1940 through spring 1966."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All 1942 jackets were individually designed exceptCollected Stories of Dorothy Parker(353),which used a decorative non-pictorial jacket designed by Paul Galdone that was used on six ML titles between fall 1939 and the early 1940s. Galdone was also responsible for three other jackets: Ward,Oracles of Nostradamus(346); Lewis,Babbitt(348); and Hellman,Four Plays(351). Joseph Blumenthal designed three typographic jackets: Tacitus,Complete Works(350); Milton,Complete Poetry and Selected Prose(354); and Santayana,Philosophy(355). E. McKnight Kauffer was responsible for three pictorial jackets: Wright,Native Son(349); Maurois,Disraeli(352); and Bellamy,Looking Backward(357). The designers of two pictorial jackets, Crane,Red Badge of Courage(347) and Byrne,Messer Marco Polo(356), have not been identified."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "(Spring) Lewis,BabbittxMaurois,Disraeli; Giants through G58 with G21Sixteen Famous American Plays; jackets: 281. (Fall) Maurois,DisraelixDu Maurier,Rebecca; Giants through G60; jackets: 284.",
          "Note:New titles for fall 1942 have spring 1942 lists of ML titles inside the jackets. This oversight probably reflects the absence of Klopfer, who had been responsible for the printing and production of ML books before his departure in May to serve in the Air Force. Lists of ML titles at the end of the volumes were not affected. Both of the fall 1942 titles that include lists—Parker,Collected Stories(353) and Milton,Complete Poetry and Selected Prose(354a)—have fall 1942 lists at the end of the volume"
        ]
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "No war books as such were included in the ML. Cerf tried to secure reprint rights to Hitler’sMein Kampffor the ML, but Houghton Mifflin, the original American publisher, was bringing out a new edition of their own (Cerf to Robert Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, 4 November 1942; Linscott to Cerf, 6 November 1942).",
          "Shortly after Random House publishedThe Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne & Complete Poetry of William Blake(RH, 1941; ML Giant, 1946) W. H. Auden suggested a ML volume of poetry by Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, and Henry Vaughan. Commins responded, “You have probably guessed that the Donne-Blake book has most of its sales in colleges where both poets are considered in every course on English literature. This does not apply to Marvell, Herbert or Vaughan . . . such a book would not achieve sufficient sales to cover the very high cost of manufacturing it” (Commins to Auden, 14 January 1942).",
          "Henry Hoyns, a veteran employee of Harper & Bros. who had recently been appointed president of the firm, suggested Louis Adamic’sGrandsons, Evelyn Eaton’sQuietly My Captain Waits, André Maurois’sChateaubriand, and Frederic Prokosch’sThe Seven Who Fledfor the ML (Hoyns to Cerf, 19 January 1942), but none of these Harper titles was appropriate for the series. Hoyns subsequently suggested a ML edition of Hesketh Pearson’s biography,Gilbert and Sullivan(Harper, 1935), but Cerf thought it would more appropriate for the Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday imprint that specialized in reprint editions (Cerf to Hoyns, 15 September 1942).",
          "Harry E. Maule, a Random House editor, suggested a ML edition of Sinclair Lewis’sMain Street(Maule to Cerf, 12 March 1942), but Lewis’sBabbitt(348) had been added to the series a month before. Lewis himself suggested a ML volume of the poetry of Carl Sandberg, Vachel Lindsay, and Edgar Lee Masters, but Cerf indicated that it might be impossible to obtain reprint rights (Cerf to Sinclair Lewis, 14 September, 1942).",
          "Klopfer rejected a suggestion by Marshall Best of Viking Press for a ML edition of Upton Sinclair’sThe Jungle, stating “the book is dated” (Klopfer to Best, 31 March 1942). George Duplaix suggestedThe True History of the Conquest of Mexicoby Bernal Díaz del Castillo. Max Lerner suggested Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy,My Childhood,In the World, andMy Universities, with an introduction by his former wife, Anita Marburg (Lerner to Commins, 1 December 1942).",
          "Cerf made the first of several attempts to secure reprint rights to Aldous Huxley’sBrave New World. It would be another fourteen years before Huxley’s novel appeared in the series. Cerf wanted to add Antoine de Saint-Exupery’sWind, Sand and Starsto the ML in late 1942 or early 1943 (Cerf to Eugene Reynal, 6 February 1942), but reprint rights do not appear to have been available. Other works sought for the ML that never appeared in the series included Archibald MacLeish’s selected poems and James Henry Breasted’sConquest of Civilization(Cerf to Henry Hoyns, 31July 1942)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Ward,Oracles of Nostradamus(1942)  346",
          "Crane,Red Badge of Courage(1942)  347",
          "Lewis,Babbitt(1942)  348",
          "Wright,Native Son(1942)  349",
          "Tacitus,Complete Works(1942)  350",
          "Hellman,Four Plays(1942–1960);Six Plays(1960)  351",
          "Maurois,Disraeli(1942)  352",
          "Parker,Collected Stories(1942)  353",
          "Milton,Complete Poetry and Selected Prose(1942)  354",
          "Santayana,Philosophy of Santayana(1942)  355",
          "Byrne,Messer Marco Polo(1942)  356",
          "Bellamy,Looking Backward(1942)  357",
          "Paul,Life and Death of a Spanish Town(1942)  358"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Fineman,Hear, Ye Sons(1939)",
          "France,Crime of Sylvester Bonnard(1917)",
          "Gissing,Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft(1918)",
          "Huneker,Painted Veils(1930)",
          "Lewisohn,Island Within(1940)",
          "Lundberg,Imperial Hearst(1937)",
          "Schreiner,Story of an African Farm(1927)",
          "Sudermann,Song of Songs(1929)"
        ]
      },
      "HEAD": [
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 346,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHARLES A. WARD",
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            "TITLE": "ORACLES OF NOSTRADAMUS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 81
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "346a.  First printing (1942)",
            "ORACLES OF | NOSTRADAMUS | BY CHARLES A. WARD |“Gentem quidem nullam video, neque | tam humanam atque doctam neque tam | immanem tamque barbaram, quae non | significari futura, et a quibusdam intel- | ligi praedicique posse censeat.”| cicero, De Divinatione, i. 2. | [torchbearer E3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxiv [xxv–xxvi], [1–2] 3–366.  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; [v] dedication; [vi] THREE PROPHECIES OF OLD TIME; vii–xxivPrefacedated p. xxiv: Walthamstow, E., 1891.; [xxv]CONTENTS; [xxvi] epigraph from Voltaire; [1] fly title; [2] epigraphs fromAntony and Cleopatra,Luther, Taliessin, and St. Thomas Aquinas; 3–38Life of Nostradamus| 39–304 text; 305–309Appendix; [310] epigraphs; [311] part title:Oracles of Nostradamus| SUPPLEMENT; [312] blank; 313–315 NOTE TO SUPPLEMENT; 315–349 supplement; [350] blank; 351–366Index.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxiv [xxv–xxvi], [1–2] 3–366 [367–374].  [1–12]16[13]8.",
            "Contents as 346a except: [367–372] ML list; [373–374] ML Giants list. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in light blue (181), moderate blue (182), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated cream paper; central portion in black shading into moderate and light blue with black rays radiating from center to lighter areas; title on front panel in brilliant yellow; other lettering in black at lower right; spine title in reverse. Text at lower right: “Nostradamus, Europe’s greatest prophet, foresaw three centuries ago events which history has confirmed with uncanny frequency. His ‘prophetic centuries’ forecast the fall of Paris, war in the air, the invasion of Britain. Read the fateful happenings predicted tomorrow for Europe and America by the sixteenth-century soothsayer whom Hitler relies upon today.” Designed by Paul Galdone, November 1941; unsigned.Note:The statement “the sixteenth-century soothsayer whom Hitler relies upon today” remained unchanged until the late 1960s.",
            "Front flap:",
            "World events are rapidly catching up with the prophecies made by Nostradamus three hundred years ago. Whether his predictions were accidental or based upon an occult foreknowledge, they are frequently uncanny in their accuracy. His book of oracles is having a tremendous vogue at present, partly because of the wide variety of interpretations that can be made from his prognostications, but mainly because it makes fascinating reading when related to the catastrophes announced daily while the world is in crisis. This edition [±volume], edited by Charles A. Ward, gives special emphasis to prophecies of contemporary events and those immediately ahead. (Fall 1941; [Fall 1954])",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Scribner & Welford, 1891; published with Supplement by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with the frontispiece from the 1672 London edition omitted from the Supplement. The 1940 Scribner printing places the Supplement after the index and paginates it separately from the rest of the text; the ML edition places the Supplement before the index. Published February 1942.WR14 February 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML edition ofOracles of Nostradamuswas published two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The decision to include Nostradamus had been made before the United States entered the war. Cerf commented, “We put that title in, possibly with our tongues in our cheeks, because people seem to be interested in predictions of a strange character” (“Of Men and Books: Critic John C. Frederick, guest Bennett Cerf, in a Radio Conversation over the Columbia Broadcasting System,”Northwestern University on the Air2, no. 16 [16 January1943], p. 4).",
            "When the United States declared war on Japan on 8 December 1941 and recognized a state of war with Germany and Italy three days later, the future looked dark and the outcome of the war was uncertain.The Oracles of Nostradamusbecame one of the Modern Library’s best-selling titles. Itsold16,043 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. Only five ML titles—Maugham’sOf Human Bondage(199) and Dostoyevsky’sCrime and Punishment(228) in the regular series, andThe Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud(G37), James T. Farrell’sStuds Lonigan(G39), andThe Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway(G59) in the Giants—sold more copies during this period.",
            "The Oracles of Nostradamusdid not rank among the 100 best-selling regular ML titles in 1951/52.",
            "346b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 346a through line 9; lines 10–11: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 346a variant.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]8[7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 346a variant except: [367–374] ML list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of jacket 1 in light blue (181), brilliant blue (177) instead of moderate blue and vivid orange yellow (66) instead of brilliant yellow; area below title replaced by white panel containing text as 346a with phrase “whom Hitler relies upon today” omitted. Fujita “ml” symbol in brilliant blue below front panel text; title and Fujita torchbearer on spine in vivid orange yellow.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The oracles of the sixteenth-century astrologer Nostradamus have exerted a great influence over the minds of men in every century since his death, and in times of war, famine, and political upheaval are read with increasing curiosity. The delphic character of the oracles makes it difficult to identify correctly each country and person described—but the disturbing accuracy of the few clearly dated prophecies has given Nostradamus added authority.",
            "The interpretive work of Charles Ward, which makes up the body of this volume, was completed in 1891. To it has been added a supplementary section of oracles, literally translated from the French, and un-interpreted, whose application to the twentieth century again arouses amazement at the uncanny foresight of Europe’s most famous seer."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 347,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "STEPHEN CRANE",
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            "TITLE": "THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 130
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "347.1a.  First printing (1942)",
            "The Red Badge|of Courage| BY STEPHEN CRANE | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xli [xlii], 1–266 [267–278].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY STEPHEN CRANE | COPYRIGHT, 1895, 1900, 1923, 1925, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY | 2-line rights statement | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; v–xli STEPHEN CRANE signed p. xli: Max J. Herzberg, | President of the Stephen Crane Association.; [xlii] blank; 1–[267] text; [268] blank; [269–273] ML list; [274–275] ML Giants list; [276–278] blank. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in strong red (12), pale yellow (89), grayish pink (8), dark blue (183) and blackish blue (188) on coated cream paper depicting a Civil War battle scene; title in strong red, other lettering in pale yellow. Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With virtually the entire world at war, Stephen Crane’s masterpiece becomes even more timely than it ever has been. Its unforgettable story of the individual soldier in the stress of actual battle has never been surpassed, and its truth and reality are just as gripping under the conditions of aerial and tank warfare today as they were under the circumstances of musket and cavalry charges of the Civil War.The Red Badge of Courageis a notable addition to the Modern Library series because of all war books it remains through the years one of the most permanent. (Spring 1942)",
            "Originally published by D. Appleton & Co., 1895. New bibliographical edition published by Appleton, 1925, with essay on Crane by Max J. Herzberg.ML edition (pp. v–[267]) printed from Appleton-Century plates. Published February 1942.WR14 February 1942. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Cerf tried to secure reprint rights toThe Red Badge of Courageas early as 1928, when he offered a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to John W. Hiltman, Appleton & Co., 12 December 1928), but Appleton refused to grant permission. The copyright status of the novel was unclear. Alfred A. Knopf had included it in a 12-volume limited edition of Crane’s works published in 1925. In the early 1930s, when Knopf was considering including it in an omnibus edition of Crane’s works, his lawyers concluded that it was in the public domain. Cerf told Knopf that he planned to offer Appleton a $600 advance against royalties of 6 cents a copy and would probably publish it in the ML without permission if Appleton rejected the offer (Cerf to Knopf, 2 December 1932). Neither Knopf nor Cerf went ahead with their plans.When the ML publishedThe Red Badge of Courageten years later it was by arrangement with Appleton-Century and printed from Appleton plates. The ML paid royalties of 5 cents a copy.",
            "The ML edition sold 5,660 copies during the 18-month period May 1942‑October 1943, placing it low in the second quarter of ML titles. The release of John Huston’s film version in 1951 appears to have boosted sales. The ML edition sold 7,418 copies between November 1951 and October 1952, makingThe Red Badge of Couragethe19th best-selling title in the series.",
            "347.1b.  Stallman introduction added (1951/52)",
            "THE | RED BADGE OF | COURAGE | [swelled rule] |An Episode of the American Civil War| [swelled rule] | BY STEPHEN CRANE | introduction by ROBERT WOOSTER STALLMAN | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF | CONNECTICUT | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xlv [xlvi], 1–266 [267–274].  [1–10]16",
            "Contents as 347.1a except: [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.|Copyright, 1894, by Stephen Crane|Copyright, 1895, 1900, 1923, 1925, by D. Appleton and|Company; v–xxxvii INTRODUCTION | By Robert Wooster Stallman dated p. xxxvii:October, 1950|Storrs, Connecticut; xxxviii–xli BIOGRAPHY; xlii–xlv BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xlvi] blank; [269–274] ML list. (Fall 1955)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 347.1b. Contents as 347.1b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY STEPHEN CRANE | COPYRIGHT, 1895, 1900, 1923, 1925, | BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY; [269–270] ML Giants list; [271–274] blank. (Spring 1965)",
            "Jacket Awith first sentence of flap text revised: “With virtually the entire world constantly threatened with war. . . .” (Fall 1955)",
            "Published in MLCE January 1951 and in the regular ML by March 1952.",
            "Stallman received $200 for his introduction and editorial work on the volume (Stein to Stallman, 26 June 1950). Stein, who edited Modern Library College Editions, wanted to add several stories by Crane to the volume, in part because he thought it might forestall Rinehart & Co. from bringing out a competing edition in their paperback series for the college market (Stein to Stallman, 11 July 1950; Stein memo to Haas, 28 August 1950). Stallman suggested “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets,” “The Open Boat,” “An Episode of War,” “The Upturned Face,” and “A Mystery of Heroism.” Stein hoped to secure permission to include the stories for a flat fee, but Knopf insisted on a royalty. Appleton-Century-Crofts was charging a 2-cent royalty for the use of their plates for MLCE printings. Adding the stories would have increased the royalty for MLCE printings to 4 cents a copy and also added to the cost of the regular ML edition. Haas indicated that this was too much, and plans to include the stories were abandoned (Haas to Stein, 30 August 1950).",
            "347.1c.  Title page updated (1968)",
            "Title as 347.1b through line 8; lines 9–11: PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 347.1b; contents as 347.1b variant. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita pictorial jacket in black, vivid reddish orange (34), moderate orange (53), and yellowish gray (93) on coated white paper with inset reproduction of 1862 recruiting poster in yellowish gray touched with moderate orange and ragged edges; title and author in vivid red, other lettering in moderate orange, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Stephen Crane wrote about war with all the compassion and poetry of a great artist. He was the first American writer to depict the horrors of war, the ambiguities of courage, and the absence of heroic illusions among soldiers. In addition,The Red Badge of Courageis a brilliantly structured work that illuminates the nature of the artistic imagination: Stephen Crane did not experience the war first hand, but through the powers of empathy and projection he has given us an unparalleled and unforgettable picture of the Civil War stripped of romantic glorification.",
            "347.2.  Reissue format with reset text; offset printing (1980)",
            "THE | RED BADGE OF | COURAGE | [short rule] |An Episode of the American Civil War| [short rule] | BY STEPHEN CRANE | INTRODUCTION BY | ROBERT WOOSTER STALLMAN | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xliv, 1–251 [252].  Perfect bound.",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY STEPHEN CRANE | COPYRIGHT, 1895, 1900, 1923, 1925, | BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY; v–[xxxvi] INTRODUCTION | By Robert Wooster Stallman dated p. [xxxvi]:October, 1950|Storrs, Connecticut; xxxvii–xl BIOGRAPHY; xli–xliv BIBLIOGRAPHY; 1–251 text; [252] blank.",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with torchbearer in strong brown (55) and lettering in black. Designed by Sara Eisenman. Front flap as 347.1c.",
            "Published spring 1980 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60493-8.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Crane,Men, Women and Boats(1921–1933)  88",
            "Crane,Maggie, A Girl of the Streets and Other Stories(1933–1939)  88d"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 348,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SINCLAIR LEWIS",
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            "TITLE": "BABBITT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1948",
            "ML_NUMBER": 162
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "348.  First printing (1942)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [4-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] BABBITT | BY | SINCLAIR | LEWIS | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], 1–401 [402–408].  [1–12]16[13–14]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HARCOURT, BRACE | AND COMPANY, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] dedication; [8] blank; 1–401 text; [402] blank; [403–407] ML list; [408] blank. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in a red, white and blue motif on coated cream paper, with upper panel in moderate blue (182) with light bluish gray (190) areas suggesting clouds and one deep red (13) star and lettering in black (author in full capitals, title in hand-drawn open-face letters); lower panel with line drawing of a small town street with shops, parked cars and a church against alternating horizontal stripes in cream and vivid red (11) fading to light yellowish pink (28) at right. Signed: Galdone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, Sinclair Lewis is now represented in the Modern Library series by two of his most memorable novels—Arrowsmith(No. 42) andBabbitt. His portrait of George F. Babbitt, realtor, is so firm in the minds of all English–speaking people that the name has become incorporated into the language as a permanent word. Readers of every language into whichBabbitthas been translated regard it as Sinclair Lewis’s masterpiece and have created from it a conception of an American type of the prosaic but always human business man. (Fall 1941)",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922. ML edition (pp. [7]–401) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published February 1942.WR14 February 1942. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1949.",
            "The first Harcourt, Brace printing, published in September 1922, exists in two states, with the second state containing two corrections on p. 49 (“Lyte” instead of “Purdy” in line 3, “any” instead of “my” in line 5). Three more corrections were made in the second printing, one correction (“for” instead of “against” on p. 392, line 1) was made in the third printing, and eleven more corrections were made in the fourth printing, making the fourth printing “the most authoritative version of the work” (John Hersey, “Note on the Texts,”Main Street & Babbitt[New York: Library of America, 1992], p. 883).",
            "Harcourt, Brace anticipated strong sales and made a duplicate set of plates, probably beforeBabbittwas published. The duplicate plates incorporate the corrections in the second state of the first printing but not those in the second, third, or fourth printings, which were made between October and November 1922. The duplicate plates or shells, which appear to have been made in July 1922, were held in reserve.",
            "When the ML negotiated reprint rights in 1941, Harcourt, Brace melted the original plates, which had become worn, and provided the duplicate plates to the ML for its printings. ML printings, as well as later printings in Harbrace Modern Classics (1950) and other reprint editions, revert to the text of the second state of the first printing, and do not include the corrections made in the second, third, and fourth printings (Matthew J. Bruccoli, “Textual Variants in Sinclair Lewis’sBabbitt,”Studies in Bibliography11 (1958): 263–68; available online at http://www.bsuva.org.  For the next fifty years all American printings—including  the paperback edition in Signet Classics (1961)—appear to have omitted the corrections made to the text in the third, fourth, and fifth Harcourt, Brace printings. The corrections were restored in the Library of America edition ofMain Street & Babbitt(1992) but many subsequent editions, such as the Bantam paperback published in 1998, continued to be set from flawed earlier printings.",
            "To secureBabbittCerf agreed to a three-year reprint contract, after which Harcourt, Brace had the right to cancel the contracts for the ML editions of bothBabbittandArrowsmith, with the cancellations to be effective on the same date. He told Harcourt, “I shall be curious to see just how the Pocket Book [mass market paperback] edition of ARROWSMITH affects both your edition and ours of that book!” (Cerf to Hastings Harcourt, 31 July 1941).",
            "Lewis became a RH author in 1939 when he followed his editor Harry Maule from Doubleday to Random House.Arrowsmith(243) had been in the Modern Library since 1933, but Lewis wanted to have more of his books in the series. Maule conveyed the good news thatBabbittwould be added to the series: “Bennett and I thought you might be interested to know that, through some complicated horse-trading, he has finally gotten BABBITT for the Modern Library. I don’t begin to understand the convolutions by which he was able to do this, but he thinks this time it will stick” (Maule to Lewis, 1 August 1941). Lewis was “extremely glad” (Lewis to Maule, 12 August 1941).Dodsworth(348) became his third title in the series in 1947.",
            "The ML edition ofBabbittsold 5,807 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. There was a second printing of 2,000 copies in October 1942 and a third printing of 2,000 copies in March 1943.",
            "When Harcourt, Brace launched its own reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, for the burgeoning college market in 1948, it served notice that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts for all of Lewis’s titles in the ML (Arrowsmith,BabbittandDodsworth) as well as five other Harcourt, Brace titles by E. M. Forster, Katherine Anne Porter, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). At that time the ML had 4,000 copies ofBabbittin stock; Klopfer estimated that it would take eight months for the books to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June 1948; 28 June 1948). The Harbrace Modern Classics edition ofBabbitt, printed from the same plates used by the ML, was published in 1950.Dodsworthwas reprieved; it was never included in Harbrace Modern Classics and the Modern Library edition remained in print until 1970.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Lewis,Arrowsmith(1933–1952)254",
            "Lewis,Dodsworth(1947–1970)400",
            "Lewis,Cass Timberlane(1957–1970)499"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 349,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RICHARD WRIGHT",
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            "TITLE": "NATIVE SON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1957",
            "ML_NUMBER": 221
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "349.  First printing (1942)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [7-line title, statement of responsibility and epigraph within single rules] NATIVE | SON | BY | RICHARD WRIGHT |Even today is my complaint rebellious,|My stroke is heavier than my groaning.| JOB | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xi [xii–xiv], [1–2] 3–394 [395–402].  [1–12]16[13–14]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY RICHARD WRIGHT | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; [v] dedication; [vi] author’s note; [vii] biographical note; [viii] blank; ix–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: Dorothy Canfield Fisher | Arlington, Vermont | January 1940; [xii] blank; [xiii]CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [1] part title:BOOK ONE| FEAR; [2] blank; 3–394 text; [395–399] ML list; [400–401] ML Giants list; [402] blank. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket A1:Pictorial in olive gray (113), dark orange yellow (72) and black on coated cream paper depicting a man kneeling on the floor with his head down and his right arm on a dark orange yellow chair; title and series in dark orange yellow, author in reverse. Designed by E. McKnight Kauffer; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The literary sensation of 1940 was Richard Wright’s novel,Native Son. Overwhelming in its power, compassionate and profound in its understanding, this story of crime and punishment belongs to no season; it has established a permanent place for itself among the unquestionably important books of our time. Far more than a social document that examines the plight of the Negro in a world dominated by whites, it is the story of a hunted human being doomed by forces within and outside himself to be what he is until his very last breath. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A1 except in medium gray (265), medium yellow (87), and black.",
            "Front flap revised with opening sentence replaced by two new sentences and other changes:",
            "The publication, in 1940, of Richard Wright’s first novel,Native Son, was hailed with high critical praise and with enthusiasm by general readers. But this story of crime and punishment belongs to no season. Overwhelming in its power, compassionate and scrupulous in its search for understanding of the forces that lead to tragedy, this novel is far more than a social document that examines the plight of the Negro in a world dominated by whites. It is the drama of a haunted human being doomed by the tensions within and outside himself to be what he is until his very last breath. (Fall 1954)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Bros., 1940, with an introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The Harper plates were available to the ML but were too large for its format; the ML edition was printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published March 1942.WR14 March 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1957.",
            "Cerf expressed interest in a ML edition shortly afterNative Sonwas published (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper’s, 11 April 1940). Hoyns promised to talk with the ML when it was time to consider a reprint but noted that Grosset & Dunlap “probably can make a lot more money for Mr. Wright and for us than you can” (Hoyns to Cerf, 12 April 1940). Cerf replied that it should be possible for both Grosset & Dunlap and the ML to do the book. “Oddly enough, we don’t seem to get in each other’s way on these reprint editions, and we have already worked together on new titles for our various lines on more than one occasion, to the benefit of everybody concerned” (Cerf to Hoyns, 17 April 1940).",
            "The following year Cerf wrote to Wright hoping to secure his support for a ML edition. He indicated that he wanted to publishNative Sonin spring 1942 and invited Wright to write an introduction if a ML edition could be arranged (Cerf to Wright, 12 August 1941). Wright did not reply and Cerf wrote again on 3 September 1941. Wright does not appear to have replied to this letter either. In the end the ML reprinted the Fisher introduction from the Harper edition.",
            "Native Sonsold 7,046 copies during the during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "Harper’s informed the ML in 1956 that its College Department wanted to includeNative Sonand Richard Hughes’sHigh Wind in Jamaica(239) in Harper Modern Classics, a clothbound series aimed at the textbook market (William H. Rose, Jr., Harper’s, to Klopfer, 20 July 1956). Harper’s was willing to allow both titles to remain in the ML, but Klopfer decided to drop them when the stock on hand was exhausted. “They’re not strong enough titles to hang on in competition with your own cloth-bound edition” (Klopfer to Rose, 25 July 1956)."
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 350,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "TACITUS",
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            "TITLE": "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF TACITUS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 222
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "350.  First printing (1942)",
            "The Complete Works of | TACITUS | THE ANNALS · THE HISTORY · THE LIFE OF | CNAEUS JULIUS AGRICOLA · GERMANY AND | ITS TRIBES · A DIALOGUE ON ORATORY |Translated from the Latin by| ALFRED JOHN CHURCH |and| WILLIAM JACKSON BRODRIBB |Edited, and with an Introduction, by| MOSES HADAS |Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin,|Columbia University| [torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–773 [774].  [1–25]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: M. H. | Columbia University | January, 1942; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–xxiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxiii: M. H.; xxiv–xxv CHRONOLOGY; [xxvi] genealogical table headed: FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF THE JULIO- | CLAUDIAN EMPERORS; [1] part title: THE ANNALS; [2] blank; 3–769 text; [770] blank; 771–773 GLOSSARY OF PLACE NAMES; [774] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black with title and other lettering in reverse on inset black panel; background in deep reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse above inset panel. Probably designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The inclusion ofThe Complete Works of Tacitusin the Modern Library series gives new evidence of an editorial policy which aims to provide the chief writings that have survived from antiquity, as well as the choice works of all periods, including our own. This volume contains theAnnals, Histories, Dialogue on Oratory, Germany, and Agricola in the Church and Brodribb translations. Tacitus’ interpretation of the conflicts during the first century of the Christian era provides guidance for readers in its bewildered twentieth century. (Spring 1942)",
            "Front flap reset with following sentence added:",
            "Moses Hadas of Columbia University contributes an interpretive Introduction that is as fascinating as it is scholarly. (Fall 1963)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published March 1942.WR14 March 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Complete Works of Tacitussold 4,981 copies during the during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 351,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LILLIAN HELLMAN",
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            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1960",
            "ML_NUMBER": 223
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "351a.  First printing (1942)",
            "FOUR PLAYS BY |Lillian Hellman| THE CHILDREN’S HOUR | DAYS TO COME | THE LITTLE FOXES | WATCH ON THE RHINE | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–4] 5–330.  [1–2]8[3–11]16[12]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1942 | BY LILLIAN HELLMAN | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION |byLillian Hellman dated p. xiv:January, 1942; [1] part title: THE CHILDREN’S HOUR; [2] blank; [3] cast of first production; [4] SCENE; 5–86 text; [87] part title: DAYS TO COME; [88] cast of first production; 89–162 text; [163] part title: THE LITTLE FOXES; [164] blank; [165] cast of first production; [166] SCENE; 167–248 text; [249] part title: WATCH ON THE RHINE; [250] blank; [251] cast of first production; [252] SCENE; 253–330 text.",
            "Variant A:Pagination as 351a.  [1–10]16[11]12.  Contents as 351a except: [iv] second copyright date corrected to 1937;Firststatement omitted. (Description based on copy with fall 1943 jacket; probably the second printing)",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–4] 5–330 [331–338].  [1–11]16.  Contents as variant A except: [331–336] ML list; [337–338] ML Giants list. (Fall 1944)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in very dark green (147), gold and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on very dark green background patterned like cloth except titles of individual plays in black on four diagonal gold bands; other decoration in gold. Designed by Paul Galdone in November 1941; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In 1934, whenThe Children’s Hourwas first produced and published, American playgoers and readers became aware of a challenging new dramatist who could make of the most delicate of themes a play of force and ringing conviction. Since then Lillian Hellman has advanced her reputation as one of America’s leading playwrights. Each new work reveals a wider sympathy and mounting power. This volume contains all her plays to date in their complete and unabridged texts:The Children’s Hour,Days to Come,The Little FoxesandWatch on the Rhine. In addition, Miss Hellman contributes an introduction specially written for this Modern Library edition. (Spring 1942)",
            "Original ML collection; also published in a Random House trade edition, 1942. Published March 1942.WR14 March 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded fall 1960 bySix Plays(351b).Six Playsdiscontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML edition sold 5,167 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "351b.  Expanded edition:Six Plays(1960)",
            "SIX PLAYS BY | Lillian Hellman | THE CHILDREN’S HOUR | DAYS TO COME | THE LITTLE FOXES | WATCH ON THE RHINE | ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST | THE AUTUMN GARDEN |With an introduction by the author| [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–4] 5–546 [547–562].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16",
            "Contents as 351a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1960, | BY LILLIAN HELLMAN; [v] Contents; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION as 351a with 3-paragraph addendum on p. xiv dated:April, 1960; [331] part title: ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST; [332] blank; [333] cast of first production; [334] blank; [335] SCENE; [336] blank; 337–433 text; [434] blank; [435] part title: THE AUTUMN GARDEN; [436] blank; [437]CHARACTERS; [438] blank; [439] SCENE; [440] blank; 441–546 text; [547–552] ML list; [553–554] ML Giants list; [555] American College Dictionary advertisement; [556–562] blank. (Fall 1960)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in dark yellowish green (137), brilliant green (140), dark orange yellow (72) and black on coated white paper; front panel with “Six Plays by” in reverse and LILLIAN | HELLMAN in dark orange yellow, all on dark yellowish green panel at top; titles of individual plays in black on six bands with three in dark orange yellow alternating with three in brilliant green.",
            "Front flap as 351a except last two sentences replaced by the following:",
            "“This volume contains an introduction by Miss Hellman and six of her plays in their complete and unabridged texts:The Children’s Hour,Days to Come,The Little Foxes,Watch on the Rhine,Another Part of the Forest, andThe Autumn Garden.” (Fall 1960)",
            "Another Part of the ForestandThe Autumn Gardenwere added at Hellman’s request. Klopfer assured Hellman thatFour Playswould not be reprinted until the ML received the additions she wanted to make; at that time the ML had a ten-month supply of the volume (Klopfer to Hellman, 23 November 1959). The additional text was at the proof stage when Klopfer asked Hellman if rights to the two plays had reverted to her (Klopfer to Hellman, 13 May 1960)."
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 352,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANDRÉ MAUROIS",
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            "TITLE": "DISRAELI",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 46
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "352.  First printing (1942)",
            "Disraeli | A PICTURE OF THE VICTORIAN AGE | BY ANDRÉ MAUROIS | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY | HAMISH MILES | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN | LIBRARY | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v [vi], ix–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–378 [379–386].  [1–12]16[13]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1927, 1928, | BY THE FORUM PUBLISHING COMPANY | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1942; [iii–iv] biographical note; v–[vi] CONTENTS; ix–xiii NOTE with bibliography signed p. xiii: A. M.; [xiv] PUBLISHERS NOTE; [1] part title: PART I; [2] blank; 3–365 text; [366] blank; 367–[379] INDEX; [380] blank; [381–385] ML list; [386] blank. (Fall 1942)Note:Firststatement retained on copies with spring 1943 list.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 352.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]8[7]32[8]16. Contents as 352 except: [ii] line 4 added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1955, BY HAMISH MILES; [380–386] ML list. (Fall 1963)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark purple (224), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with head-and-shoulders drawing of Disraeli in left profile at center; title in brilliant yellow, other lettering in black, all against dark purple background. Signed:McK [McKnight] Kauffer.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The story of the life of Benjamin Disraeli is the story of the rise of British imperialism and the consolidation of its far-flung empire. For a clearer understanding of the role England has played in the world during the last century one has but to study the career of the Prime Minister who shaped her policy. Certainly no writer of of [sic; second “of” removed by spring 1952] our time has interpreted the man and his period more faithfully or plainly than André Maurois. His book has a special timeliness at the moment of gravest danger to the British Empire. (Spring 1942)",
            "Front flap reset with last sentence replaced by following:",
            "His book portrays a personality that dominated an order now fading into history, after two world wars and the reign of five monarchs. (Fall 1959)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by D. Appleton & Co., 1928. ML edition (pp. v–[379]) printed from Appleton-Century plates, with illustrations and list of illustrations (p. [vii] of Appleton edition) omitted. Published September 1942.WR12 September 1942. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML edition sold 7,382 copies through October 1943—a period of slightly more than 12 months—securing it a place in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles for the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. There was a second printing of 3,000 copies in November 1942 and a third printing of 4,000 copies in May 1943.Disraelidid not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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          "NUMBER": 353,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DOROTHY PARKER",
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            "TITLE": "THE COLLECTED STORIES OF DOROTHY PARKER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 123
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "353.  First printing (1942)",
            "THE | COLLECTED | STORIES | OF | DOROTHY | PARKER | WITH A FOREWORD BY | FRANKLIN P. ADAMS | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [v–vii] viii, [1–3] 4–362 [363–370].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1933 AND 1939, BY DOROTHY PARKER | COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1942; v–vi biographical note; vii–ix FOREWORD |by Franklin P. Adams; [x] blank; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–viii CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–362 text; [363–367] ML list; [368–369] ML Giants list; [370] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [v–vii] viii, [1–3] 4–362.  [1–11]16[12]12.  Contents as 353 withoutFirststatement or ML lists. (Spring 1945 jacket)",
            "Jacket A1:Non-pictorial in dark blue (183), light bluish gray (190) and medium gray (265) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset dark blue panel and three dark blue bands at foot, all surrounded by white background with floral decorations and short horizontal lines in medium gray with light bluish gray tinting. Designed by Paul Galdone, unsigned. Jacket title: THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF DOROTHY PARKER.Note:The jacket design in different color combinations was also used in spring 1941 forFive Great Modern Irish Plays (339), fall 1941 forCollected Short Stories of Ring Lardner(344), and for four existing ML anthologies—Best Ghost Stories(67b),Best American Humorous Short Stories(80f),Great Modern Short Stories(188b), andGreat German Short Novels and Stories(256b) when they appeared in the ML’s larger format between fall 1939 and the early 1940s.",
            "Front flap:",
            "By almost unanimous consent the wittiest woman of our time, Dorothy Parker has earned the distinction of having created a wealth of satirical humor honored by constant quotation and imitation. The twenty-four stories in this volume represent all her prose work, including her O. Henry Prize story “Big Blonde,” dialogues such as “The Sexes,” “New York to Detroit,” and “Here We Are,” monologues as famous as “Lady with a Lamp” and “Just a Little One,” soliloquies of the quality of “A Telephone Call” and “The Waltz,” and character sketches written with devastating irony. (Spring 1942)",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A in deep blue (179) and light gray (264) with light bluish gray tinting omitted to reduce printing costs. Jacket title: THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF DOROTHY PARKER. Front flap as jacket A1 with following sentence added at end: “All her prose is in the modern manner—bright, knowing and sharp-edged.” (Fall 1958)",
            "Originally published by Viking Press, 1939, asHere Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker. ML edition (pp. [v]–viii, [3]–362) printed from Viking plates with fly title reset to reflect the title of the ML edition. Published September 1942.WR12 September 1942. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML paid Viking Press a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "The ML edition sold 12,426 copies through October 1943, placing it high in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles for the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. There was a second printing of 3,000 copies in January 1943. Parker’s appeal appears to have weakened after the war.The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parkerwas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Parker,Collected Poetry(1944– )  375"
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        {
          "NUMBER": 354,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN MILTON",
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            "TITLE": "COMPLETE POETRY AND SELECTED PROSE OF JOHN MILTON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 132
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "354a.  First printing (1942)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] COMPLETE POETRY | AND | SELECTED PROSE | OF | JOHN MILTON | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–756 [757–762].  [1–24]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; v–vi Contents; [1] part title: POEMS; [2] blank; 3–506 text; [507] part title: PROSE; [508] blank; 509–756 text; [757–761] ML list; [762] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Jacket A1:Non-pictorial in deep blue (183) and black on uncoated cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel framed in black; background in deep blue with series and torchbearer in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "To be able to issue in a single volume of over 700 pages and at a price of 95 cents all the poetry and the best of the prose of John Milton is one of the proudest achievements of the Modern Library series. For this edition the best available texts have been chosen from the most authentic early copies of Milton’s verse, and the prose includes the famousAreopagitica, the essaysOf Reformation,Of Education,The Reason of Church-Government,An Apology against a Pamphlet,The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorceand six other of his great prose works. (Spring 1942)",
            "Original ML collection based on Milton’sComplete Poetry and Selected Prose, edited by E. H. Visiak (London: Nonesuch Press, 1938; distributed in U.S. by Random House). Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1942.WR12 September 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "The ML edition includes Milton’s poems in English and selected prose from the Nonesuch collection but omits his verse translations and poems in Latin, Greek, and Italian. Also omitted are the foreword, the editor’s preface, chronological tables, an appendix of English versions of the Latin, Greek, and Italian poems, and notes. The ML edition does not acknowledge the Nonesuch volume or its editor.",
            "The ML edition sold 6,941 copies by 1 November 1943. It sold 3,570 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "354b.  Brooks introduction added (1950/51)",
            "Complete Poetry |and| Selected Prose |of| JOHN MILTON | Introduction by CLEANTH BROOKS | Professor of English, Yale University | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, [1–2] 3–756 [757–760].  [1–23]16[24]8[25]16",
            "Contents as 354a except: [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xviii Introduction | BY CLEANTH BROOKS; xix–xxi A Selected Bibliography; [xxii] blank; xxiii–xxiv Contents; [757–760] blank.",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A1 except in light blue (181) instead of deep blue. First sentence of flap text revised: “. . . a single volume of over 750 pages and at a modest price . . .” (Spring 1953) Front flap reset with first sentence revised: “. . . a single volume of over 700 pages and at a price within everyone’s purse . . .” and the following addition to the last sentence: “. . . as well as all the great poetry such asParadise Lost,Paradise Regained,Samson Agonistes,Lycidas,L’AllegroandIl Ponseroso.”",
            "Originally published in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML.",
            "Albert Erskine offered Brooks $200 to write an introduction of 3,000–5,000 words to be due at the end of March 1950. Brooks initially declined, explaining that he had too many other deadlines that spring. He accepted when Erskine extended the deadline to the end of June and submitted the introduction in August (Erskine to Brooks, 26 January 1950; Brooks to Erskine, 1 February 1950).",
            "354c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 354b through line 6; lines 7–9: Gray Professor of Rhetoric, Yale University | [torchbearer L2] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiii [xxiv], [1–2] 3–756 [757–776].  [1–25]16",
            "Contents as 354b except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION,1942|Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; xxiii–[xxiv] Contents; [757–758] ML Giants list; [759–766] ML list; [767–769] MLCE list; [770] blank; [771–775] Vintage Books fiction, poetry, and plays list; [776] blank. (Spring 1967)Note:Battered page numeral “xxiv” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in grayish greenish yellow (105), strong purplish blue (196) and black on coated white paper with author in black gothic letters with large capital “M” elaborately decorated in strong purplish blue and title in reverse, all on grayish greenish yellow background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In addition to his longer poems,Lycidas,Comus,Paradise Lost,Paradise Regained, andSamson Agonistes, Milton wrote a substantial body of sonnets, songs, and other short poems. This volume includes all of his poetry, as well as twelve prose selections, among them theAreopagitica, and the essaysOf Reformation,Of Education,The Reason of Church-Government,An Apology against a Pamphlet, andThe Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. With a biographical and critical introduction by Cleanth Brooks.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reproduced from 354b."
          ]
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        {
          "NUMBER": 355,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE SANTAYANA",
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            "TITLE": "THE PHILOSOPHY OF SANTAYANA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1951",
            "ML_NUMBER": 224
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "355.  First printing (1942)",
            "THE | PHILOSOPHY | OF | SANTAYANA | EDITED, WITH | AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY, BY | IRWIN EDMAN |Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University| [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN | LIBRARY | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–lvi, 1–596 [597–598].  [1–20]16[21]8",
            "[1–2] blank; [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1896, 1901, 1905, 1922, 1923, 1935, 1936, | BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | COPYRIGHT, 1905, 1906, 1921, 1923, 1933,by George Santayana| COPYRIGHT, 1910,by Harvard University Press| COPYRIGHT, 1930,by The Macmillan Company| COPYRIGHT, 1935,by The Oxford University Press| COPYRIGHT, 1894, 1896,by Stone & Kimball| FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1942; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: I. E. | Columbia University, July, 1936.; vii–x CONTENTS; xi–lvi INTRODUCTORY ESSAY signed p. lvi: Irwin Edman.; 1–596 text; [597–598] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate bluish green (164) and black on cream paper with title and statement of responsibility in reverse on moderate bluish green panel at upper left; other lettering in black. Probably designed by Joseph Blumenthal.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Among philosophers Santayana has earned the tribute of being considered the dramatist of ideas. His many-faceted wisdom, the vast range of his intellectual curiosity and the graceful flow of his style explain why he is one of the most widely read poet–philosophers of modern times. The best and most characteristic of Santayana’s writings in prose and verse are assembled in this volume of 650 pages. Irwin Edman, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, who is responsible for the selection, contributes a brilliant Introductory Essay. (Spring 1942)",
            "Originally published with Edman’s introductory essay by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1936. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for November 1942 but published in September.WR26 September 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1952.",
            "Cerf expressed interest inThe Philosophy of Santayanain 1939, but Scribner’s does not appear to have been ready to authorize an inexpensive reprint (Whitney Darrow to Cerf, 17 July 1939). Three years later the ML paid Scribner’s an advance of $1,000 against royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 20,000 copies, after which royalties increased to 10 cents a copy. Plates of the Scribner edition were not available and in any case would have been too large for the ML’s format. Scribner’s accepted the lower initial royalty to enable the ML to recover the cost of resetting the type and making new plates. Edman edited the original edition for a flat fee and received no additional payment for the ML edition.",
            "The suggestion for a ML edition of Santayana’s collected works came initially in 1926 from Horace M. Kallen, who had editedThe Philosophy of William James(119) for the ML the previous year. Kallen, a former student of Santayana’s, wrote from Rome that he had showed the James volume to Santayana and suggested that the ML needed a similar collection of Santayana’s philosophy. Santayana did not want to edit the volume himself and urged Kallen to do it. Kallen told Cerf that he was interested but would want a royalty plus a fee of not less than $250 (Kallen to Cerf, 5 November 1926). Cerf told him to go ahead, then wrote three months later to cancel the project, noting that he wanted the book but was afraid that Scribner’s would not give the necessary permissions (Cerf to Kallen, 29 November 1926; Cerf to Kallen, 3 March 1927). That summer Cerf indicated to Joseph Ratner, who had written on Santayana’s behalf to inquire about progress on the project, that the collection was out of the question for the time being because of the large number of permissions that would have to be secured from Scribner’s. “We are convinced that just as soon as we approached them on the subject they would turn us down and proceed on such an anthology on their own . . .” (Ratner to Cerf, 8 June 1927; Cerf to Ratner, 11 August 1927). Scribner’s publishedThe Philosophy of Santayanain 1939.",
            "The ML edition sold 7,405 copies by 1 November 1943. Scribner’s published a new and greatly enlarged edition ofThe Philosophy of Santayanain 1953 and may have terminated the ML’s reprint contract in anticipation of the appearance of that edition.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Santayana,Sense of Beauty(1955–1970)  478"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 356,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DONN BYRNE",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "MESSER MARCO POLO",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1957",
            "ML_NUMBER": 43
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "356.1.  First printing (1942)",
            "Messer | Marco Polo | BY | DONN BYRNE | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [6], 3–147 [148].  [1–9]8[10]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY THE CENTURY COMPANY | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1942; [5–6] biographical note; 3–147 text; [148] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [6], 3–147 [148–156].  [1–10]8. Contents as 356.1 except: [149–154] ML list; [155–156] ML Giants list. (Fall 1944)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep pink (3), light yellow (86), light yellowish green (135) and black on coated white paper with small inset illustration of Marco Polo holding the hand of the daughter of Kubla Khan at the top of a large black panel with title and other lettering in reverse, framed in deep pink . Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Just as Marco Polo’s own account of his adventures and explorations in the East will always be counted one of the world’s treasures among travel books, so Donn Byrne’s story of the Venetian merchant’s love for the daughter of Kubla Khan is considered one of the world’s most glowing romances. Told with a fiery intensity and with a magical evocation of the splendors of its Oriental background, this love story stirs the imagination. Its appeal is for everyone who has ever dreamed of far places and the excitement of strange encounters. (Spring 1942)",
            "Originally published by the Century Co., 1921. ML edition (356.1, pp. 3–147) printed from Appleton-Century plates with fly title and illustrations omitted. Published November 1942.WR2 November 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1958.",
            "Cerf expressed interest inMesser Marco Poloas early as 1930, but the Century Co. was not interested in a ML edition at that time (Cerf to Century Co., 26 September 1930; John F. Winters, Century Co., to Cerf, 29 September 1930). When the ML edition finally appeared it sold 6,622 copies in its first year, but interest in Byrne was beginning to wane. AfterMesser Marco Polohad been in the series for four years, Cerf indicated that the sales records showed a steady decline. “Evidently Byrne’s books don’t mean very much to readers of today” (Cerf to Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 9 January 1947).",
            "356.2.  Text reset (1954?)",
            "Title as 356.1.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–154.  [1–5]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY THE CENTURY COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY DOROTHEA CRAIG; v–vi biographical note; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–154 text.",
            "Jacket:As 356.1 except flap text reset with last sentence revised: “Its appeal is for everyone who has ever dreamed of far-away and exotic places and longed for the excitement of unfamiliar encounters and new adventures.” (Spring 1954)",
            "The reason for resetting the text has not been ascertained. Bannister (p. 42) indicates a 1949 publication date, probably on the basis of the copyright renewal date. All copies examined of 356.2 have spring 1954 jackets, hence the tentative publication date. The latest copy examined of 356.1 contains a spring 1946 list, so the existence of a printing between 1946 and 1954 is possible."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 357,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDWARD  BELLAMY",
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            "TITLE": "LOOKING BACKWARD",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 22
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "357a.  First printing (1942)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] LOOKING | BACKWARD | 2000–1887 | BY | EDWARD BELLAMY | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HEYWOOD BROUN | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–v] vi–x, [1] 2–276.  [1–8]16[9–10]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1887, BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY EDWARD BELLAMY | COPYRIGHT, 1915 AND 1917, BY EMMA S. BELLAMY | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1942; [iii–iv] biographical note; [v]–vi AUTHOR’S | PREFACE; vii–x INTRODUCTION | BY HEYWOOD BROUN; [1]–272 text; [273]–276 POSTSCRIPT signed p. 276: Edward BellamyNote:The plates used for 357a printings include five row ornaments in the chapter headings; 357b printings lack row ornaments.",
            "Jacket A1:Pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), bluish gray (191), light blue (181), and black on coated white paper with surrealist image of a man standing in space surrounded by a gray triangular panel with white clouds and star and with the man’s shadow in pale blue on a white wedge-shaped panel; title and series in brilliant yellow, author in reverse, “INTRODUCTION BY HEYWOOD BROUN” in light blue, all on black background. Signed: E McKK [E. McKnight Kauffer].",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few books in the annals of American literature have exercised so far-reaching an influence in awakening interest in the social order as has Edward Bellamy’s utopian novel,Looking Backward. In its own field it is a classic in the tradition of Plato’sRepublic, Thomas More’sUtopiaand William Morris’sNews from Nowhere. Today, while a new world is in the making and everyone is venturing guesses as to its reorganization, this novel is a visionary’s guide to our own future. Its inclusion in the Modern Library series gives new emphasis to the perennial timeliness of Bellamy’s masterpiece. (Spring 1942)",
            "Originally published by Ticknor & Co., 1888. New edition with revisions in the text and the addition of the author’s postscript published by Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1889, to which the Broun introduction was later added. New bibliographical edition without theBroun introduction published by Houghton, Mifflin, 1941. ML edition (pp. [v]–vi, [1]–276) printed from plates previously used for the 1941 Houghton, Mifflin edition with Broun introduction restored. Publication announced for November 1942.WR31 October 1942. First printing: Not established. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML edition was published shortly beforeLooking Backwardentered the public domain. By reprintingLooking Backwardwith the permission of Houghton Mifflin and paying royalties of 10 cents a copy, the ML was able to establish its edition in the marketplace before other potential reprinters.",
            "Looking Backwardsold 10,019 copies by 1 November 1943, placing it high in the first quarter of ML titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "357b.  Shurter introduction added (1951)",
            "[3-line title within left and right brackets] LOOKING | BACKWARD | 2000–1887 |by Edward Bellamy| WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY |Robert L. Shurter| PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND DIRECTOR OF THE | DIVISION OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES | CASE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [2], [1] 2–276.  [1–8]16[9]8[10]16",
            "Contents as 357a except: [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1887, by Ticknor and Company|Copyright, 1889, by Edward Bellamy|Copyright, 1915 and 1917, by Emma S. Bellamy|Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxi INTRODUCTION | BY ROBERT L. SHURTER; xxii–xxiii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxiv] blank; xxv–xxvi AUTHOR’S PREFACE; [1] fly title; [2] blank.Note:Chapter headings lack the row ornaments found in 357a.",
            "Jacket A2:As 357a with “INTRODUCTION BY HEYWOOD BROUN” removed from front panel. (Fall 1951) Front flap reset in sans-serif type with text as 357a and outdated information “Introduction by | Heywood Broun” added between the author and the flap text. (Spring 1954)",
            "Published initially in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML. Shurter received $150 for the new introduction."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 358,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ELLIOT PAUL",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A SPANISH TOWN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1942–1953",
            "ML_NUMBER": 225
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "358.  First printing (1943)",
            "THE LIFE | AND DEATH | OF | A SPANISH | TOWN | BY | ELLIOT PAUL | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–427 [428–434].  [1–14]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1937, 1942, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION | 1942; [iii] epigraph from Louis Delapré; [iv] blank; v–vi AUTHOR’S FOREWORD signed p. vi: Elliot Paul | New York | August, 1942; vii–[x]The Men and Women of Santa Eulalia; xi–xiiContents; [1] part title: PART ONE | 4000 B.C.to1936 A.D.; [2] blank; 3–427 text; [428] blank; [429–433] ML list; [434] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Endpapers:Pictorial depicting town of Santa Eulalia del Rio; photographically reduced from the Random House edition.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid red (11), brilliant yellow (83), deep purple (219) and dark reddish brown (41) on coated white paper with “THE LIFE AND DEATH” in reverse on vivid red panel at top, “OF A SPANISH TOWN” in dark reddish brown on brilliant yellow panel at center, and author and other lettering in reverse on deep purple panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "By insistent popular demand, Elliot Paul’s masterpiece,The Life and Death of a Spanish Town, is added to the Modern Library series. The first book to interpret to Americans the struggle of a people whose idyllic life was shattered by Fascist terror, it foreshadowed, with burning indignation against aggressors and outspoken sympathy for the obscure and simple men and women of Santa Eulalia, the alignment of forces all over the world today. Elliot Paul’s reputation rests securely on this book and his more recent national best-seller,The Last Time I Saw Paris. (Fall 1942)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1937. ML edition (pp. [iii], vii–427) printed from RH plates.WR31 October 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1954.",
            "The Life and Death of a Spanish Townwas originally announced as a spring 1943 title with a publication date of 3 February but was moved forward to fall 1942. The copyright date for the Author’s Foreword, theFirststatement, and the ML lists in the first printing indicate that the ML edition was printed in fall 1942. Fall 1942 publication is confirmed by the entry for the ML edition in “The Weekly Record” of newly published books in the October 31 issue ofPublishers’ Weekly.",
            "The ML edition sold 10,049 copies by 1 November 1943."
          ]
        }
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      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1943",
      "HEAD": [
        1943,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "By 1943 the impact of gasoline rationing and other wartime restrictions had reduced the ways in which people could spend leisure time away from home. They turned in large numbers to reading as an alternative. Demand for books was such that almost anything publishers brought out was snatched-up. Few publishers had ever encountered such demand for books and the experience was dazzling. But it also had drawbacks. “When you are able to sell any junk that you can get between covers,” Cerf commented, “it takes the kick out of putting over the really good numbers” (Cerf to Charles Allen Smart, 19 October 1943). Between 1942 and 1943, sales of ML books increased from $339,902 to $596,454.",
          "The war brought not only increased demand for books in general but also shifts in demand for certain types of books. Books dealing with the war itself were popular. But there also seems to have been increased demand for books dealing with human values. Cerf reported that sales of poetry and philosophy titles in the Modern Library increased at a disproportionate rate and that demand for them was especially strong among men in the service.",
          "The Modern Library’s most notable new venture in the 1940s was a series called the Illustrated Modern Library. It was launched in 1943 in the midst of the war. Each volume contained specially commissioned illustrations by such artists as Thomas Hart Benton, Warren Chappell, Salvador Dali, Fritz Eichenberg, George Grosz, E. McNight Kauffer, Fritz Kredel, Boardman Robinson, William Sharp, and Edward Wilson. The volumes were one-quarter-inch taller than regular ML volumes and were issued in individually designed slipcases. The first five titles appeared in 1943 in time for the Christmas season.  Fourteen additional titles were issued between 1944 and 1946. Volumes of the Illustrated Modern Library initially sold for $1.50 a copy. Rising production costs after the war forced the discontinuation of the series."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Seven titles were added to the series and three were discontinued, bringing the total number of titles in the list to 231."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Titles published in 1943 were 7¼ x 4⅞ inch page size with individually designed title pages. Many of the title pages were designed by Joseph Blumenthal, who set them at his Spiral Press and made electrotype plates for the use of the Modern Library’s regular printers. The binding, also designed by Blumenthal, consisted of stiff boards covered with smooth linen. Blumenthal’s binding employed inset panels in black, dark red, or dark blue on the spine and front cover, upon which the title was stamped in gold. Kent’s torchbearer was stamped in gold above the inset panel on the spine and below the inset panel at the right. The panels were bordered in gold, and the running torchbearer appeared in gold outside each panel.",
          "The bindings were red, blue, green, or gray. Unlike the balloon cloth bindings used from 1929 through spring 1939, each printing of a given title was available in only one color.",
          "Rockwell Kent’s endpapers were medium gray (265) and consisted of a central panel of 1¾ by 1⅜ inches featuring the Kent torchbearer, surrounded by a pattern of books and the initials “ml” with the torchbearers; for the rest of the endpapers, there were torchbearers on the paste-down and free endpapers facing each other, light brownish gray (63); endpapers in medium orange (53)."
        ]
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents"
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Du Maurier,RebeccaxShakespeare; Giants through G62; jackets: 291. (Fall) Shakespeare xJefferson,Life and Selected Writings; Giants through G63; jackets: 292."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "McKeon had an idea for a collection entitledMedieval Philosophers. Cerf asked Hoyns for reprint rights to Fosdick’sOn Being a Real Person, saying it was “one of the finest books that has been published in the past ten years,” and offering a $5,000 advance (Cerf to Hoyns, 12 November 1943).",
          "Hoyns suggested Silone’sThe Seed Beneath the Snowand Algren’sNever Come Morningfor the ML (Hoyns to Cerf, 20 May 1943).",
          "Cerf declined to add an Elizabeth Bowen novel, noting “I don’t think that there will be a sufficient demand for any of Elizabeth Bowen’s novels to justify such an addition to the Modern Library series” (Cerf to Brown, 20 July 1943)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Boethius, Thomas à Kempis, Browne,Consolation of Philosophy(1943)  359",
          "Du Maurier,Rebecca(1943)  360",
          "Cerf, ed.,Great Modern Short Stories(1943)  361",
          "Aristotle,Politics(1943)  362",
          "Wharton,Age of Innocence(1943)  363",
          "Shakespeare,Tragedies, 1 vol. (1943–1947); 2 vols. (1947)  364",
          "Shakespeare,Comedies, 1 vol. (1943–1947); 2 vols. (1947)  365",
          "Shakespeare,Histories and Poems, 1 vol. (1943–1947); 2 vols. (1947)  366"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cabell,Jurgen(1934)",
          "Gissing,New Grub Street(1926)",
          "Stendhal,Charterhouse of Parma(1937)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 359,
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": "THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 226
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "359.  First printing (1943)",
            "The Consolation | of Philosophy| BOETHIUS | THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY | THOMAS À KEMPIS | THE IMITATION OF CHRIST | SIR THOMAS BROWNE | RELIGIO MEDICI |With an Introduction byIRWIN EDMAN |Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University| [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–406 [407–418].  [1–13]16[14]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1943, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1943; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xxii INTRODUCTION | BY IRWIN EDMAN dated p. xxii:New York|December, 1942; [1] part title: THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY | BY BOETHIUS | TRANSLATED BY | W. V. COOPER; [2] blank; 3–120 text; [121] part title: THE IMITATION OF CHRIST | BY THOMAS À KEMPIS; [122] blank; 123–129 CONTENTS; 130–317 text; [318] blank; [319] part title: RELIGIO MEDICI | BY SIR THOMAS BROWNE; [320] blank; 321–406 text; [407–411] ML list; [412–413] ML Giants list; [414–418] blank. (Spring 1943)Note:The following statement was added to p. [iv] by fall 1952: “The material included in this volume is taken from Temple Classics.”",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–406 [407–410].  [1–13]16[14]8. Contents as 359 except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [407–410] blank.  (Fall 1946 jacket)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep red (13) and black on yellowish white (92) paper with collective title in black on yellowish white panel at top; titles and authors of the three individual works and other lettering in reverse on deep red panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The three books which have provided spiritual solace for centuries are here brought together in a single volume for a time when the entire world is seeking comfort against the tragic impact of war. Here for sustenance in a moment of trial are: Boethius, the sixth-century Roman statesman who offers the consolatory gifts of philosophy; Thomas à Kempis, fifteenth-century German mystic whose book of simple devotional meditations has been an inspiration to Christians of all denominations; Sir Thomas Browne the seventeenth-century English physician whose faith was as sympathetic as it was imaginative. (Spring 1943)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published February 1943.WR13 March 1943. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Cooper translation of Boethius was originally published in Temple Classics by J. M. Dent, 1902. The anonymous translation ofThe Imitation of Christis that published in Everyman’s Library (J. M. Dent, 1910). The text ofReligio Mediciprobably derives fromThe Religio Medici and Other Writings of Sir Thomas Browne(Everyman’s Library, 1906).",
            "Edman received a $500 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy for his work on the volume. He was asked to write an introduction of 5,000 words that would include discussions of the three individual works. When it arrived three months after the deadline Commins wrote, “It’s the kind of introduction that makes me very proud of the work we are doing in the Modern Library” (Commins to Edman, 3 December 1942).",
            "Cerf and Commins consulted several authorities about translations of Boetheus and Thomas à Kempis. Richard McKeon of the University of Chicago indicated that the translation of Boethius in the Loeb Classical Library was poor and expressed the hope that the ML was preparing a new one (McKeon to Commins, 19 August 1942).",
            "J. William Eckenrode of the Newman Book Shop in Westminster, Maryland, noted thatReligio Mediciwas on the Index and warned that its inclusion would ruin the sale of the book to Catholics. He also advised using a different translation ofThe Imitation of Christ. “If you could use a Catholic translation of the Imitation in preference to a Protestant translation, without calling attention to this fact, this would make the book doubly valuable to Catholics, but if you put Religio Medici in, it would just ruin the sale” (Eckenrode to Cerf, 2 November 1942).",
            "Eckenrode’s letter caused some concern and Commins asked Edman for his opinion. He replied, “We need not be too concerned—in my judgment—by the fact that Religio Medici is on the Catholic Index. There aren’t enough literate Catholics anyway to concern Random House from the sales point of view, and so I think we are quite safe in taking a high moral viewpoint on the matter, and being independent” (Commins Papers. Edman to Commins, 11 November 1942).",
            "The ML edition sold 5,111 copies by 1 November 1943."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 360,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DAPHNE DU MAURIER",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "REBECCA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 227
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "360.1.  First printing (1943)",
            "Rebecca | BY | DAPHNE DU MAURIER | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [8], [1] 2–457 [458–464].  [1–14]16[15]8[16]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1938, BY DAPHNE DU MAURIER BROWNING |All Rights Reserved| FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1943; [5] biographical note; [6] blank; [7] fly title; [8] blank; [1]–457 text; [458] blank; [459–463] ML list; [464] blank. (Spring 1943)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong purplish red (255), yellowish gray (93), light gray (264), dark gray (266), moderate yellow (87) and black on coated white paper depicting a woman in gray and black with face and hands in moderate yellow holding a key; background in black with a suggestion of flames at lower left in deep purplish red, title in gray at top, author in black and series in reverse on deep purplish red background at foot. Signed: EMcKK [E. McKnight Kauffer].",
            "Front flap:",
            "For sheer entertainment, there are few romances comparable to Daphne du Maurier’sRebecca. Written with a deep intensity of emotion, it carries the reader headlong in its current to its final dramatic climax. The spirit of the dead mistress of Manderley hovers over the story, dominating the living until, in the end, her sinister spell is broken forever. As a novel,Rebeccawon the immediate favor of the reading public and maintained a leading place on the best-seller lists for several seasons. On the screen, it shattered all existing records for popularity and won almost every award which can be given to a motion picture. (Spring 1943)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1938. ML edition (360.1, pp. [7], [1]–457) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates. Published February 1943.WR13 March 1943. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML edition sold 4,592 copies by 1 November 1943.",
            "360.2.  New bibliographical edition (1951?)",
            "Title as 360.1.",
            "Pp. [6], [1] 2–357 [358–362].  [1–10]16[11]8[12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1938, BY DAPHNE DU MAURIER BROWNING |All Rights Reserved; [5] fly title; [6] blank; [1]–357 text; [358–362] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 360.1. (Spring 1952)",
            "ML edition (360.2, pp. [5], [1]–357) printed from Doubleday plates made from a different typesetting.",
            "The Doubleday plates that the ML was using by the early 1950s appear to have been made primarily for the use of publishers of inexpensive hardbound reprints. In addition to the ML they were used by Doubleday’s Sun Dial Press, Blakiston Co., Book League of America, and International Collector’s Library. The 360.2 plates reduced the length of the book by 100 pages by using smaller type and squeezing forty lines of text (five more than 360.1) to the page, thus significantly reducing printing costs. Both sets of plates used by the ML had been designed for full-sized books and in the ML’s compact format produced a type page with uncomfortably narrow margins."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 361,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "BENNETT A. CERF",
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            "TITLE": "GREAT MODERN SHORT STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 168
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "361.1.  First printing (1943)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [10-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] GREAT | MODERN | SHORT | STORIES | AN ANTHOLOGY | OF TWELVE FAMOUS STORIES | AND NOVELETTES |Selected, and with a Foreword and Biographical|Notes byBENNETT A. CERF,Editor of the | Modern Library.| [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–viii, [2], [1–2] 3–480 [481–486].  [1–15]16[16]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–viii FOREWORD signed p. viii: Bennett A. Cerf | New York, | June, 1942.; [1] part title: FIVE ENGLISH STORIES; [2] blank; [1] part title: HEART OF DARKNESS | JOSEPH CONRAD; [2] copyright notice; 3–469 text; [470] blank; 471–480 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; [481–485] ML list; [486] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Contents:Five English Stories. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad – The Apple-Tree, by John Galsworthy – The Prussian Officer, by D. H. Lawrence – Miss Brill, by Katherine Mansfield – The Letter, by W. Somerset Maugham.  Seven American Stories. The Snows of Kilimanjaro, by Ernest Hemingway – Paul’s Case, by Willa Cather – I’m a Fool, by Sherwood Anderson – Haircut, by Ring Lardner – Turn About, by William Faulkner – The Old Demon, by Pearl S. Buck – The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in black, strong reddish brown (238), and medium gray (265) on cream paper; lettering in black and strong reddish brown on cream background except titles and authors of individual stories in reverse on black bands bordered in medium gray.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Controversies over the merits of favorite short stories are endless. Everyone can argue at length over [±for] his own preferences [+and find fault with every editor for his sins of omission]. The [±In our opinion, the] tales selected for this volume represent the most notable works of five English and seven American masters of the short-story form: Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, W. Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Ring Lardner, William Faulkner, Pearl S. Buck, and John Steinbeck. (Fall 1942; [Spring 1956])",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in deep reddish purple (238), light grayish yellowish brown (79), and black on pale orange yellow (73) paper with illustration at left of quill pen in light grayish yellowish brown (79); lettering in black and deep reddish purple. Backstrip in deep reddish purple with lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap as jacket A revised text. (Fall 1963)",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingGreat Modern Short Stories, ed. Grant Overton (188). Publication announced for February 1943.WR7 August 1943. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Cerf wrote in his foreword:",
            "The compilation of a volume of Great Modern Stories for the Modern Library was originally entrusted to the late Grant Overton in 1930. This amiable gentleman brought around his list in due course, but was far too good-natured and too gentle to hold out against the demands of Donald Klopfer and myself. The eleven stories that were finally included represented our own idea of a happy compromise: two of them were Overton’s choice and nine of them were ours. Now Grant’s remaining two have been scrapped, along with two of our own, and five new ones substituted. I wish that Grant were here to forgive me. He would say again, I know, “It’s your Library, boys; you know what you want to put into it!”",
            "Of the twelve stories in this new edition, my favorite four are “Heart of Darkness,” “The Apple-Tree,” “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and “The Red Pony,” but the other eight are not far behind them. Anybody with a pastepot and scissors can—and does—perpetrate anthologies today, but I’d like to see anybody compile one that tops this collection in quality! It has variety, balance, color and distinction. (pp. vii–viii)",
            "The ML sold 12,699 copies ofGreat Modern Short Storiesbetween 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943; the total includes sales of Overton’s edition (188) as well as Cerf’s.",
            "361.2a.  Text reset with new foreword (1966)",
            "GREAT MODERN |Short Stories|an anthology of twelve|famous stories and novelettes|Selected, and with a Foreword|and Biographical Notes,|by Bennett Cerf,| [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.Note: The comma in line 7 after Cerf’s name is an error, since the 361.2 title page no longer identifies him as “Editor of the Modern Library.” By this time he had dropped the middle initial “A” from his name.",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii, [1–3] 4–456.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1942, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v]CONTENTS; [vi] blank; [vii]–viii FOREWORD signed p. viii: Bennett Cerf |Mount Kisco, New York|September, 1966; [1] part title:Five English|Stories; [2] blank; [3]–447 text; [448] blank; [449]–456 Biographical Notes.",
            "Jacket:As 361.1 jacket B.",
            "Cerf noted in the new Foreword, “This collection has proven to be one of the most successful and durable volumes in the Modern Library, its sales increasing every year. The total is now over a million copies. Furthermore, every one of the twelve stories has remained a favorite of critics and the public alike. . . . I am proud, as its publisher, that this anthology of truly great modern short stories has caught the fancy of professors, students, and general bookstore patrons alike.” (p. [vii]).",
            "361.2b.  7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Not seen.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Cerf, ed.,Great German Short Novels and Stories(1933– )  256",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Sixteen Famous American Plays(1942– )  G58",
            "Cerf, ed.,Great Modern Short Stories(1943–  )  361",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Sixteen Famous British Plays(1943–  )  G64",
            "Cerf, ed.,Famous Ghost Stories(1944– )  373; Illus ML (1946–1951)  IML 17",
            "Cerf, ed.,Three Famous Murder Novels(1945–  )  G67",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Sixteen Famous European Plays(1947–  )  G72",
            "Cerf and Cartmell, eds.,Thirty Famous One-Act Plays(1949–  )  G76",
            "Cerf and Moriarty,  eds.,Anthology of Famous British Stories(1952–  )  G81",
            "Cerf, ed.,Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor(1958–  )  G92",
            "Cerf, ed.,Six American Plays for Today(1961–  )  528"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 362,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ARISTOTLE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "POLITICS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 228
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "362a.  First printing (1943)",
            "[within single rules] [8-line title and statement of responsibility within an inner frame of single rules] ARISTOTLE’S |Politics| TRANSLATED BY | BENJAMIN JOWETT | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | MAX LERNER | PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | WILLIAMS COLLEGE | [below inner frame: torchbearer D4 at right with 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [1–4] 5–337 [338–344].  [1–10]16[11]8[12]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1943, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1943; 5–27INTRODUCTION| by Max Lerner; [28] blank; 29–30 FOR FURTHER READING; 31–48CONTENTS; [49] fly title; [50] blank; 51–337 text; [338] blank; [339–343] ML list; [344] blank. (Spring 1943)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in very deep red (14) and medium gray (265) on cream paper with inset oval medallion with left-profile drawing of Aristotle in very deep red and reverse; background in medium gray with lettering in dark red except “POLITICS” and torchbearer in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "At no moment in history has the world [±have all the nations of the world] been confronted with such crucial political problems as those which are growing out of the present global war [±the two wars and their disastrous aftermath]. For this reason this publication of Aristotle’s classic work on the science and art of government in the definitive Jowett translation is as timely as it is essential to a comprehension of the basic principles of order in society. Here, for student and general reader alike, is the complete and unabridged version of thePolitics, with a biographical and interpretive Introduction by Max Lerner [—, Professor of Political Science at Williams College]. (Spring 1943; [Spring 1953])",
            "Jacket B:Uniform Aristotle jacket in grayish yellow green (122) and black on coated white paper with white panel at top containing left-profile illustration of Aristotle at upper right and jacket title “The Politics of ARISTOTLE” in black with “ARISTOTLE” highlighted in grayish yellow green and; grayish yellow green panel with additional lettering in black; black band at foot with “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” in grayish yellow green. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (Spring 1960)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published March 1943.WR13 March 1943. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Commins was pleased with the introduction except for a passage in which Lerner stated: “If we compare it with Plato’sRepublic, it is not a brilliantly written book. It mixes the great with the trivial; long stretches of it seem only pedantic categorizing; other stretches seem rather obvious. The whole is poorly proportioned and badly joined. Between the oases of insight there are desert wastes of pedestrian analysis.” Commins feared that the passage would discourage prospective readers (Commins to Lerner, 25 November 1942); Lerner agreed and it was omitted.",
            "The ML edition sold 4,319 copies by 1 November 1943.",
            "362b.  Title page revised; offset printing (1965)",
            "Title as 362a through line 7; lines 8–11: BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY | [below inner frame: torchbearer J at right with 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.",
            "Pp. [2], [1–4] 5–337 [338–350].  [1–11]16",
            "Contents as 362a except: [1–2] blank; [4]Copyright, 1943, by Random House, Inc.; [339–346] ML list; [347–348] ML Giants list; [349–350] blank. (Fall 1965)",
            "Jacket C:As 362a jacket B except in vivid reddish orange (34) instead of grayish yellow green and with illustration of Aristotle omitted; front flap as jacket A revised text.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Aristotle,Introduction to Aristotle(1947– )  396",
            "Aristotle,Rhetoric; Poetics(1954–  )  469"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 363,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDITH WHARTON",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 229
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "363.1.  First printing (1943)",
            "THE AGE | OF | INNOCENCE |by| Edith Wharton | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [8], 1–364 [365–376].  [1–12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1920, | BY THE PICTORIAL REVIEW COMPANY | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1943; [5–6] biographical note; [7] part title: BOOK I; [8] blank; 1–[365] text; [366] blank; [367–371] ML list; [372–373] ML Giants list; [374–376] blank. (Spring 1943)Note:Firststatement retained on spring 1944 printing.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 363.1.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16. Contents as 363.1 except: [4] line 4: COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY ELISINA ROYALL TYLER; [367–372] ML list; [373–374] ML Giants list; [375–376] blank. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on coated white paper with inset multicolor illustration of a New York City street in the 1870s with elegant town houses, clean sidewalks, scattered pedestrians, and two horse-drawn vehicles as seen through a deep reddish brown (41) frame consisting of columns at left and right and panels at the top and bottom, with title in reverse against the top panel and author in reverse and “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” in brilliant yellow against the lower panel; backstrip in deep reddish brown with lettering in reverse and title enclosed in brilliant yellow frame. Signed: J. O’H. Cosgrave II.",
            "Front flap:",
            "By the test of time alone, Edith Wharton’sAge of Innocencehas more than justified the enthusiastic adjectives applied to it when it was first published more than twenty years ago [±first published and acclaimed in 1920]. Then it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and ever since has been winning new favor in the eyes of judges of enduring American fiction. This story of New York before it became of age captures the spirit of the metropolis and preserves for us the social history of an era, in the decade of the 1870’s, when elegance and gallantry were on display on gas-lit Fifth Avenue. (Spring 1943; [Spring 1958])",
            "Originally published by D. Appleton & Co., 1920. ML edition (363.1, pp. [7], 1–[365] printed from Appleton-Century plates. Published March 1943.WR13 March 1943. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The merger between D. Appleton & Co. and the Century Co. took place in 1933, ten years before the ML edition was published.",
            "The first ML printing includes all the textual variants noted by Garrison (pp. 230–31) as having been incorporated in the third, fourth, fifth, tenth, and twenty-first Appleton printings except p. 26, line 25, where a semi-colon rather than a comma follows “gone out.” The semi-colon is retained in the 1953 John Lehmann printing, from which the 1967 ML edition (363.2) is reproduced, and in the Library of America edition ofThe Age of Innocenceand three other Wharton novels (1985).",
            "Grosset & Dunlap printings from Appleton plates were available in the 1920s and 1930s, first in Grosset & Dunlap’s Popular Copyright Series and subsequently in its Novels of Distinction series (Garrison, p. 235).",
            "There was a second ML printing of 1,500 copies in July 1943.",
            "The ML edition sold 4,168 copies by 1 November 1943. Garrison (p. 236) cites a letter that refers to a projected first ML printing of 7,500 copies; given the timing of the second printing and the sales achieved by November 1943 a first printing of 5,000 copies appears more likely.",
            "363.2.  New bibliographical edition (1967)",
            "[within double rules, within decorative rules] EDITH WHARTON | [short decorative swelled rule] | THE AGE | OF INNOCENCE | With an Introductory Note by | FRANCIS WYNDHAM | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York",
            "Note:Wyndham’s introductory note is not included in 363.2.",
            "Pp. [1–6] 7–287 [288].  [1–9]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1920, | BY THE PICTORIAL REVIEW COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1948, BY ELISINA ROYALL TYLER; [5–6] biographical note; 7–287 text; [288] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 363.1 with later version of flap text, “when it was first published and acclaimed in 1920.”",
            "Bibliographical edition originally published in London by John Lehmann, 1953. ML edition (263.2, pp. [1], [3], 7–287) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Lehmann edition. The first six lines of the ML title page are reproduced from the Lehmann title page; the 2-line Lehmann imprint is replaced by torchbearer J and the ML imprint.",
            "Wyndham’s Introductory Note (Lehmann ed., pp. 5–6) is omitted from the ML edition despite the retention of the title-page statement “With an Introductory Note by | FRANCIS WYNDHAM”. The biographical note on pp. [5–6] of 363.2 is reset and slightly revised from 363.1.",
            "The ML’s reprint contract was terminated in 1968, possibly because of a reprint edition published that year by Charles Scribner’s Sons. It was estimated that the 6,700 copies of the ML edition then in stock would last about three years."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 364,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".  1 vol.",
              ".  (ML",
              ");  2 vols.  1947–1971.  (ML 1, 1A; ML",
              ",",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1947",
            "ML_NUMBER": [
              1,
              2,
              3
            ]
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "364a.  First printing (1943)",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Tragedies|of|Shakespeare| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–1266.  [1–39]16[40]12",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1943; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [1] part title: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | [cast of characters and scene within double rules]; [2] PROLOGUE; [3]–1157 text; [1158] blank; 1159–1207 NOTES; [1208] blank; 1209–1266 GLOSSARY.",
            "Variant:Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–1266 [1267–1274].  [1–40]16. Contents as 364a except: [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [1267–1272] ML list; [1273–1274] ML Giants list. (Spring 1945)",
            "Contents:Troilus and Cressida – Coriolanus – Titus Andronicus –  Romeo and Juliet – Timon of Athens – Julius Caesar – Macbeth – Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – King Lear – Othello, The Moor of Venice – Antony and Cleopatra – Cymbeline – Pericles, Prince of Tyre.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in light yellowish brown (76), deep brown (56) and dark green (146) with inset oval portrait of Shakespeare in deep brown against light yellowish brown background with lettering in dark green and reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The most ambitious project ever undertaken by the Modern Library is the publication of the complete and unabridged works of William Shakespeare in three volumes. Given the leading place on the list as Numbers 1, 2 and 3—Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories and Poems—these volumes of over 1,200, 1,100 and 1,100 pages are scrupulously faithful to the highest standards of scholarship. They are printed in large, clear type, with special consideration for readability, and are bound for durability in a format distinguished for its beauty and utility. Each volume is implemented with Notes and a Glossary. (Fall 1943)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), strong green (141) grayish brown (61), and black on coated white paper with drawing of an armored helmet topped by a crown in grayish brown encircled by a snake and with a bloodstained sword and roses; lettering in vivid reddish orange and black with titles of individual plays below the drawing, borders at head and foot in grayish brown; backstrip with variation of front panel drawing at head; title in reverse on red and black bands. Signed: St.",
            "Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1944)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for November 1943.WR30 October 1943. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML Shakespeare took its text and glossary fromThe Complete Works of Shakespeare, edited by W. J. Craig (Oxford University Press, 1904), and its notes from the Temple Shakespeare, edited by Israel Gollancz (20 vols., J. M. Dent, 1894–96). The Craig edition was still in print and Oxford University Press asked the ML not to divulge the source of its text publicly. In response to a professor who inquired about the text, Commins indicated, “This was done with full permission, but with the request that the text be presented without acknowledgement” (Commins to William T. Hastings, Brown University, 17 December 1943).",
            "At least one reviewer regretted the lack of acknowledgment. In theNew Republic, Theodore Spencer described the ML Shakespeare as “a very agreeable job of printing, on which the publishers are to be congratulated. But they give no indication as to which text is used, an omission as reprehensible as it is exasperating. The reader has a right to know whose judgment he is being asked to follow, and the editor who has done the work should receive acknowledgement” (Theodore Spencer, “Editions of Shakespeare,”New Republic, 10 January 1944, p. 57).",
            "The drab brown jackets used on the first printing were differentiated graphically only by the color of the lettering (green for theTragedies, red for theComedies, blue for theHistories and Poems). These colors appear to have been added at the request of Lewis Miller, the RH sales manager, and it was his dissatisfaction with the original jackets that led to the newly designed jackets used on the second printing. Miller sent the following memo to Ray Freiman (25 August 1943), the Random House art director, when jacket A was in the proof stage:",
            "The basic merchandising defect in the three present Shakespeare jackets is that they all look alike, and for that reason will present a monotonous front both on the shelf and in the window. It is altogether too important a property to be so handicapped.",
            "Ultimately we will have to do a real job of surgery on these jackets, so that while they are held together by a common thread of recognition, through design and layout, each will nevertheless have its own identity because of color treatment. I understand completely that time forbids any serious alteration for the present, but I continue to want to see fresh proofs with the word Shakespeare in other colors.",
            "I believe you are reasonably satisfied with the present jackets, but I ain’t chum, for the reasons advanced, so let’s compromise, a la Sam Goldwyn, and give me what I want.",
            "The length of the three Shakespeare volumes made it difficult for the ML to keep them in stock during and immediately following the Second World War. Paper rationing during the war limited the number of printings; the fall 1943 and spring 1944 printings, which were distinguished by different jackets, and a third printing in spring 1945 appear to be the only printings during the war.",
            "The war in Europe ended in May 1945 and Japan surrendered in August, but it took time for the printing and publishing industries to recover from wartime shortages. Ray Freiman reported in spring 1946 that it would be three or four months before the Shakespeare volumes could be reprinted because of paper shortages and the printing time required (Freiman to Mr. Siegel, Maurice Inman, Inc., 26 April 1946). Postwar inflation, which made it impossible to sell the three Shakespeare volumes at 95 cents and break even, was an additional complication.",
            "The Shakespeare volumes were not reprinted until fall 1947. At that time each volume was divided into two, making the ML Shakespeare a six-volume set.",
            "364b.  Reprinted in 2 volumes (1947)",
            "Vol. 1",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Tragedies|of|Shakespeare|VOLUME ONE| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–579 [580], [6].  [1–17]16[18]8[19]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [1] part title as 364a; [2] PROLOGUE; [3]–579 text; [580] blank; [1-6] ML list. (Fall 1947)",
            "Contents:Troilus and Cressida – Coriolanus – Titus Andronicus – Romeo and Juliet –  Timon of Athens – Julius Caesar – Macbeth.",
            "Jacket C1:As 364a jacket B with “IN TWO VOLUMES” added below title and “VOLUME ONE” added below drawing, both in vivid reddish orange; revised list of individual plays below drawing, backstrip drawing omitted; front flap revised to reflect six-volume format. ML number on backstrip: 1. (Fall 1947)",
            "Vol. 2",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Tragedies|of|Shakespeare|VOLUME TWO| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [581–583] 584–1266 [1267–1270].  [1–20]16[21]12[22]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [581] part title: HAMLET | PRINCE OF DENMARK | [cast of characters and scene within double rules]; [582] blank; [583]–1157 text; [1158] blank; 1159–1207 NOTES; [1208] blank; 1209–1266 GLOSSARY; [1267–1270] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [6], [581–583] 584–1266 [1267–1278].  [1]16[2–11]32[12]16. Contents as 364b except [1267–1272] ML list; [1273–1274] ML Giants list; [1275–1278] blank. (Spring 1955)",
            "Contents:Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – King Lear – Othello – The Moor of Venice – Antony and Cleopatra – Cymbeline – Pericles, Prince of Tyre.",
            "Jacket C2:As vol. 1 jacket with “VOLUME TWO” below drawing. ML number on backstrip: 1A. (Fall 1947)",
            "It was Klopfer’s idea to divide the ML Shakespeare into six volumes. He wrote to Cerf, “It is impossible to do the Shakespeare in the Modern Library and break even so I have hit on the brilliant scheme of doing the Comedies, Tragedies and Histories in two volumes each, numbered 1 and 1A, 2 and 2A, 3 and 3A. I think we can produce 15,000 sets of these books for October 1st delivery. We can make our normal margin of profit and I think we can sell a good chunk of them this Fall. It will be years until we can get these back in one volume and come out even and, in the meantime, we’ll have the Shakespeare back in print in these two-volume sets.” (Bennett Cerf Papers. Klopfer to Cerf, 14 February 1947). The printing order for 16,600 sets of the 6-volume Shakespeare was dated 21 May 1947; the binding order was dated 23 July.",
            "Each volume was sold individually. An unfortunate result of splitting the Shakespeare volumes was that the notes and glossary were in the second volume of each two-volume set.",
            "364c.  Ornamental headpieces added (1957)",
            "Vol. 1",
            "Title as 364b.",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–579 [580], [6].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]8[11]16",
            "Contents as 364b except: [1] part title: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | [ornamental headpiece] | [cast of characters and scene]; 3–579 text with ornamental headpieces at beginning of each act; [580] blank; [6] ML list. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket D1a:As 364b with ML number on backstrip: 1 (Spring 1957)Front panel and backstrip as C1 jacket.",
            "Jacket D1b:As 364b with ML number on backstrip: 2 (Fall 1959)",
            "Vol. 2",
            "Title as 364b.",
            "Pp. [6], [581–582] 583–1266 [1267–1278].  [1]16[2–11]32[12]16",
            "Contents as 364b except: [581] part title: HAMLET | PRINCE OF DENMARK | [ornamental headpiece] | [cast of characters and scene]; 583–1157 text with ornamental headpieces at beginning of each act; [1267–1272] ML list; [1273–1274] ML Giants list; [1275–1278] blank. (Fall 1957)",
            "Jacket D2a:As 364b with ML number on backstrip: 1A. (Not seen)",
            "Jacket D2b:As 364b except ML number on backstrip: 3. (Fall 1959)",
            "Duplicate plates of Shakespeare’sHistories,Comedies, andHistories and Poemswith ornamental headpieces added on the first page of each play (title and cast of characters) and at the beginning of each act were originally made in 1944 for printings in the Illustrated Modern Library. All three Shakespeare volumes were projected for inclusion in the Illustrated ML but only theTragedies(IML 14) andComedies(IML 15) were published.",
            "The numbering of the six Shakespeare volumes changed to ML 2–7 in fall 1959 because new business machines acquired by Random House could not handle number-letter combinations. The shift made it necessary to assign new numbers to four other ML titles.The Modern Library Dictionary(509) moved from ML 4 to 1, Douglas’sSouth Wind(114) from ML 5 to 304, Ibsen’sSix Plays(490) from ML 6 to 305, andWisdom of Confucius(312) from ML 7 to 306.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Shakespeare,The Tragedies of Shakespeare(Illustrated ML, 1944–1945)",
            "Shakespeare,The Comedies of Shakespeare(1 vol., 1943–1947; 2 vols. 1947–1971; Illustrated ML, 1944–1945)",
            "Shakespeare,The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare(1 vol., 1943–1947; 2 vols., 1947–1971)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 365,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".  1 vol.",
              ".  (ML",
              ");  2 vols.  1947–1971.  (ML 2, 2A; ML",
              ",",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COMEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1947",
            "ML_NUMBER": [
              2,
              4,
              5
            ]
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "365a.  First printing (1943)",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Comedies|of|Shakespeare| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–1101 [1102–1114].  [1–34]16[35–36]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1943; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [1] part title: THE TEMPEST | [cast of characters and scene within double rules]; [2] blank; [3]–1007 text; [1008] blank; [1009]–1054 NOTES; 1055–1101 GLOSSARY; [1102–1114] blank.",
            "Contents:The Tempest – The Two Gentlemen of Verona – The Merry Wives of Windsor – Measure for Measure – The Comedy of Errors – Much Ado about Nothing – Love’s Labour’s Lost – A Midsummer-Night’s Dream – The Merchant of Venice – As You Like It – The Taming of the Shrew – All’s Well That Ends Well – Twelfth-Night, or What You Will – The Winter’s Tale.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in light yellowish brown (76), deep brown (56) and deep red (13) with inset oval portrait of Shakespeare in deep brown against light yellowish brown background with lettering in deep red and reverse. Front flap as 364a. (Fall 1943)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), strong green (141) grayish brown (61), and black on coated white paper with drawing of a fool wearing a gold crown with crossed arrow and staff, banner, and roses; lettering in vivid reddish orange and black with titles of individual plays below the drawing, borders at head and foot in gold; backstrip with variation of drawing at head. Signed: St. Front flap as 364a. (Spring 1944)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for November 1943.WR30 October 1943. First Printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Publishing history notes for all the Shakespeare volumes in the regular ML are underThe Tragedies of Shakespeare(364).",
            "365b.  Reprinted in 2 volumes (1947)",
            "Vol. 1",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Comedies|of|Shakespeare|VOLUME ONE| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–545 [546].  [1–15]16[16]20[17]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [1] part title as 365a; [2] blank; [3]–545 text; [546] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–545 [546], [8].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]8. Contents as 365b except: [1–6] ML list; [7–8] ML Giants list. (Spring 1955)",
            "Contents:The Tempest – The Two Gentlemen of Verona – The Merry Wives of Windsor – Measure for Measure – The Comedy of Errors – Much Ado about Nothing – Love’s Labours Lost – A Midsummer-Night’s Dream.",
            "Jacket C1:As 365a jacket B with “IN TWO VOLUMES” added below title, “VOLUME ONE” added below drawing, both in vivid reddish orange; revised list of individual plays below drawing, backstrip drawing omitted; front flap revised to reflect six-volume format. ML number on backstrip: 2. (Fall 1947)",
            "Vol. 2",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Comedies|of|Shakespeare|VOLUME TWO| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [547–549] 550–1101 [1102–1108].  [1–16]16[17]12[18]16",
            "Contents as 365a except: [1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [547] part title: THE MERCHANT OF | VENICE | [cast of characters and scene within double rules]; [548] blank; [549]–1007 text; [1008] blank; [1009]–1054 NOTES; 1055–1101 GLOSSARY; [1102] blank; [1103–1108] ML list. (Fall 1947)",
            "Contents:The Merchant of Venice – As You Like It – The Taming of the Shrew – All’s Well That Ends Well – Twelfth-Night, or What You Will – The Winter’s Tale.",
            "Jacket C2:As vol. 1 jacket with “VOLUME TWO” below drawing. ML number on backstrip: 2A. (Fall 1947)",
            "365c.  Ornamental headpieces added (1956/57)",
            "Vol. 1",
            "Title as 365b vol. 1.",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–545 [546], [8].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]24[9]32[10]16",
            "Contents as 365b except: [1] part title: THE TEMPEST | [ornamental headpiece] | [cast of characters and scene]; [3]–545 text with ornamental headpieces at beginning of each act; [1–6] ML list; [7–8] ML Giants list. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket D1a:As 365b. ML number on backstrip: 2. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket D1b:ML number on backstrip: 4. (Fall 1959)",
            "Vol. 2",
            "Title as 365b vol. 2.",
            "Pp. [6], [547–549] 550–1101 [1102–1108].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]28[10]16",
            "Contents as 365b except: [547] part title: THE | MERCHANT OF | VENICE | [ornamental headpiece] | [cast of characters and scene]; [549]–1007 text with ornamental headpieces at beginning of each act. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket D2a:As 365b. ML number on backstrip: 2A. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket D2b:ML number on backstrip: 5. (Fall 1959)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Shakespeare,The Comedies of Shakespeare(Illustrated ML, 1944–1945)",
            "Shakespeare,The Tragedies of Shakespeare(1 vol., 1943–1947; 2 vols., 1947–1971); Illustrated ML (1944–1945)",
            "Shakespeare,The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare(1 vol., 1943–1947; 2 vols., 1947–1971)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 366,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".  1 vol.",
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            "TITLE": "THE HISTORIES AND POEMS OF SHAKESPEARE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1943–1947",
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              7
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "366a.  First printing (1943)",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Histories and|Poems of|Shakespeare| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–1153 [1154].  [1–36]16[37]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1943; [5–6] CONTENTS; [1] part title: THE LIFE AND DEATH | OF KING JOHN | [cast of characters and scene within double rules]; [2] blank; [3]–1047 text; [1048] blank; 1049–1118 NOTES; 1119–1153 GLOSSARY TO THE HISTORIES | AND POEMS; [1154] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–1153 [1154–1162].  [1–36]16[37]8. Contents as 366a except: [4] publication and manufacturing statement; [1155–1160] ML list; [1161–1162] ML Giants list. (Spring 1945)Note:2d printing.",
            "Contents:The Life and Death of King John – The Tragedy of King Richard the Second – The First Part of King Henry the Fourth – The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth – The Life of King Henry the Fifth – The First Part of King Henry the Sixth – The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth – The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth – The Tragedy of King Richard the Third – The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth – Venus and Adonis – The Rape of Lucrece – Sonnets – A Lover’s Complaint – The Passionate Pilgrim – Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music – The Phoenix and the Turtle.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in light yellowish brown (76), deep brown (56) and dark blue (1463) with inset oval portrait of Shakespeare in deep brown against light yellowish brown background with lettering in dark blue and reverse. Front flap as 364a. (Fall 1943)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), strong green (141) grayish brown (61), and black on coated white paper with drawing of gold crown with crossed sword and staff, banner, and olive leaves; lettering in vivid reddish orange and black with titles of individual plays below the drawing, borders at head and foot in gold; backstrip with variation of drawing at head. Signed: St. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1944)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for November 1943.WR30 October 1943. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Publishing history notes for all of the Shakespeare volumes in the regular ML are underThe Tragedies of Shakespeare(364).",
            "366b.  Reprinted in 2 volumes (1947)",
            "Vol. 1",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Histories|of|Shakespeare|VOLUME ONE| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–673 [674].  [1–19]16[20]20[21]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [1] part title as 366a; [2] blank; [3]–673 text; [674] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [6], [1–3] 4–673 [674], [8].  [1–20]16[21]8[22]16. Contents as 366b except: [1-6] ML list; [7-8] ML Giants list. (Fall 1953)",
            "Contents:The Life and Death of King John – The Tragedy of King Richard the Second – The First Part of King Henry the Fourth – The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth – The Life of King Henry the Fifth – The First Part of King Henry the Sixth – The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth – The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth.",
            "Jacket C1:As 366a jacket B with “IN TWO VOLUMES” added below title, “VOLUME ONE” and revised list of individual plays below drawing; front flap revised to reflect six-volume format. ML number on backstrip: 3. (Fall 1947)",
            "Vol. 2",
            "[within double rule frame broken at foot]The|Histories| AND POEMS OF |Shakespeare|VOLUME TWO| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [torchbearer E4 extending below frame]",
            "Pp. [6], [675–677] 678–1153 [1154–1156].  [1–13]16[14]20[15]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [675] part title: THE TRAGEDY OF KING | RICHARD THE THIRD | [cast of characters within single rules]; [676] cast of characters (cont.) and scene within double rules; [677]–1047 text; [1048] blank; 1049–1118 NOTES; 1119–1153 GLOSSARY TO THE HISTORIES | AND POEMS; [1154–1156] blank.",
            "Contents:The Tragedy of King Richard the Third – The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth – Venus and Adonis – The Rape of Lucrece – Sonnets – A Lover’s Complaint – The Passionate Pilgrim – Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music – The Phoenix and the Turtle.",
            "Jacket C2:As vol. 1 jacket with “VOLUME TWO” and list of plays and poems below drawing. ML number on backstrip: 3A. (Fall 1947)",
            "366c.  Ornamental headpieces added (1957)",
            "Vol. 1",
            "Title as 366b vol. 1.",
            "Pp. [6], 1–673 [674], [8].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]24[11]32[12]16",
            "Contents as 366b except: 1 part title: THE LIFE AND DEATH | OF KING JOHN | [ornamental headpiece] | [cast of characters and scene]; [2] blank; 3–673 text with ornamental headpieces at beginning of each act; [674] blank; [1‑6] ML list; [7–8] ML Giants list. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket D1a:As 366b. ML number on backstrip: 3. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket D1b:ML number on backstrip: 6. (Fall 1959)",
            "Vol. 2",
            "Title as 366b vol. 2.",
            "Pp. [6], 675–1153 [1154–1156].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16[8]4[9]32[10]16",
            "Contents as 366b except: 675 part title: THE TRAGEDY OF KING | RICHARD THE THIRD | [ornamental headpiece] | [cast of characters]; 676 cast of characters (cont.) and scene; 677–1047 text with ornamental headpieces at beginning of each act and on part-title for poems; titles of poems reset in italics with ornaments at beginning of “Venus and Adonis” and “The Phoenix and the Turtle”; [1154] blank; [1155–1156] ML Giants list. (Spring 1957)",
            "JacketD2a:As 366b. ML number on backstrip: 3A. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket D2b:As 336ML number on backstrip: 7. (Fall 1959)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Shakespeare,The Comedies of Shakespeare(1 vol., 1943–1947; 2 vols., 1947–1971; Illustrated ML (1944–1945)",
            "Shakespeare,The Tragedies of Shakespeare(1 vol., 1943–1947; 2 vols., 1947–1971; Illustrated ML (1944–1945)"
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1944",
      "HEAD": [
        1944,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
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      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Three new ML titles published in spring 1944—Bergson,Creative Evolution(368), Kaufman and Hart,Six Plays(369), and Melville,Moby Dick(G65)—along with a number of backlist titles that were reprinted that spring, include the following statement on the verso of the title page:",
          "Published by A. S. Barnes & Co., Inc.",
          "Distributed by Random House, Inc.",
          "Paper shortages during the Second World War coupled with a surge in demand for reading matter meant that publishers found themselves unable to satisfy the demand for books.",
          "The War Production Board limited use of paper in the publishing industry in fall 1942, when each publishing firm was allocated a paper quota based on its use of paper in 1941. Initially publishers were limited to 90 percent of the paper they used before the war. Paper restrictions became increasingly severe as the war continued. There was an additional 10 percent cut in 1943, and a further 15 percent the following year.",
          "Most publishers were allocated less paper than they needed, but a few—especially publishers of college textbooks—had paper to spare. In fall 1943 the Modern Library entered into a relationship with the textbook publisher A. S. Barnes to launch a new series, the Illustrated Modern Library, using Barnes paper. To satisfy War Production Board requirements, Barnes officially became the publisher of the new series while RH acted as exclusive distributor. Several ML and MLG titles, including those noted above, were also published under this arrangement. The ML appears to have entered into similar arrangements with several other publishers that had surplus paper.",
          "The War Production Board outlawed distribution contracts of this kind in March 1944. Cerf stated, “Last year, we and several other publishers were able to produce thousands of books on paper that we purchased from college text book houses whose business had been virtually stifled for the duration [of the war]. We counted on doing the same this year. When the government ruled that this would no longer be legal, our entire production schedule was knocked into a cocked hat” (Cerf to Lewis Browne, 4 April 1944).",
          "All subsequent printings of ML titles during the war were published by Random House using its own paper allocation. Later that year the ML stopped reprinting Giants altogether. Newly published Giants continued to appear at a rate of two a year, but backlist titles were allowed to go out of stock until after the war. This was a sensible policy. The profit margin was lower than that of regular ML books, and the Giants were paper guzzlers. The 8 x 5½ inch Giants were larger than regular ML books, and many of them exceeded 1,000 pages in length.",
          "A. S. Barnes took over distribution as well as publication of the Illustrated Modern Library for the duration of the war, but its role was limited. Random House continued to select titles for the series, commission artwork, design the books, arrange for typesetting and plate making, and determine when and if Illustrated Modern Library titles were reprinted."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Nine titles were added and one title was discontinued. The ML list now contained 239 titles."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The 1943 format was unchanged for the 1944 publications. All new titles in the regular ML were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (183 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ (177 x 118 mm).  Bindings were red, blue, green or gray.  Rockwell Kent’s endpapers were medium gray (265) and consisted of a central panel of 1¾ x 1⅜ inches featuring the Kent torchbearer, surrounded by a pattern of books and the initials “ml” with the torchbearers."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents"
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Jefferson,Life and Selected WritingsxParker,Collected Poetry; Giants through G65 (=fall 1944); jackets: 299. (Fall) Parker,Collected PoetryxHenry,Best Short Stories; Giants through G65 (=spring 1944); jackets: 303."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Day,Life with Father(1944)  367",
          "Bergson,Creative Evolution(1944)  368",
          "Kaufman and Hart,Six Plays(1944)  369",
          "Palgrave, ed.,Golden Treasury(1944)  370",
          "Jefferson,Life and Selected Writings(1944)  371",
          "Watkins, ed.,Anthology of American Negro Literature(1944)  372",
          "Cerf, ed.,Famous Ghost Stories(1944)  373",
          "Snow,Red Star over China(1944)  374",
          "Parker,Collected Poetry(1944)  375"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Chaucer,Troilus and Cressida(1940)"
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 367,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CLARENCE DAY",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            "TITLE": "LIFE WITH FATHER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–1955",
            "ML_NUMBER": 230
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "367.  First printing (1944)",
            "Life with | FATHER |ByCLARENCE DAY | WITH A FOREWORD | BY HOWARD LINDSAY | AND RUSSEL CROUSE | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint and short rule at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule extending to foot of torchbearer]",
            "Pp. [6], [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–258 [259–260].  [1–8]16[9]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1934, | 1935, by Clarence Day | Copyright, 1944, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | 1944; [5] acknowledgment; [6] blank; [i–iv]FOREWORD|BY HOWARD LINDSAY AND RUSSEL CROUSEdated p. [iv]:November 24, 1943; v–viCONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–258 text; [259–260] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark reddish brown (44), light grayish reddish brown (45), and light greenish blue (172) on coated cream paper with inset family portrait with three children in light grayish reddish brown within decorative light greenish blue frame; background in dark reddish brown with title in reverse highlighted in light greenish blue, other lettering in light greenish blue or reverse. Signed: W.S. [William Sharp].",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Day family has become a part of our national tradition, and life without Father Day would be very nearly unthinkable. With him, it has been a joy, and sometimes even a trial, but always an enriching and heartwarming adventure.Life with Father, as a play, has broken records for continuous performances, and has established itself as a modern American classic. In book form, Clarence Day’s family album is aglow with the spirit of what all of us like best to remember of our own past. (Spring 1944)",
            "Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. ML edition (pp. [5], v–258) printed from Knopf plates. Publication announced for February 1944; published 17 March 1944.WR25 November 1944. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1956.",
            "The ML paid Knopf a $6,000 advance of which $2,254 remained unearned in spring 1954. Sharp received $75 for the jacket. Freiman wrote him: “Our one regret is that we cannot afford to pay you a fee closer to the true value of your work” (R. A. Freiman to Sharp, 18 November 1943).",
            "Lindsay and Crouse, the authors of the Foreword, had written the play based on Day’s book. In November 1943 the play was beginning its fifth year on Broadway; it eventually ran over seven years to become the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway.",
            "Competing with the ML edition was a reprint edition published in 1943 by Doubleday’s Sun Dial Press."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 368,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRI BERGSON",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "CREATIVE EVOLUTION",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 231
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "368a.  First printing (1944)",
            "Creative Evolution |By HENRI BERGSON|In the Authorized Translation|byARTHUR MITCHELL |With a Foreword byIrwin Edman | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint and short rule at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule extending to left foot of torchbearer]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–453 [454].  [1–14]16[15–16]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1911, by Henry Holt and Company | Copyright, 1944, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] |Manufactured in the United States of America|Printed by Parkway Printing Company[at left]Bound by H. Wolff[at right] |Published by A. S. Barnes & Co., Inc.|Distributed by Random House, Inc.; v–vi TRANSLATOR’S NOTE signed p. vi: ARTHUR MITCHELL | Harvard University; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–xviii FOREWORD |by Irwin Edmandated p. xviii: December, 1943; xix–xxv INTRODUCTION; [xxvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–402 text; 403–453 INDEX | (Compiled by the Translator); [454] blank.Note:The first printing jacket is in vivid reddish orange (34) and black, with a spring 1944 list of titles inside the jacket headed: WHICH OF THESE 299 OUTSTANDING BOOKS DO YOU WANT TO READ?",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated cream paper; lettering in reverse on inset black panel; background in vivid reddish orange.",
            "Front flap:",
            "As philosopher and man, Henri Bergson is one of the most esteemed intellectual figures of the twentieth century. His major work,Creative Evolution, embodies his chief contribution to the study of reality as life and change. Influential among philosophers and popular among general readers because of its persuasive argument and vivid illustrations, this book has achieved permanence in the literature of philosophical speculation. It takes an honored place in the Modern Library series as a work of enduring vitality and ever–renewing meaning to succeeding generations of thoughtful readers. (Spring 1944)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in medium gray (265) and black. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1945) Flap text reset with “was” substituted for “is” in first sentence (Bergson died in 1941). (Spring 1960)",
            "Mitchell translation originally published by Henry Holt and Co., 1911. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for February 1944.WR22 April 1944. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML paid Holt a $750 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. When Cerf first approached Holt he noted, “I have never read Bergson’s CREATIVE EVOLUTION. I am taking Irwin Edman’s word on this one” (Cerf to William Sloan, Holt, 15 March 1943). He offered an advance of $1,000 on the assumption that the ML would be able to print from Holt plates, but Sloan discovered that the plates had been melted as part of the war effort. Sloan offered to split the cost of new plates with the ML, with the plates to remain the joint property of both firms. He indicated that composition and plates would cost at least $500 and suggested reducing the advance from $1,000 to $750, to which Cerf agreed. Edman received $250 for the Foreword (Commins to Edman, 2 December 1943).",
            "368b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 368a through line 5; lines 6–8: [torchbearer K at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 368a.  [1]16[2–5]32[6–11]16",
            "Contents as 368a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1911, HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket C:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in strong reddish purple (237) and black on coated cream paper with lettering on diagonal axis against black background; author and series in strong reddish purple, title and other lettering in reverse. Front flap as first three sentences of 368a with “was” substituted for “is” in first sentence."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 369,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": [
              "GEORGE S. KAUFMAN",
              "MOSS HART"
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              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
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            "TITLE": "SIX PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 233
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "369.  First printing (1944)",
            "[title, statement of responsibility, contents, and device within single rules] Six Plays |By Kaufman and Hart|With an Introduction byBrooks Atkinson |Once in a Lifetime|Merrily We Roll Along|You Can’t Take It with You|The American Way|The Man Who Came to Dinner|George Washington Slept Here| [torchbearer E3 at left] | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xxxii, [1–2] 3–586 [587–592].  [1–19]16[20]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1941 | by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart | [short rule] | Copyright, 1942, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] | [20-line rights statement; 2-line manufacturing statement] |Published by A. S. Barnes & Co., Inc.|Distributed by Random House, Inc.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION |ByBrooks Atkinson; xvii–xxvi MEN AT WORK |byMoss Hart; xxvii–xxxii FORKED LIGHTNING |ByGeorge S. Kaufman; [1] part title: ONCE IN A LIFETIME; [2] blank; 3–4 cast of first production; [5] SCENES; [6] blank; 7–586 text; [587–592] ML list. (Spring 1944)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 369.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]24[10]32[11]16. Contents as 369 except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1941, | AND RENEWED 1958, | BY GEORGE S. KAUFMAN AND MOSS HART | COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; statement about A. S. Barnes omitted; [587–588] ML Giants list; [589–592] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep blue (183) and deep red (16) on light bluish grayish paper; title and authors’ names in reverse on inset deep blue panel; other lettering including titles of individual plays in dark red.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the entire world of the theatre, the legend “by Kaufman and Hart” is the hallmark of themes so timely, workmanship so sure and dialogue so sparkling that it is small wonder that in their own field these collaborators are simply beyond competition. Besides the six plays, in complete and unabridged versions, this volume offers an intimate picture of George Kaufman by Moss Hart and an equally revealing portrait of Moss Hart by George Kaufman, plus a serious introduction by their friend and severest critic, Brooks Atkinson of theNew York Times. (Spring 1944)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1942. ML edition (pp. [v]–586) printed from RH plates. Publication announced for February 1944.WR15 April 1944. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Six Playswas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 370,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 232
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "370.  First printing (1944)",
            "PALGRAVE’S | THE | Golden Treasury |To which is appended| The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám |With an Introduction by| Louis Untermeyer | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–426.  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | 1944; v–vi dedication headed: TO ALFRED TENNYSON | POET LAUREATE signed p. vi: F. T. P. | May, 1861; vii–xContents; xi–xvi INTRODUCTION | BY LOUIS UNTERMEYER; xvii–xxi PREFACE | BY FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE; [xxii] blank; [1] part title: THE GOLDEN TREASURY; [2] blank; 3–390 text; [391] part title: THE RUBÁIYÁT | OF | OMAR KHAYYÁM | The Fourth Version | Rendered into English Verse | by Edward FitzGerald; [392] blank; 393–397 note on FitzGerald by Louis Untermeyer; 398–418 text; 419–420 INDEX TO POETS; 421–426 INDEX TO FIRST LINES.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in very light greenish blue (171), vivid yellow (82) and black on coated white paper depicting a lyre with two clouds and a yellow star against a black and light greenish blue background; lettering in vivid yellow , very light greenish blue, reverse. Signed: EMcKK [E. McKnight Kauffer].",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the more than eighty years since its first publication, Palgrave’sGolden Treasuryhas maintained itself as a classic in its field. The constant demand for this collection of songs and lyrics and the insistent requests forThe Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyámhave led the editors of the Modern Library to add the Fitzgerald masterpiece to the Palgrave anthology. The poet and compiler were contemporaries, and the works by which they will always be known appeared within two years of each other. This long-cherished volume is introduced by one of the foremost anthologists of our time, Louis Untermeyer. (Spring1944)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for March 1944.WR29 April 1944. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 371,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THOMAS JEFFERSON",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE LIFE AND SELECTED WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 234
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "371a.  First printing (1944)",
            "The Life and| Selected Writings of | THOMAS | JEFFERSON | [decorative rule] |Edited, and with an Introduction by|Adrienne Koch & William Peden| [torchbearer E1] | [decorative rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARYNEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–xliv, [1–2] 3–730 [731–738].  [1–24]16[25]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [i] blank; [ii] frontispiece: directions in Jefferson’s handwriting for his tombstone; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1944, by Random House, Inc. |First Modern Library Edition| 1944; [v]PREFACE; [vi] blank; vii–xiiiCONTENTS; [xiv] blank; xv–xliv INTRODUCTION |by Adrienne Koch and|William Peden; [1] part title:AUTOBIOGRAPHY; [2]INTRODUCTION; 3–730 text; [731–736] ML list; [737–738] ML Giants list. (Spring 1944)",
            "Contents:Autobiography – The Anas – Travel Journals – Essay on Anglo-Saxon – Biographical Sketches of Famous Men – Notes on Virginia – Public Papers – Letters.",
            "Jacket A1:Pictorial in bluish gray (191), deep red (13), light gray (264), medium gray (265) and black on coated cream paper with photographic illustration of Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. in light gray (264), medium gray (265) and black; title above illustration and other lettering below illustration in deep red and reverse against bluish gray background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For a long time the editors of the Modern Library have sought a volume of Jefferson’s works which would be both comprehensive in terms of his prolific literary output and representative of his contribution to liberal thought. Within the scope of this book of almost 800 pages are to be found the Autobiography, which includes the original and revised versions of the Declaration of Independence; the complete Anas; the Travel Journals; the Essay on Anglo-Saxon; Biographical Sketches of Famous Men; Notes on Virginia; and a generous collection of Letters. (Spring 1944)",
            "Original ML collection. Publication announced for March 1944.WR29 April 1944. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The editors shared royalties of 5 cents a copy.",
            "371b.  Index added (c. 1951)",
            "Title as 371a.",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xliv, [1–2] 3–756.  [1–25]16",
            "Contents as 371a except: [i] half title; [iv]Firststatement omitted; [731]–756INDEX. (Fall 1954 jacket)",
            "Jacket A2:As 371a except pale yellow green (121) instead of bluish gray. (Fall 1954)",
            "The index was made by Helen Bulloch, a friend of Koch’s, who received $150 for her work. Koch was pleased that the index was being added and believed that it would improve college sales (Koch to Commins, 16 August 1950). The index was at the proof stage by November 1950.",
            "371c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 371a except line 8: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 371b.  [1]16[2–11]32[12–15]16",
            "Contents as 371b except: [iv]  COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; 3–[730] text.Note:Page numeral “730” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket B:Fujita pictorial jacket in dark orange yellow (72) and dark yellowish brown (78) on coated cream paper with head-and-shoulders portrait of Jefferson in dark orange yellow and dark yellowish brown; lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This volume of Jefferson’s works was selected to be representative of the scope of Jefferson’s ideas and his vital contribution to liberal thought. In this book are to be found the Autobiography, which includes the original and revised versions of the Declaration of Independence, the completeAnasandBiographical Sketches of Famous Men; selections from theTravel Journals, theEssay on Anglo-Saxon,Notes on Virginia; and a generous collection of Letters.",
            "371d.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 371a except line 8: [torchbearer M]",
            "Pagination as 371b.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 371c except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1972 BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark blue (183) and torchbearer in moderate brown (58).",
            "Front flap revised from 371c:",
            "The selections in this volume were chosen to be representative of the scope of Jefferson’s ideas and his vital contribution to liberal thought. Included are the Autobiography, which contains the original and revised versions of the Declaration of Independence, the completeAnasandBiographical Sketches of Famous Men; selections from theTravel Journals, theEssay on Anglo-Saxon,Notes on Virginia, and a generous selection of letters.",
            "Published spring 1978 at $6.95. ISBN 0-394-60454-7."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 372,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "SYLVESTRE C. WATKINS",
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            "TITLE": "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN NEGRO LITERATURE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–1956",
            "ML_NUMBER": 163
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "372.  First printing (1944)",
            "ANTHOLOGY OF | American Negro | Literature | Edited by SYLVESTRE C. WATKINS | With an Introduction by JOHN T. FREDERICK | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–481 [482–494].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xiii PREFACE signed p. xiii: S. C. Watkins | Chicago, Illinois | January, 1944; [xiv] blank; xv–xvii INTRODUCTION | [decorative rule] |by John T. Frederickdated p. xvii: Chicago, December, 1943.; [xviii] blank; [1] part title: SHORT STORIES; [2] blank; 3–455 text; [456] blank; [457] part title: BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; [458] blank; 459–481 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; [482] blank; [483–488] ML list; [489–490] ML Giants list; [491–494] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Contents:Short Stories. Almos’ a Man, by Richard Wright – Truant, by Claude McKay – One Friday Morning, by Langston Hughes – The Goophered Grapevine, by Charles Waddell Chesnutt – The City of Refuge, by Rudolph Fisher – The Gilded Six-Bits, by Zora Neale Hurston – A Summer Tragedy, by Arna Bontemps.  Essays. The Negro Press Today, by Roi Ottley – The Negro Digs Up His Past, by Arthur A. Schomburg – The Negro in American Fiction, by Benjamin Brawley – The History of the Spiritual, by James Weldon Johnson – The Negro in American Culture, by Alain Locke – The Freedmen’s Bureau, by W. E. B. Du Bois – Striking the Economic Balance, by Charles S. Johnson – The Negro Family in the United States, by E. Franklin Frazier – I Investigate Lynchings, by Walter White – Fifty Years of Negro Citizenship, by Carter G. Woodson – Contemporary Negro Poetry, 1914–1936, by Sterling Brown – What the Negro Wants, by Langston Hughes – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the Negro, by George S. Schuyler – Why Should We March?, by A. Philip Randolph – Color, Caste and Economic Relations in the Deep South, by Allison Davis – Charles W. Chesnutt, Pioneer in the Fiction of Negro Life, by Hugh M. Gloster.  Autobiographies. Revolution, by W. E. B. Du Bois – No Day of Triumph, by J. Saunders Redding – St. Louis Blues and Solvent Bank, by W. C. Handy – Along This Way, by James Weldon Johnson – The Ethics of Living Jim Crow, by Richard Wright – The House under Arcturus, by William Stanley Braithwaite – The Revolt of the Evil Fairies, by Ted Poston.  Biographies. Rock, Church, Rock!, by Arna Bontemps – Lawrence of the River, by Zora Neale Hurston – William de Fleurville, by John E. Washington.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep red (16) and black on cream paper with title and editor in reverse on deep red panel at upper left; background in cream with other lettering in black below panel. Front flap as 183b. (Spring 1944)",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingAnthology of American Negro Literature, ed. V. F. Calverton (183). Publication announced for spring 1944.WR16 September 1944. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1957.",
            "Watkins’s focus is narrower than Calverton’s. Calverton’sAnthology of American Negro Literature(1929) included short stories, selections from novels, drama, poetry, spirituals, blues, labor songs, essays, and autobiographies. Watkins includes four sections only: short stories, essays, autobiographies, and biographies. He notes, “This collection represents the vigorous thinking and writing that characterizes today’s Negro author. Here will be found—not the ‘traditional’ Negro, nor the Negro ‘ideal’—but the true American of Negro parentage speaking his mind about his problems, and offering suggestions for their solution” (pp. xi–xii).",
            "For poetry he refers readers to “five outstanding anthologies that have been published in this field:Golden Slippers, An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers, by Arna Bontemps;Book of American Negro Poetry, by James Weldon Johnson;Caroling Dusk, An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets, by Countee Cullen;Negro Voices, An Anthology of Contemporary Verse, by Beatrice M. Murphy;Negro Poets and Their Poems, by R. J. Kerlin” (p. xii). Instead of including fragments from novels he recommends “that the following novels be read:Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora N. Hurston;Home to Harlem, by Claude McKay;The Blacker the Berry, by Wallace Thurman;My Lives and How I Lost Them, by Countee Cullen;These Low Grounds, by W. E. Turpin;Blood on the Forge, by William Attaway;Black Thunder, by Arna Bontemps;Native Son, by Richard Wright, andThe White Face, by Carl R. Offord” (p. xiii).",
            "Keneth Kinnamon compares Watkins’s anthology unfavorably toThe Negro Caravan, edited by Sterling A. Brown, Arthur P. Davis, and Ulysses Lee (Dryden Press, 1941). Kinnamon writes thatThe Negro Caravanhas been highly influential in establishing a canon of African-American literature. He believes the anthology will continue to have value that endures. He does not believe the same is true for theAnthology of American Negro Literature(1944). (Kinnamon, 1997)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Calverton, ed.,Anthology of American Negro Literature(1929–1944)  183"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 373,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "BENNETT A. CERF",
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            "TITLE": "FAMOUS GHOST STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 73
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "373a.  First printing (1944)",
            "[torchbearer D2] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] FAMOUS | GHOST | STORIES |Compiled and with an Introductory Note| BY BENNETT A. CERF | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–361 [362–372].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [vi] blank; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xi INTRODUCTORY NOTE signed p. xi: Bennett A. Cerf |New York, 1943; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–361 text; [362] blank; [363–368] ML list; [369–370] ML Giants list; [371–372] blank. (Spring 1944)",
            "Contents:The Haunted and the Haunters, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton – The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce – The Monkey’s Paw, by W. W. Jacobs – The Phantom ’Rickshaw, by Rudyard Kipling – The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood – The Rival Ghosts, by Brander Matthews – The Man Who Went Too Far, by E. F. Benson – The Mezzotint, by Montague Rhodes James – The Open Window, by “Saki” (H. H. Munro) – The Beckoning Fair One, by Oliver Onions – On the Brighton Road, by Richard Middleton – The Considerate Hosts, by Thorp McClusky – August Heat, by W. F. Harvey – The Return of Andrew Bentley, by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer – The Supper at Elsinore, by Isak Dinesen – The Current Crop of Ghost Stories, by Bennett A. Cerf.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), very dark greenish blue (175) and brilliant yellow (83) on coated white paper with title in reverse and brilliant yellow against moderate greenish blue orb; “EDITED BY BENNETT CERF” in moderate greenish blue, “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” in brilliant yellow, other lettering in reverse, all against a very dark greenish blue background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Deep in the heart of every human being, no matter how rational or sceptical, there lurks a fascination for the weird and occult. Disbelief does not lay ghosts, nor do the tests of science exorcise them. Stairs creak in the dark with the tread of unseen visitors; cemeteries send up midnight apparitions; and headless horsemen ride in the moonlight.",
            "In this completely revised edition ofFamous Ghost Stories, Bennett Cerf has included such classics of the supernatural as “The Beckoning Fair One,” “The Willows,” “The Supper at Elsinore,” and “The Phantom Rickshaw.” (Fall 1944)",
            "Front flap reset with the following phrase added to the last sentence:",
            "“and many other tales of terror and ghostly phenomena.” (Fall 1959)",
            "Jacket B1:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in deep yellow (85), strong purplish red (255) and black on coated white paper; “Famous” in deep yellow, “Ghost” in reverse, “Stories” in strong purplish red, and other lettering in reverse.",
            "Front and back flaps:",
            "Perhaps no literary genre has as valid a claim to time-proven distinction as the ghost story; from the ages when men huddled around a fire and exchanged tales to hold back the night, to this day when science is beginning to probe the reaches of man’s mind, the ghost story has held a place of honorable speculation. Whether we scoff or believe, a finely wrought ghost story has a singular and compelling fascination.",
            "Bennett Cerf introduces this selection of notable ghost stories that reflect the best of the form. Included are such shiveringly famous tales as “The Monkey’s Paw,” “The Phantom Rickshaw,” and “The Return of Andrew Bentley,” and such writers as Ambrose Bierce, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, and Isak Dinesen. Then, to bring the point hauntingly home, Mr. Cerf concludes with a group of contemporary “true” tales that confront the reader with phenomena that still chill the human imagination.",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingBest Ghost Stories(67), which had been in the ML since 1919. Publication announced for spring 1944.WR5 August 1944. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Cerf commented inSRL: “Ever since I have had anything to do with the Modern Library, it has included one anthology which struck me as several degrees below par, and that is its collection of ghost stories. This summer I finally have gotten around to the job of revising the volume. The first step in this process, duly recognized by the International Order of Anthologists and Livers on Other Peoples’ Wits, was to comb through all other anthologies on the subject thus availing myself of numerous valuable tips, and avoiding months of research in dusty library archives” (“Trade Winds,”SRL, 28 August 1943, p. 17).",
            "Eleven of the stories were still protected by copyright when the anthology was published. The ML probably paid the copyright holders a flat fee for permission to include them. Cerf received royalties of 4 cents a copy; by 1971 royalties had been increased to 6 cents a copy.",
            "Famous Ghost Stories(IML 17) was also published in the Illustrated Modern Library (1946) with illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag and William Sharp.",
            "373b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "FAMOUS | GHOST | STORIES |Compiled and with an Introductory Note| BY BENNETT CERF | [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 373a.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16",
            "Contents as 373a except: [363–370] ML list; [371–372] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B2:Enlarged version of 373a jacket B1.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Best Ghost Stories(1919–1943)",
            "Cerf, Bennett, ed.,Great German Short Novels and Stories(1933– )  256",
            "Cerf, Bennett A. and Cartmell, Van H., eds.,Sixteen Famous American Plays(1942– )  G58",
            "Cerf, Bennett A., ed.,Great Modern Short Stories(1943–  )  361",
            "Cerf, Bennett A. and Cartmell, Van H., eds.,Sixteen Famous British Plays(1943– )  G64",
            "Cerf, ed.,Famous Ghost Stories(Illus ML, 1946–1951)  IML 17",
            "Cerf, Bennett A., ed.,Three Famous Murder Novels(1945– )  G67",
            "Cerf, Bennett A. and Cartmell, Van H., eds.,Sixteen Famous European Plays(1947– )  G72",
            "Cerf, Bennett A. and Cartmell, Van H., eds.,Thirty Famous One-Act Plays(1949– )  G76",
            "Cerf, Bennett and Moriarty, Henry C., eds.,Anthology of Famous British Stories(1952– )  G81",
            "Cerf, Bennett, ed.,Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor(1958– )  G92",
            "Cerf, Bennett, ed.,Six American Plays for Today(1961– )  528"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 374,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDGAR SNOW",
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            "TITLE": "RED STAR OVER CHINA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–1952",
            "ML_NUMBER": 126
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "374a.  First printing (1944)",
            "[within double rules] RED STAR | OVER CHINA |BYEDGAR SNOW | [torchbearer D5] |Modern Library:New York",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–529 [530].  [1–16]16[17–18]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1938, 1944, by Random House, Inc.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–ixPREFACEsigned p. ix: Edgar Snow |Madison, Connecticut, May, 1944; [x] blank; xi–xiiiCONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–495 text; [496] blank; 497–514 EPILOGUE |1944dated p. 514: June, 1944; 515–529Index; [530] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Nonpictorial on cream paper with lettering in deep reddish orange (36) and dark gray (266) as shown.",
            "Text on front panel within a double frame in deep reddish orange:",
            "A BRAND-NEW EDITION OF | EDGAR SNOW’S | RED STAR | OVER | CHINA | with additions to the text and a new last | chapter that bring the story of the conflict in | China up to the very last minute. | THIS IS THE BOOK THAT TELLS WHY | JAPAN CAN’T WIN! | The only foreign correspondent who penetrated deep into | Northwest China and returned to tell the tale describes with | first-hand detail the amazing stories of: |  The 6000-mile “Long March” of the army of Chu Teh, | “The Red Napoleon.” |  The inside story of the kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek, | and its tremendous consequences. |  China’s united front against Japan, and its war tactics | and objectives.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No book published in America during the last decade has been so influential in interpreting to the Western mind the complexities and aspirations of present-day China as Edgar Snow’sRed Star Over China. Written with the authority of seventeen years of first-hand observation of the revolutionary events in the great centers and remote provinces, it has become required reading for everyone who seeks to understand the role of China in the world today. The author has revised this edition and provided a new introduction and epilogue to bring it up to the present. (Fall 1944)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1938. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with a new preface and epilogue. Publication announced for fall 1944.WR3 February 1945. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1953.",
            "The Random House edition was out of print when Snow inquired about a ML reprint (Snow to Cerf, 10 November 1943). The original plates were too large for the ML’s format, and Cerf urged Snow to bring the text up to date. A revision, he wrote, “would give us a wonderful and thoroughly legitimate excuse for reviving the book” (Cerf to Snow, 12 November 1943). Snow liked the idea but later decided against a comprehensive rewriting. In the preface to the ML edition he wrote, “I have kept the original text untouched, except for minor deletions and changes in tense here and there, and instead I have brought the book up to 1944 by the addition of a brief chapter of summary in an epilogue” (p. viii).",
            "The original RH edition sold approximately 23,500 copies. There were six printings of the ML edition with total sales of just over 27,000 copies(Commins to Harold R. Isaacs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4 September 1956).",
            "374b.  Title page reset (1946)",
            "[within double rules] RED STAR | OVER | CHINA |by| EDGAR SNOW | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 374a.",
            "Jacket B:As 374a in deep reddish orange (36) and dark gray (266) with text on front panel revised:",
            "A BRAND-NEW EDITION OF | EDGAR SNOW’S | RED STAR | OVER | CHINA | with additions to the text and a new | chapter that brings up to the last | minute the famous account of | THE REBIRTH OF CHINA | by the only foreign correspondent who penetrated deep into | Northwest China during the long civil war and returned to | tell the tale of: |  The history of the Chinese Soviets. |  The life of Mao Tse-tung, China’s Lenin. |  The 6000-mile “Long March” of the army that wouldn’t | stay dead. |  China’s war against Japan. |  How Chinese partisans built the foundations of the new | democracy emerging triumphant in China to day [sic]. (Fall 1946)",
            "The Saxe Commins Papers at Princeton University Library include a copy of jacket A with penciled revisions for the updated ML edition. The final version of the 374b jacket includes additional revisions that were probably suggested by Cerf.",
            "There was a second printing of 374b in spring 1947. Pagination and contents as 374b; collation: [1–17]16."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 375,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DOROTHY PARKER",
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            "TITLE": "THE COLLECTED POETRY OF DOROTHY PARKER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1944–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 237
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "375a.  First printing (1944)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [triple rule] | [6-line title within frame of row ornaments, within vertical rules at left and right] THE | COLLECTED | POETRY |of| DOROTHY | PARKER | [triple rule] | [within vertical rules at left and right] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [triple rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–210 [211–212].  [1–6]16[7–8]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY DOROTHY PARKER | COPYRIGHT, 1926, 1928, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY DOROTHY PARKER | [short swelled rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1944; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xiiCONTENTS; [1] part title: ENOUGH | ROPE; [2] blank; 3–202 text; [203] part title: INDEX OF | FIRST LINES; [204] blank; 205–210INDEX OF FIRST LINES; [211–212] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in deep green (142) and dark grayish yellow (91) on coated cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset deep green panel and three deep green bands at foot, all surrounded by cream background with decorations in dark grayish yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone; unsigned.Note:The jacket design in different color combinations was also used in spring 1941 forFive Great Modern Irish Plays (339), fall 1941 forCollected Short Stories of Ring Lardner(344), fall 1942 forCollected Stories of Dorothy Parker(353), and for four existing ML anthologies –Best Ghost Stories(67b),Best American Humorous Short Stories(80f),Great Modern Short Stories(188b), andGreat German Short Novels and Stories(256b) when they appeared in the ML’s larger format between fall 1939 and the early 1940s.",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is almost twenty years since the first of Dorothy Parker’s light verse, sharpened to arrow-point and dipped in the bubbling acid of her wit, brought her the kind of fame that belongs to the most frequently quoted poet of the country. In that time not one of her countless imitators has so much as disputed her position as the foremost ironist in America. Here, for the legions of her old and new admirers, are all the poems which appeared originally inEnough Rope,Sunset Gun,Death and Taxes, plus numerous additional verses of equal brilliance. (Fall 1944)",
            "Originally published asNot So Deep as a Wellby Viking Press, 1936. ML edition (pp. [v]–xii, 3–210) printed from Viking plates with part titles reset. Publication announced for fall 1944.WR3 February 1945. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The title page, part titles, and endpapers of the Viking Press edition contained decorations by Valenti Angelo printed in moderate reddish orange. The title page of 375a is adapted from the Viking Press title page. There was at least one printing of 375a with theFirststatement omitted from p. [iv].",
            "The Modern Library paid royalties of 10 cents a copy for Parker’sCollected Stories(1942) and probably paid the same forCollected Poetry(1942). By 1971 the royalty rate forCollected Poetryhad risen to 30 cents—still 10 percent of the list price.",
            "375b.  Title page reset (1945)",
            "THE | COLLECTED | POETRY | OF | DOROTHY | PARKER | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 375a.  [1–7]16",
            "Contents as 575a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted.",
            "Jacket A:As 375a jacket. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except yellow omitted.",
            "Front flap reset with first two sentences revised and expanded as follows:",
            "Dorothy Parker’s verse, sharpened to arrow point and dipped in the acid of wit, brought her the kind of fame that belongs to the most frequently quoted poets of their time. Almost every literate person in America memorized and applied many of her lines to prove a point or make an impression for wit or wisdom. Her countless imitators only helped to confirm her deserved and undisputed place as one of America’s most quick-minded ironists. Here, for the legions of her old and new admirers, are all the poems which appeared originally in Enough Rope, Sunset Gun, Death and Taxes, plus numerous additional verses of equal brilliance. (Fall 1956)",
            "375c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 375b except line 7: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 375a.  [1–7]16",
            "Contents: As 375a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1936, AND RENEWED, | 1953, 1955, 1959, BY DOROTHY PARKER.",
            "Jacket C:Enlarged version of jacket B in deep reddish purple (238) instead of deep green and strong yellow (84) instead of dark grayish yellow, with the Fujita “ml” replacing Kent’s torchbearer on the front panel.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Parker,Collected Stories(1942–1971)  353"
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        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": "During the first part of 1945, the lists of out-of-stock Modern Library titles got longer. In the later part of 1945, no Giants were available except the newly publishedAnthology of Famous English and American Poetry. There was no prospect of the Modern Library being completely in-stock again, Cerf wrote, for “a full year from now or even longer, depending entirely on the progress of the global war and the restoration of the normal paper supply in the book business” (Cerf to H. Hugh Herbert, 26 April, 1945)."
      },
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        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eight titles were added and two were discontinued, bringing the total number of ML titles to 245."
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          "All new titles issued in 1945 in the regular ML were published in the standard format used over the war years with the binding measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (183 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ (177 x 118 mm).  Bindings were red, blue, green or gray.",
          "Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green.",
          "The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold on all titles.",
          "Rockwell Kent’s endpapers were medium gray (265) and consisted of a central panel of 1¾ x 1⅜ inches featuring the Kent torchbearer, surrounded by a pattern of books and the initials “ml” with the torchbearers."
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        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
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        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Henry,Best Short StoriesxIrving,Selected Writings; Giants through G66; jackets: 304. (Fall) Irving,Selected Writings; xHersey,Bell for Adano; Giants through G67; jackets: 306."
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        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
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          "Henry,Best Short Stories of O. Henry(1945)  377",
          "Maule, ed.,Great Tales of the American West(1945)  378",
          "Fast,The Unvanquished(1945)  379",
          "Linscott, ed.,Best American Humorous Short Stories(1945)  380",
          "Dana,Two Years before the Mast(1945)  381",
          "Irving,Selected Writings of Washington Irving(1945)  382",
          "Maupassant,Best Short Stories(1945)  383"
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      },
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        "Rousseau,The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau(384), was scheduled for publication in fall 1945, and the first printing has the statement “FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1945” on the verso of the title page. Publication appears to have been delayed until spring 1946, and it is entered as a 1946 title.",
        "Rabelais,Gargantua and Pantagruel(1928)**",
        "*Superseded by Linscott, ed.,Best American Humorous Short Stories(1945)  380",
        "**Superseded by Rabelais,Complete Works(1944)  G66"
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            "376.1a.First printing (1945)",
            "A SHORT | HISTORY OF | THE | UNITED | STATES |by| ALLAN NEVINS |and| HENRY STEELE COMMAGER | [torchbearer D2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xi [xii–xvi], 1–528.  [1–17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY | [2-line rights statement] | COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1945; [v] poem by Stephen Vincent Benét, “Listen to the People”; [vi] blank; [vii] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: Allan Nevins | Henry Steele Commager; [xii] blank; [xiii] CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [xv] MAPS; [xvi] blank; 1–511 text; [512] blank; 513–528 INDEX.",
            "Variant:As 376.1a except p. [iv] lines 6–12 added:  [short swelled rule] | The Modern Library edition ofA Short History of the|United Stateswas originally published by Little, Brown | & Company under the titleAmerica: The Story of a | Free People. It contains, in addition, a special section, | pages 493 to 511, which brings the history up to the | presidential campaign of 1944. (Fall 1945 jacket)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in deep red (16), grayish olive (110), and black on pale orange yellow (73) paper with decorative illustration of an American eagle; in black and deep red; title in deep red, black, and grayish olive, other lettering in black. Statement at foot of front panel: “With a special chapter by the authors which brings the chronicle up to the summer of 1944.”",
            "Front flap:",
            "For many years the editors of the Modern Library have sought a concise and compact history of our country which would be both authoritative and eminently readable. In the vast literature of the nation’s development no book so completely and comprehensively fulfills these requirements as the work of Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager, both professors of history at Columbia University. They have provided for this edition a special section which brings their chronicle up to the immediate present. (Spring 1945)",
            "Originally published asAmerica: The Story of a Free Peopleby Little, Brown & Co., 1942; reprinted in paperback asThe Pocket History of the United States(Pocket Books, 1943). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with an added chapter on “The Second World War” (pp. 493–511). Published February 1945.WR24 February 1945.",
            "Cerf initially expressed interest in adding a concise history of the United States to the ML in 1940. He wrote to Frank Monaghan, an assistant professor of history at Yale:",
            "I am crazy to have a clear, concise and up-to-the-minute history of the United States in our Modern Library and wonder if you would be interested in discussing with me the possibility of either writing the book yourself or at least collaborating on such a project.",
            "You will be amazed to hear that there is no such book on the market. Thousands of refugees are clamoring for a short history of the country, written without bias and not as a textbook, priced within their reach. In addition, many thousands of native born Americans are more interested in their country today than has ever been the case before (Cerf to Monaghan, 30 October 1940).",
            "Monaghan was interested and described the book he envisioned: “It should have the epic sweep and the implications of Beethoven and Wagner, the salt and twang of a Woody Guthrie ballad. . . . It should be better than Green’sShort History of the English People” (Monaghan to Cerf, 24 November 1940). The contract, signed in February 1941, called for the manuscript to be delivered by 1 July 1942. The book was to be published initially as a Random House trade book followed by a ML edition. The contract called for payment of up to $1,500 in expenses; Monaghan would receive royalties for the trade edition at the standard sliding scale of 10% of the list price for the first 2,500 copies, 12½% for the next 2,500 copies, and 15% thereafter. Royalties for the ML edition would be 10 cents a copy.",
            "Cerf reported in May 1941 that the announcement of Monaghan’s book “caused more enthusiasm than any publicity release that was ever sent out from this office” (Cerf to Monaghan, 1 May 1941). In September Monaghan indicated that the book was half written (Monaghan to Cerf, 22 September 1941). Monaghan received an additional advance of $500 in September 1942, but he had many other ongoing projects and the book was never completed.",
            "Cerf’s last letter to Monaghan was dated 2 September 1943:",
            "At the time we discussed the project I remember begging you not to take it on unless you were absolutely sure you could deliver. I impressed upon you the fact that if you couldn’t do the book in time, we would attempt to find somebody else who would.",
            "Obviously I made a colossal mistake in judgment when I entrusted this book to you. Had you turned out nothing else since the time you signed the contract, I could have understood your failure to live up to your promise, but I have seen not only your work on Old New York, but that lengthy manuscript on the History of the World that you brought us yourself and that was obviously done on the time that you should have spent finishing the HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.",
            "It seems to me that the least that you could have done was to tell us that you couldn’t do the job as soon as you decided on taking up your other work, thus giving us the opportunity of finding somebody else to do what we wanted before other publishers beat us to the draw.",
            "I simply cannot understand dealings of this sort (Cerf to Monaghan, 2 September 1943).",
            "Shortly before Cerf wrote his final letter to Monaghan, Klopfer, who was serving in the U.S. Air Force, wrote to Cerf suggesting “a small illustrated book of the documents of democracy and our own history.” He noted that either Allan Nevins or Henry Steele Commager would do a fine job editing the volume (Klopfer to Cerf, 4 July 1943, in Cerf and Klopfer,Dear Donald, Dear Bennett, p. 87).",
            "The following month Cerf expressed interest in a ML edition of Nevins and Commager’s history, titledAmerica: The Story of a Free Peoplein its original edition andThe Pocket History of the United Statesin the paperback reprint (Pocket Books, February 1943). Cerf referred to it inSaturday Review of Literatureas “the best short ‘History of the United States’ on the market” and noted that the Pocket Books edition had sold half a million copies (“Trade Winds,”SRL, 14 August 1943, p. 14).",
            "Cerf offered Little, Brown a $2,500 advance for a ML edition, but Alfred McIntyre, the president of Little, Brown, indicated that it was selling too well for a ML edition to be considered. In any case, he added, Pocket Books controlled all rights to editions selling for less than two dollars (Cerf to McIntyre, Little, Brown & Co., 17 September 1943; McIntyre to Cerf, 20 September 1943). Cerf’s next step was to offer Pocket Books a $4,000 advance. Robert de Graff of Pocket Books promised to do what he could to secure Little, Brown’s approval (Cerf to Commager, 7 December 1943). It appears to have taken another six months for everything to be settled. By June Cerf was asking Commager about an introduction to the ML edition (Cerf to Commager, 20 June 1944). Klopfer indicated later that the ML’s contract was with Pocket Books and royalties were paid to them (Klopfer to Knopf, 23 March 1962).",
            "Successive ML editions ofA Short History of the United Statessold over 100,000 copies prior to 1969. It sold 3,685 copies during November 1951–October 1952, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles during this 12-month period.",
            "376.1b.  Chapter on Second World War revised and reset (1951)",
            "Title as 376.1a.",
            "Pp. [2], [i–viii] ix–xi [xii–xvi], [2], 1–552 [553–556].  [1–18]16",
            "Contents as 376.1a variant except: [1–2] blank; [iv]Firststatement omitted; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–532 text; 533–552 INDEX; [553–556] blank.Note:The subject matter of the twelve maps remains the same as 376.1a, but all of the maps are redrawn.",
            "Jacket B:As 376.1a except statement at foot of front panel: “With a special chapter by the authors which brings the chronicle up to date.” (Spring 1951)",
            "Chapter 21, “The Second World War,” was substantially revised and completely reset. It was 21 pages longer than 376.1a. The index, which was also completely reset, increased in length by four pages.",
            "In Chapter 3, “The Conquest of New France and the Movement for Independence,” the sentence “The second era had for its most prominent feature the missionary activity of a band of devoted men, representing the Franciscans, the Recollects, the Ursulines, and above all the Jesuits” (376.1a, p. 64, line 19), was changed to “activity of a band of devoted people” (376.1b, p. 64, line 19). The change from “men” to “people” reflected the realization that the Ursulines were a teaching order of nuns.",
            "A revised Pocket Books edition containing the new chapter on the Second World War and additional revisions not in ML 376.1b was published in February 1951, but it retained the reading “a band of devoted men” (Pocket Books, rev. ed., 1951, p. 59).",
            "The “new enlarged edition” (376.2) published in the ML in 1956 was photographically reproduced from the 1956 Pocket Books edition and reverts to the reading “a band of devoted men” (376.2, p. 59). The 5th edition ofA Short History of the United States(Knopf, 1966), which was reprinted in the ML in 1969, also retains the reading “a band of devoted men” (376.3, p. 63).",
            "376.2.  New bibliographical edition with revised text (1956)",
            "A SHORT HISTORY | OF THE | UNITED | STATES |by| ALLAN NEVINS |and| HENRY STEELE COMMAGER | [short french rule] | NEW ENLARGED EDITION | [torchbearer E5] |The Modern LibraryNEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–viii [ix–x], [2], 1–593 [594–596].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16[10]32[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1942, 1951, 1956, by Allan Nevins and|Henry Steele Commager; [v]–vi Preface signed p. vi: Allan Nevins | Henry Steele Commager; vii–viii Contents; [ix] List of Maps; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–558 text; [559] part title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; [560] blank; [561–579] Bibliography; [580] blank; [581] part title: INDEX; [582] blank; 583–593 INDEX; [594] blank; [595–596] ML Giants list. (Spring/fall 1958)Note:The subject matter of the twelve maps remains the same as 376.1b except “The American Empire” (376.1b, p. 419) is replaced by a new map, “War in Korea” (376.2, p. 532). Once again the maps have all been redrawn.",
            "Jacket C:As 376.1a except statement in deep red (16) at foot of front panel: “NEW ENLARGED EDITION.”",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "“There is no parallel in modern history,” say the authors in their preface to this book, “to the drama of the swift expansion of a small and feeble people across a continent, the growth of a few straggling colonies into the most powerful of nations.”",
            "It is this story of a people passionately dedicated to the ideals of democracy that is here told in compact and eminently readable form. The authors, both professors of history at Columbia University, are among the most distinguished historians of our time and this book reflects throughout their authoritative knowledge and perspectives. (Spring 1958)",
            "ML edition (376.2, pp. [v]–viii [ix‑x], [2],1–593) printed from offset plates photographically reproduced and slightly enlarged fromA Pocket History of the United States, New enl. ed. (Pocket Books, 1956), with the fly title (p. [1]) revised from “A POCKET HISTORY | OF THE | UNITED STATES” to “A SHORT HISTORY | OF THE | UNITED STATES.”",
            "The Pocket Books edition added chapters 22–25 (“The Cold War,” “Postwar Problems, 1946–1952,” “The Korean War: Eisenhower President,” and “The Eisenhower Administration”). It also added a bibliography, an additional map (“War in Korea,” p. 532), and a revised index. All of the additions were retained in ML printings.",
            "376.3.  New bibliographical edition with revised text; 7½ inch format (1969)",
            "[slightly swelled rule] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] A | Short History | OF THE | United States |by Allan Nevins and|Henry Steele Commager| [below frame] [slightly swelled rule] |Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged| [torchbearer K] | The Modern LibraryNew York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, [1–2] 3–668, i–xxvi.  [1–22]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, NOVEMBER 1969 | Copyright 1942 by Little, Brown and Company, Copyright 1945 by | Random House, Inc., Copyright 1951, © 1956, 1966 by Allan Nevins | and Henry Steele Commager.; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: ALLAN NEVINS · HENRY STEELE COMMAGER; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–x MAPS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–651 text; 652–668 Suggested Readings; i–xxvi Index.Note:The twelve maps are reprinted from a variety of sources, and their subject matter differs from earlier printings.",
            "Jacket D1:Fujita pictorial jacket in brownish orange (54), deep reddish orange (38), and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of an American eagle perched on a drum draped with an American flag, with two muskets under the drum and banners in the background; authors in black, first two line of title in deep reddish orange, and “UNITED | STATES” in reverse, all against brownish orange background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the twenty-odd years since its first publication this authoritative and clearly written book, by two of our most distinguished historians, has established itself as a standard work for the general reader interested in a broad perspective of his country’s past. This new edition has been revised and updated—through the 1964 elections—and twelve maps have been added.",
            "Jacket D2:As jacket D1 with SBN 394-60235-8 added at foot of back panel.",
            "Fifth edition originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. ML edition (pp. [i], v–x, [1]–668, i–xxvi) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Knopf edition with illustrations omitted and the list of maps moved to pp. ix–x in place of the list of illustrations; Suggested Readings at the end of the volume renumbered 652–668. ML edition published November 1969 at $2.45. First printing: 6,000 copies.",
            "The Suggested Readings in the Knopf edition begin on p. 653 and end on p. 669, with blank verso pages following the last page of text and the last page of Suggested Readings. Utilization of the two blank pages allowed the ML to print its edition in 22 gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages) each."
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            "377.1.  First printing (1945)",
            "THE BEST | SHORT | STORIES OF | O. HENRY |Selected and with an Introduction by| BENNETT A. CERF | AND | VAN H. CARTMELL | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, [2], [1] 2–338 [339–340].  [1–10]16[11–12]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, | 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1945, | BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC. | [8 lines of additional copyright statements and rights statement] |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition, 1945; v–viContents; vii–xIntroductionsigned p. x: Bennett Cerf and Van Cartmell |January1945.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–338 text; [339–340] blank.",
            "Contents:The Gift of the Magi – A Cosmopolite in a Café – Man About Town – The Cop and the Anthem – The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein – Mammon and the Archer – Springtime à la Carte – From the Cabby’s Seat – An Unfinished Story – The Romance of a Busy Broker – The Furnished Room – Roads of Destiny – The Enchanted Profile – The Passing of Black Eagle – A Retrieved Reformation – The Renaissance at Charleroi – Shoes – Ships – The Hiding of Black Bill – The Duplicity of Hargraves – The Ransom of Red Chief – The Marry Month of May – The Whirligig of Life – A Blackjack Bargainer – A Lickpenny Lover – The Defeat of the City – Squaring the Circle – Transients in Arcadia – The Trimmed Lamp – The Pendulum – Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen – The Making of a New Yorker – The Lost Blend – A Harlem Tragedy – A Midsummer Knight’s Dream – The Last Leaf – The Count and the Wedding Guest – A Municipal Report.",
            "Jacket A1:Pictorial in medium blue (187) on uncoated cream paper with inset multi-color illustration of a couple seated on a park bench, policeman passing by, and a hansom cab in background; lettering in reverse on deep blue background. Typographic design by Joseph Blumenthal; illustration signed: WS [William Sharp].",
            "Front flap:",
            "In selecting thirty-eight of the more than 600 stories written by O. Henry, the editors of this volume first chose those honored unanimously by anthologists and then added several of special interest. The most exacting present-day standards were applied as the final test of admission, with the result that this collection in the truest sense represents America’s favorite story-teller at his mellow, humorous and ironic best. It is with such stories as these that O. Henry earned a permanent place beside the world’s great masters of the short story. (Spring 1945)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume. Within the scope of a book of 338 pages, they were guided in their choice by the most exacting present-day standards of admission. The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader’s delight those tales honored almost unanimously by anthologists and those which represent, in variety and balance, the best work of America’s favorite story-teller. They are tales in his most mellow, humorous and ironic moods. They give the full range and flavor of the man, born William Sidney Porter, but known throughout the world as O. Henry, one of the great masters of the short story. (Spring 1957)",
            "Originally published by Sun Dial Press, an imprint of Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1945. ML edition (pp. v–338) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates. Published April 1945.WR5 May 1945. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The Best Short Stories of O. Henrywas a joint venture between the ML and Doubleday, Doran. Van H. Cartmell, who collaborated with Cerf in the 1940s in editing four anthologies of plays that were published in ML Giants, was an associate editor at Doubleday, Doran and editor-in-chief of the Doubleday reprint subsidiary, Garden City Publishing Co. The Sun Dial Press edition appeared first, followed shortly by the ML edition. Doubleday, Doran made the plates, and the ML paid Doubleday a $2,000 advance (including $100 as a plate rental for five years) against royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "Ray Freiman, the Random House art director, authorized Sharp to use full color in the jacket illustration. He also asked him to include a hansom cab in the background (Freiman to Sharp, 14 December 1944).",
            "The ML printed 20,000 jackets in February 1945. The first printing was probably 20,000 as well. Royalties increased by 1971 to 14 cents a copy.The Best Short Stories of O. Henrysold 3,850 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it near the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "The Best Short Stories of O. Henrywas shifted from ML 4 to ML 26 in spring 1959 whenThe Modern Library Dictionary(509) was published as ML 4.",
            "377.2a.  Text reset (c. 1959)",
            "Title as 377.1.",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–x, [2], [1] 2–340.  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] ] COPYRIGHT, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, | 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1945, | BY DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. | [9 lines of additional copyright statements and rights statement][v]–viContents; [vii]–xIntroductionsigned p. x: Bennett Cerf and Van Cartmell; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–340 text.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 377.2a. Contents as 377.2a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, | 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1945, | BY DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. | [10 lines of additional copyright statements and rights statement].",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A1 except in brilliant greenish blue (168) on coated white paper with revised flap text, including the outdated reference to “a book of 338 pages.” (Spring 1959)",
            "Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. The plates were used by Doubleday & Co. as well as the ML.",
            "377.2b.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 377a through line 8; lines 9–10: [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 377.2a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 377.2a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1945, | BY DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. | [5 lines of additional copyright statements and rights statement].",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish reddish brown (47) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as 377.1 revised text with second sentence omitted.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $4.95. ISBN 0-394-60423-7 on back panel of jacket with initial zero omitted."
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            "TITLE": "GREAT TALES OF THE AMERICAN WEST",
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            "378.First printing (1945)",
            "Great Tales| OF THE |American West| EDITED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY HARRY E. MAULE | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–2] 3–361 [362–366].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ix–xviii INTRODUCTION signed p. xviii: Harry E. Maule | New York— | February 15, 1945.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–361 text; [362–366] blank.",
            "Contents:The Outcasts of Poker Flat, by Bret Harte – Buck Fanshaw’s Funeral, by Mark Twain – The Winning of the Biscuit-Shooter, by Owen Wister – Hearts and Crosses, by O. Henry – A Corner In Horses, by Stewart Edward White – Beyond the Desert, by Eugene Manlove Rhodes – Tappan’s Burro, by Zane Grey – Last Warning, by William MacLeod Raine – Hopalong Sits In, by Clarence E. Mulford – Sunset, by W. C. Tuttle – Routine Patrol, by James B. Hendryx – A Shot in the Dark, by Henry Herbert Knibbs – Dog Eater, by Charles M. Russell – Court Day, by Luke Short – Stage To Lordsburg, by Ernest Haycox – Wine on the Desert, by Max Brand – The Indian Well, by Walter Van Tilburg Clark – To Find a Place, by Robert Easton.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial on coated cream paper with color reproduction of Frederick Remington’s “The Quarrel” (slightly cropped) in center of front panel, with title and statement of responsibility (“Edited with an Introduction by HARRY E. MAULE”) in black and reverse against moderate olive green (125) panel at top and statement, “Eighteen outstanding stories, including selections by Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Owen Wister . . . .” in reverse and “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” in black against moderate olive green panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Here are eighteen stories which prove that the “Western” is literature as well as entertainment. In these exciting stories, from Bret Harte and Mark Twain to Walter Van Tilburg Clark, the reader will find outstanding contributions by the authors who broke the ground for innumerable other writers. This collection is designed to follow the development of the Western short story, and it captures the adventurous spirit of the cowboy, the two-gun man, the desert prospector, the gambler, the dance-hall girl, the cattle rustler, the miner, the builder and the nester—all pioneers of the American West. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A in dark olive green (126) with new lettering for title and statement of responsibility in brilliant yellow (83) with “HARRY E. MAULE” in reverse; statement at foot as jacket A except “Eighteen outstanding stories, including selections by Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Owen Wister . . . .” in brilliant yellow. (Fall 1946)",
            "Original ML anthology; also published asThe Pocket Book of Western Storiesby Pocket Books, Inc., 1945. ML edition published April 1945.WR5 May 1945. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Great Tales of the American Westwas a joint venture between the ML and Pocket Books, Inc. The Pocket Books edition, published in June 1945 and printed from plates made from a different typesetting, ran to 320 pages, forty pages shorter than the ML edition. It omitted Robert Easton’s “To Find a Place” (ML ed., pp. 331–61) but the content of the two editions was otherwise identical. The composition and manufacturing costs for each set of plates was split equally between Pocket Books and the ML. Maule, a RH editor, received a $250 advance against royalties of 3 cents a copy on the ML edition.",
            "Hal Borland’s review of the ML edition in theNew York Times Book Reviewnoted the absence of Will James, Andy Adams, and B. M. Bower. Maule had tried to get something by James but the estate was tied up with legal problems and had been unable to grant permission. Adams and Bower wrote no short stories and Maule did not want to include selections from novels. In a letter to Borland he noted, “There is another omission which we are correcting because the Modern Library feels that the permanence of the volume justifies the trouble and expense. Through a mix-up I failed to include a WOLFVILLE story by Alfred Henry Lewis but I am in touch with the estate now, and the next printing will have one” (Maule to Borland, 3 July 1945).",
            "No story by Lewis was ever included. The inflation that followed the Second World War together with relatively slow sales of Maule’s anthology may have ruled out incurring additional costs for permissions, typesetting, and plate making.",
            "UnlikeGreat Modern Short Stories(361) andBest American Humorous Stories(380),Great Tales of the American Westdid not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 379,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HOWARD FAST",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE UNVANQUISHED",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1945–1952",
            "ML_NUMBER": 239
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "379.First printing (1945)",
            "THE |Unvanquished| A NOVEL BY | HOWARD FAST | WITH A NEW FOREWORD | BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [14], [1–2] 3–316 [317–322].  [1–10]16[11]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY HOWARD FAST | COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1945; [5–6] FOREWORD signed p. [6]: HOWARD FAST |May, 1945; [7] dedication; [8] blank; [9–10]CONTENTS; [11] blank; [12] map:Retreat through the Jerseys|Aug. 27, 1776 – Dec. 25,1776; [13] map:Retreat through Manhattan|and Westchester; [14] blank; [1] part title:The Unvanquished| PART ONE · BROOKLYN; [2] blank; 3–316 text; [317–322] ML list. (Fall 1945)Note: Firststatement retained on spring 1946 printing.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on coated cream paper depicting a wooden sign in moderate yellowish brown (77) with multi-color portrait of George Washington in left-profile; lettering in brownish black (65), background in grayish yellow (90). Signed: Riki.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Howard Fast stands foremost among the younger generation of writers in America. His historical novels of the critical first years of the Republic have been notable for their insight and dramatic impact; their heroes are motivated by a deep but simple humanity, and their dedication to man’s struggle for liberty has made his books unique contributions to an understanding of the forces and personalities that shaped our nation. Carl Van Doren says: “ReadingThe Unvanquishedis the next thing to having been on the scene at the time.” (Fall 1945)",
            "Originally published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. ML edition (pp. [7–10], 3–316) printed from Duell, Sloan and Pearce plates with page numerals removed from table of contents and newly drawn maps added on pp. [12–13] to replace the endpaper maps of the original edition. Published fall 1945.WR3 November 1945. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1952.",
            "Charles Duell suggested a ML edition of Fast’sConceived in Libertyin 1942. Cerf responded that it wouldn’t have a chance in the ML but that Fast’s recently published novelThe Unvanquishedwould be a different matter (Duell to Cerf, 18 December 1942; Cerf to Duell, 24 December 1942). The reprint contract was signed two-and-a-half years later, in May 1945.",
            "Four years afterThe Unvanquishedwas added to the ML, Fast contacted Cerf about a rumor that the novel and his volume devoted to Tom Paine in ML Giants (G69) were being dropped from the series. Fast had joined the Communist Party in 1944 and in recent testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities had refused to reveal the names of contributors to a home for orphans of American veterans of the Spanish Civil War (“Howard Fast,”Wikipedia, accessed 27 July 2010). He wrote:",
            "I do hope I am needlessly perturbed, but I thought it best to write you and ask whether the rumor that my books have been dropped from the Modern Library has any basis in fact. It came to me from several places in the industry that you were cleaning people like myself out of the Modern Library, and that two of the initial adjustments were THE UNVANQUISHED and CITIZEN TOM PAINE.",
            "I don’t have to tell you that I find this most difficult to believe. Whatever our political differences have been—and they have been very considerable—I always considered you a person of independence and integrity. I cannot believe that any circumstances would cause you to give aid and comfort to the unspeakable group of people who both fear and hate books, and attack them. (Fast to Cerf, 7 December 1949).",
            "Cerf replied:",
            "The rumor you quote in your letter of December 7th to the effect that your books were going to be dropped from the Modern Library because “we were cleaning people like yourself out of the series” is 100% incorrect. I would be interested in learning where you heard this rumor. . . .",
            "Your THE UNVANQUISHED and CITIZEN TOM PAINE were added to the Modern Library because we believed they belonged there. Any opinions that we may have of your political ideas, or you personally, do not alter those beliefs in any degree whatsoever. The only thing that will ever make us drop either or both of these books from the series is a drop-off in general sales so marked as to make their retention no longer desirable from a commercial point of view (Cerf to Fast, 9 December 1949).",
            "The Unvanquishedwas dropped from the ML in fall 1952, presumably because of poor sales.The Selected Work of Tom Paine, edited by Fast, coupled with Fast’s novelCitizen Tom Paine(G69), remained in ML Giants until 1970.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Fast, Howard,Citizen Tom Paine;The Selected Work of Tom Paine, ed. Howard Fast (1946)  G69"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 380,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "ROBERT N. LINSCOTT",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1945–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 87
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "380.First printing (1945)",
            "THE BEST AMERICAN |Humorous Short Stories| Edited, with an Introductory Note by | ROBERT N. LINSCOTT | [torchbearer D2] | THE MODERN LIBRARY",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–x, [1–2] 3–436.  [1–14]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] Copyright, 1945, by Random House, Inc. | First Modern Library Edition, 1945; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–viIntroductory Notesigned p. vi:R. N. Linscott; vii–xContents; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–434 text; 435–436Index.",
            "Contents:Swallowing an Oyster Alive, by John S. Robb – How Daddy Played Hoss, by George W. Harris – The Shakers, by Artemus Ward – Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning, by Mark Twain – Journalism in Tennessee, by Mark Twain – Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise, by Joel Chandler Harris – How Brother Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors, by Joel Chandler Harris – How Mr. Rooster Lost His Dinner, by Joel Chandler Harris – Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff, by Bret Harte – A Piece of Red Calico, by Frank R. Stockton – Mr. Dooley on the Game of Football, by Finley Peter Dunne – Pigs Is Pigs, by Ellis Parker Butler – The Ransom of Red Chief, by O. Henry – Little Gentleman, by Booth Tarkington – Three Without Doubled, by Ring Lardner – Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It, by Ring Lardner – Death of Red Peril, by Walter D. Edmonds – Travel Is So Broadening, by Sinclair Lewis – The Crazy Fool, by Donald Ogden Stewart – Mr. and Mrs. Haddock Abroad, by Donald Ogden Stewart – Benny and the Bird-Dogs, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings – The Legislature, by James M. Cain – The Little Hours, by Dorothy Parker – But the One on the Right, by Dorothy Parker – The Snatching of Bookie Bob, by Damon Runyon – An Interesting Cure, by Frank Sullivan – Gendarmes and the Man, by Donald Moffat – Carnival Days in Sunny Las Los, by Robert Benchley – The Guest, by Marc Connelly – Primrose Path, by Sally Benson – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James Thurber – The Night the Bed Fell, by James Thurber – The Night the Ghost Got In, by James Thurber – University Days, by James Thurber – The Man Who Hated Moonbaum, by James Thurber – Father and His Hard-Rocking Ship, by Clarence Day – The Prince, by Ruth McKenney – Chocolate for the Woodwork, by Arthur Kober – The Terrible Vengeance of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, by Leonard Q. Ross – Hand in Nub, by St. Clair McKelway – Down with the Restoration, by S. J. Perelman – Kitchen Bouquet, by S. J. Perelman – Dental or Mental I Say It’s Spinach, by S. J. Perelman.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on coated cream paper with color portraits of Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, and Robert Benchley at top, James Thurber at lower left, and S. J. Perelman at lower right; lettering in strong red (12) and black on pale yellow (89) background. Title on backstrip in reverse against inset panel in deep brown (59).",
            "Front flap:",
            "Forty-three stories are included in this collection; the work of thirty-one authors, ranging from Mark Twain and Artemus Ward to James Thurber and S. J. Perlman, and including such top-flight performers as Dorothy Parker, Ring Lardner, Donald Ogden Stewart, Robert Benchley, Frank Sullivan, Sally Benson and Arthur Kober. It’s an all-star cast that contains [±offers] the best work of the present-day humorists, and as many selections from those of the past as the average contemporary is likely to enjoy. (Fall 1945; [Fall 1963])",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingBest American Humorous Short Stories, ed. Alexander Jessup (1920). Published fall 1945.WR17 November 1945. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Linscott became a Random House editor in 1944 after a long career at Houghton Mifflin. His work onBest American Humorous Short Storieswas not part of his regular responsibilities, and he received a $250 advance against royalties of 3 cents a copy (Cerf to Linscott, 19 January 1945). Jessup’s anthology had an average sale of 1,500–2,000 copies a year before the Second World War. Linscott expected the revised edition to sell over 5,000 copies in the first year and then gradually decline to the same level as the earlier anthology. He predicted a total sale of 20,000–30,000 copies before it needed to be revised again (Linscott to R. Hawley Traux,New Yorker, 1 March 1945).",
            "Best American Humorous Short Storiessold 3,643 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 381,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RICHARD HENRY DANA",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1945–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 236
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "381a.  First printing (1945)",
            "[torchbearer E5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] TWO YEARS | BEFORE | THE MAST | BY | RICHARD HENRY DANA |Foreword by JAMES D. HART| [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–423 [424–430].  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1945, by Random House, Inc.; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xiv FOREWORD | BY JAMES D. HART; xv–xvii ORIGINAL PREFACE signed p. xvii: R. H. D., Jr. | Boston,July1840.; [xviii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–386 text; [387] part title: TWENTY-FOUR YEARS | AFTER; [388] blank; 389–423 TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER signed p. 423: R. H. D., Jr. | Boston,May6, 1869.; [424] blank; [425–430] ML list. (Fall 1944)Note:Based on the “Weekly Record” listing inPublishers’ Weeklythe ML edition ofTwo Years before the Mastappears to have been published in August 1945. There was a second printing in fall 1945 with the 1945 copyright date on the verso of the title page.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 381a. Contents as 381a except: [iv] Copyright, 1936, by Random House, Inc. (Fall 1945)Note:The correction in the copyright date was made because Hart’s introduction was initially written for the limited edition ofTwo Years before the Mastprinted by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco and published by Random House in 1936.",
            "JacketA:Pictorial in dark blue (183) and medium gray (264) on coated cream paper with inset multi-color illustration adapted from the poster for the 1946 film version starring Alan Ladd and Brian Donlevy; lettering in dark blue on medium gray panels above and below illustration; all surrounded by dark blue background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The test of time by which classics are proved has certainly been applied to Richard Henry Dana’sTwo Years Before the Mast, for it is now just over one hundred years since it was first published. During that century it has constantly risen in the admiration of succeeding generations of readers, and today is as revered as a masterpiece of the literature of the sea as it ever has been in all its long history. It takes an honored place in the Modern Library series, introduced by James Hart of Harvard University. (Spring 1945)Note:There was a second printing.",
            "Jacket B1:Pictorial on cream paper in light blue (181), light yellow 86), light orange yellow (70) and black with inset illustration of clipper ship at dock and title and author in reverse against light blue background and series in black. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1946)  Flap: “James D. Hart of the University of California” fall 1948; “of Harvard University” fall 1954 sans serif type, later corrected (F55)",
            "ML edition based on the text of the limited edition of 1,000 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn in San Francisco and published by Random House, 1936. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published summer1945 (publication originally announced for fall 1944 and then for spring 1945).WR4 August 1945. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "James D. Hart, the author of the Foreword, had suggested a ML edition ofTwo Years before the Mastin 1935 and indicated that it would have a steady sale to schools and colleges (Hart to Cerf, 19 February 1935). Later that year Cerf offered Hart $75 to write an introduction to the Grabhorn Press edition with the understanding that the introduction could also be used in due course in a ML edition (Cerf to Hart, 12 November 1935). Hart also advised Edwin and Robert Grabhorn about the best edition to use as a copy-text when setting their edition.",
            "Hart stated in his introduction to the Grabhorn edition, “The text for this edition is the last corrected by Dana during his life, and to it is added the chapter of reminiscences he wrote ‘twenty-four years after.’ To this have been added the concluding chapter of the first edition, omitted by Dana in his revisions, but interesting as showing the original purpose of his account” (p. [xiv]). The second sentence is altered in ML ed. as follows: “To this have been added the preface and epilogue of the first edition, omitted by Dana in his revisions, but interesting as showing the original purpose of his account” (p. [xiv]). The preface appears in both the Grabhorn and ML editions; the epilogue (titled “Concluding Memorandum” in the Grabhorn edition) appears on pp. 413–23 of the ML edition as part of “Twenty-four Years After.” The concluding chapter referred to in Hart’s introduction to the Grabhorn edition is omitted from 381a. The ML edition also omitted the penultimate paragraph of Dana’s preface which referred to the concluding chapter: “In preparing this narrative I have carefully avoided incorporating into it any impressions but those made upon me by the events as they occurred, leaving to my concluding chapter, to which I shall respectfully call the reader’s attention, those views which have been suggested to me by subsequent reflection” (Grabhorn ed., p. 4).",
            "The film ofTwo Years before the Maststarring Alan Ladd was released by Paramount Pictures in April 1945. It is possible that publication of the ML edition was postponed to coincide with the release of the film.",
            "Thelast paragraph of Hart’s foreword in 381a reads as follows:",
            "The text for this edition is the last corrected by Dana during his life and to it is added the chapter of reminiscences he wrote “twenty-four years after.” To this have been added the preface and the epilogue of the first edition, omitted by Dana in his revisions, but interesting as showing the original purpose of his account. (p. xiv)",
            "Two Years before the Mastwas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "381b.  “Concluding Chapter” added (1954)",
            "Title as 381a.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–443 [444–446].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9]16",
            "Contents as 381a variant through p. 386; 387‑406: CONCLUDING CHAPTER; 3–406 text; [407] part title: TWENTY-FOUR YEARS | AFTER; [408] blank; 409–443 TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER signed p. 443: R. H. D., Jr. | Boston,May6, 1869.; [444–446] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 381b.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]8[8]32[9]16.  Contents as 381b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, AND RENEWED, 1964, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Fall 1966)",
            "Jacket B2:As 381a jacket B except flap text as jacket B except for last sentence. (Fall 1954)Note:The ML began using sans serif type on the flaps and back panel of jackets in fall 1953. When the jacket forTwo Years before the Mastwas reset in sans serif type, the ML’s printers appear to have copied the flap text from jacket A, and the last sentence reverts to “James D. Hart of Harvard University.” (Fall 1954).",
            "Jacket B3:As jacket B2 with flap text corrected to “James D. Hart of the University of California.” (Fall 1955)",
            "Jacket B4: As jacket B3 except on coated white paper. (Spring 1957)",
            "Thelast paragraph of Hart’s foreword in 381b is revised as follows:",
            "The text for this edition is the last corrected by Dana during his life and to it is added the chapter of reminiscences he wrote “twenty-four years after.” As preface and epilogue there have been appended the original opening of Chapter I and the Concluding Chapter of the first edition. These sections were omitted in later revisions but they have great value in giving further insight into the purposes of Dana’s book. (p. xiv)",
            "The earliest printing examined with the Concluding Chapter (pp. 387–406) has a fall 1954 jacket, but the Concluding Chapter may have been added earlier."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 382,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WASHINGTON IRVING",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED WRITINGS OF WASHINGTON IRVING",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1945–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 240
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "382.First printing (1945)",
            "[within a frame of row ornaments curved at the corners]Selected Writings of| WASHINGTON | IRVING | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | by Saxe Commins | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–669 [670–676].  [1–21]16[22]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC |First Modern Library Edition| 1945; v–viContents; vii–xixIntroductionsigned p. xix: Saxe Commins; [xx] blank; [1] part title: I. FromThe Sketch Book; [2] blank; 3–669 text; [670] blank; [671–676] ML list. (Fall 1945)Note:Firststatement seen on printings through spring 1947.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–669 [670–684].  [1]16[2–11]32[12]16.  Contents as 382 except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [677–678] ML Giants list; [679] American College Dictionary advertisement; [680–684] blank. (Spring 1959)",
            "Contents:from The Sketch Book. Rip Van Winkle – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – The Spectre Bridegroom – The Broken Heart – The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap – Roscoe – Traits of Indian Character – The Mutability of Literature.  from Bracebridge Hall. The Stout Gentleman – The Haunted House – Dolph Heyliger.  from Tales of a Traveller. The Bold Lagoon – Literary Life – A Literary Dinner – The Club of Queer Fellows – The Poor-Devil Author.  from The Alhambra. Palace of the Alhambra – Inhabitants of the Alhambra – The Hall of Ambassadors – The Mysterious Chambers – The Court of Lions – Local Traditions – Legend of the Arabian Astrologers – Legend of the Moor’s Legacy.  from Wolfert’s Roost and Other Papers. Wolfert’s Roost – “A Time of Unexampled Prosperity” – The Great Mississippi Bubble.  A History of New York.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in dark blue (183), moderate orange yellow (71), deep pink (3), moderate pink (5), light bluish gray (191) and brownish black (65) on coated cream paper with title in reverse with letters bordered in moderate orange yellow, lettering at foot (“Including selections from The Sketch Book | Brackbridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, | The Alhambra, Wolfert’s Roost, |and the complete and unabridged| Knickerbocker’s History of New York |A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK”) in moderate orange yellow; in inset oval illustration color in brownish black frame; title in reverse highlighted in moderate orange yellow, other lettering in moderate orange yellow, all on dark blue background. Printed in six colors. Designed by Nat Farmer; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the proud re-discovery of our past, Americans are turning with more and more enthusiasm to our first renowned national literary figure. Because Washington Irving’s writings retain their freshness and excitement, they are having a renaissance a century after they had reached the crest of their popularity during his lifetime. This comprehensive volume of 700 pages offers generous selections, each given in its entirety, fromThe Sketch Book,Bracebridge Hall,Tales of a Traveller,The Alhambra,Wolfert’s Roost, and the unabridgedKnickerbocker’s History of New York. (Fall 1945)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A in light brown and black on coated white paper with oval illustration and frame in black and white; all lettering in reverse on light brown background. Printed in four colors. (Probably fall 1947 or spring 1948;Spring 1958examined)",
            "Original ML collection. Published fall 1945.WR17 November 1945. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf authorized Commins to prepare a volume of Irving’s writings for the ML in August 1944. Commins was to provide an introduction, and the length of the book was to be no more than 700 pages. Commins submitted a preliminary table of contents about seven weeks later, noting that he proposed to include Irving’s burlesqueHistory of New Yorkby Diedrich Knickerbocker in complete form. “First, it’s the best thing he wrote and his greatest fame rests on it. Second, and very important, it is a wonderful selling point to be able to say that we give the History complete and unabridged. . . . The History is hard to get outside conventional sets of Irving.” Commins received a $250 advance against royalties of 3 cents for every copy sold in the ML (Cerf to Commins, 17 August 1944, Commins to Cerf, 5 October 1944; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 2, Princeton University Library).",
            "Cerf announced the forthcoming publication ofSelected Writings of Washington Irvingin his “Trade Winds” column six months before the book was published. He stated, “The editors of the Modern Library expect it to be one of the most popular volumes in the entire series” (“Trade Winds,”SRL, 12 May 1945, p. 17).",
            "Jacket B was printed in four instead of six colors and appears to have been introduced in 1947 or early 1948. Ray Freiman asked Nat Farmer, the artist responsible for the original ML jacket, to devise a color scheme utilizing four colors, indicating that the ML could not afford six-color printing in 1947 (Freiman to Farmer, 9 May 1947).",
            "Selected Writings of Washington Irvingwas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 383,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GUY DE MAUPASSANT",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE BEST STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1945–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 98
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "383.First printing(1945)",
            "THE BEST | STORIES OF | Guy | De Maupassant |Selected, and with an Introduction by| SAXE COMMINS | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–551 [552–562].  [1–18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; v–viContents; vii–xivIntroductionsigned p. xiv: Saxe Commins; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–551 text; [552] blank; [553–558] ML list; [559–560] ML Giants list; [561–562] blank. (Fall 1945)",
            "Contents:Mademoiselle Fifi – Vain Beauty – The Horla – Madame Tellier’s Excursion – The Piece of String – The Story of a Farm-Girl – That Pig of a Morin – The Umbrella – Was It a Dream? – The False Gems – Hautot Senior and Hautot Junior – A Family Affair – A Normandy Joke – The Diamond Necklace – In the Moonlight – Love – The Little Cask – Clochette – A Fishing Excursion – Humiliation – Julie Romain – The Specter – My Uncle Sosthenes – The Duel – A Vagabond – Madame Parisse – One Phase of Love – Simon’s Papa – The Vendetta – The Farmer’s Wife – A Matter of Business – The Signal – Love’s Awakening – The Olive Grove – Saved – A Country Excursion – The Diary of a Madman – Two Little Soldiers – The White Wolf – The Devil – A Lucky Burglar – Moonlight – The Mad Woman – A Costly Outing – Ball-of-Fat.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in deep red (13), medium blue (182) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on deep red panel at top, other lettering and torchbearer in reverse on smaller black panel at foot with a rule in medium blue separating the two panels. Backstrip with “DE MAUPASSANT” in medium blue within inset rectangular panel framed in medium blue.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The world owes to that unchallenged master of the short story, Guy de Maupassant, an immense and increasing debt for having given it an [±a new] insight into life as true as it is powerful and exciting [±stirring]. The forty-five tales in the 550 pages of this volume represent the flower of his work, [+work in the field of the short story, each] chosen with the purpose of giving variety, balance and sustained interest [+to the whole]. These stories [±tales] are as vital and as applicable [±meaningful] today as they were when they were first written during the feverish ten years of Maupassant’s creative life [+, from 1883 to 1893]. (Fall 1946; [Spring 1956]).Note:Fall 1945 jacket not seen.",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A in vivid red (11) and dark blue (183) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on vivid red panel at top, other lettering in reverse on smaller dark blue panel at foot, with a rule in reverse separating the panels. Front flap with spring 1956 text. (Fall 1963)Note:The elimination of a third color meant that the jacket was cheaper to print, but the inset backstrip panel with “DE MAUPASSANT” is unframed, making the backstrip less distinctive. The flaps and back panel of the jacket are also printed in vivid red and dark blue.",
            "Original ML collection supersedingThe Best Stories of Guy de Maupassant, translated by Michael Monahan (1932). Published fall 1945.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassantwas originally entrusted to Aaron Sussman, a partner in the firm that handled Random House’s advertising, and Whit Burnet, the editor ofStorymagazine. They were unable to complete the volume, perhaps because Sussman’s advertising agency was reorganized in 1944 from Franklin Spier & Aaron Sussman to Sussman & Sugar. Commins took over the editing of the volume and received a flat fee of $300 for his efforts—the same amount that had been offered to Sussman and Burnet (Cerf to Commins, 26 January 1945; Saxe Commins Papers, Princeton University Library).",
            "Commins used the anonymous translations inThe Life and Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant(17 vols., M. W. Dunne, 1903) because they were in the public domain. The alternative was to use translations by several hands with many copyright complications (Commins to Alfred A. Knopf, 21 February 1950).",
            "Commins’s edition ofThe Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassantwas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Maupassant, Guy de,Best Stories, trans. Monahan (1940)  243b",
            "Maupassant, Guy de,Love and Other Stories(1919)  72",
            "Maupassant, Guy de,Mademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories(1917)  8",
            "Maupassant, Guy de,Short Stories, trans. Monahan (1932)  243a (jacket title:Best Stories). Original ML collection combining two ML volumes originally published by Boni & Liveright:Love and Other StoriesandMademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories.The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassantwas renamedThe Best Stories of Guy de Maupassantin 1940—a title that was retained by Commins’s newly edited collection.",
            "Maupassant, Guy de,Une Vie(1918)  54",
            "Maupassant, Guy de,Une Vie; Bel Ami(1932)  54.2"
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        }
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1946",
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "1946",
        "Morley,Human Being(1940)"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Random House bought its own building at 457 Madison Avenue and moved in on 15 May. The firm had occupied rented offices at 20 East 57th Street since 1927 but had to move after International Business Machines (IBM) bought the building. The jackets of the first ML printings ofThe Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau(384) and Koestler’sDarkness at Noon(385) list the old address on the back panel. The Madison Avenue address appears on the back panel beginning with Hersey’sA Bell for Adano(386), published in April. The Madison Avenue building consisted of the north wing of a mansion originally built in 1885 for Henry Villard. The north wing (one of five separate units) was owned for many years by the Fahnestock family and had been purchased by Joseph P. Kennedy in 1944. Random House bought it from Kennedy for $420,000 and spent an additional $100,000 renovating and furnishing it."
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eleven titles were added and five were discontinued, bringing the total number of titles to 251."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "New titles issued in 1946 in the regular ML were published in the standard format used over the war years with the binding measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (183 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ (177 x 118 mm).  Bindings were brown, blue, green or gray.",
          "Inset panels of brown bindings were usually black; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green.",
          "The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold on all titles.",
          "Rockwell Kent’s endpapers were medium gray (265) and consisted of a central panel of 1¾ x 1⅜ inches featuring the Kent torchbearer, surrounded by a pattern of books and the initials “ml” with the torchbearers."
        ]
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents (January–October); $1.10 (November–December). The price increase was the first for the regular ML since May 1920. The first new title published at $1.10 was Rawlings,The Yearling(391), but the $1.10 price was short lived. The retail price increased to $1.25 on 15 April 1947. The ML printed the list price at the top of the jacket flap, and first printings of titles published at 95 cents and $1.10 are commonly found in price-clipped jackets."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Hersey,Bell for AdanoxBalzac,Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet; Giants through G68; jackets: 309. (Fall) Balzac,Père Goriot & Eugénie GrandetxAristotle,Introduction; Giants through G70; jackets: 316."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "William Rose, Jr., the president of Harper &Brothers, cancelled a proposed ML reprint of James Henry Breasted’sThe Conquest of Civilization(1926; rev. ed., 1938), noting that the book was basically a trade edition of Breasted’s textbookAncient Times(Ginn & Co., 1916; 2nd ed., 1935). Ginn was concerned that a 95-cent ML edition would hurt sales ofAncient Timesin college towns (Rose to Cerf, 5 July 1946). Klopfer rejected a suggestion to include H. G. Wells’sHistory of Mr. Pollyin the ML (Klopfer to Frank Dodd, 9 September 1946). The ML also decided against Sigmund Freud’sLeonardo da Vinci(Dodd, Mead, 1932), which was not included inThe Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud(Giant, 1938). A. A. Brill, who had translatedLeonardo da Vinciand edited the Giant, sent a copy to Commins for consideration, indicating that Dodd, Mead was willing to return all rights to the book (A. A. Brill to Commins, 4 October 1946). The length ofLeonardo da Vinci—just 130 pages—was a problem. It never appeared in the ML, but fifteen years later it was published in Vintage Books, Random House’s quality paperback series."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Rousseau,Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau(1946)  384",
          "Koestler,Darkness at Noon(1946)  385",
          "Hersey,A Bell for Adano(1946)  386",
          "Doyle,Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes(1946)  387",
          "Nash,Selected Verse of Ogden Nash(1946)  388",
          "James,Wings of the Dove(1946)  389",
          "Balzac,Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet(1946)  390",
          "Rawlings,The Yearling(1946)  391",
          "Burk,Life and Works of Beethoven(1946)  392",
          "Frost,Poems of Robert Frost(1946)  393",
          "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(1946)  394"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Edmonds,Rome Haul(1938)",
          "Feuchtwanger,Power(1932)",
          "Gide,The Counterfeiters(1931)",
          "Liddell Hart,War in Outline(1939)"
        ]
      },
      "HEAD": [
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 384,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 243
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "384.  First printing (1946)",
            "THE | CONFESSIONS | OF | JEAN JACQUES | ROUSSEAU | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–2] 3–683 [684–686].  [1–22]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1945; v–xviii CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–683 text; [684–686] blank.Note:Publication appears to have been delayed until early 1946.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on cream paper in moderate brown (58), dark bluish green (165), and black, with inset illustration by Hugo Steiner-Prag of a small figure seated by a lake with mountains in the distance and three trees in the foreground, all in moderate brown with dark bluish green frame; illustration framed in dark bluish green (165), lettering in dark bluish green and black, all within black and dark bluish green rules.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For almost two hundred yearsThe Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseauhas remained unchallenged as the classic book of self-revelation. A tremendous influence on subsequent writing, it is as meaningful for our generation as it was before, during and immediately after the French Revolution. The very voice of the enlightenment, it speaks with the same eloquence for every enlightened reader today. The inclusion ofThe Confessions, complete and unabridged, in the Modern Library series fulfills a long-cherished plan of the editors. (Spring 1946)Note:The jacket illustration is credited to Steiner-Prag on the front flap; Joseph Blumenthal was responsible for the typographic design. (Spring 1946)",
            "The ML did not know the identity of the translator. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Scheduled for fall 1945; published February 1946.WR9 February 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseauwas scheduled for publication in fall 1945, and the verso of the title page of the first printing states “FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1945.” However, its listing inPublishers’ Weekly’s “Weekly Record” of newly published books is in the issue for 9 February 1946, and there is a spring 1946 list of ML titles inside the first printing of the jacket. Publication may have been delayed by the wave of strikes that accompanied the return to a peacetime economy (seeNeavill, “Publishing in Wartime,”Library Trends55 [Winter 2007], p. 593; http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/62). Klopfer remarked later in 1946, “We are having the usual hellish time getting our books out and the situation amongst the suppliers is certainly no easier than it was at any time during the war” (Klopfer to Cerf, 14 August 1946).",
            "The ML edition was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952. Sales totaled 45,924 copies by spring 1958."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 385,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ARTHUR KOESTLER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "DARKNESS AT NOON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 74
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "385.  First printing (1946)",
            "DARKNESS | AT NOON |by| ARTHUR KOESTLER |Translated by| DAPHNE HARDY | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–267 [268–280].  [1–9]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1941, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | [6-line rights statement] |FirstMODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1946; [5] epigraphs from Machiavelli and Dostoevsky; [6] author’s note; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; [1] part title: THE FIRST HEARING; [2] blank; 3–267 text; [268] blank; [269–274] ML list; [275–276] ML Giants list; [277–280] blank. (Spring 1946)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on circular black panel and other lettering in black against deep reddish orange background; last line of front panel: “The Book-of-the-Month Club Selection.”",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few novels of the last ten years have stirred up so much partisanship and violent controversy as Arthur Koestler’sDarkness at Noon. Its champions have proclaimed it as a penetrating study of revolutionary psychology and the compulsions which lead to the catharsis of confession; its adversaries, first to admit its overwhelming power, attack it on the ground of its political implications. Both agree that Arthur Koestler is a novelist of the foremost rank and a man with the courage of his strong and brilliant convictions. (Spring 1946)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except last line of front panel: “A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection”. (Spring 1951)Note:Darkness at Noonhad been a Book-of-the-Month Club selection in 1941. The wording of the jacket may have been revised to avoid the suggestion that it was a current selection. Front flap revised with first sentence beginning “Few modern novels have stirred up” and the following sentence added at the end: “Recent history has provided corroborating testimony to his fictional critique of the ruthlessness of modern revolutionary procedures.” (Fall 1956)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1941. ML edition (pp. [5]–267) printed from Macmillan plates. Publication scheduled for February 1946.WR16 March 1946. First printing: 10,000 copies.",
            "Kostler wroteDarkness at Noonin German while living in Paris. The sculptor Daphne Hardy, who translated it into English early in 1940, was Koestler’s companion and lover. Koestler and Hardy escaped Paris separately in 1940 shortly before the German occupation, and Hardy, once she was safely in Britain, arranged for the publication ofDarkness at Noonwith the British firm Macmillan (Wikipedia; accessed 17 August 2013).",
            "Cerf initially wanted to publishDarkness at Noonin the ML in fall 1942. When he approached the American branch of Macmillan he noted, “I think it is a very fine book and just the sort of thing that we can do well with in our series” (Cerf to George Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 12 January 1942). Macmillan indicated that it would not be available for fall 1942. Cerf feared that a delay would reduce interest in the book on the grounds that “the subject matter is likely to curdle as our relations with Russia grow more friendly” (Cerf to James Putnam, Macmillan, 25 March 1942). A month later he wrote about publishing a ML edition in spring 1943, offering an advance of $500 against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to Brett, 27 April 1942).",
            "Darkness at Noonwas the main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club for June 1941. When the ML edition was published nearly five years later, the ML jacket stated “The Book-of-the-Month Club Selection”; in the early 1950s the wording was changed to “A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection”.",
            "Darkness at Noonsold 5,257 copies during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 386,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN HERSEY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "A BELL FOR ADANO",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1955",
            "ML_NUMBER": 16
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "386.  First printing (1946)",
            "A BELL | FOR | ADANO |by| JOHN HERSEY | WITH A NEW FOREWORD | BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–269 [270–280].  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY JOHN HERSEY | COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [6-line rights statement] |FirstMODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1946; v–viiiForewordsigned p. viii: John Hersey |New York,|November, 1945; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–269 text; [270] blank; [271–276] ML list; [277–278] ML Giants list; [279–280] blank. (Spring 1946)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38), dark blue (183), grayish yellow green (122), and light yellowish green (135) on cream paper depicting a bell tower, a damaged building topped by a cross, and dark blue walls in the foreground; author and title in dark reddish orange against a grayish yellow green sky, torchbearer and other lettering in light yellowish green against dark blue foreground. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo].",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the new generation of novelists, risen to prominence during the Second World War, no one stands higher than John Hersey. InA Bell for Adanohe has given the first fictional, and so far the most eloquent, American interpretation of the struggle of democracy against fascism. He saw that struggle in terms of men under pressure, in all their simple humanity and their weakness and strength, and portrayed it with moving fidelity. In a brilliant new Foreword, especially written for this Modern Library edition, John Hersey re-asserts his faith in the men who can secure a decent future for the world. (Spring 1946)",
            "Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. ML edition (pp. [1]–269) printed from Knopf plates. Published April 1946.WR27 April 1946. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1956.",
            "The ML initially paid Knopf a flat royalty which was probably 10 cents a copy. The royalty rate was adjusted to 10 percent of the retail price in 1947 when the ML increased its list price to $1.25 (Klopfer to Knopf, Inc., 9 June 1947). The ML did not have exclusive reprint rights. A Pocket Books paperback priced at 25 cents appeared in May 1945.",
            "Hersey’s new foreword was written for the ML edition. It appeared in place of his foreword to the original edition and reflected a postwar rather than wartime perspective. The foreword begins:",
            "For the early editions of this book, I wrote a foreword which began: “Major Victor Joppolo, U.S.A., was a good man. You will see that. It is the whole reason why I want you to know his story.”",
            "On second thought, and now that the war is over, the optimistic talent of Joppolo was not the whole reason I wanted to put down the things in this novel. I wrote the book in angry haste—in three weeks of September, 1943—and I chose a far better than average Allied Military Government officer, Joppolo, as its protagonist, and a worse than average regular Army officer, Marvin, as its antagonist, because I was just back from the fronts and I was all hot and bothered about two things.",
            "One of them was the fact, which became evident at about H Hour plus one minute of the Sicilian invasion, that our long-standing dedication to the job of winning the war first and worrying about the problems of peace afterward was not going to work out very well. . . .",
            "The other thing about which I was disturbed when I wrote the novel was a concern shared by most of the citizens who served in our citizen-Army—namely, that the country should never forget that the military system is repugnant to the democratic system, that no matter how essential armed strength may continue to be, we should never forget that the Army habit of life is one which can corrupt weak men, when they achieve the authority of rank, and can waste strong ones, when they do not. There is something un-democratic about the absolute control which a small symbol, a star, an eagle, a leaf or a bar, worn on the shoulder or pinned to the collar, gives one man over every other man who wears a lesser symbol, no matter what their relative talents may be. . . . (ML ed., pp. v–vii).",
            "Commins considered Hersey’s foreword “perhaps the best introduction ever to appear in a Modern Library book” (Commins to Hersey, 29 November 1945). When Ian Ballantine inquired about including the ML foreword in the Bantam paperback edition, Cerf replied that the ML would not “consider allowing it to be reprinted in the Bantam edition or anywhere else” (Cerf to Ballantine, 30 April 1946). Printings of the Knopf edition continued to use the original foreword, as did other reprint editions, including the Vintage Books paperback (1988), published more than thirty years after the ML edition was discontinued.",
            "Copies of the spring 1947 printing (based on the ML list at the end of the volume) exist with standard ML endpapers but a non-ML binding and jacket. The binding cloth is light gray with the title and author stamped in black on the spine; the jacket is light gray with author and title printed in blue on the front panel and backstrip. No publisher is indicated, but the descriptive text on the jacket flap is the same used on ML jackets, and the book is printed from the same typesetting as regular ML printings. These copies may have been produced by the ML for the use of an unidentified organization or group; details are unknown.",
            "The ML edition did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 387,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ADVENTURES AND MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 206
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "387a.  First printing (1946)",
            "THE ADVENTURES | AND MEMOIRS OF | SHERLOCK | HOLMES |by| SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–612 [613–618].  [1–19]16[20]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES |Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Bros.|Copyright, 1920, by A. Conan Doyle| MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES |Copyright, 1894, by Harper & Bros.|Copyright, 1921, by A. Conan Doyle| [10 lines of additional copyright statements] |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1946; v–vi Contents; [1] part title: ADVENTURES | OF | SHERLOCK HOLMES; [2] blank; 3–332 text; [333] part title: MEMOIRS | OF | SHERLOCK HOLMES; [334] blank; 335–612 text; [613–618] ML list. (Spring 1946)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), light yellow (86), medium gray (265), and black on coated white paper with decorative illustration of deerstalker cap, pipe and magnifying glass; lettering in reverse shaded in light yellow, medium gray, and black against black background shaded in moderate blue. Signed: PG [Paul Galdone].",
            "Front flap:",
            "For many years the editors of the Modern Library have tried to acquire the rights of publication of the best of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now, by special arrangement with the Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, complete and unabridged in one volume and comprising twenty-three of the greatest tales to come from the pen of the master, is offered as the classic in its field. Here for your mystification and delight are “The Red-Headed League,” “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Five Orange Pips” and others of equal fame and favor. (Spring 1946)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for February 1946.WR6 July 1946. First printing: Probably 10,000 copies.",
            "Cerf contacted Harper & Bros. in 1944 about includingThe Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesin the ML. He offered a $2,500 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 20,000 copies and 10 cents a copy thereafter. The ML expected to order a new typesetting and make new plates, and Cerf indicated that the low initial royalty was a way of sharing those costs (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 27 April 1944). Harper & Bros. did not object to a ML edition but referred Cerf to A. P. Watt, the literary agency representing the Conan Doyle Estate (Hoyns to Cerf, 28 April 1944). Watt had a reputation for being difficult to deal with and initially offered the ML reprint rights for a period of eighteen months. Cerf regarded that as an impossible limitation and began to think about putting together a volume of Holmes stories in the public domain (Cerf to Hoyns, 29 August 1944).",
            "Klopfer, who was stationed in Britain with the U.S. Air Force, met with Watt in London the following January. At this point the ML had dropped its proposal for a reduced initial royalty and Watt was asking for a three-year limitation clause. Cerf asked Klopfer to try to persuade Watt to drop the limitation clause altogether on the grounds that the ML would be investing in new plates (Bennett Cerf Papers. Cerf to Klopfer, 4 January 1945; Klopfer to Cerf, 26 January 1945; Cerf’s letter is included in Cerf and Klopfer,Dear Donald, Dear Bennett, pp. 195–98). He also wrote Watt directly, repeating the ML’s offer of a $2,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He noted that the ML was considering puttingThe Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesinto the Illustrated ML as well as the regular series, and he indicated that, although the reprint contract would have to be for more than three years and he preferred an indefinite contract, he was willing to compromise at ten years (Cerf to Watt, 19 January 1945). Later that spring Watt agreed to a standard reprint contract that was subject to renewal after five years.",
            "Vincent Starrett declined an invitation to write an introduction to the ML edition. “It isn’t worth thinking about at the fee suggested, and I would rather—in any case—not be associated with an unedited reprint of the American editions of the ADVENTURES and MEMOIRS, which are pretty corrupt” (Starrett to Commins, 23 August 1945). The ML edition was published without an introduction. The ML planned to go to press with a first printing of 10,000 copies.",
            "The ML edition sold 3,724 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placingThe Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmeshigh in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "387b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 387a through line 6; lines 7–9: [torchbearer K at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 387a.  [1–17]16[18]8[19–20]16",
            "Contents as 387a except: [iv] Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY HARPER & BROS. | COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY A. CONAN DOYLE | Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY HARPER & BROS. | COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY A. CONAN DOYLE | [10 lines of additional copyright statements]; [613–614] ML Giants list; [615–618] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of 387a with strong purplish red (255) in place of moderate blue, very dark purplish red (260), brilliant yellow (83), and dark olive brown (96). Fujita “ml” symbol in brilliant yellow added between author and title, and front panel enclosed in strong purplish red frame; backstrip in strong purplish red with lettering in brilliant yellow and reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This volume contains, complete and unabridged, the two collections of Sherlock Holmes stories, theAdventuresand theMemoirs. These tales of mystery and adventure—twenty-three in all—include “The Red-Headed League,” “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Five Orange Pips” and others of equal fame and favor."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 388,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "OGDEN NASH",
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            "TITLE": "THE SELECTED VERSE OF OGDEN NASH",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1968",
            "ML_NUMBER": 191
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "388.  First printing (1946)",
            "THE SELECTED | VERSE | OF | OGDEN NASH | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], 3–246.  [1–8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, | 1945, BY OGDEN NASH |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition, 1946; v–xiCONTENTS; [xii] blank; 3–240 text; 241–246Index of First Lines",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), strong orange (50), light grayish brown (60), and black on coated white paper with multi-color illustration at lower right of a smiling author in an easy chair with a portable typewriter resting on his outstretched legs and sheets of typescript scattered on the floor; title in reverse and other lettering in black on inset light grayish brown panel bordered in strong orange, all against brilliant yellow background. Signed: PG [Paul Galdone].",
            "Front flap:",
            "The temptation to describe a book by Ogden Nash in his own light-verse style is quickly overcome by mere trial. The simple truth is that he is inimitable. He is [+original, he is] funny and he is profound; he is clever and he is surprisingly penetrating; there are always both rhyme and reason in his sensible nonsense. For this Modern Library edition, Ogden Nash has made his own selection of 165 of his most representative poems, each one a gem of humor and light-hearted wisdom. (Spring 1946; [Fall 1956])",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A in vivid red (71) instead of strong orange and grayish brown (61) instead of light grayish brown. Front flap as jacket A fall 1956. (Spring 1963)",
            "Original ML collection. Publication announced for April 1946.WR17 August 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1968, four years after Nash’sVerses from 1929 On(1964) was added to the ML.",
            "Cerf first inquired about a volume of Nash’s poems in 1943, remarking: “We are veering more and more to the classics in the Modern Library, but we have to put in an occasional modern volume to keep up appearances” (Cerf to Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 1 October 1943). At that time Little, Brown did not want to authorize another reprint edition of Nash’s poems. Garden City Publishing Co. was doing well with its one-dollar reprint ofThe Face Is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash, andThe Ogden NashPocket Bookwas scheduled to appear as a 25-cent paperback early the following year (McIntyre to Cerf, 2 October 1943). The Garden City reprint, published in 1941, eventually went through fifteen printings for a total of 172,500 copies; the Pocket Books volume had nine printings through January 1946 for a total of 765,000 copies (Crandell, pp. 58–60, 76).",
            "The ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy to Little, Brown & Co. In 1957 Arthur Thornhill of Little, Brown noted that the ML was still paying royalties of 10 cents a copy although the retail price had been increased several times (Thornhill to Klopfer, 17 September 1957). Royalties appear to have been increased to 12 cents a copy.",
            "The Selected Verse of Ogden Nashsold 5,332 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 389,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY JAMES",
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            "TITLE": "THE WINGS OF THE DOVE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 244
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "389.1.  First printing (1946)",
            "The Wings | of the Dove | BY | HENRY JAMES | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxx, [1–2] 3–329 [330]; [1–2] 3–439 [440].  [1–25]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1937, BY HENRY JAMES, EXECUTOR | COPYRIGHT, 1902, 1909, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1946; v–xxx PREFACE | BY THE AUTHOR; [1] part title: BOOK FIRST; [2] blank; 3–329 text; [330] blank; [1] part title: BOOK SIXTH; [2] blank; 3–439 text; [440] blank.Note:Page numeral 329, the last page of the first volume of the Scribner edition, is battered and barely legible in the first ML printing.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxx, [1–2] 3–328 [329–330]; [1–2] 3–439 [440].  [1]16[2–12]32[13–14]16.  Contents as 389.1 except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; 3–[329] text. (Spring 1957 jacket)Note:Battered page numeral “329” removed from plates.",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial with lettering in dark red (16) and black on inset yellowish gray (93) panel within dark red frame, all on cream—almost pale orange yellow (73)—paper.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The nationwide revival of interest in the writings of Henry James has created the demand for this new, popular-priced edition ofThe Wings of the Dove. Considered by its author the most ambitious, by his critics the most perceptive and by his ever-growing circle of devotees his most highly sustained novel, it is given a distinguished place in the Modern Library series beside two of his widely read works:The Portrait of a Lady, Number 107, andThe Turn of the Screw, Number 169. (Fall 1946)",
            "JacketB:As 389.1 except deep reddish brown (41) in place of dark red and pale yellow (89) in place of yellowish gray on coated cream paper. (Fall 1964)",
            "Originally published in two volumes by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902. ML edition (381.1, pp. [1]–329; [1]–439) printed from Scribner plates in a single volume with title retained in the heading of v. 1, p. 3 and removed from the heading of vol. 2, p. 3; “Preface” printed from a new typesetting. Publication announced for September 1946.WR16 November 1946. First printing: Not ascertained but probably 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "The ML paid Scribner’s a $400 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy. The small advance and relatively low royalty rate reflected the assumption on the part of both Scribner’s and the ML thatThe Wings of the Dovedid not have wide popular appeal and was unlikely to achieve large reprint sales.",
            "James’s Preface (pp. v–xxii) originally appeared in the New York Edition ofThe Novels and Tales of Henry James(New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1907–17), in whichThe Wings of the Doveoccupied vols. 19–20. The New York edition appears to have been printed from standing type. The ML reset the Preface in the typographic style of the 1902 Scribner’s edition and made plates that were used for ML printings.",
            "Four years beforeThe Wings of the Dovewas added to the ML, Cerf admitted to Max Perkins that he was unable to get through the book (Cerf to Perkins, 26 May 1942). In his “Trade Winds” column he wrote, “According to rumor David Selznick is toying with a notion of making a motion-picture version of the Henry James novel, ‘The Wings of the Dove,’ and Max Perkins of Scribner’s suggested that the book might make a timely addition to the Modern Library series. We regret to report, however, that we bogged down completely after sixty pages or so. This is one of James’s later novels, and its style is more involved than Faulkner’s ‘Sound and the Fury’ or Isabel Paterson’s political dissertations” (“Trade Winds,”SRL, June 20, 1942, p. 20).",
            "The Wings of the Dovewas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1952–October 1952. In contrast, James’sPortrait of a Lady(1936)was solidly in the first quarter of ML titles, andTurn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master(1930) was near the top of the second quarter.",
            "389.2.  New bibliographical edition; offset printing (1968)",
            "[left page of 2-page spread]Preface to the New York Edition|by Henry James|The Modern LibraryNew York| [right page of 2-page spread] THE | WINGS | OF | THE | DOVE | [decorative rule] |Henry JamesNote:The title (p. [iii]) is in open-face capitals.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–522.  [1]16[2–8]32[9–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii–iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1937, BY HENRY JAMES, EXECUTOR | COPYRIGHT, 1902, 1909, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS; v–xxiiPREFACE|by The Author; [1] part title:BOOK| I; [2]–522 text.",
            "Jacket:As jacket B.",
            "Printed by offset lithography from a new typesetting."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 390,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HONORÉ DE BALZAC",
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            "TITLE": "PÈRE GORIOT & EUGÉNIE GRANDET",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 245
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "390a.  First printing (1946)",
            "Père Goriot | AND | Eugénie Grandet | [short swelled rule] | By HONORÉ DE BALZAC |Translated from the French by| E. K. BROWN, DOROTHEA WALTER | AND JOHN WATKINS | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [short swelled rule] |New York",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–496 [497–498].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: [at left]Chicago,|June, 1945[at right] E. K. BROWN; [xiv] blank; [1] part title: PÈRE GORIOT | [short swelled rule] |Translated by E. K. Brown; [2] dedication; 3–289 text; [290] blank: [291] part title: EUGÉNIE GRANDET | [short swelled rule] |Translated by Dorothea Walter and John Watkins; [292] dedication; 293–496 text; [497–498] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), vivid reddish orange (34), and black on coated white paper with “père goriot” in brilliant yellow lower-case letters, “EUGÉNIE GRANDET” in reverse against vivid reddish orange panel, “BY HONORÉ DE BALZAC” in reverse, and “THE MODERN LIBRARY” in vivid reddish orange, all against black background. Signed: “brenner” at upper right.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In response to an ever-increasing number of written suggestions that there be a larger representation of the novels of Balzac in the Modern Library, the editors have chosen for inclusion in the series two of his most famous works of fiction:Père GoriotandEugénie Grandet. In brand-new translations, the first by E. K. Brown of Chicago University, and the second by Dorothea Walter and John Watkins, this portion of the massive structure of the Human Comedy belongs among the world’s greatest novels of creative imagination and social criticism. (Fall 1946)",
            "Original ML translations. Publication announced for September 1946.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "E. K. Brown of Cornell University suggested that the ML needed a volume of Balzac in addition toDroll Stories(221), which he considered unrepresentative. “You have Stendhal, Flaubert and Maupassant, why not Balzac?” (Brown to Cerf, 26 March 1943). Cerf commissioned him to modernize existing English translations ofPère GoriotandEugénie Grandetand to write an introduction. Brown agreed to a fee of $300 and promised the manuscript within five months (Cerf to Brown, 25 August 1943). Brown commented, “I think it very good of you to agree to the Balzac addition in the face of the figures on the French books in the library which you showed to me” (Brown to Cerf, 2 September 1943). Four months later Brown informed Cerf that entirely new translations were needed (Brown to Cerf, 8 January 1944). Commins acknowledged that the existing translations were probably very bad and favored doing new translations if the cost was not prohibitive. He noted, “Whatever we pay, within reason, will be worth the money, just to be able to advertise an entirely new translation” (Commins memo to Cerf, 9 February 1944). Cerf authorized Brown to go ahead and indicated that he should tell him what a fair price for the new translations would be. At this point Cerf was hoping for a spring 1945 publication date (Cerf to Brown, 10 February 1944).",
            "Brown’s move to the University of Chicago in the summer of 1944 delayed work on the translation ofEugénie Grandet. In December he suggested John Watkins as a translator for the second work (Brown to Cerf, 4 December 1944). In May 1945 the ML sent $300 each to Brown and Watkins. The financial arrangements appear not to have been settled earlier, and Brown was expecting more. He returned the check and indicated that $500 would be a more appropriate fee. Cerf, who was paying twice what he initially offered for revised translations, thought that Brown was being unreasonable and responded with an angry letter. Brown eventually accepted the $300 fee.",
            "Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandetdid not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952.",
            "390b.  Introduction expanded; bibliography added (1950)",
            "PÈRE GORIOTand| EUGÉNIE GRANDET | BY HONORÉ DE BALZAC |Translated from the French by|E.K. Brown, Dorothea Walter, and John Watkins|With an introduction by E. K. Brown,|Professor of English, University of Chicago| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–496.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "Contents as 390a except: [iv]Copyright, 1946, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION | by | E. K. Brown; xv–xvi BIBLIOGRAPHY.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–496.  Collation as 390b.  Contents as 390b except: xv–[xvi] BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Fall 1961 jacket)Note:Battered page numeral “xvi” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket:As 390a. (Spring 1958)",
            "Published initially in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML.",
            "Stein offered Brown $50 to add a one-page summary of Balzac’s life and a short bibliography to the introduction (Stein to Brown, 27 January 1950). Brown inserted three paragraphs of biographical information after the opening paragraph of the introduction. The additions to the introduction extended its length by a page, and the bibliography occupied an additional two pages. By using the blank page that followed the introduction in 390a and shifting Balzac’s text so that pp. 495–96 occupied the blank leaf at the end of 390a, the ML was able to incorporate three additional pages of text without increasing the length of the volume. The title page was completely reset, and Brown’s introduction was credited for the first time on the title page.",
            "Brown also supplied a list of errors and misprints that appeared on eight pages of the text. The plates were patched to correct the errors."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 391,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS",
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            "TITLE": "THE YEARLING",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1954",
            "ML_NUMBER": 246
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "391.  First printing (1946)",
            "THE | YEARLING |by| MARJORIE | KINNAN | RAWLINGS | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [6], 1–400 [401–402].  [1–3]16[4]12[5–13]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1939, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | COPYRIGHT, 1938, BY MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1946; [5] fly title; [6] blank; 1–400 text; [401–402] blank.Note: Firststatement retained on several later printings.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark yellowish green (137), vivid reddish orange (34), light yellow (86), brownish orange (54), grayish blue (186) and black on coated white paper; background in dark yellowish green with inset panel in light moderate yellow with title and author in vivid reddish orange and multi-color illustration of a boy in grayish blue pants kneeling on the ground with his arm around a brownish orange fawn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "As American a book asTom SawyerorHuckleberry Finn,The Yearlinghas achieved for itself within a few years a permanent place in our national literature. It is a novel of living characters in an unforgettable setting, with a wisdom as simple as it is tender and a charm as natural as it is winning. The story of Jody Baxter and his pet fawn is American folklore at its best.The Yearlingis a novel that stirs the heart with its understanding of boyhood and its love of life. (Fall 1946)",
            "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. New bibliographical edition with illustrations by N. C.Wyeth published as “Pulitzer Prize Edition,” 1939, and in Scribner Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers, 1940. ML edition (pp. 1–400) printed from offset lithographic plates photographically reduced from the 1939 Scribner edition with illustrations omitted. Publication announced for September 1946.WR4 January 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1954.",
            "The ML paid Scribner’s royalties of 10 cents a copy on all copies sold over 30,000. The royalty on the first 30,000 copies appears to have been reduced or waived to cover the cost of making offset plates. Sales appear to have exceeded 30,000 copies since the ML paid Scribner’s royalties of $235 on sales of 2,355 copies sold after 30 October 1953 (Klopfer to Ruth Riggs, Scribner’s, 16 July 1954).",
            "The ML’s reprint contract was limited to six years. After receiving a report of sales through October 1953 and noting thatThe Yearlingwas included on the ML’s spring 1954 list, Whitney Darrow of Scribner’s reminded Cerf that the book was supposed to have been dropped from the series by October 1952 (Darrow to Cerf, 19 April 1954). Klopfer replied thatThe Yearlinghad stayed on the spring 1954 list by mistake and as a result it had not been necessary to remainder any copies. He assured Darrow that it was out of stock and would be replaced on the fall list by Aristotle’sRhetoric & Poetics(Klopfer to Darrow, 20 April 1954).",
            "The Yearlingwas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1952–October 1953."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 392,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN N. BURK",
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            "TITLE": "THE LIFE AND WORKS OF BEETHOVEN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 241
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "392a.  First printing (1946)",
            "THE LIFE | AND WORKS OF | BEETHOVEN | BY JOHN N. BURK | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–483 [484–496].  [1–15]16[16]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1943, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1946; v–viiiCONTENTS; [1] part title:THE LIFE OF|BEETHOVEN; [2] blank; 3–257 text; [258] blank; [259] part title:THE WORKS|OF BEETHOVEN; [260] blank; 261–463 text; 464–478PHONOGRAPH|RECORDS; 479–483INDEX OF NAMES| (IN THE “LIFE OF BEETHOVEN”); [484] blank; [485–490] ML list; [491–492] ML Giants list; [493–496] blank. (Fall 1946)Note:Firststatement retained on spring 1948 printing.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial on coated white paper with inset drawing of Beethoven in deep red (16), brilliant yellow (83), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper, with title in deep red on white banner above drawing of Beethoven, other lettering in deep red and black at foot; background in black ruled in medium gray at top and white ruled in black at foot. The front panel is a reduced version of the 1943 Random House jacket with “Modern Library Edition” added at the foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Beethoven, the man and the creator, emerges in all his humanity and genius from the pages of this book. The events of his life and the circumstances under which he wrote his majestic music are presented with the purpose of giving the general reader a faithful portrait. In addition, more than one hundred of the works are analyzed so that the concertgoer, phonograph enthusiast and the radio listener will have program notes, with appraisals and interpretations. The author, John N. Burk, is the historian of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Fall 1946)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1943. ML edition (pp. v–483) printed from RH plates with frontispiece portrait of Beethoven omitted. Publication announced for November 1946.WR14 December 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Burk was a music historian affiliated with the Boston Symphony. His program notes about works being performed were included in the printed programs, and his editorial correspondence with Saxe Commins was on Boston Symphony Orchestra letterhead. Random House published Burk’sClara Schumann: A Romantic Biographyin 1940. Shortly thereafter Cerf and Commins asked him to write a life of Beethoven for the ML. Commins suggested that three-fourths of the book should be biographical and one-fourth should consist of program notes on each of Beethoven’s works (Commins to Burk, 31 March 1941). The book was published initially by Random House and was reprinted in the ML three years later. For the ML edition Burk received royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 5,000 copies and 10 cents a copy thereafter.",
            "The Life and Works of Beethovenwas not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. It sold about 2,000 copies a year in the mid-1950s; Cerf reported in 1960 that it sold “only moderately well” (Cerf to Selden Rodman, 8 June 1960).",
            "Burk indicated that his typescript was almost exactly 100,000 words and that his first choice of someone to write an introduction was Aaron Copeland, with Serge Koussevitzky, the conductor of the Boston Symphony, as another possibility (Burk to Commins, 13 July 1942 and 27 November 1942; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 2, Princeton University Library). In the end the book was published without an introduction.",
            "392b.  List of phonograph records omitted; index repaginated (1954)",
            "Title as 392a.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–469 [470–472].  [1–15]16",
            "Contents as 392a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [464] blank; 465–469INDEX OF NAMES| (IN THE “LIFE OF BEETHOVEN”); [470–472] blank.",
            "Jacket: As jacket A.(Fall 1954)",
            "The list of phonograph records consisted of 78 rpm recordings and was woefully out of date by 1954, six years after the introduction of the long-playing record (LP). Burk suggested deleting the list, and Commins indicated that it would be removed from subsequent printings (Burk to Commins, 10 July 1954; Commins to Burk, 22 July 1954).",
            "392c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 392a through line 4; lines 5–7: [torchbearer K at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 392b.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16[8]32[9]16",
            "Contents as 392b except: [470] blank; [471–472] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of 392a with Fujita “ml” symbol on front panel and Fujita torchbearer on backstrip; deep reddish purple (259) instead of deep red and yellowish white (92) instead of brilliant yellow. Front flap as 392a with last sentence omitted."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 393,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ROBERT FROST",
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            "TITLE": "THE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1963",
            "ML_NUMBER": 242
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "393.  First printing (1946)",
            "THE POEMS | OF | ROBERT | FROST |With an Introductory Essay| “THE CONSTANT SYMBOL” |by the Author| [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, [1–2] 3–445 [446–456].  [1–15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1939, BY HENRY HOLT & CO., INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1942, BY ROBERT FROST | COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1946; v–xiii CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; xv–xxiv THE | CONSTANT | SYMBOL signed p. xxiv: ROBERT FROST |July,1946; [1] part title:A Boy’s Will; [2] blank; 3–436 text; 437–445 INDEX OF | FIRST LINES; [446] blank; [447–452] ML list; [453–454] ML Giants list; [455–456] blank. (Fall 1946)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on light gray (264) paper with title in dark red and other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For more than a quarter of a century Robert Frost has maintained a position of unrivaled honor among living American poets. Associated generally with New England, his works have transcended sectional limitations and have become the lyrical voice of the entire land. Not only has Robert Frost chosen 230 of his 270 published poems [±230 of his poems for this collection], but he also contributes a personal credo in the form of an Introductory Essay, “The Constant Symbol,” and a new sonnet written especially for this volume. (Fall 1946; [Spring 1955])",
            "Original ML collection published by arrangement with Henry Holt & Co. Published November 1946.WR14 December 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1963.",
            "Cerf first expressed interest in a volume of poetry by Robert Frost in 1940 (Cerf to Holt & Co., 12 February 1940). Nearly five years later Robert Linscott, who had moved from Holt to Random House earlier in the year, approached Holt about a ML edition of Frost’s poems. He indicated that the selection of poems would be made by the ML and offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy until the plates were paid for and 10 cents a copy thereafter. He also offered Frost $100 to write an introduction (Linscott to William M. Sloan, Holt, 13 November 1944). It took nearly a year for Frost to agree to the project, though the delay was apparently not due to objections on his part. When Sloan conveyed Holt’s approval he specified that the volume was not to include every poem that Frost had written. He also indicated that selections of Frost’s poetry might be published by the Limited Editions Club and Pocket Books (Sloan to Linscott, 5 September 1945).The Pocket Book of Robert Frost’s Poemswas published in 1946 andThe Complete Poems of Robert Frost(Limited Editions Club) appeared in 1950. The Modern Library contract, signed 21 September 1945, provided for a $1,500 advance with a sliding royalty rate as originally proposed. The contract was for a period of five years and indefinitely thereafter unless terminated by Holt with six months’ written notice.",
            "Linscott wanted to include all but twenty-six of the poems inThe Collected Poems of Robert Frost(Holt, 1939) andA Witness Tree(Holt, 1942), which had won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (Linscott to Sloan, 7 November 1945). Frost objected to this proposal. He decided that he wanted to approve the selection and proposed omitting forty-four of the poems on Linscott’s list and adding several that Linscott had left out. Sloan wrote in December: “After the usual delays incident to Mr. Frost’s states of mind and peregrinations, he has sent me down by way of Kay Morrison not a statement as to the outline you sent us, but instead what he describes as a positive list” (Sloan to Linscott, 13 December 1945). Linscott mourned especially for eight of the forty-four poems that Frost proposed to omit: “The Tuft of Flowers,” “The Mountain,” “Home Burial,” “The Road Not Taken,” “An Old Man’s Winter Night,” “The Grindstone,” “The Pauper Witch of Grafton,” and “A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury” (Linscott to Sloan, 21 December 1945). After talking with Frost, Linscott was able to come to an understanding about the contents of the ML edition. Seven of the eight poems were restored; only “The Pauper Witch of Grafton” did not appear in the ML collection. Linscott agreed to pay Frost $250 for an introduction of 4 to 5 pages (Linscott to Sloan, 23 January 1946). The introduction, titled “The Constant Symbol,” was also published inAtlantic Monthly(October 1946, pp. 50–52) shortly before the appearance of the ML edition. Frost appended a new poem, “To the Right Person,” to the introduction.",
            "The Poems of Robert Frostsold 5,618 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the middle of the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "No details about the discontinuation of the ML edition have been ascertained. The reprint contract was probably terminated by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, and the ML edition ceased to be available early in 1963."
          ]
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          "NUMBER": 394,
          "METADATA": {
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            "TITLE": "THE SOUND AND THE FURY & AS I LAY DYING",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1946–1966",
            "ML_NUMBER": 187
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            "394.  First printing (1946)",
            "THE SOUND | AND THE FURY | & | AS I LAY | DYING |byWILLIAM FAULKNER | WITH A NEW APPENDIX AS A | FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–532 [533–540].  [1–17]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1946; [1] part title: The Sound and the Fury; [2] blank; 3–22 APPENDIX | [short double rule] | COMPSON | 1699–1945; 23–336 text:The Sound and the Fury; [337] part title: As I Lay Dying; [338] dedication; 339–532 text:As I Lay Dying; [533–538] ML list; [539–540] ML Giants list. (Fall 1946)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 394.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16[9]32[10]16.  Contents as 394 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1929, | AND RENEWED 1956, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1930, | AND RENEWED 1957, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [533–539] ML list; [540] blank. (Spring 1964)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate olive (107), dark olive (108) and vivid yellow (82) on coated white paper with each title in reverse within its own vivid yellow frame, other lettering in vivid yellow, including “two novels | William Faulkner” between the two titles and “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” at the foot; all against moderate olive background streaked and shaded in dark olive. Signed: [Miriam] Woods.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the seventeen books by which William Faulkner has achieved an international reputation as one of America’s leading novelists,The Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dyingare considered most representative. The unsparing chronicler of the South, Faulkner is far more than a regional novelist; he is the observer and the critic of a doomed but tenacious civilization. His imaginary world is all of the South cherishing the relics of a lost age of glory. ForThe Sound and the FuryWilliam Faulkner contributes a brilliant Appendix which serves as his own last word on this controversial book. (Fall 1946)",
            "Front flap reset with first sentence revised as follows:",
            "Of the twenty books for which William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature,The Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dyingare considered by critics and general readers most representative of his work. (Spring 1963)",
            "The Sound and the Furyoriginally published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929;As I Lay Dyingoriginally published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1946.WR7 December 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1966; superseded by separate ML editions ofThe Sound and the Fury(1966) andAs I Lay Dying(1967).",
            "Faulkner’sSanctuary(233), published in the ML in 1932, was the only Faulkner title in the series until the addition ofThe Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dyingfourteen years later. Faulkner had become a Random House author in 1936 when Random House acquired Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, the successor to Cape and Smith. The acquisition gave Random House publishing rights toThe Sound and the Fury(1929),As I Lay Dying(1930),Sanctuary(1931),Light in August(1932), andPylon(1935). Despite disappointing sales and lack of widespread critical recognition, Random House continued to publish Faulkner’s subsequent works, includingAbsalom, Absalom!(1936),The Unvanquished(1938),The Wild Palms(1939),The Hamlet(1940), andGo Down, Moses(1942). The firm controlled rights to all of Faulkner’s novels exceptSoldier’s Pay(Boni & Liveright, 1926),Mosquitoes(Boni & Liveright, 1927) andSartoris(Harcourt, Brace, 1928), but it took ten years after Faulkner became a Random House author before Cerf and Klopfer considered adding additional Faulkner titles to the ML.",
            "Faulkner’s fortunes changed in 1946, when Viking Press publishedThe Portable Faulkner, edited by Malcolm Cowley, and the ML publishedThe Sound and the Fury&As I Lay Dyingin a single volume. The two volumes contributed significantly to the growing recognition of Faulkner’s stature in the United States.",
            "Evelyn Harter, who had been head of production at Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, stated in a 1978 interview that Cerf and Klopfer had been interested in publishing a ML edition ofThe Sound and the FuryorAs I Lay Dyingin the early 1930s but tookSanctuaryinstead because plates had not been made for either of the earlier Faulkner titles (Harter, p. 7). When those titles were originally published in 1929 and 1930 it was cheaper to keep type standing against the possibility of a second printing than to make plates—and plates were available forSanctuary.",
            "Linscott told Cowley late in 1945 that the ML was considering a reprint ofThe Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dying(Linscott to Cowley, 31 December 1945). Cowley replied that he did not considerAs I Lay Dyingto be one of Faulkner’s better novels and that he ranked it “way, way below”Light in August. He also didn’t like the idea of printing the two works in one volume and indicated that he would prefer to seeThe Sound and the FuryandLight in Augustreprinted separately. He continued:",
            "Several years ago, Faulkner sent Bennett Cerf his only copy of “The Sound and the Fury.” He had underlined it in several shades of ink, he tells me, to explain the different time levels in Benjy’s monologue. I don’t think that’s such a good idea either. [In its list for fall and winter 1933/34, Random House announced a signed 500-copy limited edition ofThe Sound and the Fury with the text in three colors and a new introduction by Faulkner, but the volume never appeared.] But for the Viking Portable, Faulkner did a genealogy of the Compson family as an appendix, and it really clears up the doubtful points in TSATF. Why not wait a year, then reissue TSATF with that appendix? (Cowley to Linscott, 9 January 1946).",
            "Cowley wrote Linscott again a month later. Faulkner had informed Cowley that the ML planned to go ahead with its volume and wanted Faulkner to write an introduction and also wanted to use the appendix, “1699–1945 The Compsons” that Faulkner had written forThe Portable Faulkner. Cowley indicated that he didn’t anticipate any difficulty in securing permission from Viking Press to use the appendix. He went on:",
            "Another, auctorial, difficulty does exist, however, and I’m writing Faulkner about it. He hasn’t any copy of “The Sound and the Fury,” having sent his one personal copy to Random House some years ago, he says—and therefore he wrote the appendix from his memory of the novel. His memory was faulty at two or three points, so that the appendix has some inconsistencies with the novel that any reader would remark if they were printed in the same volume (they won’t remark it in the Viking Portable, however, since I used only 12,000 words of the novel). I’m going to lend him my copy of TSATF and tell him that he has to do some rewriting. But that’s only a temporary loan. You guys at Random House will have to get him a copy of the book somehow— either dig up the one he sent to Random House several years ago, or else advertise in Publisher’s Weekly (and be lucky to get an answer, because TSATF isn’t findable even in the second-hand bookstores), or else hijack a copy from some friend.",
            "I hope he said that he won’t write an introduction. He’s no good at writing introductions, to judge from the little piece he did for the Modern Library edition of “Sanctuary.” That piece hurt him with the critics, because they hate to find they had praised a book which the author himself says was only written for money. (Zamatterafack [sic], Faulkner first wrote it for money, then rewrote it carefully, something one only discovered from reading his introduction more attentively.) A lot of people (not me) would be glad to write a short introduction to the book you are planning to publish. I mention among other names: Conrad Aiken (maybe the best for the job, if he’s not on bad terms with Random on account of the Ezra Pound business [see G68]); Kay Boyle (a Faulkner enthusiast); Ernest Hemingway (though an introduction by him might be in dubious taste—but he has a lot to say about Faulkner, mostly on the credit side); and my own choice for the job, to whom you would probably say No—Jean-Paul Sartre, whose reputation here is going to spread, who acknowledges Faulkner as his master, and who is the best critic, except Malraux, perhaps, now writing in any language. . . .",
            "I’m still dubious about the book you are planning as the best way to start Faulkner back into general circulation. The dubiety comes from questions in my own mind about “As I Lay Dying,” which, disagreeing with Faulkner, I haven’t ever regarded as one of his best novels. Too much shifting about from one stream of consciousness to another. Not enough contrast with TSATF, both being stream-of-consciousness novels. I’d much prefer, let us say, “The Wild Palms,” to give a better picture of Faulkner’s range. “The Wild Palms” is a short novel too, under 80,000 words. Also, I think it’s a great pity that you are planning to issue the book next fall. Viking is putting a good deal of money into the Faulkner Portable—doing a very careful job on it—letting it run to 750 pages, as against the 600 they usually allot to a living author—printing a new map of Yoknapatawpha County as an end paper [paperback reprints of the Viking Portable used the map as a frontispiece]—and if the book gets reviews (as I hope it will) and shows any sign of selling, and if Viking is sure of an unobstructed year of sales, they might make a good advertising appropriation too, as they did for the Hemingway—and then the way would really be prepared for a reissue of Faulkner’s other books beginning in the spring of 1947. This business of relaunching him with the public requires cooperation rather than rivalry.",
            "I’m anxious for you to see the job I did on the book [The Portable Faulkner]. It looks good to me now, and I hope the critics will agree with me (Cowley to Linscott, 12 February 1948 [i.e., 1946]; underlining in original).",
            "Linscott replied:",
            "I look forward to reading the appendix to THE SOUND AND THE FURY, not only for its own sake, but so that I can understand why Faulkner wants it printed at the front of the book instead of at the end. . . .",
            "I don’t think I agree with you on the introduction. Of course there is a chance that Faulkner won’t do a good job, but, nevertheless, I think it would be interesting to have his own account of how he happened to write the books. Anyway, since we have already asked him and since he has agreed, I don’t see how we could draw back.",
            "Neither do I agree on the subject of timing. I am sure the Portable will help the sale of our volume, but I am equally sure that ours will help the Portable. In other words, anyone reading either will be more likely to want to read the other.",
            "On the other hand, you come close to convincing me in re AS I LAY DYING. However, I do think it is a lot better novel as a whole than THE WILD PALMS, with lovely crazy passages of poetry in it (Linscott to Cowley, 15 February 1946).",
            "In the end Faulkner did not write an introduction to the ML edition. The ML printed his Appendix fromThe Portable Faulknerwith minor revisions, placing it at the beginning ofThe Sound and the Fury, referring to it on the title page as “a new appendix as a foreword by the author” and numbering it as pages 3–22. The 1946 ML edition was superseded in 1966 by a separately published ML edition ofThe Sound and the Fury(593), which prints the Appendix at the end of the volume (pp. 403–27). The Library of America edition of Faulkner’s first four novels (Soldiers’ Pay,Mosquitoes,Flags in the Dust, andThe Sound and the Fury), published in 2006, also prints the appendix “Compson: 1699–1945” at the end ofThe Sound and the Fury(pp. 1127–41).",
            "The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dyingsold 10,640 copies during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952, making it the seventh best-selling title in the ML as a whole and the fifth best-selling title in the regular ML. It was the ML’s best selling work by an American writer and the second best-selling twentieth century work, behind Maugham,Of Human Bondage(1930). Eight ML titles had sales of more than 10,000 copies at this period:",
            "Maugham,Of Human Bondage(1930)  11,563",
            "Aquinas,Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas(1948)  11,129",
            "Aristotle,Introduction to Aristotle(1947)  11,114",
            "Tolstoy,War and Peace(Giant, 1931)  11,111",
            "Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(1932)  10,943",
            "Freud,Basic Writings(Giant, 1938)  10,669",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(1946)  10,640",
            "Plato,Works of Plato(1930)  10,302",
            "The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dyingwas almost the ML’s sixth best-selling title.The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freudoutsold the Faulkner volume by twenty-nine copies.",
            "Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949, three years after the publication ofThe Portable Faulknerand the ML edition ofThe Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying."
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      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1947",
      "HEAD": [
        1947,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The Random House editorial staff increased in size after the war. Cerf had already lured Robert Linscott away from Houghton Mifflin in 1944. Frank Taylor and Albert Erskine joined the editorial staff in 1947 after becoming dissatisfied at Reynal & Hitchcock.  Saxe Commins, one of the great editors of his era, remained editor in chief of the Modern Library. Although officially in charge of the series at this period, judging from evidence in the Random House archives, his involvement was small.",
          "Sales at Random House continued to grow. With Giants back in-stock after the paper rationing of the war years, sales increased from their low in 1945 of $92,085 to $544,632 in 1947. Sales of titles in the regular ML also continued to increase; $834,907 in 1946 to $946,415 in 1947."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Ten titles were added and one title was discontinued. The ML list now contained 260 titles."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels on the spine and front cover in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green). Two shades of gray (265 med.; 266 dk.) were used for the binding. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.10 (January–14 April); $1.25 (15 April–December). Three of the spring titles (Introduction to Aristotle,The Best Short Stories of Bret Harte, andThe Eustace Diamonds) were published at $1.10.The Best of S. J. Perelman(395) and Caldwell,Tobacco Road(397) did not appear until May and were published with $1.25 price stickers on the jacket flaps. All fall titles were published at $1.25."
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "The $1.10 retail price introduced in November 1946 lasted for less than six months. Costs continued to rise, and Klopfer advised Cerf in February that another price increase was likely. Cerf, who was vacationing in Beverly Hills, replied: “If we must boost ML to $1.25, let’s get it over with, & for God’s sake alter jacket copy so that price appears only on detachable flap. Some stores out here are selling ML without jackets to avoid squabbles on price. This ain’t good!” (Klopfer to Cerf, 14 February 1947; Cerf to Klopfer, 23 February 1947, underlining in original).",
        "Beginning in fall 1947 the retail price was printed on the top corner of the jacket flap where it could be clipped off easily, and the price was omitted from the back panel of the jacket. Since most of the jackets in stores still bore the printed price of $1.10 or even 95 cents, booksellers were supplied with gummed price-change stickers to be affixed to the flaps. These read: “As of April 15, 1947, the price of The Modern Library in U.S.A. is $1.25 a copy. Other markings void. The Modern Library, Inc.”",
        "Discontinued",
        "Woolf,To the Lighthouse(1937– )*",
        "* Harcourt, Brace decided to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics. It served notice that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts forTo the Lighthouse,Mrs. Dalloway, and seven other titles."
      ],
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Aristotle,IntroductionxLewis,Dodsworth; Giants through G71; jackets: 322. (Fall) Lewis,DodsworthxAquinas,Introduction; Giants through G72; jackets: 329."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf continued to make offers for James Stephens,TheCrock of Gold, but was informed that Macmillan still planned to reissue it (James Putnam to Cerf, 8 May 1947). The Macmillan reprint appeared later that year. He also wanted Lytton Strachey’sElizabeth and Essexfor the ML, but the Harcourt, Brace edition was selling too well as a textbook. S. Spenser Scott of Harcourt, Brace wrote Cerf, “I am sure that you will agree that the Modern Library books do compete with the textbook editions—and well they should, because you have done a grand job on getting them into college stores” (Scott to Cerf, 24 September 1947).",
          "Cerf declined Wendell Wilkie’sOne Worldwhen Manuel Siwek of Grosset & Dunlap suggested it for the ML (Cerf to Siwek, 10 June 1947). He also rejected Wallace Stegner’s novelBig Rock Candy Mountain, indicating that the plates were too large for the regular series and that it wouldn’t have sufficient sales for Modern Library Giants (Cerf to Charles Duell, 2 October 1947)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Perelman,Best of S. J. Perelman(1947)  395",
          "Aristotle,Introduction to Aristotle(1947)  396",
          "Caldwell,Tobacco Road(1947)  397",
          "Harte,Best Short Stories of Bret Harte(1947)  398",
          "Trollope,Eustace Diamonds(1947)  399",
          "Lewis,Dodsworth(1947)  400",
          "Meredith,The Egoist(1947)  401",
          "Stewart,Storm(1947)  402",
          "Herodotus,Persian Wars(1947)  403",
          "Godden,Black Narcissus(1947)  404"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 395,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "S. J. PERELMAN",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE BEST OF S. J. PERELMAN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 247
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "395.  First printing (1947)",
            "THE BEST OF | S. J. PERELMAN | With a Critical Introduction by | SIDNEY NAMLEREP | [torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–300 [301–306].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] OTHER BOOKS BY S. J. PERELMAN; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, | 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, | BY S. J. PERELMAN | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1947; [v] dedication: TO ROBERT C. BENCHLEY; [vi] blank; vii–viii TABLE | OF | CONTENTS; ix–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: [at left] 1626 Broadway | New York City | [at right] Sidney Namlerep [Perelman; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–300 text; [301–306] ML list. (Spring 1947)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in light yellow brown (76), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper; title in black on larger panel at top, with looming 4-inch “P” against a white vertical rectangle and other letters of author’s name against horizontal bands in brilliant yellow, all against light yellow brown background; “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” in reverse against smaller black panel at foot. Signed: McKnight Kauffer.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For those who want laughter,The Best of S. J. Perelmanis just [±exactly] what the doctor ordered. It is a cure for nearly everything that ails a melancholy world. The knife of Perelman’s wit and wisdom is sharpened on the boot of satire. The incomparable parodist, he takes a cut at books, advertising, magazines, publishers, the movies, columnists, socialites and even himself—and they are [+all] the better for his keen scalpel and deft hand. Perelman is at his best in this book of fifty [+hilarious] pieces, each one warranted [+as a tonic to your sense of humor and guaranteed] to keep you healthy with laughter. (Spring 1947) [Spring 1957]",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1944, asCrazy Like a Fox. ML edition (pp. 3–269) printed from RH plates with minor revisions suggested by Perelman, running heads omitted, dedication to Robert C. Benchley added, and the table of contents reset in the style of the Random House edition to reflect the addition of the introduction and four stories on pp. 270–300. Page numerals (vii–viii) were added to the reset table of contents. Publication announced for January 1947.WR10 May 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71. Reprinted (pp. [v]–xiv, 3–300) in Vintage Books, May 1973, using offset lithographic plates photographically reduced from the ML edition, with title, half title, and fly title reverting toCrazy Like a Fox.",
            "The ML paid Perelman royalties of 10 cents a copy, double the rate specified for a ML reprint in the Random House contract (Perelman to Cerf, 22 September 1946). Perelman wrote a new introduction for the ML edition under the name “Sidney Namlerep” and sent four additional pieces: “Physician, Steel Thyself,” “Pale Hands I Loathe,” “Insert Flap ‘A’ and Throw Away,” and “Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer.” He hoped that the additional pieces could be inserted within the text rather than added at the end but recognized that that might not be possible sinceCrazy Like a Foxplates were being used. He also asked to change the dedication from “For Laura and Abby Laura” (his wife and daughter) to “To Robert C. Benchley” (Perelman to Klopfer, 2 December 1946). The dedication in the Random House edition was printed on the verso of the title page; the dedication to Benchley in the Modern Library edition appeared on a leaf of its own.",
            "Perelman suggested McKnight Kauffer as the jacket designer for the ML edition. Five years earlier, after meeting with Saxe Commins in connection with his forthcoming bookThe Dream Department(Random House, 1943), he commented, “On the way out after leaving you, I looked at some of McKnight Kauffer’s jackets for Modern Library titles. He’s wonderful; I really would love to have him do a jacket for the book if it could be arranged” (Perelman to Commins, “Tuesday” [6 October 1942]). Kauffer designed the jackets forThe Dream Departmentand the Random House trade edition ofCrazy Like a Foxas well as the jacket for the ML edition.",
            "Perelman also emphasized that it was important to proofreadCrazy Like a Foxcarefully, and he asked for several changes in the text, of which the most notable was changing “total recall” to “O’Hara’s disease” (p. 53). Other changes included changing “rif ling” to “riffling” (p. 47), “jack boots” to “jackboots” (p. 88), and “compound fracture” to “greenstick fracture” (p. 184).",
            "Negotiations concerning the publication ofThe Best of S. J. Perelmanbetween Cerf and Perelman’s agent, Alan Collins of Curtis Brown, Ltd., were not harmonious. Prior to publication Cerf wrote Collins: “I would like to state here very clearly that we will carry out our contract for the Perelman anthology in the Modern Library and that, thereafter, we have not the faintest interest in future writings by Mr. Perelman” (Cerf to Collins, 18 November 1946).",
            "Random House published five books by Perelman between 1937 and 1946. His next book was published by Reynal & Hitchcock; thereafter he settled into a long-term publishing relationship with Simon & Schuster."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 396,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ARISTOTLE",
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            "TITLE": "INTRODUCTION TO ARISTOTLE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 248
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "396.  First printing (1947)",
            "INTRODUCTION | TO | ARISTOTLE | EDITED, WITH A GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND | INTRODUCTIONS TO THE PARTICULAR WORKS | BY RICHARD McKEON |Dean of the Division of the Humanities, University of Chicago| [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xxix [xxx], [1–2] 3–667 [668–674].  [1–22]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1947, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1947; [v]–viContents; [vii]–viiiPrefacesigned p. viii: R. McK.; [ix]–xxix General Introduction |byRICHARD MCKEON; [xxx] blank; [1] part title: Logic; [2]–4 INTRODUCTION; [5]–7 ANALYTICA POSTERIORA |CONTENTS; [8] blank; [9]–667 text; [668] blank; [669–674] ML list. (Spring 1947)",
            "Contents:Logic: Analytica Posteriora (Posterior Analytics), translated by G. R. C. Mure.  Physics: Physica (Physics), Book II, translated by R.  P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye.  Psychology and Biology: De Anima (On the Soul), translated by J A. Smith.  Metaphysics: Metaphysica (Metaphysics), Books I and XII, translated by W. D. Ross.  Ethics: Ethica Nicomachea (Nicomachean Ethics), translated by W. D. Ross.  Politics: Politica (Politics), Books I and III, translated by Benjamin Jowett.  Rhetoric and Poetics: De Poetica (Poetics), translated by Ingram Bywater.",
            "Jacket A1:Uniform Aristotle jacket in light olive brown (94) and black on coated white paper with white panel at top containing title in black with “ARISTOTLE” highlighted in deep orange yellow and left-profile illustration of Aristotle at upper right; deep orange yellow panel with additional lettering in black; black band at foot with series in deep orange yellow. Signed: RIKI.",
            "Front flap:",
            "To bring within the compass of a Modern Library volume the essence of Aristotle’s thought is an achievement of which the editors are pardonably proud. A book for students and general readers alike, this volume provides in its almost 700 pages the Posterior Analytics (Logic), De Anima (On the Soul), Nicomachean Ethics, and Poetics, complete and unabridged, as well as generous selections from Physics, Metaphysics, and Politics. The interpretive introductions by Richard McKeon are helpful guides through the ever-new world of Aristotle’s ideas. (Spring 1947)",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A1 with the designer’s name omitted. (Fall 1961)Note:There are two versions of the jacket, one with the designer’s name RIKI on the deep orange yellow panel, the other without the designer’s name. The earliest noted without the designer’s name dates from 1957. Some later printings of the jacket include the designer’s name, others omit it.",
            "Original ML collection drawn fromThe Basic Works of Aristotle, ed. Richard McKeon (Random House, 1941). All of the translations were originally published by Oxford University Press. Publication announced for January 1947.WR12 April 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "McKeon edited theBasic Works of Aristotlewithout a contract and was unhappy with the financial arrangements he was offered when it was completed. He had undertaken the collection hoping that it could be published as a ML Giant and was prepared to accept a flat fee of $500 if it was published in an inexpensive format suitable for classroom use. “I made it abundantly clear, in conversation,” he wrote later, “that in the event that a larger price was to be charged for the volume, I would consent to do it only on the basis of a continuing royalty payment” (McKeon to Commins, 3 June 1947). He was informed after he submitted the manuscript that it could not be published as a Giant, and Cerf rejected the royalty rate he suggested (5 percent on the first 3,500 copies rising to 12½ percent on sales over 10,000 copies). McKeon eventually agreed to an arrangement that limited his earnings to $1,250 (McKeon to Commins, ibid.).",
            "When Cerf invited him to compile a shorter collection of Aristotle’s writings for the ML, McKeon insisted on a contract before beginning work. He wrote Cerf, “If you had asked me to do the small Aristotle before the months of battling with Saxe [Commins] about the larger Aristotle, I should probably have told you it couldn’t be done. After that experience, I am sure it could be. Your proposition interests me, therefore, but since I am a pure scholar dedicated to the truth, the only thing that interests me is, naturally, money. I am sure it would seem sordid to a poet like you, but I would be able to think more concretely and rapidly about the ‘Aristotle for Children’ which you propose if you could translate those glittering promises of untold annual wealth into concrete terms” (McKeon to Cerf, 1 September 1945). The terms of the contract have not been ascertained, but McKeon described the royalty he received on sales ofIntroduction to Aristotleas “meager” (McKeon to Commins, 3 June 1947).",
            "Introduction to Aristotleestablished itself as a textbook and became one of the ML’s best-selling titles. During the twelve-month period from November 1951–October 1952 it sold 11,114 copies, making it the ML’s third best-selling title and one of eight titles (including Giants) with annual sales exceeding 10,000 copies.",
            "When the ML edition was declared out of print McKeon sought a reversion of rights so thatIntroduction to Aristotlecould be published by the University of Chicago Press. Random House agreed to his request, overlooking the fact that the collection was still in print in the paperbound series Modern Library College Editions. Klopfer admitted, “Nobody thought of the Modern Library College Edition until we had committed ourselves. . . . There wouldn’t have been a chance of reverting any rights to you if we hadn’t overlooked the MLCE” (Klopfer to Morris Philipson, University of Chicago Press, 2 October 1972). The reversion was limited to hardcover rights.",
            "The University of Chicago Press published its edition ofIntroduction to Aristotlein 1973. Described as a “second edition, revised and enlarged,” it included a new general introduction and new introductions to each work. In addition to the contents of the ML edition, it includedDe Partibus Animalium(On the Parts of Animals), Book I, Chapter 1, andRhetorica(Rhetoric), Book I, Chapters 1–4 and Book II, Chapters 18–22. The format was 3/16 inch taller than the 7½ inch format the ML was then using. The volume was perfect bound rather than sewn, and it was bound in thin paper-covered boards—technically a hardcover under the terms of the contract, but for practical purposes as close as possible to a paperback.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Aristotle,Politics(1943– )  362",
            "Aristotle,Rhetoric; Poetics(1954– )  469"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 397,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ERSKINE CALDWELL",
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            "TITLE": "TOBACCO ROAD",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 249
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "397a.  First printing (1947)",
            "TOBACCO | ROAD |by| ERSKINE CALDWELL | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [12], 1–241 [242–244].  [1–8]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1932, 1940, BY ERSKINE CALDWELL | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1947; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7–9] AFTER TEN YEARS signed p. [9]: ERSKINE CALDWELL |Darien, Connecticut; [10] blank; [11] fly title; [12] blank; 1–241 text; [242–244] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 397a. Contents as 397a except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1932, 1940, BY ERSKINE CALDWELL | RENEWED, 1960, BY ERSKINE CALDWELL; [242] blank; [243–244] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), strong green (141) and black on coated white paper with illustration in black of a man seated on the front steps of a shack with an old car and outhouse nearby; lettering and frame in strong green, all on moderate yellow background. Below frame: “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” in strong green.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The play, based on Erskine Caldwell’s novel,Tobacco Road, was the most phenomenally successful production in the history of the American theatre. The novel itself has been one of the most widely read and discussed books of our time. Whatever controversies it has aroused, there has been no difference of opinion about its power and excitement. As the chronicler of the folkways of the impoverished South, Erskine Caldwell has re-created a world and a people with courageous realism. He has given us, inTobacco Road, a novel of extraordinary appeal and merit. (Spring 1947)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "Tobacco Roadis one of the most widely read and discussed books of our time. Brilliantly realistic in its picture of moral and physical decay among the impoverished sharecroppers and tenant farmers of the South, this novel has been universally acclaimed for its high literary merit and for its socially significant viewpoint. Throughout the book there runs a skillfully drawn thread of rich humor, imparting to the reader a sympathetic understanding of the shocking state in which many Americans still live.",
            "Erskine Caldwell has long been regarded as one of our foremost writers, and most readers would giveTobacco Roada prominent place in the list of his writings. (Spring 1957)",
            "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1932; rights subsequently transferred to Duell, Sloan and Pearce. ML edition (pp. [5]–241) printed from Scribner/Duell, Sloan and Pearce plates except for “After Ten Years” (pp. [7–9]) which was not in Scribner printings. Publication announced for February 1947.WR17 May 1947. First printing: Not established. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "The reprint agreement for the ML edition was signed in May 1945 with publication scheduled for spring 1947 (Cerf to Charles Duell, 20 September 1946). The contract for the ML edition of Howard Fast’sThe Unvanquished(379), which appeared in fall 1945, was signed at the same time. Details are not available about the advance paid by the ML or the initial royalty rate; in the 1960s the ML was paying royalties of 15 cents a copy.",
            "Caldwell’s preface “After Ten Years” originally appeared in the 1940 edition published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce with black-and-white illustrations by David Fredenthal.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy. In 1957 Little, Brown noted that the retail price of ML books had increased since 1947 and inquired whether the royalty should be adjusted (Arthur Thornhill, Little, Brown, 17 September 1957). Later that year the ML began paying royalties of 12 cents a copy.",
            "397b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969)",
            "Title as 397a through line 4; lines 5–6: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination and collation as 397a.",
            "Contents as 397a variant, including spring 1967 Giants list.",
            "Jacket:As 397a except front panel illustration inset with lettering and frame in strong reddish brown (40) and background in light orange yellow (70); Fujita “ml” symbol and “A Modern Library Book” added within frame at lower left.",
            "Front flap:",
            "At the time of its publication in 1932,Tobacco Roadaroused excitement and indignation with its grim picture of poverty, ignorance and moral degeneracy in a Southern poor white family. One of the first of the realistic novels of the Depression, it was among the most controversial. Profoundly influential in its time—both artistically and socially—Tobacco Roadremains a landmark of American literature.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Caldwell, Erskine,God’s Little Acre(1934–1969)  268"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 398,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BRET HARTE",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF BRET HARTE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 250
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "398.  First printing (1947)",
            "THE BEST | SHORT STORIES | OF | BRET HARTE | EDITED AND WITH AN | INTRODUCTION BY | ROBERT N. LINSCOTT | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–x, [1–3] 4–517 [518].  [1–15]16[16]8[17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, by Bret Harte. Copy–|right, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, by Ethel Bret Harte.|Copyright, 1903, by Houghton Mifflin Company.|Copyright, 1947, by Random House, Inc.| FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1947; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; [vii]–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: ROBERT N. LINSCOTT; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–517 text; [518] blank.",
            "Contents:The Luck of Roaring Camp – The Outcasts of Poker Flat – Tennessee’s Partner – Brown of Calaveras – The Iliad of Sandy Bar – The Poet of Sierra Flat – How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar – A Passage in the Life of Mr. John Oakhurst – An Heiress of Red Dog – An Ingenue of the Sierras – Chu Chu – The Devotion of Enriquez – A Yellow Dog – Salomy Jane’s Kiss – Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy – Dick Spindler’s Family Christmas – An Esmeralda of Rocky Cañon – The Boom in the “Calaveras Clarion” – The Youngest Miss Piper – Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff – Lanty Foster’s Mistake – The Four Guardians of Lagrange – A Ward of Colonel Starbottle’s – The Convalescence of Jack Hamlin – A Gentleman of La Porte.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), pale blue (185), strong red (12) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of a stagecoach stopping in a western town; title in black and strong red on inset moderate yellow panel, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "A collection of [±This collection includes] twenty-five of the best stories of Bret Harte, outstanding chronicler of the turbulent [+Western] frontier. Here are the golden days of early California; the life of the mining camp, barroom and gambling hall, depicted with fresh and vivid color; here are Jack Hamlin, John Oakhurst, Colonel Starbottle and Salomy Jane; Poker Flat, Sandy Bar and Red Dog; here, in short, is a cross-section of American life at its most picturesque [±during its most adventurous and picturesque era], described in some of the best short stories that any American has written. (Spring 1947; [Spring 1959])",
            "Original ML collection. Publication announced for January 1947.WR29 March 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Linscott received a $250 advance against royalties of 3 cents a copy for editing the volume (Cerf to Linscott, 17 August 1944)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 399,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANTHONY TROLLOPE",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1959",
            "ML_NUMBER": 251
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "399.  First printing (1947)",
            "THE | EUSTACE | DIAMONDS | BY | Anthony Trollope | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [1–2] 3–727 [728].  [1–23]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1947; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–727 text; [728] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in black and vivid red (11) on coated white paper; title in reverse on upper black panel; author, series and torchbearer in reverse on vivid red panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "A revival of interest in the novels of Anthony Trollope is spreading all over the world. Readers of the Modern Library series have clamored for the inclusion of their favorites from the pen of England’s great story-teller, and the most insistent demand has been forThe Eustace Diamonds. Accordingly, this 727-page novel about the beautiful but unconscionable Lady Lizzie Eustace and the greed that led her to theft and disaster finds a permanent place in distinguished company on the Modern Library shelf. (Spring 1947)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1947.WR8 February 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1960.",
            "Cerf noted in his column inSaturday Review of Literaturethat a letter from Marion Dodd about aTrollope Readerthat she and Esther Cloudman Dunn were editing “was so persuasive that we forthwith decided to add Trollope’s ‘The Eustace Diamonds’ to the Modern Library series” (“Trade Winds,”SRL, 13 April 1946, p. 32).",
            "Bradford A. Booth, a professor of English at UCLA and editor ofThe Trollopian, offered to write an introduction to the ML edition gratis, but Cerf declined on the grounds that the length of the work prohibited publishing it with an introduction (Cerf to Booth, 29 April 1946).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Trollope,The Warden & Barchester Towers(1936–1971)  399",
            "Trollope,The Way We Live Now(1984– )  639"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 400,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SINCLAIR LEWIS",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "DODSWORTH",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 252
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "400a.  First printing (1947)",
            "DODSWORTH | A NOVEL BY | SINCLAIR LEWIS | WITH A FOREWORD BY | CLIFTON FADIMAN | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–377 [378–384].  [1–10]16[11]20[12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND CO., INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1947, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1947; v–vii FOREWORD signed p. vii: CLIFTON FADIMAN |June, 1947; [viii] blank; 1–377 text; [378] blank; [379–384] ML list. (Fall 1947)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid red (11), grayish yellow-green (122), moderate olive green (125) and black on coated white paper with illustration of a man with pipe and cap standing at the rail of a ship with a gull in the foreground and the Statue of Liberty and more gulls in the background; author in black on vivid red patches, title in reverse, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The 1930 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is now represented in the Modern Library series by three novels. The first two (ArrowsmithNo. 42 andBabbittNo. 162) have maintained, year after year, a commanding place among the most popular books on the list. NowDodsworth, Sinclair Lewis’s study of the American magnate in search of escape from the tensions of industrialism and in revolt against European patronage of America, is given permanence among the best of the world’s best books. Clifton Fadiman contributes a sympathetic appraisal of Sinclair Lewis’s work in his Foreword. (Fall 1947)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "Sinclair Lewis’s study of the American magnate in search of escape from the tensions of his own industrial empire and in revolt against the patronizing attitudes of Europeans toward Americans is one of his most enduring novels. The recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 is nowhere so critical of his own countrymen and nowhere so proud of their genuine attainments. In this respectDodsworthis a novel of protest and yet of irony; it represents Sinclair Lewis at his best as an observer and as a satirist. Clifton Fadiman contributes a perceptive and sympathetic appraisal of Sinclair Lewis’s work in his Foreword. (Spring 1962)",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1929. ML edition (pp. 1–377) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published fall 1947.WR10 January 1948. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "After following his editor, Harry Maule, from Doubleday to Random House, Lewis expressed the hope thatDodsworthcould be added to the ML alongsideArrowsmith(254) andBabbitt(348). The ML tried to secure reprint rights in 1941, but negotiations with Harcourt, Brace were unsuccessful. Lewis then suggestedElmerGantry, which apparently would have been available, but Cerf thought that any of his major works would be preferable (Lewis to Maule, 26 June 1941; Maule memo to Cerf, 27 June 1941; Maule to Lewis, 8 July 1941). Five years later Cerf approached Harcourt, Brace again, pointing out that Lewis was anxious to haveDodsworthin the series (Cerf to Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, 6 September 1946). This time he was successful, and the ML secured U.S. and Canadian reprint rights.",
            "400b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 400a through line 5; lines 6–8: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 400a.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]4[7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 400a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [379–380] ML Giants list; [381–384] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Fujita pictorial jacket in strong yellowish brown (74) and black on coated white paper with inset photographic portrait of Lewis in strong yellowish brown and black; lettering below portrait with SINCLAIR LEWIS outlined in reverse, title in black capitals, and statement “With a Foreword by Clifton Fadiman” in black, all within single-rule frame in reverse against strong yellowish brown background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Lewis’ study of a Midwestern automobile magnate abroad ranks, withMain Street,Babbitt, andArrowsmith, as a classic of American realism. These earlier novels exposed a narrow, provincial, materialist America—and cries of outrage did not prevent Lewis’ Zenith, his Babbitts and Gantrys, from becoming part of the American language and consciousness.",
            "InDodsworthhe explores possibilities for regeneration and growth. Samuel Dodsworth, perhaps the most sympathetic character to emerge from Zenith, makes, with his wife, the time-honored pilgrimage to Europe—and what was intended as a vacation becomes a forced examination of a life too narrowly lived, of a marriage too fragile to sustain the pressures and temptations of a year’s leisure. Dodsworth’s honesty and his courage throughout his ordeal allow him to survive and to grow—and in this last of Lewis’ pre-Depression novels, satire is balanced by a cautious optimism.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Sinclair Lewis,Arrowsmith(1933– )  254",
            "Sinclair Lewis,Babbitt(1942– )  348",
            "Sinclair Lewis,Cass Timberlane(1957– )  499"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 401,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE MEREDITH",
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            "TITLE": "THE EGOIST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 253
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "401a.  First printing (1947)",
            "THE EGOIST |A COMEDY IN NARRATIVE| BY | GEORGE MEREDITH |WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY| WILSON FOLLETT | [torchbearer D2] | [short rule] |THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–2] 3–533 [534–542].  [1–16]16[17]8[18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1947, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short swelled rule] |First Modern Library Edition, 1947; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xviii INTRODUCTION |BY WILSON FOLLETT; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–533 text; [534] blank; [535–540] ML list; [541–542] ML Giants list. (Fall 1947)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate green (145), grayish green (150), deep pink (3), light pink (4) and black on coated white paper with inset illustration enclosed in black rules of a man in top hat and a woman with parasol standing under a tree with two women watching from a distance; title in black, other lettering in reverse on moderate green background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The third of the novels by George Meredith to be included in the Modern Library series (Diana of the CrosswaysNo. 14 andThe Ordeal of Richard FeverelNo. 134),The Egoistis added by the insistent demand of our readers. Since its original publication about seventy years ago it has won for itself more and more champions in each new generation and has become the novel by which George Meredith is best remembered. Mr. Wilson Follett provides a long Introduction which throws new light on the life and work of George Meredith. (Fall 1947)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1947.WR10 January 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "401b.  Mooney introduction added (1952)",
            "THE EGOIST |A Comedy in Narrative by| GEORGE MEREDITH |with an Introduction by| E. AUBERT MOONEY, JR. |Associate Professor of English, University of Maryland| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, 3–533 [534–542].  [1–16]16[17]8[18]16",
            "Contents as 401a except: [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; vii–xix INTRODUCTION |BY E. AUBERT MOONEY, JR.; xx BIBLIOGRAPHY; fly title leaf omitted. (Fall 1952)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 401b.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]24[9]32[10]16. Contents as 401b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [435–442] ML list. (Fall 1964)",
            "JacketA:As 401a including front flap text with reference to Follett introduction. (Fall 1952)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "Nowhere is the brilliant art of George Meredith more perfectly revealed than inThe Egoist. In this remarkably perceptive analysis of the folly of egoism, Meredith directs the full force of his comic spirit at the pretentious Sir Willoughby Patterne to create what has been called the most wonderful portrait of an ass in English fiction.",
            "Professor E. A. Mooney of the University of Maryland contributes a stimulating critical introduction to this volume. (Spring 1955)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid red (11), strong violet (207) and black on coated white paper; title in vivid red and black, author in strong violet and black, Fujita “ml” symbol in vivid red, other lettering in black. (Fall 1966) Front flap as jacket A.",
            "Mooney’s introduction was written for Modern Library College Editions. He was one of several people who suggested the inclusion ofThe Egoistin the new series, and Stein offered him $150 to write a new introduction (Stein to Mooney, 26 June 1950). The projected publication date of May 1951 was postponed to fall 1951 and then postponed again to the following year (Stein to Mooney, 15 May 1951). Mooney commented, “Several colleagues of mine are also finding the publication of their books or editions postponed . . . and I am sure the situation is general” (Mooney to Stein, 4 June 1951).",
            "The Egoistwas never published in MLCE, and Mooney’s introduction appeared only in the regular ML edition.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Meredith, George,Diana of the Crossways(1917– )  14",
            "Meredith, George,Ordeal of Richard Feverel(1927– )  144"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 402,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE R. STEWART",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "STORM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 254
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "402a.  First printing (1947)",
            "STORM | A NOVEL BY | GEORGE R. STEWART | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | Every theory of the course of events in nature is neces- | sarily based on some process of simplification of the | phenomena and is to some extent therefore a fairy tale. | SIR NAPIER SHAW |Manual of Meteorology:I, 123. | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–349 [350–356].  [1–10]16[11]8[12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii]Other Books by George R. Stewart; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1941, 1947, BY GEORGE R. STEWART | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1947; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–ixIntroductionBY GEORGE R. STEWART . . . . ; [x] blank; [xi] CONTENTS . . . . ; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–349 text; [350] blank; [351–356] ML list. (Fall 1947)Note:four periods follow the heading of the introduction and table of contents as indicated and also chapter headings in the text.",
            "JacketA:Pictorial in black, light yellow (86) and strong red (12) on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of valley with mountains in distance, storm clouds, and an airplane; title in light yellow on black panel above illustration; author in strong red (12) and “THE MODERN LIBRARY” in reverse on black panel below illustration. Adapted from Random House jacket with author’s middle initial added on front panel and backstrip and lettering entirely redone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The heroine of George R. Stewart’s powerful [+and absorbing] novel is a [–devastating] storm which [+grows in fury as it] sweeps across the Pacific [+Ocean], smashes down on the California coast, and wreaks [±spreads] havoc until [±as] it spends its fury over the entire country. For originality of [+its] idea, for the tense [±, mounting] development of its plot and for the interrelations of its [+many and diverse] characters,Stormis one of the most memorable novels of the last ten years [±of our recent past]. Man’s [+continuous] fight against the elements, in this case the weather, makes this story heroic [±gives the story heroic stature]. [+George Smith not only talks about the weather, but he has done something magnificent about it.] For this edition, Mr. Stewart provides an Introduction which [±His introduction, written especially for this edition,] explains how he came to write his unusual book. (Fall 1947; [Spring 1956])",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in strong blue (178), moderate reddish purple (241) and black on coated white paper; title streaked in strong blue, moderate reddish purple and black, other lettering in black, Fujita “ml” symbol in strong blue, all on coated white paper. Front flap as jacket A revised text with the following changes: 1st sentence: “grows in fury” changed to “grows in intensity”; 2nd sentence: “For originality of its idea” changed to “For its sheer inventiveness” and “Stormis one of the memorable novels of our recent past” changed to “Storm is a memorable novel of great originality”; 4th sentence omitted; 5th sentence: “His” changed to “The author’s.”",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1941. ML edition (pp. [v], [xi]–349) printed from RH plates. Published fall 1947.WR10 January 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "402b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 402a except line 11: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 402a.  [1]16[2–4]32[5]24[6]32[7]16",
            "Contents as 402a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [350–351] ML Giants list; [352–356] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 402a jacket B."
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 403,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HERODOTUS",
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            "TITLE": "THE PERSIAN WARS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1947–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 255
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "403.  First printing (1947)",
            "HERODOTUS | THE PERSIAN WARS | TRANSLATED BY | GEORGE RAWLINSON | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | FRANCIS R. B. GODOLPHIN | DEAN OF THE COLLEGE | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–714.  [1–23]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1947; [v]Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xxiiIntroduction| by Francis R. B. Godolphin; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–714 text.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), deep yellow (85) and black on coated white paper; white panel at top with decorative band in deep yellow and black and author in black, moderate greenish blue panel at bottom with title and other lettering in reverse except series in black. Signed: Riki.",
            "Front flap:",
            "It is a source of great pride to the editors of the Modern Library whenever a book universally recognized as a classic is added to the series. Such a volume, hailed for almost twenty-five centuries as a “universal history” by “the most Homeric of historians,” is Herodotus’ account of the struggle between Greece and Persia. Offered complete and unabridged in over 700 pages in the famous George Rawlinson translation, the work of the “Father of History” is available for the first time at a price within the means of every reader. Francis R. B. Godolphin, Dean of the College, Princeton University, provides an illuminating introduction. (Fall 1947)",
            "Rawlinson translation originally published in London, 1858–60. Published by Random House as part ofThe Greek Historians: The Complete and Unabridged Historical Works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arian, edited with an introduction, revisions, and additional notes by Francis R. B. Godolphin (2 vols., 1942). The ML text was taken fromThe Greek Historiansbut was printed from plates made from a new typesetting because of the ML’s smaller format. Goldolphin’s introduction to the ML edition consists of the first thirteen pages of his introduction toThe Greek Historians; the glossary and index to Herodotus in the larger work are omitted. Published fall 1947.WR10 January 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Godolphin notes, “In the translation of Herodotus a number of passages omitted by Rawlinson have been restored to the text, and the artificiality of diction in the speeches has been removed in favor of the direct and simple use of the second person” (The Greek HistoriansI, p. v). Ten years after the ML edition was published Linscott suggested the addition of a frontispiece map with the place names Herodotus used in italics and their modern equivalents in roman type. He thought that modern readers couldn’t follow the narrative without such a map (Linscott to Cerf, 15 September 1957). The map does not appear to have been added.",
            "The Persian Warssold 5,578 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the middle of the first quarter of ML sales. Sales totaled 53,341 copies by spring 1958."
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        {
          "NUMBER": 404,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RUMER GODDEN",
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            "BLACK | NARCISSUS |by| RUMER GODDEN | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–294 [295–300].  [1–8]16[9]8[10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1939, BY RUMER GODDEN | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1947; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–294 text; [295–300] ML list. (Fall 1947)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), strong red (12), yellowish gray (93) and black on coated white paper depicting buildings in strong red at the top of a steep hill and snow-covered mountains in yellowish gray against background in moderate greenish blue; lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the few years sinceBlack Narcissuswas published, Rumer Godden at first enjoyed the distinction of being considered a real discovery and then, with each new book, a novelist of growing stature and importance. The originality of her writing, its enchantment and subtlety and vividness, won for her hundreds of thousands of devoted readers.Black Narcissus, hailed by the critics of England and America with unqualified praise, soon became an international best-seller, and now in the Modern Library series it achieves the permanence it so richly deserves. (Fall 1947)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Little, Brown & Co., 1939. ML edition (pp. [1]–294) printed from Little, Brown plates. Published fall 1947.WR10 January 1948. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1955.",
            "The ML edition was suggested by Alfred McIntyre, the president of Little, Brown (McIntyre to Cerf, 30 December 1946). Cerf asked him to send a copy of the book and two weeks later offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to McIntyre, 3 January 1947; 17 January 1947). The ML had U.S. rights only.",
            "The only printing examined after the first has a spring 1954 ML list at the end of the volume. The ML edition ofBlack Narcissuswas discontinued at the end of 1954."
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          "Harcourt, Brace & Co. terminated the reprint contracts for all of its titles in the ML when it launched Harbrace Modern Classics, a series of full-sized hardbound reprints which appears to have been created primarily for the textbook and library markets. The titles affected were Dorothy Canfield,The Deepening Stream; E. M. Forster,A Passage to India; Sinclair Lewis,Arrowsmith,Babbitt, andDodsworth; Katherine Anne Porter,Flowering Judas; Lytton Strachey,Eminent Victorians; and Virginia Woolf,Mrs. DallowayandTo the Lighthouse.A Passage to India,Babbitt,Mrs. Dalloway, andTo the Lighthbousewere discontinued between fall 1948 and 1949 as existing stocks of the books were exhausted.Flowering JudasandArrowsmithwere discontinued between fall 1950 and fall 1952. The other titles appear to have been reprieved, and Porter’sFlowering Judas, which Harcourt, Brace decided not to include in the new series, was restored to the ML in spring 1953.",
          "Rinehart & Co. launched Rinehart Editions, a paperbound series of reprint editions for the college market. The ML responded in 1950 with Modern Library College Editions.",
          "All Modern Library and Modern Library Giants titles were back in stock for first time since the war (September)."
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        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles in the regular ML except Charles Jackson,The Lost Weekend(406) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (183 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ (177 x 118 mm)."
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        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Aquinas,IntroductionxDickinson,Selected Poems; Giants through G73 with G11 Montaigne,Essays; jackets: 334 (=fall 1947). (Fall) Dickinson,Selected PoemsxAusten,Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Giants through G73 with G11 James,Short Stories; jackets: 334 (=spring 1948)."
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        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Cerf raised the possibility of including Radclyffe Hall’sTheWell of Loneliness(Cerf to Klopfer, 22 February 1948), but the novel on a lesbian themenever appeared in the series. William H. Rose, Jr., the director of sales and promotion at Harper & Brothers, suggested that James Thurber’sThurber Carnival, Aldous Huxley’sBrave New World, and Richard Wright’sBlack Boywere titles the ML “should remind Harper about every once in a while” (Rose to Klopfer, 8 July 1948).Brave New WorldandThe Thurber Carnivalwere added to the series in 1956 and 1957.Black Boynever appeared in the ML, but Wright’sNative Sonwas available in the series from 1942 to 1957. Rose also offered reprint rights to Thomas Wolfe’sYou Can’t Go Home Again, but Klopfer appears to have considered that Wolfe was adequately represented byLook Homeward, Angel, which had been available as a ML Giant since 1934 (Klopfer to Rose, 27 September 1948)."
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          "Aquinas,Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas(1948)  407",
          "Proust,Sweet Cheat Gone(1948)  408",
          "Stowe,Uncle Tom’s Cabin(1948)  409",
          "Dickinson,Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson(1948)  410",
          "Defoe,Robinson Crusoe & A Journal of the Plague Year(1948)  411",
          "Benét and Cousins, eds.,Poetry of Freedom(1948)  412",
          "Laotse,Wisdom of Laotse(1948)  413"
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          "Glasgow,Barren Ground(1936)",
          "Saroyan,Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze(1941)",
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        {
          "NUMBER": 405,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALEXANDER POPE",
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            "TITLE": "SELECTED WORKS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 257
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            "405a.  First printing (1948)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] ALEXANDER | POPE | SELECTED WORKS | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, | BY LOUIS KRONENBERGER | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [1–2] 3–388.  [1–13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1948; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xxviii Introduction signed p. xxviii: Louis Kronenberger; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–382 text; 383–388 BIOGRAPHICAL DATA",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel; series and torchbearer in reverse below panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For many years the editors of the Modern Library have sought the means by which the representative writings of Alexander Pope could be brought within the compass of a single, compact volume. Now, under the supervision of Louis Kronenberger, distinguished critic and authority on the eighteenth century, the poems, essays, odes, satires, pastorals, epigrams, epitaphs and epistles have been selected for the delight of the modern reader. Here are, complete and unabridged, “The Dunciad,” “Essay on Man,” “Essay on Criticism,” “The Rape of the Lock” and a generous offering of miscellanies. (Fall 1947)",
            "Original ML collection. Published spring 1948.WR15 May 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Publication was originally announced for fall 1947 but postponed to spring 1948. Cerf hoped to schedule the volume for fall 1947 to balance a list that was going to include several modern novels (Cerf to Kronenberger, 21 January 1947). Kronenberger received royalties of 5 cents a copy.",
            "John O’Hara told Commins that the title of his novelA Rage to Live(Random House, 1949) came from a line at the top of p. 150 of Pope’sSelected Works(O’Hara to Commins, “Sunday”; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 6, Princeton University Library). The line “And die of nothing but a Rage to live” is from Pope’sEpistle to a Lady.",
            "405b.  Krutch foreword added (1951)",
            "[short double rule] | ALEXANDER POPE |Selected Works| [short double rule] |Edited, with an Introduction by| LOUIS KRONENBERGER | FOREWORD BY JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH |Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature|Columbia University| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–2] 3–388 [389–390].  [1–12]16[13]4[14]16",
            "Contents as 405a except: [iv]Copyright, 1948, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; vii–ix Foreword signed p. ix: Joseph Wood Krutch; [x] blank; xi–xxxii Introduction signed p. xxxii: Louis Kronenberger; xxxiii Selected Readings; [xxxiv] blank; [389–390] blank. (Fall 1954 jacket)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 405b.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]20[7]32[8]16.  Contents as 405b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1948, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket: As 405a with following sentence added to flap text: “Mr. Kronenberger’s Introduction is a brilliant essay on Pope’s influence in his own time and in ours.” (Fall 1954)",
            "Originally published 1951 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Krutch was recommended by Kronenberger and received $75 for the Foreword and Selected Readings. Kronenberger received royalties of 2 cents a copy for the MLCE edition."
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          "NUMBER": 406,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHARLES JACKSON",
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            "TITLE": "THE LOST WEEKEND",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–1950",
            "ML_NUMBER": 258
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "406.  First printing (1948)",
            "THE LOST | WEEKEND | BY CHARLES JACKSON |And can you, by no drift of circumstance,|Get from himwhy he puts on this confusion,|Grating so harshly all his days of quiet|With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?| Hamlet, III, i. | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–244 [245–248].  [1–8]16Binding: 7-7/16 x 5 in. (188 x 125 mm); page: 7-3/16 x 4⅞ in. (182 x 122 mm).",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY CHARLES R. JACKSON | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1948; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; [1] part title: Part One | THE START; [2] blank; 3–244 text; [245–248] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in black and deep reddish orange (36) on cream paper with title, author and series in reverse against black background, other lettering and torchbearer in deep reddish orange. Statement on front: “Five days out of a man’s life—one of the strangest, most remarkable narratives ever written.”",
            "Front flap:",
            "A merciless and absorbing story,The Lost Weekendhas become for the victim of alcoholism what De Quincey’sThe Confessions of an English Opium Eaterhas been for the drug addict. It is a psychological study which moves with relentless speed and heartbreaking truth to its inevitable end. As drama it is tense, as a case history it is painfully accurate, as a search into the depths of the alcoholic’s mind it is terrifying. Yet as a novel it has a sobriety of purpose and a steadiness of skill attained by few writers of our time. (Spring 1948)",
            "Originally published by Farrar & Rinehart, 1944. ML edition (pp. [5]–244) printed from Rinehart plates; to accommodate the plates the ML edition was 3/16 inch taller and ⅛ inch wider than the ML’s standard format. Published spring 1948.WR29 May 1948. First (and only) printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1950.",
            "Cerf expressed interest in a ML edition ofThe Lost Weekendin 1945, but the original edition was still selling well and Farrar & Rinehart ruled out any reprint edition until after Billy Wilder’s forthcoming motion picture version starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman had run its course. After the ML’s offer had been rejected Jackson wrote Cerf:",
            "I hope you will understand . . . how disappointed I am, because it seems to me that being chosen by the Modern Library is the nearest American equivalent to “immortality,” if I may use such a fancy word. If THE LOST WEEKEND should be able to hold your interest a few years from now, I hope you will “tap” me then for your society. Nothing could make me prouder or happier, as I believe you know already (Jackson to Cerf, 17 July 1945).",
            "Cerf replied that he hoped the ML edition could be published in late 1946 or early 1947 (Cerf to Jackson, 20 July 1945). In 1946 he announced thatThe Lost Weekendwas “ticketed for a permanent place in the Modern Library, but the date is still highly uncertain” (“Trade Winds,”SRL, 2 February 1946, p. 18).",
            "Sales of the ML edition were disappointing.The Lost Weekendwas dropped from the series after two and a half years, making it one of the ML’s shortest-lived titles. The only title that had a shorter tenure was Irving Fineman’sHear, Ye Sons(1939), which lasted in the series for twenty-six months."
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        {
          "NUMBER": 407,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS",
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            "TITLE": "INTRODUCTION TO SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–1971",
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "407.  First printing (1948)",
            "INTRODUCTION TO | Saint | Thomas Aquinas | Edited, with an Introduction, by | Anton C. Pegis | President, Pontifical Institute of | Mediæval Studies, Toronto | [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxx, [1–2] 3–690.  [1–21]16[22]8[23]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1948 | 5-line imprimatur; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii PREFACE signed p. viii: Anton C. Pegis; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xxx INTRODUCTION signed p. xxx: Anton C. Pegis; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–681 text; 682–690 BIBLIOGRAPHY",
            "Variant:Pagination as 407.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]8[12]32[13]16. Contents as 407 except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1945, 1948, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Spring 1962 jacket)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in medium gray (265), strong red (12) and black on cream paper with inset drawing of Aquinas in black and strong red; lettering in strong red except “St. Thomas Aquinas” in reverse against medium gray background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "To bring within the compass of a Modern Library volume of more than 650 [±700] pages the essential thought of the “Prince of Scholastics and Doctor of the Church” is a notable contribution to philosophy, religion and education. Designed to meet the needs of students and general readers alike, this book offers St. Thomas’s teachings on God, Creation, Man, Law, Grace, Habit, Virtue and kindred subjects, derived from theSumma Theologicaand theSumma Contra Gentiles. The selections and the illuminating Introduction are by Anton C. Pegis, President of The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. (Spring 1948; [Spring 1956])",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A on coated white paper with strong orange yellow (68) instead of medium gray and vivid yellowish green (129) instead of strong red. (Fall 1963)",
            "Original ML collection derived fromBasic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, edited by Anton C. Pegis (2 vols., Random House, 1945). Published spring 1948.WR5 June 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE.",
            "Pegis states in the Preface: “The present volume represents selections of materials, drawn entirely fromBasic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, which Random House published in 1945. . . . I have not made my selections with an eye to the opinions of specialists; I have aimed at meeting what seemed to me the needs of the college student who is a beginner in St. Thomas. Such a student will find in this book St. Thomas’ mature views of the most crucial questions of natural theology, psychology, theory of knowledge and ethics” (p. vii).",
            "Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinaswas widely adopted in Catholic colleges as a textbook for philosophy courses, and it became one of the ML’s best-selling titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 11,129 copies, making it the second best-selling title in the series and one of five ML titles with annual sales exceeding 10,000 copies. Maugham,Of Human Bondage(199) outsold Aquinas by 434 copies;Introduction to Aristotle(396) trailed Aquinas by fifteen copies. Pegis later indicated thatIntroduction to St. Thomas Aquinasconsistently sold 15,000–18,000 copies a year and had become “unexpectedly a textbook. . . . No one planned it this way, and certainly no one anticipated such an unusual eventuality. But, what is worse, theIntroductionis an improperly organized textbook since it was never edited with such a teaching purpose in view; it was simply organized as a representative collection of Thomistic readings fromBasic Writings. As a textbook, theIntroductionneeds a wider range of selections, introductions in the fields of instruction involved, notes, bibliographies and both subject and author indices” (Pegis to Klopfer, 21 June 1963).",
            "Pegis suggested a revised edition prepared specifically for the textbook market as early as 1951. Part of his concern seems to have been to secure better financial terms for himself, but no one at Random House wanted to take such a successful title out of the ML (Klopfer to Pegis, 5 December 1951). Pegis was still talking about a textbook edition in 1963. At that time he noted that the market would be expanding sharply as the baby boom generation entered Catholic colleges and proposed turningIntroduction to Aquinasinto a textbook selling at five or six dollars with a normal royalty of 10 to 15 percent of the list price. He also offered to prepare a shorter and more general volume titledThe Aquinas Papersto replaceIntroduction to Aquinasin the ML (Pegis to Klopfer, 21 June 1963).",
            "Epstein saw no point in scrapping the ML’s plates forIntroduction to Aquinas(Epstein memo to Klopfer, 14 August 1963). Pegis then suggested raising the list price from $1.95 to $2.45 and increasing his royalty to 10 percent (Pegis to Klopfer, 27 August 1963). Epstein countered with an offer of a 5 percent royalty based on a list price of $2.45—the retail price of ML books was in the process of increasing to $2.45 in any case—and Pegis accepted (Pegis to Klopfer, 10 October 1963)."
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        {
          "NUMBER": 408,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCEL PROUST",
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            "TITLE": "THE SWEET CHEAT GONE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 260
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "408.  First printing (1948)",
            "THE | SWEET CHEAT | GONE | BY MARCEL PROUST | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [10], 1–379 [380–382].  [1–10]16[11]20[12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1948; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [7] CONTENTS; [8] blank; [9] TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [10] blank; 1–379 text; [380–382] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 408.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]4[7]32[8]16.  Contents as 408 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1957, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [380–381] ML Giants list; [382] blank. (Spring 1965)",
            "Jacket:Uniform Proust jacket in grayish green (150) with left profile silhouette of Proust in dark red (16); and lettering in reverse against grayish green background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Remembrance of Things Pastis the general title for the seven magnificent novels which constitute the life work of Marcel Proust. One by one, the independent titles which comprise the whole are being made available for readers of the Modern Library. . . . The sixth,The Sweet Cheat Gone, in the G. K. Scott Moncrieff translation, is now added to the series, and the seventh and final volume,The Past Recaptured, will be issued as soon as possible. (Spring 1948)",
            "Front flap rewritten:",
            "The Sweet Cheat Goneis the sixth of the seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work under the general title ofRemembrance of Things Past. All seven volumes are now available in the Modern Library exclusively. . . . Each novel, complete and unabridged, is a separate entity and yet is an integral part of the grand design of Proust’s modern masterpiece. (Spring 1957)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Albert & Charles Boni, 1930; subsequently published by Random House. ML edition (pp. [7]–379) printed from Boni/RH plates. Published spring 1948.WR29 May 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The seven volumes of Proust’sRemembrance of Things Pastwere published in the Modern Library between 1928 and 1951.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Proust, Marcel,Swann’s Way(1928–1971; 1977–1982)  166",
            "Proust,Within a Budding Grove(1930–1970)  194",
            "Proust,Guermantes Way(1933–1970)  264",
            "Proust,Cities of the Plain(1938–1970)  316",
            "Proust,The Captive(1941–1970)  340",
            "Proust,The Past Recaptured(1951–1971)  443"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 409,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HARRIET BEECHER STOWE",
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              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "UNCLE TOM’S CABIN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–1971; 1985–1991",
            "ML_NUMBER": 261
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "409a.  First printing (1948)",
            "UNCLE | TOM’S | CABIN | OR LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY |by Harriet Beecher Stowe| WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | RAYMOND WEAVER | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiii [xxiv], [1–2] 3–552.  [1–18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1938, BY THE LIMITED | EDITIONS CLUB, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1948; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xx INTRODUCTION signed p. xx:Raymond Weaver; xxi–xxiii AUTHOR’S PREFACE; [xxiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–552 text.",
            "Jacket A1:Non-pictorial in moderate bluish green (164) and black on cream paper with torchbearer and all lettering except statement of responsibility in reverse against moderate bluish green background; BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE in reverse against black band below title.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Among the many suggestions for new titles from our readers, the demand forUncle Tom’s Cabinhas been insistent year after year [±one of the most insistent demands from year to year has been forUncle Tom’s Cabin]. Almost every letter stressed the point that it has been impossible to obtain Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel in its entirety. Certainly the most influential book [+, historically,] ever written in America [+, and the one of which Abraham Lincoln said to the author: “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war,”] deserves an important place on the Modern Library shelf. Now it is given permanence in the series, exactly as it was written, complete and unabridged, and with a brilliant Introduction by [+the late] Raymond Weaver of Columbia University. (Spring 1948; [Spring 1955])",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1948.WR5 June 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72. Reissued 1985–1991.",
            "Uncle Tom’s Cabinsold 4,278 copies during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952, making it the ML’s 55th best-selling title. Weaver’s introduction was originally written for the Limited Editions Club.",
            "409b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer",
            "Title as 409a except for line 8: [torchbearer].",
            "Pagination as 409a.",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A1 except in vivid green (139) on coated white paper.",
            "Front flap as A1 revised text:",
            "Among the many suggestions for new titles from our readers, one of the most insistent demands from year to year has been forUncle Tom’s Cabin. Almost every letter stressed the point that it has been impossible to obtain Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel in its entirety. Certainly the most influential book, historically, ever written in America, and the one of which Abraham Lincoln said to the author: “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war,” deserves an important place on the Modern Library shelf. Now it is given permanence in the series exactly as it was written, complete and unabridged, and with a brilliant introduction by the late Raymond Weaver of Columbia University.",
            "409c.  Reissue format; offset printing with Weaver Introduction and Author’s Preface omitted (1985)",
            "HARRIET BEECHER STOWE | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on rectangular black panel] UNCLE TOM’S CABIN | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–552 [553–554].  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 409a except: [i] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of Uncle Tom seated in cabin; [ii] blank; [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | November 1985; [553–554] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on kraft paper with woodcut illustration of Uncle Tom seated in cabin holding a walking stick; title in reverse against strong reddish brown panel above illustration.",
            "Front and back flaps:",
            "Perhaps the most powerful picture of slavery in America ever painted,Uncle Tom’s Cabinis a true American classic. Unfortunately the novel is often confused with its popular dramatization, which toured the United States for some years, reaching many people who had never read the book, and which relied on a kind of melodrama and simplification of character totally alien to the original. Thus “Uncle Tom” has become a term of opprobrium for a subservient black, whereas Uncle Tom in the novel is a man who, under the most inhumane of circumstances, never loses his human dignity.",
            "Published in 1852, the book sold over 300,000 copies in a year—a number unprecedented at that time—and was credited by Lincoln himself with helping to bring about the Civil War. Interestingly enough, although it first appeared in an abolitionist paper,The National Era, it was not intended as either propaganda or an attack on the South. Indeed, it presented some of the favorable aspects of slavery while crystallizing the sentiments of the abolitionist North. It is notable, for example, that the cruel slave owner, Simon Legree, is a New Englander, while the kindly, good-tempered St. Clare is a Kentuckyan.",
            "Published November 1985 at $11.95. ISBN 0-394-60527-6. Discontinued fall 1991.",
            "The Introduction and Author’s Preface are omitted but they continue to be listed in the table of contents; the fly title is reset from 409a."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 410,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EMILY DICKINSON",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 25
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "410.  First printing (1948)",
            "SELECTED POEMS |of| Emily Dickinson |with an introduction byCONRAD AIKEN | [torchbearer E5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–231 [232–240].  [1–8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1890, 1891, 1896, by Roberts Brothers | Copyright, 1918, 1919, 1924, by Martha Dickinson Bianchi | Introduction Copyright, 1924, by | The Dial Publishing Company, Inc. | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1948; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi:Conrad Aiken; [1] part title: PART ONE | LIFE; [2] poem beginningThis is my letter to the world, . . . ; 3–231 text; [232] blank; [233–238] ML list; [239–240] ML Giants list. (Fall 1948)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in grayish reddish orange (39) and black on light greenish gray (154) paper; title in black on light greenish gray band, other lettering in black on grayish reddish orange background above and below title band; torchbearer in reverse at upper right.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For many years the editors of the Modern Library have sought to include in the series a comprehensive volume of Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Now, through the co-operation of her original publishers, we are able to offer the passionate and mystical verses of one of the most original and appealing poets in the entire history of American letters. The romantic circumstances under which Emily Dickinson became a hermit and guarded her poems against publication during her lifetime are now a legend; her poems themselves are the real and lasting expression of her incomparable intensity and delicacy. (Fall 1948)",
            "Original ML collection. Published fall 1948.WR23 October 1948. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Cerf first expressed interest in a ML edition of Dickinson’s poetry in 1937, offering Little, Brown a $1,500 advance against royalties. At that time all of Dickinson’s poems were protected by copyright, and Little, Brown rejected the offer. Alfred R. McIntyre, the firm’s president, wrote: “You have made a good offer, but it does not change our views. This is a very valuable property and we are afraid that, though our sales might not fall off tremendously, they would fall off enough so that we should not gain by the transaction.” He noted that Little, Brown’s share of the advance would be $750 (the other half would go to the Dickinson estate) and that if it took five years for sales of the ML edition to cover the advance, Little, Brown’s income would only be $150 a year—and that a very small decline in sales would erase the firm’s profit (McIntyre to Cerf, 26 May 1937).",
            "By 1948, when the ML was able to negotiate reprint rights, Little, Brown’s situation had changed but the ML was still unable to get everything it wanted.Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson, published in the ML in October 1948, consisted of Dickinson’sPoems(1890),Poems: Second Series(1891), and a selection fromPoems: Third Series(1896). The three books, originally published by Roberts Brothers, had been published by Little, Brown & Co. since 1898, when it absorbed Roberts Brothers.",
            "The first two volumes entered the public domain in 1946 and 1947, and the third would enter the public domain in 1952. The ML had hoped to base its edition on Dickinson’sPoems: Centenary Edition(Little, Brown, 1930), which included poems from two subsequent volumes. Little, Brown flatly refused to allow the ML to base its selection on the Centenary Edition. The ML wanted a more comprehensive collection than the poems already in the public domain since World Publishing Co. was bringing out a volume of Dickinson’s public domain poems in their Living Library series. Little, Brown finally gave the ML permission to include poems from the first three volumes provided not more than a third of the total came fromPoems: Third Series(Linscott to Conrad Aiken, 31 March 1948 and 5 April 1948). This stipulation required the omission of twenty-one poems fromPoems: Third Series.",
            "Aiken had repeatedly urged the ML to reprint hisSelected Poems of Emily Dickinson(London: Jonathan Cape, 1924). When the arrangements with Little, Brown were made Linscott wrote him, “Since this looks like a very simple editorial job, Bennett has suggested that I make the selection. It seemed to me that we might be able to use the Introduction you did for the English edition (or perhaps a revised version) on payment of a comparatively small fee. The reason for this parsimony is that we have to pay a heavy royalty to Little Brown which leaves us little or no editorial margin” (Linscott to Aiken, 31 March 1948).",
            "Aiken, who had clashed with the ML three years earlier over the removal of poems by Ezra Pound fromAn Anthology of Famous English and American Poetry(G68), which he edited with William Rose Benét, responded:",
            "“What’s this, another Trojan Horse? another case of “dona ferentes”, as when Saxe [Commins] told me of the marvelously easy way I could make $250 without a stroke of work, all by just letting him use my comprehensive anthology with Bill Benet’s book to make a Giant—and little aiken [sic] to get no royalty, while the Giant proceeded to blanket the sales of the Modern Library edition???? As I’ve written Bernice [Baumgarten, Aiken’s agent], for fifteen years or longer I’ve repeatedly been urging the use of my Selected ED in the Modern Library, and this little manoeouvre [sic] doesn’t, from where I’m sitting, look either pretty or generous—nor very much like the magnanimity one expects from an old friend (Aiken to Linscott, 2 April 1948; underlining in original).",
            "Linscott replied that little editing was involved since the ML wanted to use as many poems as possible and only a handful of poems had be omitted from the third volume (Linscott to Aiken, 5 April 1948).",
            "There were significant differences between the ML volume and Aiken’s 1924 anthology. The ML edition presents 426 of Dickinson’s poems in four sequences (“Life,” “Nature,” “Love,” and “Time and Eternity”). Aiken’s anthology included 220 poems with each poem printed on a separate page. The ML numbered the poems within each sequence. Aiken had given them titles.",
            "The ML paid Little, Brown royalties of 6 cents a copy. Aiken was pacified with a payment of $1,000 for the use of his introduction toSelected Poems of Emily Dickinson(London: Jonathan Cape, 1924), which he revised for the ML. The revisions included correcting his reference in the first paragraph to T. W. Higginson as “editor of theAtlantic Monthlyat that time” (Cape edition, pp. 5–6) to “essayist and contributor to theAtlantic Monthly” (ML edition, p. vii–viii).",
            "Sales through spring 1958 totaled 36,631 copies; annual sales for the three-year period May 1955–April 1958 showed steady growth as follows: 4,066 (1955–56), 5,141 (1956–57), and 5,246 (1957–58). Bonnell and Bonnell (p. 112) report a seventeenth printing of 7,000 copies in 1963 and seven printings “since then” totaling 25,500 copies.",
            "Selected Poems of Emily Dickinsonhas remained one of the most readily available editions of Dickinson’s poetry for most of the period since its publication. It survived the 1970s, when Random House slashed hundreds of titles from the Modern Library, and remained in print into the 1980s. The contents, based on the copyright status of Dickinson’s poems in 1948, remained unchanged throughout this period. It was only in 1996, after Random House revived the Modern Library, that the twenty-one poems omitted from the original edition were added. By this time they had been in the public domain for forty-four years. The only other differences between the content of the original ML edition and the reset 1996 version were the replacement of Aiken’s introduction with an unsigned biographical note by Billy Collins and the welcome addition of an index of first lines."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 411,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DANIEL DEFOE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ROBINSON CRUSOE & A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 92
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "411a.  First printing (1948)",
            "[within single-rule frame with thick rules at head and foot and thin side rules] [ornamental rule] | [double rule] | ROBINSON CRUSOE |and| A JOURNAL OF | THE PLAGUE YEAR | [ornament] |ByDANIEL DEFOE |With an Introduction by| LOUIS KRONENBERGER | [torchbearer D5 with 2-line publisher at left and place of publication below torchbearer’s foot at right] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xv [xvi], [1–3] 4–620 [621–624].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1948; [v]–vi CONTENTS; [vii]–xv INTRODUCTION |by Louis Kronenberger; [xvi] blank; [1] part title: Robinson Crusoe; [2]Preface; [3]–339 text; [340] blank; [341] part title: A Journal of | The Plague Year; [342] blank; [343]–620 text; [621–624] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), dark orange yellow (72) and black on cream paper with illustration of Crusoe discovering footprint in sand; “ROBINSON | CRUSOE” in reverse on moderate greenish blue background, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "If ever a book could be considered imperishable, it isRobinson Crusoe. Defoe’s masterpiece has maintained, generation after generation, its special place among the world’s classics. As an adventure story, as a parable of man’s indomitable spirit and resourcefulness, it is as alive and exciting as it was when first published in 1719. It comes into the Modern Library withA Journal of the Plague Year, that feat of the imagination which reads as if it were a documented history. Both are brilliantly introduced by America’s foremost authority on eighteenth-century England, Louis Kronenberger. (Fall 1948)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication scheduled for fall 1948.WR15 January 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "411b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 411a through line 10; lines 11–13: [2-line publisher at left with torchbearer K at right] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | [below torchbearer] NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 411a.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "Contents as 411a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [621–622] ML Giants list; [623–624] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:As 411a in brilliant bluish green (159), moderate brown (58) and black on coated white paper. Front flap reset with last sentence omitted and fourth sentence revised as follows: “This volume also containsA Journal of the Plague Year, that feat of the imagination that reads as if it were a documented history.”",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Defoe,Moll Flanders(1926–1970; 1985–1991)  127"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 412,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": [
              "WILLIAM ROSE BENÉT",
              "NORMAN COUSINS"
            ],
            "TEXT": [
              "and",
              ", eds.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE POETRY OF FREEDOM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–1954",
            "ML_NUMBER": 175
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "412.  First printing (1948)",
            "THE | POETRY OF | FREEDOM | EDITED BY | WILLIAM ROSE BENÉT | AND | NORMAN COUSINS | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiv, [1–2] 3–820 [821–830].  [1–27]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1948; v–xxviiiContents; xxix–xxxivIntroductionsigned p. xxxiv:William Rose Benét|Norman Cousins; [1] part title:BRITISH; [2] blank; 3–334 text; [335] part title:AMERICAN; [336] blank; 337–552 text; [553] part title:FOREIGN; [554] blank; 555–806 text; 807–811Index of Poets; [812] blank; 813–820Acknowledgments; [821–826] ML list; [827–828] ML Giants list; [829–830] blank. (Fall 1948)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on cream paper with lettering in dark red except statement of responsibility in reverse on black band.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This 850-page anthology brings together the most complete collection of poetry ever devoted exclusively to the theme of man’s aspiration toward liberty. The poets range from the early Greeks to the young men in the Second World War who were inspired by the ever-new hope of a better, freer world. In its three general divisions, this volume includes the great lyric and dramatic writers of Britain and her Dominions, American poets and the champions of freedom from the Orient, the Near East, the European nations, and the entire civilized world. (Fall 1948)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1945. ML edition (pp. v–820) printed from Random House plates. Published fall 1948.WR23 October 1948. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1955.",
            "The Random House edition sold out its first printing of 3,000 copies within two months. An order from the American Red Cross for 810 copies had to be filled from the second printing (Cerf to Benét, 18 July 1945). Random House did not originally plan to includePoetry of Freedomin the ML. The reprint agreements for copyrighted poems applied to the Random House edition only, and new permissions had to be secured for the ML edition. Some publishers did not charge an additional fee for the ML edition while others asked for half of the original fee. Knopf was the only publisher who wanted the original fee to be paid again in full."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 413,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LAOTSE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE WISDOM OF LAOTSE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1948–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 262
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "413a.  First printing (1948)",
            "THE | WISDOM OF | LAOTSE | TRANSLATED, EDITED AND WITH | AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY | LIN YUTANG | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–326 [327–332].  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1948; v–viiThe Pronunciation|of Chinese Names; [viii] blank; ix–xxContents; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–21 INTRODUCTION |by Lin Yutangdated p. 21:August, 1948; [22] blank; 23–37 PROLEGOMENA | “The Main Currents of Thought” |by Chuangtse; [38] blank; [39] part title: BOOK ONE | The Character of Tao; [40] blank; 41–325 text; 326 CONVERSION TABLE | OF CHAPTERS IN CHUANGTSE; [327–332] ML list. (Fall 1948)",
            "Jacket:Predominantly non-pictorial in strong red (12), dark gray (266) and gold on coated white paper; title in reverse on strong red panel, lettering below panel in reverse against dark gray background with pictorial decorations of trees and pagodas in gold; narrow bands in gold at top and foot. Based on the design of Paul Galdone’s jacket for TheWisdom of Confucius(312).",
            "Front flap:",
            "For twenty-five centuries Laotse and the principles of Taoism have had an influence on Oriental thought and life second only to Confucianism. This volume of Laotse’s complete writings, including the famous Chuangtse interpretations and commentaries, appears in an entirely new translation by Lin Yutang, who also provides an Introduction and many Notes. With its companion volume in the Modern Library,The Wisdom of Confucious(No. 7), the teachings of Laotse enrich the Western mind, offering the appealing doctrines of Taoism, so rich in humor, humility and humanity. (Fall 1948)",
            "Original ML collection. Publication scheduled for fall 1948.WR15 January 1949. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Lin Yutang received a $1,500 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 20,000 copies and 10 cents a copy thereafter (Cerf to Lin Yutang, 14 April 1948).The Wisdom of Laotsewas a companion volume toThe Wisdom ofConfucius(312) which Lin Yutang had edited for the ML in 1938, and the ML was hoping for another runaway success. Commins described the initial sale of about 5,000 copies as “a little disappointing” (Commins to Lin Yutang, 26 May 1949).",
            "413b.  Reissue format; offset printing (1979)",
            "Title as 413a except line 7: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–325 [326–332].  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 413a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, DECEMBER 1948 |Copyright, 1948, by Random House, Inc.|Copyright renewed 1976 by Lin Yutang; [326] CONVERSION TABLE | OF CHAPTERS IN CHUANGTSE; [327–332] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark purple (224) and torchbearer in deep brown (59).",
            "Front flap with quotation from Laotse:",
            "When the highest type of men hear the Tao",
            "They try hard to live in accordance with it.",
            "When the mediocre hear the Tao,",
            "They seem to be aware and yet unaware of it.",
            "When the lowest type hear of Tao,",
            "They break into loud laughter–",
            "If it were not laughed at, it would not be Tao.",
            "—LAOTSE",
            "Remainder of flap as 413a with third sentence omitted and second sentence revised as follows: “This volume of Laotse’s complete writings, including the famous interpretations and commentaries by Chuangtse, has been translated by Lin Yutang, who also provides an introduction and notes.”",
            "Published spring 1979 at $4.95. ISBN 0-394-60476-8.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Confucius,Wisdom of Confucius(1938)  312; Illus ML (1943)  IML 3"
          ]
        }
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1949",
      "HEAD": [
        1949,
        "Spring"
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      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The postwar history of the Modern Library can be regarded as dating from the beginning of 1949. That era of the ML’s history was shaped by two major developments:  the continuing expansion and consolidation of the paperback revolution and the growth in college enrollments that increased the importance of the college market.",
          "Cerf saw paperbacks as a serious competition from the beginning.  He tried to discourage Robert deGraff from issuing too many ML titles in paperback Pocket Book editions.  When the ML had exclusive reprint rights to copyrighted titles, he usually prevented deGraff from publishing them. Cerf and Klopfer refused in the fall of 1939 to allow Pocket Books to publish two titles that deGraff wanted:  Vincent Sheean’sPersonal History, which was due to appear in the ML in January, 1940, and Irving Stone’sLust for Life, which had been in the ML for less than a year.",
          "Often the ML did not have exclusive reprint rights to copyrighted works. The terms of individual contracts varied and there were many instances in which a book was available both in the ML and in a Grosset & Dunlap or other hardbound reprint edition.  Even if the ML had exclusive reprint rights, the customary reprint contract was renewable at five-year intervals. If the ML resisted an original publisher’s desire to release paperback rights, the original publisher could withdraw the work from the ML when the contract expired.",
          "Before the war was over, Cerf came to accept the existence of paperback editions of ML titles as inevitable. Accepting this fact was made easier by the discovery in most cases the paperback edition did not seriously affect the ML sales. However, Random House did not enter the quality paperback market until January 1955 with a series called Modern Library Paperbacks.",
          "Random House responded to growth in the college market for quality books earlier when they launched the Modern Library College Editions in 1950 under the direction of Jess Stein."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eleven new titles were added to the ML and five were discontinued, bringing the total number of titles in the regular series to 271."
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Modern Library title pages were individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the Modern Library’s regular printer."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green) on the spine and front cover. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single-color combination. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.25."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Augustine,ConfessionsxByron,Don Juan; Giants through G73 with G22Thirty Famous One-Act Playsand G9 Young,The Medici; jackets: 341. (Fall) Byron,Don JuanxJames,Washington Square; Giants through G73 with G9 DeQuincey,Selected Writings; jackets: 344."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Morton Dauwen Zabel, professor of English at the University of Chicago, suggested a ML edition of Joseph Conrad’sUnder Western Eyes. He wrote, “I can think of no novel of Conrad’s outside of Lord Jim, Victory, and Heart of Darkness (all of them already included in the Modern Library) which more deserves to be known. The general neglect of it, hitherto, is a shame” (Zabel to Jess Stein, 31 October 1949). Stein forwarded the suggestion to Cerf, but the general consensus was that there was insufficient demand to justify a ML edition."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Twain,Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court(1949)  414",
          "Godolphin, ed.,Latin Poets(1949)  415",
          "Augustine, Saint,Confessions(1949)  416",
          "Austen,Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility(1949)  417",
          "Porter, Katherine Anne,Pale Horse, Pale Rider(1949)  418",
          "Montaigne,Selected Essays(1949)  419",
          "Byron,Don Juan(1949)  420",
          "Hackett,Personal History of Henry the Eighth(1949)  421",
          "Kant,Philosophy(1949)  422",
          "Parkman,Oregon Trail(1949)  423",
          "Haycraft, ed.,Fourteen Great Detective Stories(1949)  424"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Forster,Passage to India(1940)*",
          "Hammett,Maltese Falcon(1934)",
          "Hudson,PurpleLand(1927)",
          "Lewis,Babbitt(1942)*",
          "Woolf,Mrs. Dalloway(1928)*"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": "*Harcourt, Brace & Co. withdrewA Passage to India,Babbitt, andMrs. Dallowayfrom the ML so they could be added to their own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, launched in 1948.",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 414,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARK TWAIN",
            "TEXT": [
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            "TITLE": "A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 162
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "414.  First printing (1949)",
            "A CONNECTICUT | YANKEE IN | KING ARTHUR’S | COURT | BY MARK TWAIN | [torchbearer D2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi [vii–viii], [2], 1–450 [451–454].  [1–13]16[14]8[15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1889 AND 1899, BY SAMUEL L. CLEMENS | COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY CLARA GABRILOWITSCH |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1949; [v]–vi CONTENTS; [vii–viii] PREFACE signed p. [viii]: Mark Twain.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–450 text; [451–454] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [10], 1–450 [451–454].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]8[8]32[9]16.  Contents as 414 except: [1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1889 AND 1899, BY SAMUEL L. CLEMENS | COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY CLARA GABRILOWITSCH; [5–6] CONTENTS; [7–8] PREFACE signed p. [8]; Mark Twain.; [9] fly title; [10] blank; [451–452] ML Giants list; [453–454] blank. (Spring 1967)Note:Battered page numeral “vi” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark yellowish pink (30), deep blue (179) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a man wearing a suit strolling next to a mounted knight in full armor; lettering in black except author in reverse, all against dark yellowish pink background. Signed: W.S. [William Sharp].",
            "Front flap:",
            "For its humor and its seriousness of purposeA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Courtis generally considered one of the highest achievements among all of Mark Twain’s books. As satire, it deftly strikes its blows at the follies of two ages, and as a passionate expression for justice and freedom, it is a work which offers ever-new rewards for the reflective reader. The second volume by Mark Twain to be included in the series,A Connecticut Yankeetakes an honored place beside its predecessor, the Modern Library GiantTom SawyerandHuckleberry Finn(G-49). (Spring 1949)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Bros., 1889. ML edition (pp. [v]–450) printed from Harper plates. Published spring 1949.WR16 April 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf asked the director of sales and promotion at Harper’s if he thoughtA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Courtwould do well in the ML. He also wanted to know how many other reprint editions were on the market and whether Harper’s had plates in good condition that would fit the ML’s format (Cerf to William H. Rose, 20 September 1948). The reprint contract was dated 14 October 1948. The ML paid Harper’s royalties of 5 cents a copy. The royalties were essentially a plate rental sinceA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Courtwas in the public domain.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Twain, Mark,Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1940)  G47",
            "Twain, Mark,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1985)  642"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "415",
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "FRANCIS R. B. GODOLPHIN",
            "TEXT": [
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            "TITLE": "THE LATIN POETS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 217
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "415.  First printing (1949)",
            "[torchbearer D4 extending through double rules] | [10-line title and statement of responsibility within double rules broken at head] THE | LATIN | POETS | [ornament] | Edited, with an Introduction, | by | Francis R. B. Godolphin | Dean of the College, | Professor of Classics, | Princeton University | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii], 3–609 [610].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1949; v–xi CONTENTS; xii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; xiii–xxxi INTRODUCTION |byFRANCIS R. B. GODOLPHIN dated p. xxxi: Princeton University | May, 1949; [xxxii] blank; 3–604 text; 605–609 INDEX OF FIRST LINES; [610] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark greenish blue (174) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel; background in dark greenish blue with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For many years the editors of the Modern Library have sought a volume that would include within 700 [±its more than 600] pages the representative lyrical writings of the classic Roman poets. With this book that need is now fulfilled. It includes the widest possible variety of odes, satires, eclogues, elegies and epigrams that have come down the centuries from such poets as Catullus, Lucretius, Virgil, Horace, Propertius, Ovid, Seneca, Juvenal, Martial and others. The translations by many skilled hands are the best obtainable, and the Introduction by F. R. B. Godolphin brilliantly interprets the poets and the verse of antiquity. (Spring 1949; [Spring 1959])",
            "Original ML anthology. Published spring 1949.WR29 January 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "Godolphin wanted to use Ezra Pound’s translations of seven elegies of Propertius, but New Directions indicated that the permission fee would be $250. Commins thought that the normal fee should be about $10 per translation and declared, “I’ll be damned if we’ll pay anything like it” (Commins to Godolphin, 18 November 1948). The Pound translations were not used. Sales totaled 20,098 copies by spring 1958.",
            "An internal Random House memo indicated in 1968 thatThe Latin Poetscould not be shifted to Vintage Books, the firm’s quality paperback series, because permissions for use of copyrighted translations in the anthology applied specifically to the ML edition. A decision was made at that time to retain it in the ML but to reprint in as small a quantity as economically feasible (Berenice Hoffman to Don Singer, 19 November 1968)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "416",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SAINT AUGUSTINE",
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            "TITLE": "THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 263
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "416a.  First printing (1949)",
            "[within ornamental rules, within single rules] THE | CONFESSIONS | OF | SAINT AUGUSTINE |Translated by| EDWARD B. PUSEY, D.D. |Introduction by| RT. REV. MSGR. FULTON J. SHEEN | [torchbearer E3] | TheModern Library, New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–338.  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1949; v–vi contents; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION | by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–338 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on cream paper with medium gray (265) panel at top and dark reddish orange (38) panel at foot with inset illustration of St. Augustine overlapping both panels; lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For almost sixteen centuriesThe Confessions of Saint Augustinehas stood unchallenged among autobiographies as the most moving and profound outpouring of man’s soul to God. To Catholic readers it goes to the heart of their faith and to more and more Protestants it has become the book by which sectarian differences can be resolved. By both it is acknowledged a literary masterpiece. Included in every list of great books for students and general readers,The Confessions, complete and unabridged in the E. B. Pusey translation and with a stirring Introduction by Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen, now takes a proud and permanent place in the Modern Library series. (Spring 1949)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1949.WR25 June 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "The Pusey translation, originally published in 1838, appears to have been recommended by Sheen. The ML’s spring 1949 catalog announcedThe Confessions of Saint Augustinein the J. G. Pilkington translation, but Commins asked Sheen to indicate which of the two translations he preferred (Commins to Sheen, 16 November 1948). Cerf believed that the imprimatur of the Roman Catholic Church would enhance sales and asked Sheen if it could be secured (Cerf to Sheen, 10 December 1948). Sheen did not think an imprimatur was necessary and doubted that it would affect sales, but after a second letter from Cerf he provided a name to contact (Sheen to Cerf, 18 January 1949). The Church approved the introduction but declined to give an imprimatur since Pusey was not a Catholic and his translation had not been submitted to the censor.",
            "Sales totaled 59,736 copies by spring 1958.",
            "416b.  Title page partially reset (1954)",
            "Title as 416a except line 8: THE MOST REV. FULTON J. SHEEN, D.D.",
            "Pagination and collation as 416a.",
            "Contents as 416a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION | by The Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, D.D.",
            "Jacket A:As 416a. (Spring1954) Front flap updated with “Bishop Fulton J. Sheen” in place of “Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen.” (Fall 1960)",
            "JacketB:As jacket A except light bluish green (163) instead of medium gray and dark bluish green (174) instead of dark reddish orange. (Spring 1963)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Saint Augustine,City ofGod(1950)  G78"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "417",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JANE AUSTEN",
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            "TITLE": "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE; SENSE AND SENSIBILITY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 264
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "417a.  First printing (1949)",
            "[3-line title at left]Pride|and|Prejudice| [vertical rule centered between titles; 3-line title at right]Sense|and|Sensibility| [below titles] JANE AUSTEN | [torchbearer E5] | [short rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [short rule]",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–632 [633–634].  [1–20]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition,| 1949; [5]Contents; [6] blank; [1] part title: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | (First Published1813); [2] blank; 3–320 text; [321] part title: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY | (First Published1811); [322] blank; 323–632; text; [633–634] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep red (13), pale yellow (89), moderate pink (5) and black on coated white paper with inset illustration framed in black and pale yellow of a man holding a top hat bowing to kiss the hand of a woman seated in a garden; lettering in pale yellow and reverse against deep red background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Generally conceded to be Jane Austen’s best novels,Pride and PrejudiceandSense and Sensibilityare issued together in a single volume on the insistence of an ever-growing number of enthusiasts for the work of this chronicler of a more quiet time than our own. Without rival as a recorder of the everyday trivia of provincial life in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Jane Austen remains even today the engrossing story-teller who brought drama and truth and life to these great works of imagination. (Spring 1949)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1949.WR25 June 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "417b.Daichesintroductionadded (1950?)",
            "Pride and Prejudice| [short double rule] |Sense and Sensibility|ByJane Austen | INTRODUCTION BY DAVID DAICHES |Professor of English,CornellUniversity| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library·New York",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx, [1–2] 3–632 [633–636].  [1–19]16[20]8[21]16",
            "Contents as 417a except: [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; [v]Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xix INTRODUCTION | By David Daiches; xx BIBLIOGRAPHY; [633–636] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 417a; front flap reset with last sentence expanded as follows: “. . . story-teller and portrayer of a colorful gallery of characters who brought drama and truth and life to these and other great works of the imagination.” (Fall 1954)",
            "Daiches received $150 for the introduction, which was published originally in MLCE, 1950, and subsequently in the regular ML.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Austen,Complete Novels(1933)  G7",
            "Fall"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 418,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "KATHERINE ANNE PORTER",
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            "TITLE": "PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 45
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "418.  First printing (1949)",
            "PALE HORSE, | PALE RIDER | THREE SHORT NOVELS | BY | Katherine Anne Porter | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE MODERN | LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–264.  [1–7]16[8]8[9]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1936, 1937, and 1939, by | Katherine Anne Porter | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1949; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7]CONTENTS; [8] blank; [1] part title: OLD MORTALITY; [2] blank; 3–89 text; [90] blank; [91] part title: NOON WINE; [92] blank; 93–176 text; [177] part title: PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER; [178] blank; 179–264 text.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 418.  [1–6]16[7]8[8–9]16.  Contents as 418 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1937, AND 1939, BY | KATHERINE ANNE PORTER | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1964, 1965, BY | KATHERINE ANNE PORTER  (Jacket B)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in deep red (13), dark gray (266) and black on pinkish white (9) paper with title in dark gray on pinkish gray panel at top; other lettering in reverse on deep red panel at foot, with a rule in black separating the panels.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The three sensitively told short novels—“Noon Wine,” “Old Mortality,” and the title story—are among the most clearly conceived and exquisitely wrought brief narratives in American fiction. A writer of few books, each one an ornament to English letters, Katherine Anne Porter has achieved and maintained an illustrious position among her contemporaries.Pale Horse, Pale Riderconfirms and extends the reputation earned byFlowering Judas. This second of her three distinguished books,Pale Horse, Pale Rider, richly deserves a permanent place in the Modern Library series. (Fall 1949)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket on coated white paper with title in black open-face type, author and Fujita “ml” symbol in strong brown (55); title, author and torchbearer on backstrip in strong brown. Front flap as jacket A with last two sentences omitted.",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1939. ML edition (pp. [5]–264) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published fall 1949.WR1 October 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Pale Horse, Pale Riderwas the first Harcourt, Brace title added to the ML after Harcourt, Brace served notice in 1948 that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts for nine of its titles, including Porter’sFlowering Judas and Other Stories(1940: 333) and works by E. M. Forster, Sinclair Lewis, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf, so they could be included in its own reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics. Harcourt, Brace was reluctant at first to allowPale Horse, Pale Riderinto the ML and offered Porter’sThe Leaning Towerinstead. It then decided, perhaps as a peace offering, that the ML could have the earlier work (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to Cerf, 3 December 1948).",
            "Flowering Judas and Other Storiesnever appeared in Harbrace Modern Classics and was restored to the ML in 1953.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Porter,Flowering Judas and Other Stories(1940)  333"
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "419",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MONTAIGNE",
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            "TITLE": "SELECTED ESSAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 218
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "419a.  First printing (1949)",
            "[ornamental rule] | MONTAIGNE | SELECTED ESSAYS [author and title in open-face type] | [ornamental rule] |The Charles Cotton–W. C. Hazlitt Translation, |Revised and Edited, with an Introduction by| BLANCHARD BATES |of Princeton University| [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY : NEW YORK.Note:The reference to “W. C. Hazlitt” on the title page was a mistake. The seventeenth-century translation of Charles Cotton was revised by William Hazlitt, son of the essayist and father of W. C. Hazlitt. The title page was corrected in the early 1960s (419b).",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiii [xxxiv–xxxvi], [1–2] 3–602 [603–604].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1949, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1949; v–vi CONTENTS; [vii] EDITOR’S NOTE signed: B. W. B.; [viii] blank; ix–xxxiii INTRODUCTION | by Blanchard W. Bates dated p. xxxiii: Princeton, N. J. | April, 1949; [xxxiv] blank; [xxxv] TO THE READER; [xxxvi] blank; [1] part title: BOOK I; [2] blank; 3–602 text; [603–604] blank.",
            "Contents:Book I. Men by Various Ways Arrive at the Same End – Of Idleness – That Men Are Not to Judge of Our Happiness Till after Death – Of the Education of Children – That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity – Of Friendship – Of Cannibals – Of Solitude.  Book II. Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions – Of Training – Of the Affection of Fathers for Their Children – Of Books – Of Cruelty – Of Presumption – Of Giving the Lie – Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers.  Book III. Of the Useful and the Honorable – Of Repentance – Of Three Kinds of Society – On Some Verses of Virgil – Of Coaches – Of the Art of Conversing – Of Vanity – Of Husbanding Your Will – Of Experience.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in medium gray (265), dark green (146) and black on cream paper; author and title in reverse on 2¼ inch (5.5 mm) dark green band bordered in black, background above and below band in medium gray with additional lettering in reverse below band; torchbearer in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "To bring within the compass of one volume the best of the essays written by Michel de Montaigne in a translation that is both faithful and modern has long been the aim of the editors of this series. The existing English renderings are either so archaic or are sometimes so colloquial as to lose some of the original nuances of meaning. Accordingly, with the William Hazlitt [Charles Cotton–W. C. Hazlitt] translation as a basis, Professor Blanchard Bates of the Department of Romance Languages, Princeton University, here undertakes a revised and modernized collection in language that retains the substance and conveys the spirit of the French originator and master of the essay form. (Fall 1949; [Spring 1956])",
            "Original ML collection. Publication announced for spring 1949; published fall 1949.WR10 December 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "Montaigne’sEssayshad been available as a ML Giant since 1933, first in the Florio translation and then in the Trechmann translation. Oxford University Press objected to the ML’s use of the Trechmann translation, and the ML agreed in 1946 to withdraw it when the first printing was exhausted (see G10.2). The following year Commins and Cerf began to think about adding Montaigne to the regular ML. Commins suggested Bates as editor and indicated, “He would use, for purposes of copyright protection, the Hazlitt translation, which is considered modern and quite as good as Trechmann” (Commins memo to Cerf, 18 September 1947). He then wrote to Bates: “For many years we maintained in the Modern Library Giant series the Florio translation, complete and unabridged. The archaic rendering vitiated its usefulness; accordingly we replaced it with the Trechmann translation, in public domain in the United States. Because there was some question of British rights, we voluntarily withdrew this volume from the series and are now in search of a replacement in the smaller Modern Library format. The only available ‘modern’ translation, to our knowledge, is the Hazlitt in four volumes. . . . do you consider it faithful enough to the original and comparable in modernity to the Trechmann?” (Commins to Bates, 29 September 1947).",
            "Bates replied that Hazlitt’s revision of the seventeenth-century translation of Charles Cotton was the only modern translation in the public domain. He did not consider it comparable in modernity or readability to Trechmann and recommended a limited revision of the Hazlitt translation. He anticipated that the revision would require at least a month of solid work (Bates to Commins, 12 October 1947). The contract, dated 12 November 1947, left the selection of essays entirely to Bates and called for him to “make such revisions in the text as you deem necessary to make it conform to the spirit and letter of the original and to give the best possible modern rendering.”",
            "Bates omitted Latin quotations in the original where the Cotton–Hazlitt translation gave them in both Latin and English. He stated in the Editor’s Note: “The editor has examined the Hazlitt text and has revised it, whenever he considered it necessary, in order to make it conform to the accepted French texts, to eliminate inaccurate translation, to modernize some of the English, and to make corrections in the translation of Latin quotations. His intent has been to let the text stand unaltered whenever possible; however, it has been necessary to do considerable revising of the translation” (p. [vii]). Bates did not consider his work to be a complete revision and asked that the statement “completely revised and modernized” which appeared on the first proof of the title page be omitted.",
            "The manuscript was due in September 1948 but does not appear to have been delivered until the following spring. Bates received $500 for his editorial work plus $144 to cover half of the typing costs.",
            "Bates thought it necessary to point out to Commins that he had included the essay “On Some Verses of Virgil” which contained “a frank discussion of sex, of women’s position etc. There are passages that are very plain in language. In our age of Kinsey reports I saw no reason to exclude one of the best essays simply on the grounds that it introduces remarks and quotations that are more often turned over in the mind than expressed. If you have any misgivings . . . I should like to know” (Bates to Commins, 10 November 1948). Commins replied, “I have no misgivings; in fact I would be terribly disappointed if such an essay were omitted or, if included, it were castrated” (Commins to Bates, 12 November 1948).",
            "419b.  Title page corrected (early1950s)",
            "Title as 419a except line 5:The CharlesCotten–W. Hazlitt Translation,",
            "Pagination as 419a.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "Contents as 419a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [vii] EDITOR’S NOTE with additional paragraph and footnote; [603–604] ML Giants list. (Fall 1960)",
            "In 1950 Bates prepared a brief bibliography for an anticipated Modern Library College Edition, for which he received $50. He also submitted a list of corrections to the text. Projections for MLCE were subsequently cut back and Stein informed Bates in 1951, “Our present plans do not include the publication of this book in the College Editions within the near future. We will, of course, continue to publish the College Editions but we will not be able to issue as many new titles each year as we have in the past.” Stein indicated that the corrections would be incorporated in the next printing of the regular ML edition (Stein to Bates, 26 November 1951). Montaigne was added to MLCE in the mid-1950s.",
            "Stein considered the Cotton-Hazlitt-Bates translation “not outrageously bad, but not particularly good either.” He recommended that the ML consider replacing it with a volume based on Donald M. Frame’s translation of Montaigne’sComplete Works:Essays, Travel Journal, Letters(Stanford University Press, 1957), which he called “probably the definitive English translation for our time” (Stein memo to Cerf, 3 November 1958). It is not known if Cerf followed up on this suggestion. If he did, Stanford University Press, which published a separate edition of Frame’s translations of Montaigne’sComplete Essaysin 1958, may not have been receptive or may have asked for too much money.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Montaigne,Essays, Florio translation (1933–1945)  G10.1",
            "Montaigne,Essays, Trechmann translation (1946–1948)  G10.2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "420",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LORD BYRON",
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            "TITLE": "DON JUAN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1970; 1984–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 24
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            "420a.  First printing (1949)",
            "LORD GEORGE GORDON BYRON | DON JUAN |With an Introduction byLOUIS KRONENBERGER | [rule] | “Difficle est propriè communia dicere.” | –HORACE. | “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there | shall be no more cakes and ale? Yes, by Saint | Anne, and ginger shall be hot i’ the mouth, too!” | –SHAKESPEARE, |Twelfth Night, or What You Will. | [rule] | [torchbearer E5 ] | THE MODERN LIBRARY, NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xiv], [1–2] 3–514.  [1–15]16[16]8[17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1949; v–xii INTRODUCTION |by LouisKronenberger; [xiii] biographical note; [xiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–514 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep red (13) and black on pinkish gray (10) paper with line drawings of a mounted swordsman in front of a castle gate at upper right and two theatrical masks at lower left; title and torchbearer in deep red, other lettering in black, border at foot in deep red.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Now, a century and a quarter afterDon Juanwas written, Lord Byron’s glowing narrative poem continues to exercise an undiminished appeal for readers of the widest variety of tastes. The young have turned to it, generation after generation, for the fullest expression of the romantic mood and gesture. This at once romantic and irreverent tale is cherished by people of all ages for its excitement as story, for its passion, its lyric felicity, its impudent satire and its lively wit.Don Juan, the first of Byron’s works to be included in the Modern Library series, is introduced, brilliantly and perceptively, by Louis Kronenberger. (Fall 1949)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1949.WR10 December 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71. Reissued 1984.",
            "Commins was pleased with Kronenberger’s introduction. He wrote, “I have just this minute finished with cheers your marvelous Introduction for DON JUAN. It is written with such brio. I simply can’t stop marveling at how you exceeded your last wonderful effort. This is it! The piece sparkles, explodes and is always under such perfect control. Each new piece you do for us is another best” (Commins to Kronenberger, 1 July 1949; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 5, Princeton University Library).",
            "420b.  Reissueformat; offset printing (1984)",
            "LORD BYRON | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] DON JUAN | [below panel] WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | LOUIS KRONENBERGER | [7 lines of epigraphs as 420a] | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–514 [515–516].  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 420a except: [i] woodcut portrait of Byron in left profile by Stephen Alcorn; [iv] SECOND MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1984 | Copyright, 1949 by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1976 by Random House, Inc.; [515] biographical note; [516] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on kraft paper in strong reddish brown (40) and black with woodcut portrait of Byron in left profile by Stephen Alcorn.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Based on the old Spanish saga familiar to us through Mozart and Molière,Don Juanis Byron’s acknowledged masterpiece. A sixteen-canto epic satire in ottava rima, it recounts the seductions and betrayals, mishaps and adventures of the rakish Spanish grandee. Byron’s “plan was to have no plan” but to “unpack his heart” in the person of his hero. By his own account he meant to be “quietly facetious about everything,” and he used the epic to satirize English life, customs, manners and morals. But beneath the satiric impulse was a hatred of hypocrisy and a consciousness of the power of illusion. IfChilde Harold, as Louis Kronenberger remarks in his introduction, “is in large part Byronism,Don Juan“is Byron.” Romantic, irreverent, exuberant and entertaining, it is a “hymn to the earth,” but also a human sequence to “its own music chaunted.”",
            "“There is something for us to learn from the courage and buoyancy with which Byron came to terms with a world as shabby and confused as ours.”  —Dame Helen Gardner",
            "Published fall 1984 at $8.95.  ISBN 0-394-60510-1.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Byron,Selected Poetry(1954)  465"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "421",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FRANCIS HACKETT",
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            "TITLE": "THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF HENRY THE EIGHTH",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 265
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "421.  First printing (1949)",
            "THE | Personal History | OF | HENRY the EIGHTH | [rule] |Francis Hackett| [rule] | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], [1–2] 3–598.  [1–19]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY LIVERIGHT PUBLISHING CORPORATION | First Modern Library Edition, 1949; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] FOREWORD signed: F. H.; [8] blank; [9] CONTENTS; [10] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–590 text; 591–598 INDEX.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid red (11), brilliant yellow (83), strong greenish blue (160), pale yellowish pink (28), light gray (264), dark gray (266) and black on coated cream paper with illustration of Henry VIII, adapted from a portrait by Hans Holbein; lettering in black and vivid red on inset cream panel at top. Signed: Galdone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "That violent and erratic husband, Henry the VIII, was a molder of history, a power-impelled dynast who influenced the destiny of England. Opportunist, bully and intriguer, political strategist and despot, self-appointed head of the national religion, executioner on a large scale, a man of insatiable lusts and uninhibited will, he ruthlessly dominated the country over which he reigned for thirty-eight years. Francis Hackett’s chronicle of his varied life and loves is a magnificent historical pageant and one of the most vivid and colorful biographies of modern times. (Fall 1949)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "That violent and unpredictable monarch and husband, Henry the Eighth, was a power-driven despot who helped shape the destiny of England. Bully, opportunist, shrewd intriguer and political strategist, self-appointed head of the national religion, executioner on a large scale, a man of insatiable lusts and ruthless will, he dominated the country over which he reigned for thirty-eight years. Francis Hackett’s chronicle of his erratic life and many loves is a historical pageant of stirring events and colorful personalities. It is generally acknowledged to be one of the most vivid biographies of modern times.(Spring 1959)",
            "Originally published asHenrythe Eighthby Horace Liveright, 1929. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with illustrations omitted. Published fall 1949.WR10 December 1949. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "The ML paid Liveright a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. The Liveright plates were too large for the ML’s format, so the ML had to reset the text and make new plates. The ML’s typesetting was made from a copy of the Liveright edition provided by Hackett in which he indicated corrections (Secretary to Arthur Pell to Klopfer, 17 March 1949). The $2,000 cost of the new plates was paid by the ML. The plates became the property of Liveright, and their cost was charged against royalties. In effect the ML paid a $3,000 advance. Liveright contributed nothing up front toward the cost of the plates, and no further royalties were due to either Liveright or Hackett until sales of the ML edition passed 30,000 copies. Hackett received $750 from Liveright when the ML edition was published and nothing thereafter.",
            "Arthur Pell, who had gained control of Horace Liveright, Inc., in 1930 lived up to his reputation as one of the less savory figures in American publishing. Hackett was unaware that he was paying for the plates out of his own pocket and indicated that he would never have agreed to the $2,000 being charged against royalties. Pell told Hackett in 1954 that the ML edition had sold 4,000 copies; when Hackett inquired at Random House he discovered the total was 8,000. Hiram Haydn informed Hackett in December 1958 that sales of the ML edition had reached 15,668 copies, leaving unearned royalties of $1,433.20. The ML had paid nothing to Liveright since the initial advance in 1949 (Hiram Haydn to Hackett, 22 December 1958)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "422",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "IMMANUEL KANT",
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            "TITLE": "THE PHILOSOPHY OF KANT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 266
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "422a.  First printing (1949)",
            "THE PHILOSOPHY OF | KANT | IMMANUEL KANT’S MORAL | AND POLITICAL WRITINGS | Edited, with an Introduction, by | CARL J. FRIEDRICH | Professor of Government, Harvard University | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–l, [1–2] 3–476 [477–478].  [1–15]16[16]8[17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1949; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii PREFACE signed p. viii: Carl J. Friedrich | Concord, Massachusetts | October, 1949; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xlv INTRODUCTION | by Carl J. Friedrich; [xlvi] blank; xlvii–l Kant’s More Important Books, Articles and Reviews; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–476 text; [477–478] blank.Note:Later printings have a ML Giants list on pp. 477–78.",
            "Contents:The Sense of the Beautiful and of the Sublime – Dreams of a Visionary Explained by Dreams of Metaphysics – Critique of Pure Reason [selections from the Introduction] – Prolegomena to Every Future Metaphysics That May Be Presented as a Science – Idea for a Universal History with Cosmopolitan Intent – What Is Enlightenment? – Metaphysical Foundations of Morals – Critique of Pure Practical Reason – Critique of Judgment, translated by James C. Meredith – Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone, translated by Hoyt H. Hudson and Theodore M. Greene – Theory and Practice: Concerning the Common Saying: This May Be True in Theory But Does Not Apply to Practice – Eternal Peace.Note:Translations by Carl J. Friedrich except as noted; most of the contents are selections from the works named.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on light gray paper; lettering in black and moderate greenish blue on light gray panel bordered in moderate greenish blue.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The growing representation of the world’s great philosophers in the Modern Library is in response to the insistent demand of readers of the series.The Philosophy of Kantnow becomes a companion volume to those books which include the basic writings of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Confucius, Laotse, Schopenhauer, Pascal, William James, John Dewey, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, Bergson, Santayana and others. For this work, Professor Carl Friedrich contributes a brilliant interpretive introduction to the twelve essays in this volume, chosen to convey the essence of Kant’s metaphysical thought. (Fall 1949)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in strong blue (178) and moderate purplish red (258) on coated white paper. (Mid1960s)",
            "Jacket C:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid red (11), brilliant orange yellow (67) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black except “KANT” in reverse against background in vivid red, brilliant orange yellow and black. Backstrip in vivid red with lettering in reverse and black.",
            "Front and back flaps:",
            "This Modern Library edition offers a basic selection of Immanuel Kant’s writings on the metaphysics of morality and politics. Here, a series of lucid translations enables the reader to appreciate Kant’s towering importance as an ethical and social thinker and to understand his enduring influence on the shape of philosophy. The twelve essays in this volume have been carefully arranged by Professor Carl J. Friedrich to represent the range of Kant’s most essential writings.",
            "Professor Friedrich has contributed an original essay for this volume in the form of a brilliant interpretive Introduction which places Kant, the philosopher and the man, in his time and timelessness.",
            "A note about Kant’s special relevance today: “Indeed, the problem of freedom, the freedom of the human personality to unfold and fulfill its higher destiny, is the central issue of all of Kant’s philosophizing” —from the Introduction. (Spring 1967format)",
            "ML original collection. Published December 1949.WR21 January 1950. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Friedrich received a $750 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy. At first he planned to include selections fromCritique of Pure Reasonbut wrote Commins in 1948: “I have come to feel more and more strongly as I have worked over the materials that it is going to be very unsatisfactory to include short extracts from the Critique of Pure Reason.” He suggested omittingCritique of Pure Reasonaltogether and including fuller extracts from theProlegomena(Friedrich to Commins, 14 October 1948). Commins approved the idea. In the end a 16-page selection from the Introduction toCritique of Pure Reasonwas included. The ML published an abridged edition ofCritique of Pure Reasonin 1958 (506).",
            "Friedrich wrote Commins that he thought thatThe Philosophy of Kantwas a misleading title since large parts of theCritiquewere not included. He suggested calling the bookIntroduction to KantorKant’s Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy(Friedrich to Commins, 20 July 1949). Commins wanted to keep the original title, which had already been announced. He argued thatThe Philosophy of Kantdid not misrepresent the book and fit well with other books in the series, but he offered to use Friedrich’s suggestion as a subtitle (Commins to Friedrich, 25 July 1949).",
            "When he returned the proofs Friedrich told Commins he was “the nicest editor-publisher I have ever had to deal with” (Friedrich to Commins, 12 October 1949; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 4, Princeton University Library).",
            "Sales totaled 6,000 copies by November 1950.",
            "422b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer (late 1960s)",
            "Title as 422a except line 8: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 422a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9]32[10]16",
            "Contents as 422a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [477–478] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:As 422a jacket C.",
            "422c.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 422a through line 6; lines 7–8: [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 422a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 422a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, DECEMBER 1949 | Copyright, 1949, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1977 by Randon [sic] House, Inc.",
            "JacketD:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in grayish purplish blue (204) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Front flap with first paragraph as 422a jacket C; second paragraph adapted from last paragraph of 422a jacket C.",
            "Published fall 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60465-2.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Kant,Critique of Pure Reason(1958)  506"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "423",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FRANCIS PARKMAN",
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            "TITLE": "THE OREGON TRAIL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 267
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "423.  First printing (1949)",
            "THE | OREGON | TRAIL | Sketches of| Prairie andRocky-MountainLife| BY | FRANCIS PARKMAN | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HENRY STEELE COMMAGER | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], 3–366.  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1949; v–vi Contents; vii–xiv Introductionsigned p. xiv: Henry Steele Commager; xv–xvi Preface to theEdition of1892; xvii–xix Preface to theFourthEdition; [xx] blank; 3–356 text; 357–366 Index.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43), light reddish brown (42) and black on coated white paper with illustration of a wagon train heading west; lettering in reverse except author in light reddish brown, all against moderate reddish brown background. Jacket illustration by Winold Reiss; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“The tour of curiosity and amusement to the Rocky Mountains” undertaken by Francis Parkman in 1846 became a journey of research and brought forth, three years later, one of the permanent historical records of American expansion. At first hand Parkman gathered from Sioux Indians, hunters and trappers the material which was to makeThe Oregon Trailas much a tale of adventure as an authentic chronicle of the frontier. Exactly a century after its first publication, it takes its place in the Modern Library series, introduced by a distinguished contemporary historian, Henry Steele Commager. (Fall 1949)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for fall 1949.WR11 February 1950. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70.",
            "The Oregon Trailwas originally scheduled for publication in the Illustrated Modern Library in fall 1947. Winold Reiss received $2,000 for the artwork. He had been commissioned to provide 10–15 full-page drawings, 10–15 fractional-page drawings, and small drawings for each of the chapter heads. All of the drawings except one for the binding were to be printed in two colors, terra cotta and black (Freiman to Reiss, 21 January 1947). The composition order was placed in May, shortly before escalating production costs forced the suspension of the Illustrated Modern Library. Paper orders were canceled in June for bothThe Oregon Trailand Alcott’sLittle Women, the other Illustrated Modern Library title announced for fall 1947.",
            "At this point the type forThe Oregon Trailwas in galleys and the plates for the illustrations were partially made. The type was held for nearly two years until a decision was made in April 1949 to publishThe Oregon Trailwithout illustrations in the regular ML.Little Women(431) was added to the regular series the following year.",
            "The jacket illustration is one of ten full-page illustrations that Reiss made for the Illustrated Modern Library. Commager received $100 for the introduction and appears to have been late in delivering it. Cerf wrote him about the introduction at the end of June, noting that the volume was at the page proof stage and ready for plating (Cerf to Commager, 29 June 1949)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "424",
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "HOWARD HAYCRAFT",
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            "TITLE": "FOURTEEN GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1949–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 144
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "424.  First printing (1949)",
            "FOURTEEN | GREAT | DETECTIVE | STORIES | (Revised Edition) | Edited with an Introduction by | HOWARD HAYCRAFT | [torchbearer E5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–464 [465–466].  [1–15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY REVISED EDITION | 1949; [v]CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xivINTRODUCTIONsigned p. xiv: Howard Haycraft.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–462 text; 463–464ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [465–466] blank.",
            "Contents:*The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe – *The Red-Headed League, by A. Conan Doyle – *The Problem of Cell 13, by Jacques Futrelle – *The Case of Oscar Brodski, by R. Austin Freeman – *The Blue Cross, by G. K. Chesterton – *The Age of Miracles, by Melville Davisson Post – The Little Mystery, by E. C. Bentley – The Third-Floor Flat, by Agatha Christie – The Yellow Slugs, by H. C. Bailey – The Bone of Contention, by Dorothy L. Sayers – The Adventure of the African Traveler, by Ellery Queen – Instead of Evidence, by Rex Stout – The House in Goblin Wood, by Carter Dickson – The Dancing Detective, by Cornell Woolrich.",
            "Note:The first six titles (indicated by asterisks) are retained from Vincent Starrett’s 1928 edition. The remaining titles are new.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in very light bluish green (162), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated cream paper depicting a figure in top hat walking at night through the deserted street of a town; background in very light bluish green, “14” (first part of title) and gas light in brilliant yellow, remainder of title and other lettering in reverse; backstrip in very light bluish green with title in reverse within brilliant yellow frame. Newly designed by Paul Galdone based on his 1940 jacket used with later printings of Starrett’s edition ofFourteen Great Detective Stories(1928: 155b); unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In this newly revised edition, Howard Haycraft presents an all-star collection of tales written by the acknowledged masters of the art and science of crime and its detection. The cast: Edgar Allan Poe, A. Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Jacques Futrelle, Melville Davisson Post, E. C. Bentley, Agatha Christie, H. C. Bailey, Ellery Queen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Rex Stout, Carter Dickson and Cornell Woolrich. These names offer a clue to the quality of the stories, many of which appear in an anthology for the first time. (Fall 1949)",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingFourteen Great Detective Stories, ed. Vincent Starrett (1928). Published December 1949.WR14 January 1950. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Starrett declined the ML’s invitation to reviseFourteen Great Detective Stories(1928: 155), citing lack of time, the “wildly inadequate” fee offered, and his lack of sympathy with the hard-boiled genre which he thought should be represented (Starrett to Maule, 28 July 1946). The Random House editor Harry E. Maule then suggested Raymond Chandler or Howard Haycraft as editor of the revised edition (Maule memo to Cerf, 23 September 1946).",
            "Haycraft retained six stories from the 1928 edition and replaced eight. In his introduction he noted, “The most striking single development in detective fiction during the 1920’s and 1930’s was unquestionably the growth of the American hardboiled school, best typified by the widely imitated novels of Dashiell Hammett. Unfortunately, no Hammett selection was available for the present volume, and none of his disciples has excelled sufficiently in the short story. The signs are not wanting that the hardboiled mode has by now passed its prime as a separate and distinct form” (p. xii).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Fourteen Great Detective Stories, ed. Vincent Starrett (1928)  155"
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        }
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1950",
      "HEAD": [
        1950,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "In 1950 Random House launched a series for classroom use, Modern Library College Editions.  All of the early titles were taken from the regular Modern Library series. They were issued in paper covers and sold initially at sixty-five cents a copy—sixty cents less than regular Modern Library books. To enhance their usefulness as college texts, they were issued with new introductions commissioned from and directed toward the academic community. The authors of the new introductions were a distinguished group.  The forty-one titles that inaugurated the new series had introductions by such figures as Eric Bentley, Clenath Brooks, E.K. Brown, David Daiches, Bergen Evans, Francis Fergusson, Royal A. Gettmann, Gilbert Highet, Herbert J. Muller, Gordon N. Ray, Mark Schorer, Henri Troyat, Mark Van Doren, Edward Wagenknecht, and Morton Dauwen Zabel.  The new introductions were subsequently included in regular Modern Library printings as well.",
          "Many of the notable publishing ventures that Random House has undertaken over the year have come about when someone at Random House—more often than not Cerf himself—perceived a need for books that was not being met. In contrast, there was nothing innovative about Modern Library College Editions nor were they a direct result of publishing inspiration. They were, quite simply, introduced to compete with another series that was beginning to eat into the Modern Library’s college market with their regular Modern Library series.",
          "That series was Rinehart Editions, started by Rinehart & Co. in late 1948. Rinehart Editions were paperback volumes of literary classics aimed specifically at the college market. Priced from fifty to seventy-five cents, they were substantially cheaper than the hardbound volumes of the regular Modern Library. Moreover, their texts were well-edited, with up-to-date introductions by eminent academics.",
          "The Modern Library College Editions were under the direction of Jess Stein. He selected the first group of titles for the College Editions from the Modern Library series through examining 1949 college bookstore orders from principle universities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois.",
          "The Random House juvenile department, already well established with such authors as Dr. Seuss and Walter Farley, became even more important to the firm when the Landmark Books series on American History was launched in 1950."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Nine new titles were added and four discontinued in the regular ML series, bringing the total titles to 276. There were an additional 74 titles in the Giants. The Modern Library College Editions launched with 41 titles of non-royalty-bearing works."
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Modern Library title pages continued to be designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the Modern Library’s regular printer."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels on the spine and front cover in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green). Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.25."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) James,Washington SquarexAlcott,Little Women; Giants through G74; jackets: 347. (Fall) Alcott,Little WomenxCicero,Basic Works; Giants through G75 with G57 Brooks,Flowering of New England; jackets: 348."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Gordon S. Haight of Yale University suggested George Eliot’sMiddlemarchfor ML College Editions and offered to write an introduction (Haight to Jess Stein, 26 January 1950). He wrote again six months later: “You will find all the contemporary English critics like Leavis, Pritchett, Joan Bennett, and the rest echoing Virginia Woolf’s opinion aboutMiddlemarchas the great novel of the 19th Century. It is back now on the Cambridge Tripos, and within four or five years, will be a standard required book in every English course. The Everyman and World’s Classics series are the only ones that include it now, but by the time the Modern Library gets around to it, there may be others who have anticipated the change in critical estimate” (Haight to Stein, 15 June 1950). Jess Stein, who edited the ML’s new paperback series, Modern Library College Editions, indicated that it was too long to be published at the uniform retail price of 65 cents and noted, “There are some titles in the College Editions that do run long, but all of them so far are assured top sellers, whileMiddlemarch, although rated high critically, does not so far carry the same assurance of large sales as, say,Anna Karenina. . . . The status ofMiddlemarchon our list here is simply this: as soon as we have reason to believe that we can at least break even onMiddlemarchwe will include it” (Stein to Haight, 20 June 1950).Middlemarch(636) did not appear in the ML until 1984.",
          "Jess Stein suggested several titles for the regular ML, including Joseph Conrad’sNostromoandThe Nigger of the Narcissus, Theodore Dreiser’sAn American Tragedy, George Eliot’sAdam Bede, Oliver Goldsmith’sVicar of Wakefield, three works by Henry James (Daisy Miller,The American, andThe Golden Bowl), Franz Kafka’sThe Castle, Jack London’sCall of the Wild, Lucretius’sOn the Nature of Things, Frank Norris’sThe Pit, Henryk Sienkiewicz’sQuo Vadis, Ignazio Silone’sBread and Wine, Edmund Spenser’sFaerie Queen, Henri Stendhal’sCharterhouse of Parma, Mark Twain’sAdventures of Huckleberry Finn, Edith Wharton’sEthan Frome, Owen Wister’sThe Virginian, and Emile Zola’sGerminal(Stein to Cerf, 10 October 1950). The following titles on Stein’s list were published in the regular series or ML Giants: Conrad,Nostromo(1951: 438); Dreiser,An American Tragedy(1950: G89); Goldsmith,Vicar of Wakefield and Other Writings(1955: 476); Kafka,The Castle(1969: 610); and Spenser,Selected Poetry(1964: G104). Twain’sAdventures of Huckleberry Finnwas available as part of a ML Giant that includedAdventures of Tom Sawyer(1940: G47) and in the 1980s was published as a volume of its own (1985: 642). Two titles on Stein’s list were former ML titles that had been discontinued: James,Daisy Miller; An International Episode(1918: 60) and Stendhal,Charterhouse of Parma(1937: 298).",
          "Somerset Maugham suggested a ML edition of William James’sPrinciples of Psychologyy(Maugham to Cerf, 14 May 1950). Richmond Lattimore suggested a ML volume of Greek poetry and offered to do the translations himself (Lattimore to Stein, 21 July 1950), but Cerf and Klopfer do not appear to have been enthusiastic about the proposal."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Freud,Interpretation of Dreams(1950)  425",
          "Wordsworth,Selected Poetry(1950)  426",
          "James,Washington Square(1950)  427",
          "Maugham,Cakes and Ale(1950)  428",
          "Faulkner,Light in August(1950)  429",
          "Richardson,Clarissa(1950)  430",
          "Alcott,Little Women(1950)  431",
          "Newman,Apologia pro Vita Sua(1950)  432",
          "Kipling,Kim(1950)  433"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Hémon,MariaChapdelaine(1934)",
          "Pearson,Studies in Murder(1938)",
          "Porter,Flowering Judas(1940)*",
          "Tomlinson,Sea and the Jungle(1928)"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": "*Flowering Judaswas withdrawn from the ML by Harcourt, Brace & Co. so it could be added to their own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, launched in 1948. Harcourt, Brace never added it to the new series, andFlowering Judaswas restored to the ML in spring 1953.",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 425,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SIGMUND FREUD",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 96
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "425a.  First printing (1950)",
            "By SIGMUND FREUD| [3-line title within scalloped ornamental frame] The | Interpretation | of Dreams | [below frame]Translated by Dr. A. A. BRILL| [torchbearer D4] |THE MODERN LIBRARY·NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–477 [478–488].  [1–14]16[15]8[16]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1950; [5]CONTENTS; [6] blank; [7]FOREWORDsigned: [at left]Vienna. |March 15, 1931| [at right] FREUD; [8] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–471 text; [472] blank; 473–477INDEX; [478] blank; [479–484] ML list; [485–486] ML Giants list; [487–488] blank. (Spring 1950)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper with black-and-white photograph of Freud holding a cigar and lettering in reverse except author in vivid reddish orange; backstrip in black with title in black on inset white panel bordered in vivid reddish orange and torchbearer and other lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Freud’s discovery that the dream is the means by which the unconscious can be explored is undoubtedly the most revolutionary step forward in the entire history of psychology. Dreams, according to his theory, represent the hidden fulfillment of our unconscious wishes. Through them inhibitions are released and tensions relaxed. The ability to interpret these manifestations of conflict in the human psyche has opened a vast new realm of investigation, particularly invaluable in the treatment of neuroses. By his pioneer investigations into the world of dreams, Sigmund Freud has created a transformation in our generation’s thinking.The Interpretation of Dreamsis here offered, complete and unabridged, in the translation by Dr. A. A. Brill, who for almost forty years had been the translator and standard-bearer of Freudian theories in America. (Spring 1950)",
            "Brill translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1913. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1950.WR25 March 1950. First printing: 10,000 copies.",
            "The text follows that ofThe Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud(1938: G37), where most of the first chapter ofThe Interpretation of Dreamsis omitted. The Giant includes the following Editor’s Note:",
            "As the first chapter of this work is nothing but an introduction to the book proper, it was deemed best for the purposes of this collection of Freud’s basic writings to omit most of it and to give only those parts that are in any way pertinent to the themes under later consideration. For it is of no particular interest or value to the general reader to know everything held by the ancients and moderns concerning the phenomena of dreams, up to the appearance of the first German edition of this work in 1900. (p. 185)",
            "The Editor’s Note is followed by three paragraphs headed, “The author summarizes these views as follows.” The regular ML edition omits both the Editor’s Note and this heading. The three summary paragraphs of the regular ML edition begin in the middle of p. 5 with no indication that anything has been omitted. In most editions ofThe Interpretation of Dreamsthe first chapter occupies about 95 pages. In the regular ML text it occupies five pages.",
            "425b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 425a except line 6: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 425a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]24[9]16",
            "Contents as 425a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [478–485] ML list; [486–487] ML Giants list; [488] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of 425a jacket with vivid reddish orange (34) borders added at top and foot, backstrip in vivid reddish orange with title and Fujita torchbearer in reverse, and “A Modern Library Book” added in reverse at foot of front panel below “Translated byDR. A. A. BRILL”. Front and back flaps with two paragraphs of biographical information followed by third paragraph as 425a flap text with “was” replacing “had been” in the last sentence.",
            "425c.  Reissue format with title page reset; offset printing (1978)",
            "The | Interpretation | of Dreams |By SIGMUND FREUD|Translated by Dr. A. A. BRILL| [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 425a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 425a except: [4] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, MARCH 1950 |Copyright 1950 by Random House, Inc.|Copyright renewed 1978 by Random House, Inc.; [478–488] blank.",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish red (20) and torchbearer in dark grayish brown (62). Front flap as 425b paragraph 3, with “has” omitted from the fourth and fifth sentences.",
            "Published fall 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60461-X.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Freud,Basic Writings(Giant, 1938)  G37"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 426,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM WORDSWORTH",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED POETRY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 268
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "426a.  First printing (1950)",
            "[torchbearer D4] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] WILLIAM | WORDSWORTH | SELECTED POETRY | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, | BY MARK VAN DOREN | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–714.  [1–23]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1950; v–xii CONTENTS; xiii–xxii INTRODUCTION | BY MARK VAN DOREN dated p. xxii: December, 1949.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–674 text; 675–698 PREFACE | TO THE SECOND EDITION OF “LYRICAL | BALLADS,” 1800; 699–703 APPENDIX, 1802; [704] blank; 705–709 INDEX OF TITLES; 710–714 INDEX OF FIRST LINES",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in black and vivid reddish orange (34) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse against black background and thin band in vivid reddish orange below title.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Issued on the one hundredth anniversary of William Wordsworth’s death, this volume is both commemorative and representative. It bears testimony to the continuing vitality of one of the greatest of England’s imaginative, romantic poets. In its more than 700 pages are to be found all that the modern reader can demand. Here included are the “Descriptive Sketches,” “Lyrical Ballads,” tales, sonnets, odes, pastorals, “The Prelude,” “Ecclesiastical Sonnets” and a wide selection of long and short miscellaneous verse. Mark Van Doren, poet, essayist and teacher, has made a generous yet discriminating selection from the vast body of writing achieved by Wordsworth during the almost fifty years he devoted to poetry. Mr. Van Doren’s Introduction is an illuminating critical interpretation of the poet and his work. (Spring 1950)",
            "Original ML collection. Published spring 1950.WR15 April 1950. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE.",
            "Van Doren received a flat fee of $1,000 for his work on the ML Wordsworth (Cerf to Van Doren, 26 July 1946). The text was set at Van Doren’s suggestion from the Cambridge Edition ofThe Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth(Houghton Mifflin Co.,1904).",
            "426b.  Title page reset; bibliography added (1951)",
            "WILLIAM | WORDSWORTH |Selected Poetry| EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, | BY MARK VAN DOREN |Professor of English, Columbia University| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, [1–2] 3–712.  [1–23]16",
            "Contents as 426a except: [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; xiii–xxii INTRODUCTION | BY MARK VAN DOREN with date on p. xxii omitted; xxiii–xxiv BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORDSWORTH; 704–708 INDEX OF TITLES; 709–712 INDEX OF FIRST LINES [reset in smaller type to fit on four pages].",
            "Jacket:As 426a. (Spring 1954)",
            "The two-page “Bibliography of Wordsworth” consisting of Works by Wordsworth and Criticism and Bibliography originally appeared in MLCE (1950) and in the regular ML in 1951. Stein decided before the first printing of the regular ML edition appeared that he wanted to include Wordsworth’sSelected Poetryin MLCE. He offered Van Doren an additional $50 to prepare a bibliography, which was a standard feature of the College Editions (Stein to Van Doren, 23 February 1950). The second printing of the regular ML edition used the MLCE text and appears to have been published by the end of 1951. The earliest printing examined dates from spring 1954.",
            "426c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 426b except line 7: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 426b.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16[12]32[13]16",
            "Contents as 426b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 426a in moderate purplish red (258) instead of black and brilliant green (140) instead of vivid reddish orange."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 427,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY JAMES",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "WASHINGTON SQUARE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 269
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "427a.  First printing (1950)",
            "[4-line title and statement of responsibility within double rules, within single rules] Washington | Square |by| HENRY JAMES | [below frame]Introduction by| CLIFTON FADIMAN | THE MODERN LIBRARY [torchbearer D4 extending above imprint] NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–291 [292–300].  [1–8]16[9]8[10]4[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1950; v–xii INTRODUCTION |by| Clifton Fadiman dated p. xii: January, 1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–291 text; [292] blank; [293–298] ML list; [299–300] ML Giants list. (Spring 1950)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in pale green (149), strong red (12) and black on cream paper with drawings of a woman holding a gas lamp at top and horse-drawn carriages waiting outside a townhouse at foot; lettering in strong red and black on wide cream band between the illustrations.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Since 1881, when it was first published,Washington Squarehas had three incarnations. In its original form, it was the novel by which Henry James won world-wide recognition in his early maturity. As a play, under the titleThe Heiress, its glowing story held thousands of theatre-goers under its spell. Finally, as a motion picture, under its new title, the novel once again gave evidence of its vitality and popularity to a new mass audience. NowWashington Squaretakes an honored place in the Modern Library with three other famous works by Henry James:The Turn of the Screw, No. 169,The Wings of the Dove, No. 244, andThe Portrait of a Lady, No. 107. Clifton Fadiman contributes an illuminating and perceptive Introduction for this distinguished addition to the series. (Spring 1950)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Bros., 1881. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1950.WR27 May 1950. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "427b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 427a through line 6; lines 7–8: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 427a.  [1–7]16[8]12[9–10]16",
            "Contents as 427a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [292–299] ML list; [300] blank.(Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 427a in yellowish gray (93), deep green (142) and dark greenish blue (174) on coated white paper; lettering in deep green and dark greenish blue on wide white band between the illustrations.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This “small, gracefully proportioned masterpiece,” as Clifton Fadiman describesWashington Squarein his Introduction, is one of the few of James’ novels to concern itself solely with America and Americans, and is perhaps the finest product of his early period.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "James, The Bostonians(1956– )   480",
            "James,Daisy Miller; An International Episode(1918–1971)  60",
            "James,Portrait of a Lady(1936– )  291",
            "James,Short Stories(Giant, 1948)  G75",
            "James,Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master(1930–1971)  189",
            "James,Wings of the Dove(1946–1969)  389"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 428,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CAKES AND ALE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 270
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "428.  First printing (1950)",
            "CAKES | AND | ALE | BY | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM | With a special introduction | for this edition by Mr. Maugham | [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [2], [1] 2–272 [273–274].  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1930, by W. Somerset Maugham | Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | All rights reserved | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1950; v–xii INTRODUCTION | BY | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM dated p. xii: January, 1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–272 text; [273–274] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in black and bronze on coated white paper with author in reverse on black panel at top, title in black on bronze panel at center, Moorish symbol adopted by Maugham and additional lettering in black on white panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In his revealing introduction written specially for this edition, W. Somerset Maugham expresses his own preference among all the novels in his long and distinguished career. He says: “I am willing enough to agree with common opinion thatOf Human Bondageis my best work. It is the kind of book that an author can only write once. After all, he has only one life. But the book I like best isCakes and Ale.” The same distinction has been made by countless enthusiastic readers. They considerOf Human BondageMaugham’s masterpiece. But the novel they take to their hearts for its candor and warmth and humor isCakes and Ale.",
            "The third Maugham novel in the Modern Library (Of Human Bondage, No. 176, andThe Moon and Sixpence, No. 27, are the other two), is introduced into the series with the author’s own version of the controversies and conjectures aroused by this withering but affectionate satire. (Spring 1950)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1950.WR15 April 1950. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML paid Doubleday a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. The contract indicated that Doubleday would make new plates and bill the ML half of the total cost up to $575. The ML had U.S. and Canadian rights only.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Maugham,Of Human Bondage(1930– )  199",
            "Maugham,Best Short Stories(1957– )  491",
            "Maugham,Moon and Sixpence(1935–1971)  283"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 429,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM FAULKNER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "LIGHT IN AUGUST",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 88
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "429.1a.  First printing (1950)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | Light in August |by WILLIAM FAULKNER| Introduction by Richard H. Rovere | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–444 [445–450].  [1–13]16[14]8[15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1932, by William Faulkner | Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | All rights reserved | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1950; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | [short swelled rule] |by RICHARD H. ROVEREdated p. xiv:April, 1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–444 text; [445–450] ML list. (Spring 1950)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), black and yellowish gray (93) on coated white paper with brilliant yellow panel at left and wider black panel at right; “L” of title in black on yellow panel with arm adjoining black panel, rest of title in reverse on black panel with upper portion of letters “GHT” in first word of title shaded in yellowish gray; authorship statement: By [in yellowish gray] WILLIAM FAULKNER [in black] on horizontal white bar crossing both panels; other lettering on black panel in yellowish gray (INTRODUCTION BY), reverse (RICHARD H. ROVERE), and brilliant yellow (A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK). Designed by E. McKnight Kauffer; unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the judgment of the foremost literary men of the world, William Faulkner stands pre-eminent among living American novelists. These critics may differ in their preference of any one of his fifteen novels over any other, but all are in agreement thatLight in Augustis one of the finest among his major works. For its vitality, its scope, its imagination and, above all, its compassion, it is more than a novelist’s achievement; it is an experience in which the reader becomes a deeply involved participant. (Fall 1950)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except in brilliant yellow (83) and black only. Yellowish gray shading omitted from title, “By” in black instead of yellowish gray, “INTRODUCTION BY” in reverse instead of yellowish gray; other lettering on black panel as jacket A. Front flap reset with the following revisions in the second sentence: “fifteen” omitted, “finest” changed to “most distinguished”. (Fall 1955; Fall 1962)",
            "Originally published by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.WR30 September 1950. First printing: 7,500 copies.",
            "Random House became Faulkner’s publisher in 1936 when it acquired Smith and Haas. At that time the only Faulkner title in the ML wasSanctuary(233), which had been selected in 1932 because it was the only work of Faulkner’s for which plates were available. No further Faulkner titles were added until 1946, whenThe Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(394) were published in one volume, printed from plates made from a new typesetting. The publication of that volume, together withThe Portable Faulkner, edited by Malcolm Cowley and published by Viking Press a few months earlier, led to widespread recognition of Faulkner’s stature as a major American author. Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. The Modern Library edition ofLight in August, published four years afterThe Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying, became the third Faulkner volume in the series.",
            "The ML resetLight in Augustbecause Smith and Haas had not made plates. All four Smith and Haas printings had been from standing type which had since been melted. The only previous reprint edition ofLight in August, published by New Directions in its Modern Readers series in 1947, was photographically reproduced from the Smith and Haas edition and printed by offset lithography.",
            "In addition to the first printing of 7,500 copies, printings of 429.1a were as follows: 5,000 copies (1951), 5,000 copies (1952), 5,000 copies (1953), 5,000 copies (1954), two printings of 5,000 copies each (1955), 5,000 copies (1956), three printings of 5,000 copies each (1957), four printings of 5,000, 10,000, 5,000, and 10,000 copies (1959), 10,000 copies (1960), 10,000 copies (1961), two printings of 10,000 copies each (1962). These figures have been compiled from scattered records of binding orders and printed sheets received; some records may be missing (there are no records for 1958) but the total of 127,500 copies for the period 1950–62 is probably accurate within 10,000 copies or so.",
            "429.1b.  Rovere introduction dropped (1963)",
            "Title as 429.1a through line 3; line 4: THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–444.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 429.1a except: [1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1932, by William Faulkner | Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | All rights reserved | [short rule].",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 429.1b. Contents as 429.1b except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1932, AND RENEWED, 1959, | BY WILLIAM FAULKNER (Fall 1964 jacket)",
            "Jacket C:Uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper with lettering in vivid yellowish green (129) and black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "First published in October, 1932,Light in Augustwas the seventh of Faulkner’s novels to appear. Unquestionably one of his masterworks, it has always stood near or at the top of any critic’s attempted listing of the author’s works in the order of their excellence or importance; and it will continue to be one of the most widely read, studied, and written about novels of this century. (Spring 1963)",
            "The memorandum issuing the instruction to drop the introductions from ML printings ofSanctuaryandAbsalom, Absalom!was dated 14 November 1962 (RHC box 538, ML spring 1962 folder). The introduction to Faulkner’sLight in Augustwas also dropped around this time. Introductions appear to have been dropped when Faulkner titles in the ML began to appear in uniform non-pictorial jackets on coated white paper. The earliest use of the uniform Faulkner jacket was forLight in Augustin spring 1963. By 1967 the regular ML included ten Faulkner titles in white uniform jackets. Four, includingLight in August, were existing ML titles that were outfitted in new jackets. Four titles—Selected Short Stories,Intruder in the Dust,A Fable, andPylon—were new to the ML. Two,The Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dying, had previously been combined in a single ML volume.",
            "429.2.  Offset lithographic printing photographed from Smith and Haas edition (1965)",
            "LIGHT IN | AUGUST | WILLIAM FAULKNER | [line drawing of shack with sunlight streaming through clouds] | [torchbearer H] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], 1–480 [481–492].  [1–14]16[15]8[16]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1932, by William Faulkner | Copyright renewed, 1959, by William Faulkner; 1–480 text; [481] biographical and bibliographical notes; [482] blank; [483–490] ML list; [491–492] ML Giants list. (Fall 1965)",
            "Jacket:As 429.1b.",
            "ML edition (p. [3], 1–480) printed from offset plates photographically reproduced from the first printing (Smith & Haas, 1932) with title-page imprint revised. Published fall 1965.",
            "Lines 1–3 of the title page are in open-face type. The title page drawing was used on Smith and Haas printings and subsequent printings from offset plates where the text is reproduced photographically from the Smith and Haas edition. The drawing is signed “RF” at the lower right but the artist has not been identified.",
            "In addition to ML 429.2, printings from offset plates were published by Random House, April 1967; MLCE with an introduction by Cleanth Brooks, 1968; and Vintage Books, January 1972.",
            "Also in the Modern Library:",
            "Faulkner,Sanctuary(1930–1971)",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(1946–1966)  394",
            "Faulkner,Absalom, Absalom!(1951– )  434",
            "Faulkner,Go Down, Moses(1955– )  473",
            "Faulkner,Faulkner Reader(Giant, 1959–1990)  G93",
            "Faulkner,Selected Short Stories(1962– )  539",
            "Faulkner,Intruder in the Dust(1964– )  567",
            "Faulkner,A Fable(1966–1971)  585",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury(1966– )  593",
            "Faulkner,As I Lay Dying(1967– )  596",
            "Faulkner,Pylon(1967–1970)  599",
            "Faulkner,Wild Palms(1984– )  640"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 430,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SAMUEL RICHARDSON",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CLARISSA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 10
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "430.  First printing (1950)",
            "CLARISSA | OR THE HISTORY OF A | YOUNG LADY | by Samuel Richardson | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | JOHN ANGUS BURRELL | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–786.  [1–25]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1950; v–xiv INTRODUCTION |by John Angus Burrelldated p. xiv:Columbia University|1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–786 text.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in light orange (52) and black on cream paper with a small decorative drawing of a man and woman in eighteenth-century attire; lettering in black against light orange background except author on cream band below illustration.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The enormous influence of Samuel Richardson on the English novel has persisted for more than two centuries. His analysis of sentiment, his rich imaginative power, his insight into character, particularly feminine character, and his infinitely patient observation of the behavior and relationships of the people in his created world—these are the elements for which he is regarded as thefirstof our novelists. The overwhelming length of his masterpiece,Clarissa—over 2,000 pages in its unabridged form—has frightened away all too many readers. Under the skillful and perceptive editorship of John Angus Burrell of Columbia University, the substance and spirit of this great novel are retained and its prolixities and excesses are trimmed away to make a volume of over 800 lively pages. (Fall 1950)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita pictorial jacket on coated white paper with inset illustration in vivid purplish red (254) and black of a woman wearing a bonnet tied below her chin, with “Modern Library Book” in reverse and Fujita “ml” symbol in black at foot of illustration; “Clarissa” in deep purplish red (256) and other lettering in black above inset illustration. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1967 format)",
            "Original ML abridgment. Published fall 1950.WR9 December 1950. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Burrell received a flat fee of $1,000 for his editorial work and introduction. Cerf asked for a book of no more than 600 pages with the manuscript to be delivered by 1 February 1950. He told Burrell: “This provision of size should mean that our condensation will be somewhat longer—and I know it will be better—than any other condensation now in existence” (Cerf to Burrell, 4 November 1949). The published volume exceeded the anticipated length by 200 pages.",
            "Random House announced the forthcoming ML edition asClarissa Harlowe. Burrell wrote to emphasize that the correct title wasClarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady(Burrell to Cerf and Commins, 23 February 1950). Commins wanted to useClarissa Harloweon the jacket. He argued thatClarissawas not enough to identify the book, that the full title was too long, and that everyone knew it by the incorrect title (Commins, undated memo to Klopfer). In the end the full titleClarissa or The History of a Young Ladywas used on the title page but the running heads record the title as THE HISTORY OF [verso pages] CLARISSA HARLOW [recto pages]. The front panel of jacket A readsClarissa| THE HISTORY OF | CLARISSA HARLOWE, THE FIRST AND | ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS | HEROINES OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL.",
            "The front panel of jacket B records the title as Clarissa | or The History of a Young Lady."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 431,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LOUISA MAY ALCOTT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "LITTLE WOMEN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–1955",
            "ML_NUMBER": 258
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "431.  First printing (1950)",
            "Little Women | BY | LOUISA MAY ALCOTT | ILLUSTRATED BY | ALBERT DE MEE JOUSSET | [line drawing of 4 young women] | [curved down] The Modern Library | [curved up] NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–596 [597–600].  [1–19]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short swelled rule] |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1950; v Preface; [vi] blank; vii–viii Contents;  [1] part title: Little Women; | PART FIRST; [2] blank; 3–596 text with 42 line cut illustrations; [597–600] blank.",
            "Jacket:Title in brilliant blue (177) and other lettering in black on coated cream paper with inset multicolor illustration of a young man talking to four young women. Illustration unsigned but probably by Albert de Mee Jousset.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Louisa May Alcott’s hope thatLittle Womenwould become “the most tattered, dog-eared, best-loved book in the library” has been more than fulfilled through the decades following its publication in 1868. Generation after generation, young people and their elders have read and reread the adventures of the March family, admired Jo’s daring, wept when Beth died and sighed sympathetically over Meg’s and Amy’s romantic adventures. Those who remember their youth and want to renew it keep a special place in their hearts for this nostalgic tale of a vanished time and spirit in American life. (Fall 1950)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.WR30 September 1950. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1955.",
            "Little Womenwith illustrations by Albert de Mee Jousset was originally scheduled for publication in the Illustrated Modern Library in fall 1947. Jousset received $2,000 for the artwork, which included color illustrations as well as about 40 line drawings. The line drawings ranged from chapter heads to a double-page spread, but most appeared on pages along with text. The composition order was placed in May, shortly before escalating production costs forced the suspension of the Illustrated Modern Library. Paper orders were canceled in June for bothLittle Womenand Parkman’sOregon Trail, the other Illustrated Modern Library title announced for fall 1947.",
            "At this point the type forLittle Womenwas in galleys (the text was set from the edition published in Grosset & Dunlap’s Illustrated Junior Library), half of the plates for the color illustrations were completed, and all of the line cuts had been made. The type was held for nearly two years until a decision was made in April 1949 to publishLittle Womenin the regular ML without color illustrations.The Oregon Trail(423) was also published in the regular series. The illustration on the jacket ofLittle Womenis unsigned but is almost certainly one of the color illustrations Jousset made for the Illustrated Modern Library.",
            "The ML edition appears to have been unsuccessful. There was a second printing in spring 1954 before the ML edition was discontinued."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 432,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN HENRY NEWMAN",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 113
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "432.  First printing (1950)",
            "[3 open-face Greek crosses in triangular pattern] | [2-line title within double rules] APOLOGIA | PRO VITA SUA | [below frame] JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN |“Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in Him, | and He will do it. | And He will bring forth thy justice as the light, | and thy judgment as the noon-day.”| Introduction by | ANTON C. PEGIS | PRESIDENT, PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF | MEDIAEVAL STUDIES | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–430 [431–434].  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1950 | 7-line nihil obstat and imprimatur, dated August 22, 1950; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION | BY ANTON C. PEGIS dated p. xiv: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies | Toronto, Canada | August, 1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–276; [277] part title: APPENDIX; [278] blank; 279–355 ANSWER IN DETAIL TO MR. KINGSLEY’S ACCUSATIONS; 356–365 NOTES; 366–367 BIBLIOGRAPHY; 368–372 POSTSCRIPTUM | June 4, 1864; 373–390 CORRESPONDENCE, |&c.; 391–430 A Reply to a Pamphlet | by Charles Kingsley | “WHAT, THEN, DOES DR. NEWMAN MEAN?”; [431–434] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong red (12), light grayish yellowish brown (79) and black on cream paper with decorative illustration of cardinal’s hat in strong red and scepter; lettering in black against light grayish yellowish brown background except series on strong red border at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The point of controversy, in 1864, between Charles Kingsley and John Henry Newman is now only incidental to what it produced. Out of it came one of the most influential religious autobiographies of Western literature, theApologia Pro Vita Sua. It is far more than a vigorous defense of religious adherence; it is an affirmation of faith and conviction, a projection of a magnetic and powerful personality and a dynamic account of spiritual conversion. Anton C. Pegis, the renowned Thomist scholar and distinguished Catholic philosopher, provides an illuminating and perceptive introduction for Cardinal Newman’s masterpiece. (Fall 1950)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.WR9 December 1950. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf initially asked Jacques Maritain, whom Commins had suggested as a long shot, to write an introduction toApologia Pro Vita Sua(Cerf to Maritain, 16 September 1949). Maritain either declined or did not reply. Cerf then turned to Pegis, who had worked with Random House and the ML in the past. At Commins’s request Pegis secured a nihil obstat and imprimatur on his introduction. Commins sent Pegis a copy of the original 1864 edition to mark for composition purposes (Commins to Pegis, 10 April 1950). Pegis initially hoped to include Newman’s corrections from the 1865 edition but decided to use the original text accompanied by the correspondence with Charles Kingsley (pp. 373–90) and Kingsley’s pamphlet,What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?(pp. 391–430)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 433,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RUDYARD KIPLING",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "KIM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1950–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 99
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "433a.  First printing (1950)",
            "KIM | BY RUDYARD | KIPLING | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–345 [346–348].  [1–11]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1900, 1901, BY RUDYARD KIPLING | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1927, 1928, BY RUDYARD KIPLING |All Rights Reserved|FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–345 text; [346–348] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in pale yellow (89), strong yellowish brown (74) and black on coated white paper with illustration of Kim in turban; lettering in strong yellowish brown and black against pale yellow background. Signed: FB.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Fifty years have passed sinceKimenchanted the world with its insight into Indian life. Since then there have been countless books which described and interpreted that teeming land, but none has supplanted Rudyard Kipling’s radiant picture, with its people of high and low caste, in the hearts of readers, old and young. As a tale of picaresque adventure, as a pageant and as a social document,Kimis a classic in its own field. It is storytelling at its best, with all the vitality and color and appeal it first offered at the turn of the century. (Fall 1950)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.WR9 December 1950. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf first tried to includeKimin the ML in 1931, perhaps as a replacement for Kipling’sThree Soldiers(3) which had been discontinued several weeks earlier, but Doubleday, Doran was not ready to grant reprint rights (Daniel Longwell to Cerf, 17 February 1931). He asked again the following year (Cerf to Nelson Doubleday, 3 December 1932) with the same result. At that point he appears to have given up. The idea of including a book by Kipling resurfaced in 1949; a week later he decided it should beKim(Cerf to Mina Turner, Doubleday, 9 November 1949 and 15 November 1949). This time Doubleday was willing to grant reprint rights.",
            "The ML paid Doubleday royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "433b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Lines 1–3 as 433a | [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination and collation as 433a.",
            "Contents as 433a except: [4] lines 1–3 as 433a; [347–348] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Enlarged version of 433a jacket with initials of artist (FB) omitted, Fujita ml symbol added at lower left followed by “A Modern Library Book” in strong yellowish brown (74); Fujita torchbearer in strong yellowish brown added at foot of backstrip.",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "Since its publication in 1901,Kimhas enchanted readers young and old with its insight into Indian life. As a tale of picaresque adventure, as a pageant and as a social document,Kimis a classic in its field. It is storytelling at its best, with all the vitality and color and appeal it first offered at the turn of the century.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Kipling,Soldiers Three(1917–1930)  3"
          ]
        }
      ]
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1951",
      "HEAD": [
        1951,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Modern Library College Editions, established in 1950, continued to grow during 1951.  The series maintained close ties with the regular Modern Library series during this time.  Most titles continued to be selected from the regular Modern Library series and adapted with new introductions for the college market. However, anthologies of works by Browning, Byron, Keats, and Shelley were compiled especially for Modern Library College Editions. The Keats and Shelley anthologies were also published in the regular Modern Library in spring 1951; the Browning and Byron volumes were added to the regular series in 1954.",
          "Ten additional titles were added to the College Editions in January, 1951. In contrast to the initial group of forty-one non-royalty bearing titles, several of those added in 1951 required royalty payments. Despite these additions, the Modern Library College Editions began to encounter difficulties in its second year. Production costs were going up and college enrollments temporarily declined as the pool of former soldiers attending college on the G.I bill exhausted. The series did not fully recover until 1956.  Thereafter, sales continued to be strong.  The series maintained its position in the 1960s when the regular Modern Library began to falter and continued throughout the 1970s after the regular series became moribund."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Twelve new titles were added to the series and two titles were superseded by more current editions.  This brought the total titles available to 288."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in the 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format with the stiff linen binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal, Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in gray, and the top edge stained to match the inset panels on the spine and front cover."
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Modern Library title pages continued to be designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the Modern Library’s regular printer."
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The books were printed by Parkway Printing Co. and bound by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co.",
          "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green) on the spine and front cover. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
        ]
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.25."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Cicero,Basic WorksxHowells,Rise of Silas Lapham; Giants through G75 with G57 not listed; jackets: 352. (Fall) Howells,Rise of Silas LaphamxDinesen,Out of Africa; Giants through G75 with G57 Melville,Selected Writingsand G54 Fielding,Tom Jones; jackets: 358."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf wanted to include an abridged edition of Havelock Ellis’sStudies in the Psychology of Sexin ML Giants, but the ML was unable to secure reprint rights (Cerf to Klopfer, 17 March 1950; 22 March 1951).",
          "Suggested titles that were declined included J. B. Priestley’sThe Good Companions(Klopfer to William Rose, 12 February 1951) andMark Twain’s Americaby Bernard DeVoto. In connection with the latter Cerf indicated: “Books of this nature just don’t seem to go in our series no matter how good they are” (Cerf to Hardwick Moseley, 6 April 1951)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Faulkner,Absalom, Absalom!(1951)  434",
          "Cicero,Basic Works(1951)  435",
          "Keats,Complete Poetry and Selected Prose(1951)  436",
          "Shelley,Selected Poetry and Prose(1951)  437",
          "Conrad,Nostromo(1951)  438",
          "Oates and O’Neill, eds.,Seven Famous Greek Plays(1951)  439",
          "Whitman,Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose(1951)  440",
          "Six Modern American Plays(1951)  441",
          "Howells,Rise of Silas Lapham(1951)  442",
          "Proust,Past Recaptured(1951)  443",
          "Coleridge,Selected Poetry and Prose(1951)  444",
          "Saki,Short Stories(1951)  445"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Whitman,Leaves of Grass(94.1e); originally published in the ML as Whitman,Poems(1921: 94.1a).  Superseded by Whitman,Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose(1951)",
          "Landis, ed.,Four Famous Greek Plays(1929: 178).  Superseded by Oates and O’Neill, eds.,Seven Famous Greek Plays(1951)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 434,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM FAULKNER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              "!",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "ABSALOM, ABSALOM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 271
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "434a.  First printing (1951)",
            "ABSALOM, | ABSALOM! | BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | INTRODUCTION BY HARVEY BREIT | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, 7–378 [379–394].  [1–11]16[12]8[13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1951; v–xii INTRODUCTION |By Harvey Breitdated p. xii: New York | January, 1951.; 7–378 text; [379–380] CHRONOLOGY; [381–383] GENEALOGY; [384–385] map of Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha Co., Mississippi; [386] blank; [387–392] ML list; [393–394] ML Giants list. (Spring 1951)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in strong blue (178), brilliant yellow (83), deep brown (56) and black on coated white paper depicting a woman standing on driveway to a mansion under a canopy of trees hanging with Spanish moss; lettering in reverse and brilliant yellow. Signed: PG (Paul Galdone). The ML jacket echoes George Salter’s jacket for the 1936 RH edition, which “creates an eerie view of a house through foreground foliage” (Hansen, p. 96), but is perhaps more effective in attracting prospective buyers to the book.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The editors of the Modern Library, responsive to the growing demand that as many titles as possible of the works of William Faulkner be constantly available, are proud to addAbsalom, Absalom!to the series. Originally published in 1936 and long out of print, this novel has commanded huge prices in the rare book market, but is now brought within the means of every book buyer. Considered by every critic one of the major novels among the nineteen volumes written by the recent Nobel Prize winner,Absalom, Absalom!stands withSanctuary(Modern Library No. 61),The Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dying(No. 187) andLight in August(No. 88) as a distinguished achievement in the literature of the South and of the entire world. (Spring 1951)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1936, with folding map tipped in following p. 384. ML edition (pp. 7–[383]) printed from RH plates with fly title leaf (pp. [5–6]) omitted, blank page before Chronology omitted, page numerals (380–384) removed from Chronology and Genealogy, and map redrawn to fit the ML’s format. Published spring 1951.WR21 April 1951. First printing: 10,000 copies.",
            "Absalom, Absalom!was out of print in 1950 and very difficult to find. Frances Steloff, proprietor of the Gotham Book Mart, wrote Cerf:",
            "This is to serve notice that you will not have peace or rest until you promise to reprintAbsalom, Absalom. We have been advertising for many months without receiving a single quotation. Now at last I get the enclosed [a quotation from a dealer offering a copy at $74.25].",
            "I called the guy up just to see if he was serious, and sure enough the 25¢ is for postage and insurance, he explains, rare books must be insured. The last copy we sold for $20.00 and I thought we were robbing the poor customer, but there is no other way to lay hands on this title.",
            "We have a poor student in Germany who made great sacrifices to get $7.50 to us; about six months ago we thought we could supply one at that price. And so we keep on searching without success. It is as you must know the most important of all Faulkner titles, and Faulkner has been on the up and up for the last two years.",
            "Will you take my word for it that it will be the best selling title in the Modern Library for a very long time. I had hoped to avoid annoying you and thought I would extract a promise from Saxe [Commins] but he passed the buck (Steloff to Cerf, [April 1950]; quoted in Morgan, “Frances Steloff and the Gotham Book Mart,” pp. 741–42).",
            "Subsequent printings of 434a were as follows: two printings of 5,000 copies each (1952), 5,000 copies (1954), 5,000 copies (1956), 5,000 copies (1957), 7,000 copies (1959), two printings of 7,000 copies each (1960), 10,000 copies (1961), two printings of 10,000 copies each (1962). These figures have been compiled from scattered records of binding orders and printed sheets received; some records may be missing (there are no records of printings in 1953, 1955, and 1958) but the total of 86,000 copies for the period 1951–62 is probably accurate within 15,000 copies or so.",
            "434b.Breit introduction dropped (1963)",
            "Title as 434a through line 3; lines 4–5: [torchbearer H] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], 7–378 [379–386].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1936, by William Faulkner; 7–[386] as 434a.Note:Copies examined are in the Blumenthal binding which was last used for new ML titles in fall 1962. It took time to create new bindings for all of the backlist titles.",
            "Variant: Pagination and collation as 434b. Contents as 434b except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.  (Letterpress printing; 1960s binding B; Kent endpaper in gray; uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper)",
            "Jacket A:As 434a with flap text in sans serif type. (Fall 1963)Note:The front flap continues to include the statement, “Introduction by Harvey Breit.”",
            "Jacket B:Uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper with lettering in brilliant bluish green (159) and black; used on 434b variant.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Absalom, Absalom!, which was first published in October 1936, is William Faulkner’s ninth novel. This Modern Library edition, available since 1951, was printed from plates reproduced photographically from the original edition, and includes the chronology of events in the novel, the genealogy of the principal characters, and the map entitled “Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha Co., Mississippi,” prepared by the “Sole Owner & Proprietor” for the first printing. (Fall 1963)",
            "The memorandum issuing the instruction to drop the introductions fromSanctuaryandAbsalom, Absalom!was dated 14 November 1962 (RH box 538, ML spring 1962 folder). The introduction to Faulkner’sLight in Augustwas also dropped around this time. Introductions appear to have been dropped when ML Faulkner titles began to appear in uniform non-pictorial jackets on coated white paper. The earliest use of the uniform Faulkner jacket was forLight in Augustin spring 1963. By 1967 the regular ML included ten Faulkner titles in white uniform jackets. Four, includingAbsalom! Absalom!, were existing ML titles that were outfitted in new jackets. Four titles—Selected Short Stories,Intruder in the Dust,A Fable, andPylon, were new to the ML. Two,The Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dying, had previously been combined in a single ML volume (1946: 394).",
            "434c.  Title page reset, offset printing (1964)",
            "William Faulkner|Absalom, Absalom!| [torchbearer J] |The Modern Library|New York",
            "Pagination and collation as 434b. Contents as 434b except: [4]This is a facsimile of the First Edition| Copyright, 1936, by William Faulkner | Renewed, 1964, by Estelle Faulkner and Jill Faulkner Summers.",
            "Jacket B:As 434b jacket B. (Fall 1964)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Faulkner,Sanctuary(1932–1971)  233",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(1946–1966)  394",
            "Faulkner,Light in August(1950– )  429",
            "Faulkner,Go Down, Moses(1955– )  473",
            "Faulkner,Faulkner Reader(1959–1990)  G93",
            "Faulkner,Selected Short Stories(1962– )  539",
            "Faulkner,Intruder in the Dust(1964– )  567",
            "Faulkner,A Fable(1966–1971)  585",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury(1966– )  593",
            "Faulkner,As I Lay Dying(1967– )  596",
            "Faulkner,Pylon(1967–1970)  599",
            "Faulkner,Wild Palms(1984– )  640"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 435,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CICERO",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE BASIC WORKS OF CICERO",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 272
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "435.  First printing (1951)",
            "THE BASIC WORKS OF | CICERO | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | and notes by MOSES HADAS | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xxii, [1–2] 3–426.  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1951; [v]Acknowledgments; [vi] blank; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xxii INTRODUCTION |by Moses Hadasdated p. xxii:Columbia University,February, 1951; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–422 text; 423–426 GLOSSARY",
            "Contents:On Moral Duties, Book 1; translated by George B. Gardiner – Tusculan Disputations, Book 1; translated by Robert Black – On Old Age; translated by Moses Hadas – Scipio’s Dream; translated by Cyrus R. Edmonds and Moses Hadas – On the Character of the Orator, Book 1; translated by E. N. P. Moor – Against Catiline 1; translated by H. E. D. Blakiston – Against Catiline 4; translated by H. E. D. Blakiston – For Caelius; translated by Richmond Y. Hathorn – Second Philippic; translated by H. E. D. Blakiston – Letters; translated by Arthur Patch McKinlay.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of medallion with Cicero in left-profile; author in reverse and other lettering in black, all against moderate greenish blue background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Included in every list of great books are Cicero’s orations. For a long time the editors of the Modern Library have cherished the hope of bringing into the series not only the orations, but the essays and letters of Cicero within the compass of a single compact volume. Only when Professor Hadas provided the means by which the writings of one of the greatest of the Romans could be presented in the best of a variety of translations was this aim achieved. Now such essays as “On Moral Duties,” “On Old Age,” “Scipio’s Dream” and “On the Character of the Orator” and the orations “Against Catiline” and the “Second Philippic,” as well as a generous assortment of Letters, make a volume of immense value to the scholar and general reader alike. (Spring 1951)",
            "Original ML collection. Published spring 1951.WR9 June 1951. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE.",
            "Published initially in ML and subsequently in MLCE. Hadas received a flat fee of $500 for his editorial work. Sales totaled 21,030 copies by spring 1958."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 436,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN KEATS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COMPLETE POETRY AND SELECTED PROSE OF JOHN KEATS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 273
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "436.  First printing (1951)",
            "THE COMPLETEPoetry| AND SELECTEDProse| of JOHN KEATS |Edited, with an Introduction,byHAROLD EDGAR BRIGGS |Associate Professor of English, University of Southern California| [torchbearer D3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxvi, [1–2] 3–515 [516–524].  [1–16]16[17]8[18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.|FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1951; v–xiii CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; xv–xxxi INTRODUCTION | BY HAROLD EDGAR BRIGGS; [xxxii] blank; xxxiii–xxxiv BIBLIOGRAPHY; xxxv–xxxvi NOTE ON THE TEXT; [1] part title: THE COMPLETE POETRY; [2] blank; 3–417 text; [418] blank; [419] part title: PROSE: SELECTED LETTERS; [420] blank; 421–472 text; [473] part title: APPENDICES | [ornamental rule] | I.Lines of Uncertain Date and Origin. | II.The Attack upon “Endymion.”; [474] blank; 475–510 text; 511–515 INDEX OF TITLES; [516] blank; [517–522] ML list; [523–524] ML Giants list. (Spring 1951)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of medallion with Greek woman in helmet holding a spear and wreath; author in reverse and other lettering in black, all on dark reddish orange background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the twenty-six years of his life, John Keats achieved permanent rank among the world’s greatest lyricists. His poetry, here offered in its entirety, includes a number of recently found verses hitherto unavailable in most collections. In addition, a generous representation of his letters in complete form throws light on the emotional life of the poet and the creative sources of his writing. Harold E. Briggs, Professor of English at the University of Southern California, contributes an illuminating introduction and provides an appendix of documents dealing with the damning of “Endymion” by the critics who were responsible for the crucial series of events at the end of Keats’s life. (Spring 1951)",
            "Original ML collection, printed from offset plates. Published spring 1951.WR9 June 1951. First ML printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Published spring 1951 in MLCE and the regular ML. Briggs received a flat fee of $250 to prepare a Keats collection for MLCE (Stein to Briggs, 28 June 1950). In June 1951 Stein indicated that a decision had been made to include the volume in the regular ML as well. “When the contract was originally made with you for the Modern Library College Edition . . . we could not foresee the astronomical rise in costs nor had we any way of knowing the sales possibilities of each title in the series. In order to bring about some sort of balance between our outlay and the expectancy of sales, we have had to incorporate your volume in the regular Modern Library series, hoping thereby to retrieve a part of our investment” (Stein to Briggs, 28 June 1951). Stein sent Briggs an additional payment of $100 in recognition of the publication ofThe Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Keatsin the regular ML.",
            "The volume was printed from offset plates at a time when most ML titles were printed letterpress. Freiman was disappointed with the quality of the printing. When the first set of MLCE sheets arrived he told the ML’s printer that the quality was “very bad. I would not feel so sad about this were it not for the fact that these are printed from a new set of plates. Further, I have been impressed with the fine quality of printing the Rinehart editions enjoy” (Freiman to Richard Simon, Parkway Printing, 10 May 1951). MLCE had been created to compete with Rinehart Editions in the burgeoning college market.",
            "The text of the poems “is substantially that of the first editions. A number of emendations have been made as a result of collating later editions. . . . Some silent changes in punctuation, etc., have been made in the interest of greater clarity. The text of Keats’s letters . . . is reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press from Maurice Buxton Forman’sThe Letters of John Keats” (p. xxxv)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 437,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 274
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "437.  First printing (1951)",
            "The Selected| POETRY AND PROSE OF |Percy Bysshe Shelley| [floral ornament] |Edited, with an Introduction, by| CARLOS BAKER |Associate Professor of English, Princeton University| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–524.  [1–17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvii INTRODUCTION | by Carlos Baker; also on p. xvii: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; [xviii] blank; xix–xx Contents; [1] part title: Narrative Poems | and Lyrical Dramas; [2] blank; 3–359 text; [360] blank; [361] part title: Lyrical and Reflective Poems; [362] blank; 363–432 text; [433] part title: Prefaces and Essays; [434] blank; 435–522 text; 523–524 Index of Titles. (Spring 1951 jacket)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 437.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16[9]32[10]16. Contents as 437 except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (1968 format with jacket B and Fujita binding and endpapers)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in moderate green (145) and black on cream paper with inset oval illustration of wooded riverbank; author in reverse and other lettering in black, all on moderate green background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This volume of 544 pages offers a profusion of riches for the lover of Shelley’s poetry and the admirer of his prose. It contains thirteen narrative poems and lyrical dramas, the shorter lyrical and reflective poems and a selection of prefaces and essays. In the prose section are to be found prefaces to “The Revolt of Islam,” “Prometheus Unbound,” “The Cenci,” and such important essays as “On a Future State,” “On the Punishment of Death,” “On Metaphysics,” “A Defence of Poetry” and others. Carlos Baker of Princeton University contributes a penetrating analysis of Shelley’s work and thought in an introduction which includes biographical and bibliographical notes. (Spring 1951)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket on coated white paper with “Shelley” in grayish olive (110) and black, decoration and “ml” symbol in brownish orange (54), other lettering in black. Front flap as jacket A with first sentence omitted and second sentence (now the opening sentence) beginning “This volume contains thirteen narrative poems and lyrical dramas. . . .” Last sentence revised and printed as a separate paragraph: “Carlos Baker has contributed a penetrating analysis. . . .” (1968 format)",
            "Original ML collection. Published spring 1951.WR21 April 1951. First ML printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74; retained in MLCE.",
            "Published spring 1951 in MLCE (WR10 February 1951) and the regular ML. Baker received a flat fee of $250 to prepare a Shelley collection for MLCE and an additional $100 when it was included in the regular ML (Stein to Baker, 27 June 1950 and 28 June 1951). The copy text for setting the poems was the MLG edition of Keats and Shelley,Complete Poetical Works(G4)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 438,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOSEPH CONRAD",
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            "TITLE": "NOSTROMO",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1970; 1983–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 275
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "438.1.  First printing (1951)",
            "NOSTROMO | BY | JOSEPH CONRAD |INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT PENN WARREN| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |New York",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xliii [xliv–xlvi], 1–8 [9–10]; [1–2] 3–630 [631–632].  [1–20]16[21]8[22]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRSTModern LibraryEDITION, 1951; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xxxix INTRODUCTION | by Robert Penn Warren; xl–xli BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; xlii–xliii SUGGESTED READINGS; [xliv] blank; [xlv] Contents; [xlvi] blank; 1–[9] NOTE signed p. [9]: [at left] October, 1917 [at right] J. C.; [10] blank; [1] part title: PART I | The Silver of the Mine; [2] blank; 3–[631] text; [632] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in moderate bluish green (164), light yellow (86) and black on coated white paper depicting a man carrying a heavy chest with schooner anchored offshore; title in yellow, author and series in white, other lettering in black. Signed: Galdone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The third full-length novel and the fourth title in the Modern Library series by Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim, No. 186,Victory, No. 34, and “Heart of Darkness” inGreat Modern Short Stories, No. 168),Nostromois regarded by devoted Conradians as his most exciting tale of high adventure. The story of a man of fabulous daring somewhere on the South American seaboard during the turmoil of a revolution is far more than the recital of astounding feats; it is a drama of large-scale conflicts against a background of a strange land and the vast sea, told with power and insight and the subtle interplay of light and shadow. Robert Penn Warren, author ofAll the King’s MenandWorld Enough and Time, contributes an illuminating and perceptive introduction. (Spring 1951)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harper & Bros., 1904; subsequently published by Doubleday, Page & Co.; author’s “Note” added 1918. ML edition printed from Harper/Doubleday plates. Publication announced for spring 1951.WR3 November 1951. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE. Reissued 1983.",
            "Published 1951 in MLCE and the regular ML. The ML paid Doubleday royalties of 8 cents a copy for the ML edition. Stein asked several professors about includingNostromoin MLCE and decided to go ahead despite the lukewarm response. Doubleday wanted it to be included in both the regular ML and MLCE because royalties for the MLCE edition were only 2 cents a copy. Doubleday indicated that two sets of plates were available, one of 631 pages in excellent shape and one of 537 pages in poor condition. Stein recommended thatNostromobe included in the regular ML and that the better plates be used (Stein memo to Haas, 15 August 1950).",
            "AfterNostromoentered the public domain Klopfer inquired if a lower royalty would be appropriate. He was informed that Doubleday continued to receive full royalties on other editions and replied, “As long as everybody else is paying regular royalties certainly I don’t want to alter the terms. It’s just when a book actually gets kicked around in the public domain that we feel a change in arrangements should be made” (Klopfer to Mina Turner, Doubleday, 14 November 1963; Barbara Drysdale, Doubleday, to Klopfer, 6 December 1963; Klopfer to Drysdale, 12 December 1963).",
            "438.2a.  New bibliographical edition (1967)",
            "NOSTROMO | [short rule] | by Joseph Conrad |Introduction by Robert Penn Warren| [short rule] | The Modern Library [torchbearer J]New York",
            "Pp. [i–ix] x–li [lii], [1–2] 3–566 [567–572].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]24[8–10]32[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1904,by Harper & Brothers| Copyright, 1925,by Doubleday & Company, Inc.| Copyright, 1951,by Random House, Inc.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] Contents; [viii] blank; [ix]–xl INTRODUCTION | by Robert Penn Warren; [xli–xlii] SUGGESTED READINGS; xliii–li AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. li: J. C. |October, 1917.; [lii] blank; [1] part title: PART FIRST | [short rule] | The Silver | of the Mine; [2] blank; 3–566 text; [567] biographical note; [568–569] blank; [570] ML Giants list (partial); [571–572] blank. (Fall 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita pictorial jacket in dark reddish orange (38), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with black-and-white illustration of a tropical harbor with sailing ships; title and author in brown, other lettering in black, Fujita “ml” symbol and spine in vivid reddish orange.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Joseph Conrad is considered by many critics to be the best English novelist of his generation, andNostromois often mentioned as the greatest of his novels. Written in 1904,Nostromois set in a small South American country. Against this tropical background Conrad has assembled an unusual assortment of men. Empire builder, rebel leader and outcast are all involved in conflicts of heroic proportions. The tragic values embodied in this novel make it apparent why Conrad thought of it as his most finely worked creation.",
            "Bibliographical edition originally published by Doubleday, Page, 1923 or earlier. ML edition (pp. [v], xliii–li, 3–566) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Doubleday edition with Author’s Note repaginated. Warren’s Introduction, the table of contents, and the part titles are reset; the Suggested Readings are updated and reset.",
            "438.2b.  Reissue format with Suggested Readings omitted (1983)",
            "JOSEPH CONRAD | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] NOSTROMO | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | ROBERT PENN WARREN | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–ix] x–li [lii], [1–2] 3–566 [567–570].  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 438.2a except: [1–2] blank; [i] woodcut portrait by Stephen Alcorn of Conrad with palm trees in background; [iv] SECOND MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | May 1983 | Copyright 1925 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. | Copyright 1951 by Random House, Inc. | Introduction copyright renewed 1979 by Robert Penn Warren; [xli] fly title; [xlii] blank; [567] rewritten biographical note headed: AUTHOR’S NOTE; [568–570] blank.",
            "Jacket C:Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on tan paper with woodcut portrait of Conrad.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Set in the civil-war-torn Central American Republic of Costaguana,Nostromois “a complex of personal stories,” Robert Penn Warren observes, involving conflicts of heroic proportions and tragic consequences. From the materialist Charles Gould, owner of the Gould Concession of the San Tomé mine, and the traitorous Dr. Monygham, to old Georgio Viola and the sceptic Decoud, each character lives an illusion next to the “natural” man Nostromo and the beneficent Emilia Gould. A novel that reveals the nefarious effects of unbridled greed and imperialist interests,Nostromoupholds Conrad’s belief in fidelity, moral discipline, and the need for human communion. Conrad himself described it as “an intense creative effort on what I suppose will remain my largest canvas,” and it is considered one of his greatest works. It is an exemplary statement of his conviction that “the solidarity of all mankind” rests upon “simple ideas and sincere emotions.”",
            "Written in 1904, the text reprinted here is based on the revised edition of 1925, including the Author’s Note and an introduction by Robert Penn Warren.",
            "Published spring 1983 at $8.95.  ISBN 0-394-60431-8.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Conrad,Lord Jim(1931)  210",
            "Conrad,Victory(1932)  238",
            "Conrad, “Heart of Darkness,” inGreat Modern Short Stories(1930)  188; (1943)  361"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 439,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": [
              "WHITNEY J. OATES",
              "EUGENE O’NEILL, JR."
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SEVEN FAMOUS GREEK PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 158
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "439a.  First printing (1951)",
            "SEVEN | FAMOUS | GREEK | PLAYS | EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTIONS, BY |Whitney J. Oates| ANDREW FLEMING WEST PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, AND |Eugene O’Neill, Jr.| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–446 [447–454].  [1–15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1938, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: Whitney J. Oates | Eugene O’Neill, Jr.; vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xxv GENERAL INTRODUCTION | I. Tragedy signed p. xxi: W. J. O.; p. xxi (cont.): II. Comedy signed p. xxv: E. O’N., Jr.; [xxvi] BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] part title: PROMETHEUS BOUND | by | AESCHYLUS; [2] Characters in the Play; 3–4 INTRODUCTION; 5–432 text; 433–446 GLOSSARY; [447–452] ML list; [453–454] ML Giants list. (Spring 1951)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 439a.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16[8]32[9]16. Contents as 439a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1938, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [447–454] ML list. (Fall 1966)",
            "Contents:Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound, translated by Paul Elmer More – Agamemnon, translated by E. D. A. Morshead.  Sophocles. Oedipus the King, translated by R. C. Jebb – Antigone, translated by R. C. Jebb.  Euripides.: Alcestis, translated by Richard Aldington – Medea, translated by E. P. Coleridge.  Aristophanes. The Frogs, translated by Gilbert Murray.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in bluish gray (191) and dark red (16) on cream paper with bluish gray panel at upper left with collective title and titles of individual plays in dark red except “GREEK PLAYS” in reverse; other lettering in dark red below panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The glory that was Greece is ours for the reading. Here is the rich heritage from the golden age of the drama. The tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and the comedies of Aristophanes are timeless. Today, as it was twenty-five centuries ago, the insight of these dramatists into the spirit of man and his relationship to nature, to society and to his own soul is deeply rewarding and stirring. The seven plays in this volume are unmatched in all the literature of the drama for intensity and magnitude and boisterous humor. (Spring 1951)",
            "Jacket B1:Non-pictorial in dark blue (183), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with collective title in reverse against white panel at top lined in black and larger dark blue panel below the foot with titles of individual plays in reverse against vivid red bars, torchbearer and series in vivid red, other lettering in reverse against dark blue background except. Signed: RIKI. Front flap as jacket A. (Fall 1955)",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingFour Famous Greek Plays, ed. Paul Landis (1929: 178). Contents drawn fromThe Complete Greek Drama, ed. Oates and O’Neill in the Lifetime Library (2 vols., Random House, 1938). Published spring 1951.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and the following year in the regular ML. When the new series MLCE was in the planning stages Stein noted thatFour Famous Greek Plays(178) would have to be completely revised. He told Commins: “It is, as you know, one of the best-selling titles in the Modern Library, but it is very strongly threatened by the Rinehart Edition AN ANTHOLOGY OF GREEK DRAMA, which contains 6 plays. . . . In addition the introductory material in the Rinehart Edition is more specifically focused at the classroom use of the book. I suggest that we prepare a new edition to be known as SEVEN FAMOUS GREEK PLAYS, based upon the Lifetime Library [Random House] edition of THE COMPLETE GREEK DRAMA. . . .” The plays in the revised anthology were selected to give the College Edition a clear competitive advantage. Stein noted thatSeven Famous Greek Playswould differ from the Rinehart anthology in the following respects: “They have Euripides’ Hippolytus; we have Euripedes’ Alcestis. Both are highly regarded and are I think equally desirable. We have Aristophanes’ The Frogs; they have Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. We avoid the problem of obscenity in Lysistrata wisely I think for classroom use. We have Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound; they do not.”",
            "Stein proposed that the ML use the translations in the Lifetime Library edition. Two of the translations would require permission fees, and he indicated that the use of these translations would depend on the permission fees requested. He hoped that Oates and O’Neill would edit the ML edition. He wanted to retain their short editorial discussions that prefaced each play in the Lifetime Library, and he wanted the general introduction reduced from 40 pages to about 5,000 words. Stein concluded, “I think it is very important that we have this book available for classroom use in the fall. That means an outside date of July 15 for their introduction and notes” (Stein memo to Commins, 1 February 1950).",
            "Oates received a flat fee of $200 for his general introduction to Greek tragedy and the introductions to six of the plays; O’Neill received a flat fee of $100 for his general introduction to Greek comedy and the introduction toThe Frogs. Permission fees included $100 each for Aldington’s translation ofAlcestisand Murray’s translation ofThe Frogs; More’s translation ofPrometheus Boundappears to have required a permissions fee as well. Oates received an additional $100 whenSeven Famous Greek Playswas added to the regular ML (Commins to Oates, 28 June 1951).",
            "439b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 439a except line 10: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 439a.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16[8]32[9]16",
            "Contents as 439a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1938, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [447–454] ML list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B2:Enlarged version of 439a jacket B except grayish blue (186) instead of dark blue and strong orange yellow (68) instead of vivid red.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Four Famous Greek Plays, ed. Landis (1929–1950)  178",
            "Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 1:Aeschylus I(1960– )  526",
            "Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 2:Aeschylus II(1962–1976)  543",
            "Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 3:Sophocles I(1960–1973)  527",
            "Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 4:Sophocles II(1961–1973)  533",
            "Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 5:Euripides I(1961–1973)  531",
            "Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 6:Euripides II(1963–1973)  548",
            "Complete Greek Tragedies, vol. 7:Euripides III(1963–1973)  552"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 440,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WALT WHITMAN",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "LEAVES OF GRASS AND SELECTED PROSE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 97
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "440a.  First printing (1951)",
            "Leaves of Grass | AND SELECTED PROSE | BY WALT WHITMAN | [line drawing of lily of the valley]Edited, with an|Introduction, byJOHN KOUWENHOVEN |Professor of English, Barnard College| [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxix [xxx], [1–2] 3–769 [770].  [1–25]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xviii BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION | By John A. Kouwenhoven; xix BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; [xx] blank; xxi–xxixContents; [xxx] blank; [1] part title: Leaves of Grass; [2] author’s note from 1891–2 edition; 3–760 text; 761–769Index of Titles; [770] blank.",
            "Contents:Leaves of Grass. Inscriptions – Children of Adam – Calamus – Birds of Passage – Sea-Drift – By the Roadside – Drum-Taps – Memories of President Lincoln – Autumn Rivulets – Whispers of Heavenly Death – From Noon to Starry Night – Songs of Parting – 1st Annex: Sands at Seventy – 2nd Annex: Good-Bye My Fancy – Old Age Echoes.  Selected Prose. Preface, 1855 Edition – Democratic Vistas – Preface to “As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free” – Preface to Centennial Edition – Poetry To-day in America – Shakespeare – The Future – A Backward Glance O’er Travel’d Roads – Specimen Days.",
            "Jacket A as 94.2 jacket: Pictorial in dark olive green (126), grayish yellow green (122), moderate brown (58), pale yellowish pink (31) and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of an American eagle with an olive branch and arrows in its claws flying over sea and pale yellowish pink cliffs; title in grayish yellow green, author in reverse, series in black, all against dark olive green background. Designed by Warren Chappell; unsigned.",
            "Front flap as 94.1e:",
            "For more than three-quarters of a century Walt Whitman has stood unique among the poets of the world. Publication ofLeaves of Grassin 1855 marked the emergence upon the world scene of one of America’s most noteworthy personalities. His poetry, at once the most intensely personal in literature and of the most pervasive influence, has taken its place among the sublime utterances of man. Appropriately, the introduction to the Modern Library edition of the completeLeaves of Grasswas written by Walt Whitman’s most distinguished American disciple, Carl Sandburg. (Spring 1951; Spring 1953)",
            "Jacket Awith front flap rewritten:",
            "More than almost any other literary classic, Walt Whitman’sLeaves of Grassis not only a work of art but the capturing in print of the turbulence and tenderness of a poet’s personality. Whitman himself, conscious thatLeaves of Grasswas his own great monument, never ceased revising, polishing and adding to it, so that he could truly say to readers of all times, “Camerado, this is no book, Who touches this book touches a man.” The present edition by Professor John Kouwenhoven of Barnard College reprints the excellent and authoritative “deathbed edition” of 1892, to which has been added the posthumously published “Old Age Echoes” and a generous selection of prose, including all ofSpecimen Days. (Spring 1954)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in light olive (106), strong reddish brown (40) and black on coated white paper with right profile drawing of olive panel at left; lettering in strong reddish brown, light olive and black on wider white panel at right; “Walt Whitman” in black script across both panels. Front flap as jacket A, rewritten text. (Fall 1958)",
            "Original ML collection superseding Whitman’sLeaves of Grass(94). Published spring 1951 in the regular ML.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE.",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and the following year in the regular ML.Leaves of Grass(94) was on the first list of titles scheduled for MLCE. Kouwenhoven indicated that the ML needed a thoroughly revised volume of Whitman’s writings when Stein invited him to write a new introduction for the College Edition. Stein agreed and offered him a flat fee of $250 to select and edit the text and write the introduction, noting that the new edition would assure the ML of “a book considerably more desirable than that offered by any competitors, not only in terms of quantity of material but in terms of the more complete picture it gives of Whitman himself” (Stein to Kouwenhoven, 25 January 1950; 5 April 1950; 10 April 1950). Stein sent Kouwenhoven an additional $100 whenLeaves of Grass and Selected Prosewas added to the regular ML (Stein to Kouwenhoven, 28 June 1951).",
            "The 94.2 jacket with its outdated flap reference to Carl Sandburg’s introduction remained in use through 1953. The flap text was revised in spring 1954. ML catalogs began to list the title asLeaves of Grass and Selected Prosein spring 1954; ML lists inside the jackets and at the end of ML volumes continued to list it asLeaves of Grass.",
            "Whitman’sLeaves of Grasswas one of four works that were published in the regular ML, ML Giants, and Illustrated ML. The other works included in all three series were Cervantes,Don Quixote(1930: 197), Giant (1934: G14), Illus ML (1946: IML 16); Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(1929: 171), Giant (1937: G34), Illus ML (1943: IML 2); Fielding,History of Tom Jones(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5).",
            "440b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 440a through line 5; lines 6–7: [torchbearer K] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pagination as 440a.  [1–6]32[7]16[8–13]32",
            "Contents as 440a except: [iv] Modern Library Edition, 1921 | Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
            "Jacket C:Fujita pictorial jacket in deep yellow green (118), brownish orange (54) and black on coated white paper with inset black-and-white portrait of Whitman surrounded by title in deep yellow green; other lettering in brownish orange and black.",
            "Front flap as 440a jacket B with minor stylistic revisions and first sentence revised:",
            "More than almost any other literary classic, Walt Whitman’sLeaves of Grassis not only a work of art; it captures in print the unique personality of a poet as well as an aspect of the American consciousness. Whitman himself, aware thatLeaves of Grasswas his own great monument, never ceased revising, polishing and adding to it, so that he could truly say to readers of all times, “Camerado, this is no book, Who touches this book touches a man.” This edition, edited by John Kouwenhoven, reprints the excellent and authoritative “deathbed edition” of 1892, to which has been added the posthumously published “Old Age Echoes” and a generous selection of prose, including all ofSpecimen Days.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reproduced from 440a.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Whitman,Poems(1921–1928)  94.1a",
            "Whitman,Leaves of Grass(1929–1950)  94.1e;as 94.1a except for title change",
            "Whitman,Leaves of Grass(Giant, 1940– )  G48",
            "Whitman,Leaves of Grass, illus. Boardman Robinson (Illustrated ML, 1944– )  IML 12"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 441,
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": [
              "SIX MODERN AMERICAN PLAYS",
              "SIX GREAT AMERICAN PLAYS"
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            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "DATE_RANGE": [
              "1951–1977",
              "1978–"
            ],
            "ML_NUMBER": 276
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "441a.  First printing (1951)",
            "SIX MODERN | AMERICAN PLAYS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ALLAN G. HALLINE | PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, | BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xxviii, [1–2] 3–419 [420].  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [6 additional lines of copyright statements] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1951; [v] CONTENTS; vi–xxvi INTRODUCTION |By| ALLAN G. HALLINE; xxvii–xxviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] part title:Eugene O’Neill| THE EMPEROR JONES; [2] CHARACTERS; 3–419 text [420] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 441a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16. Contents as 441a except p. [iv]: COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [10 additional lines of copyright statements];Firststatement omitted. (Mid-1960s format; jacket as 441a except on coated white paper)",
            "Contents:The Emperor Jones, by Eugene O’Neill – Winterset, by Maxwell Anderson – The Man Who Came to Dinner, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart – The Little Foxes, by Lillian Hellman – The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams – Mister Roberts, by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan.",
            "Jacket A1:Non-pictorial in strong red (12) and black on cream paper with collective title in reverse on strong red panel at top with decorative theatrical mask overlapping bottom of panel; titles of individual plays in strong red, authors and other lettering in black, all against cream panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Within the last three decades the American drama has challenged and overcome European domination in the theatre. The emergence of our internationally famous playwrights has won the world’s attention and respect. This volume, representative of the finest work of America’s foremost dramatists, brings together[+,] for the excitement and delight of the reader [+, a half dozen] plays in a variety of moods and forms: Eugene O’Neill’s imaginativeThe Emperor Jones, Maxwell Anderson’s tenseWinterset, Kaufman and Hart’s satiricalThe Man Who Came to Dinner, Lillian Hellman’s bitterly penetratingThe Little Foxes, Tennessee Williams’ sensitiveThe Glass Menagerie, and Heggen and Logan’s robust comedyMister Roberts. (Fall 1951; Spring 1962])",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A1 except on coated white paper. Front flap as jacket A1 with spring 1962 flap text. (Mid-1960s)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published fall 1951.WR29 December 1951. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Six Modern American Playswas originally intended for Modern Library College Editions but was published in the regular ML instead and addedlater to MLCE. Halline was offered a flat fee $150 for selecting the plays and writing the introduction (Stein to Halline, 10 July 1950). Halline, Cerf and Stein collaborated in selecting the plays. Halline began by suggesting Anderson’sWinterset, Kaufman and Hart’sThe Man Who Came to Dinner, O’Neill’sMourning Becomes Electra, Robert Sherwood’sThere Shall Be No Night, Philip Barry’sHotel Universe, and Sidney Howard’sYellow Jack. Stein forwarded the list to Cerf, who rejectedHotel UniverseandYellow Jackand indicated his preferred for O’Neill’sEmperor Jonesand Sherwood’sAbe Lincoln in Illinois.",
            "Stein then wrote to Halline (22 September 1950) proposing Hellman’sLittle Foxes. He also told Halline that he wanted a play by a new dramatist. As examples he listed Tennessee Williams’sGlass MenagerieorA Streetcar Named Desire, Arthur Miller’sDeath of a Salesman, or Heggen and Logan’sMister Roberts;his own preference, he indicated, was Williams. Halline approvedThe Emperor Jones,Abe Lincoln in IllinoisandThe Glass Menagerie(Halline to Stein, 28 September 1950). Stein then presented Cerf with the tentative lineup:The Emperor Jones,Winterset,The Man Who Came to Dinner,The Little Foxes,The Glass Menagerie, andAbe Lincoln in Illinois. Sherwood’s play was dropped when Scribner’s refused reprint permission.Death of a Salesmanwas the next choice, but Viking Press wanted a higher royalty than the ML was prepared to pay.Mister Robertswas finally selected, in part because Random House controlled the rights. The ML paid royalties of 2 cents per play for the ML edition and intended to pay half a cent per play for the Modern Library College Edition.",
            "In the end no editor was named and Halline was credited as author of the introduction only.",
            "Stein informed Halline in June 1951 that the ML had decided to bring out the anthology in the regular ML rather than MLCE. He noted later, “The costs of the book are prohibitive as far as a Modern Library College Edition is concerned, although I hope we will in time be able to find some way of putting it into the paper-bound series” (Stein to Halline, 25 June 1951; Stein to Halline, 24 July 1951).Six Modern American Playswas added to MLCE in the mid-1960s.",
            "O’Neill’sEmperor Jonesis reprinted in the version originally published by Boni and Liveright in 1921. For more information see O’Neill,The Emperor Jones; The Straw(1928: 157).",
            "441b.  Title page and part titles reset; offset printing (1967)",
            "SIX MODERN | AMERICAN | PLAYS | [swelled rule broken at center] | INTRODUCTION BY | ALLAN G. HALLINE | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York",
            "Pagination as 441a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 441a except: [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.| [12 additional lines of copyright statements]; [1] part title reset: EUGENE O’NEILL | THE EMPEROR | JONES.",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket on coated white paper with collective title and titles of individual plays in black, authors and series in vivid red (11).",
            "Front flap:",
            "The plays in this volume are an important milestone in the emergence of native American drama. Covering the period from 1921 to 1951, these works reveal a variety of moods and forms: [plays listed and described as 441a].",
            "441c.  Reissue format; title changed to “Six Great American Plays” (1978)",
            "SIX GREAT | AMERICAN | PLAYS | [swelled rule broken at center] | INTRODUCTION BY | ALLAN G. HALLINE | [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York",
            "Pagination as 441b.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 441b except: [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.| [16 additional lines of copyright statements].",
            "Jacket C:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark blue (183) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as 441b; biographical information about the authors added on front and back flaps.",
            "Published spring 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60457-1.",
            "The title change fromSix Modern American PlaystoSix Great American Playsappears to have been motivated by the realization that the plays, which dated from 1920 to 1948, ranged in age from thirty and fifty-eight years old."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 442,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 277
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "442a.  First printing (1951)",
            "THE RISE OF |Silas Lapham|  BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS | INTRODUCTION BY HARRY HAYDEN CLARK | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–3] 4–324 [325–330].  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1951; v–xix Introduction | [short ornamental rule] |byHARRY HAYDEN CLARK; [xx] blank; xxi–xxii Bibliography; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–324 text; [325–330] ML list. (Fall 1951)",
            "JacketA1:Pictorial in pale green (149), dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper with drawing of formal dinner party ; title and author in black except “Silas Lapham” in reverse on pale green panel at top with, other lettering in black on dark reddish orange panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The nationwide revival of interest in the works of America’s pioneer realistic novelist prompts the editors of the Modern Library to make William Dean Howells’ most celebrated book available to contemporary readers. Written in 1885,The Rise of Silas Laphamwas then hailed as the first study of the native self-made businessman. It traced a new phenomenon in our national life during the years following the Civil War and portrayed the ferocity of the struggle for social recognition and acceptance. With the passage of more than a half century, this novel still reflects an era in America’s development and now offers a sharp, pertinent commentary on our national character. (Fall 1951)",
            "Jacket A2:As jacket A on coated white paper with upper panel in brilliant blue (177) and lower panel in strong yellow green (117). (Early 1960s)",
            "Originally published by Ticknor & Co., 1885, and subsequently by Houghton, Mifflin. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1951.WR10 November 1951. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "Cerf first expressed interest inThe Rise of Silas Laphamin 1937, when he asked if the ML could reprint it using the plates of Houghton, Mifflin’s Centenary Edition (Cerf to  Robert Linscott, Houghton, Mifflin, 18 October 1937). Linscott replied that it could not be released to the ML because Houghton, Mifflin had just published a new edition printed from new plates.",
            "Stein initially approached Alfred Kazin about writing the introduction, offering him $150 (Stein to Kazin, 26 June 1950). Kazin declined but expressed interest inCharterhouse of Parma; Stein indicated that if Stendhal’s novel were added to MLCE the introduction would be reserved for him (Stein to Kazin, 21 July 1950). He then asked Jacques Barzun, increasing the fee to $200. Barzun declined on the grounds that he was not equipped to do Howells justice (Stein to Barzun, 4 August 1950; Barzun to Stein, 9 August 1950). Stein succeeded on his third attempt. Clark received $200 for the introduction (Stein to Clark, 14 August 1950).",
            "The official publication date as indicated in review copies was 25 September 1951. Sheets of the first printing were not received for binding until 4 October, so copies were probably not ready for distribution until later in October.",
            "442b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 442a through line 5; lines 6-7: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination and collation as 442a.",
            "Contents as 442a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [325–326] ML Giants list; [327–330] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket A3:Enlarged version of 442a jacket A2 with Fujita torchbearer and “ml” symbol.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Written in 1885, Howells’ story of the rise of a newly rich, socially aspiring family is generally regarded as the pioneer novel of American realism. Rejecting the symbolism of Melville and Hawthorne, and the false sentimentality of popular novels, Howells defined realism as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material . . . fidelity to experience and probability of motive.” In this light, he examines the Laphams’ response to the ethical problems posed by economic expansion, their conflicts with an admired and resented Boston aristocracy, and, to give a balanced view of the Laphams’ world, delves into the fields of finance, architecture, and even the details of mineral paint production. This novel still reflects an era in America’s development and offers a sharp, pertinent commentary on our national character.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Howells,Hazard of New Fortunes(1917–192?)  23"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 443,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARCEL PROUST",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PAST RECAPTURED",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 278
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "443.  First printing (1951)",
            "The Past | Recaptured | BY MARCEL PROUST | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH | BY FREDERICK A. BLOSSOM | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York| [rule]",
            "Pp. [10], 1–402 [403–406].  [1–13]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY ALBERT & CHARLES BONI, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1951; [5] biographical note and bibliography; [6] blank; [7] TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [8] blank; [9] CONTENTS; [10] blank; 1–402 text; [403–406] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 443.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]16[7]32[8]16.  Contents as 443 except: [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1932, AND RENEWED, 1959 BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [403–404] ML Giants list; [405–406] blank. (Fall 1963)",
            "Jacket:Uniform Proust jacket in dark greenish blue (174) on cream paper with lettering and left-profile silhouette of Proust in reverse against dark greenish blue background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With the inclusion ofThe Past Recapturedin the Modern Library series, all seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work,Remembrance of Things Past, are now available for American readers,Swann’s Way, No. 59;Within a Budding Grove, No. 172;The Guermantes Way, No. 213;Cities of the Plain, No, 220;The Captive, No. 120; andThe Sweet Cheat Gone, No. 260 are in the C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation, and this volume,The Past Recaptured, is rendered in English by Frederick A. Blossom. Each novel, complete and unabridged, is a separate entity and yet is an integral part of the grand design of Proust’s modern masterpiece. (Fall 1951)",
            "Blossom translation originally published in U.S. by Albert & Charles Boni, 1932; rights subsequently acquired by Random House. ML edition (pp. [7]–402) printed from Boni/RH plates. Published fall 1951.WR10 November 1951. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Proust,Swann’s Way(1928–1971; 1977–1982?)  166",
            "Proust,Within a Budding Grove(1930– )  194",
            "Proust,Guermantes Way(1933– )  264",
            "Proust,Cities of the Plain(1938– )  316",
            "Proust,The Captive(1941– )  340",
            "Proust,Sweet Cheat Gone(1948– )  408"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 444,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE OF COLERIDGE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 279
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "444.  First printing (1951)",
            "SELECTED | POETRY AND | PROSE OF | COLERIDGE | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | DONALD A. STAUFFER | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [1–2] 3–608 [609–612].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition| 1951; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xxiv INTRODUCTION | BY DONALD A. STAUFFER; xxv CHRONOLOGY; [xxvi] blank; xxvii–xxviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] part title: POETRY; [2] blank; 3–106 text; [107] part title: PROSE; [108] blank; 109–606 text; 607–608 INDEX OF TITLES; [609–612] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate reddish orange (37) and black on coated white paper with “Coleridge” in reverse on inset black panel; small black-and-white portrait of Coleridge below panel, other lettering in reverse and black, all against moderate reddish orange background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For many years the editors of the Modern Library, in response to frequent suggestions from readers of the series, have sought a volume containing the representative writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Now, thanks to the scholarly [-and perceptive] research of [+the late] Donald A. Stauffer, [+who was] Chairman of the English Department, Princeton University, [-who contributes a brilliant introduction,] the best of Coleridge’s poetry, essays and criticism are here collected and arranged for the delight of the student and general reader. Included in this book of 636 pages are such favorite poems as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Kubla Khan,” many odes, sonnets and hymns, as well as essays on Shakespeare, on philosophy, morals and religion [+, and Stauffer’s brilliant and perceptive Introduction]. (Fall 1951; [±Fall 1956])",
            "Original ML collection. Published fall 1951; initially published in MLCE.WR17 November 1951. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE.",
            "Originally published 1951 in MLCE and later that year in the regular ML. Stein initially approached Earl Leslie Griggs of New York University about editing the volume, but Griggs declined on the grounds that he had edited an edition of Coleridge for Ronald Press some years before (Stein to Griggs, 12 July 1950). He then offered Stauffer $250 to prepare the MLCE collection (Stein to Stauffer, 4 August 1950).",
            "Commins told Stauffer before the book was published, “When the contract was originally made with you for the Modern Library College Edition of SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE OF COLERIDGE, we could not foresee the astronomical rise in costs nor had we any way of knowing the sales possibilities of each title in the series. In order to bring about some sort of balance between our outlay and the expectancy of sales, we have had to incorporate your volume in the regular Modern Library series, hoping thereby to retrieve part of our investment” (Stein to Stauffer, 28 June 1951). Stauffer received an additional $100 when the regular ML edition appeared.",
            "The poetry was set fromThe Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ed. E. T. Coleridge (Clarendon Press, 1912).Biographia Literaria, included in its entirety, was set from the edition of J. Shawcross (Clarendon Press, 1907). Coleridge’s critical essays, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet, 1813,” were set fromShakespearean Criticism, ed. T. M. Raysor (Harvard University Press, 1930). The remaining prose was set from Coleridge’sComplete Works, ed. W. G. T. Shedd (7 vols., Harper & Bros., 1853). MLCE printings acknowledged the Clarendon Press; the acknowledgement did not appear in the regular ML edition, which concerned Stein (RH box 783)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 445,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SAKI",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SHORT STORIES OF SAKI",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1951–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 280
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "445a.  First printing (1951)",
            "THE SHORT STORIES OF | SAKI | (H. H. MUNRO) | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–718 [719–722].  [1–23]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC. |FirstMODERN LIBRARYEdition, 1951; v–vii INTRODUCTION |byChristopher Morley; [viii] blank; ix–xiii CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [1] part title: Reginald |First collected, 1904; [2] acknowledgment; 3–633 text; [634] blank; [635] part title: Biography of Saki | BY | Ethel M. Munro; [636] note about Saki’s drawings signed: E. M. M.; 637–715 BIOGRAPHY OF SAKI; [716] blank; 717–718 INDEX OF TITLES; [719–722] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 445a.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16[12]32[13]16. Contents as 445a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1958, BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC.; [719–720] ML Giants list; [721–722] blank. (Fall 1961)",
            "Jacket A1:Non-pictorial in bluish gray (191), moderate blue (182) and strong reddish orange (40) on coated white paper with letters “S”, “A”, “K” and “I” in reverse on four patches in moderate blue (first and third) and strong reddish orange (second and fourth); other lettering in moderate blue, all against bluish gray background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“There is no greater compliment to be paid the right kind of friend than to hand him Saki, without comment,” writes Christopher Morley in his Introduction to this volume. Hector Hugh Munro, perhaps the best-loved among English humorists and short-story writers, has endeared himself to all kinds of new friends since his death in action during World War One in 1916. The 135 stories in this book of over 700 pages, with the Biography by his sister, Ethel M. Munro, and the Introduction by Christopher Morley keep alive the grace and felicity and whimsical satire of the man who effaced himself in the pseudonym of Saki. (Fall 1951)",
            "Originally published by Viking Press, 1930. ML edition (pp. v–718) printed from Viking plates. Published fall 1951.WR10 November 1951. First printing: 7,500 copies.",
            "445b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 445a through line 5; lines 6-7: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 445a variant. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket A2:Enlarged version of 445a jacket with background in pale yellow green (121) instead of bluish gray.",
            "Front flap with first paragraph adapted from first two sentences of 445a; second paragraph:",
            "In his Introduction, Morley characterizes Saki’s style and wit as that of the “finest and driest of champagnes” blended with “the most elect of the still vintage wines.” It is this blend that has carried him through time to the present. The best of Saki’s short stories, collected together in this volume, coupled with the Biography by his sister and the Introduction by Christopher Morley, well deserves to be uncorked and savored until the last drop.",
            "445c.  Reissue format; offset printing (1977)",
            "Title as 445b except line 6: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 445a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 445a variant except: [719–722] blank.",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in dark brown (59). Front flap as 445b.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $6.95.  ISBN 0-394-60428-8."
          ]
        }
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      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1952",
      "HEAD": [
        1952,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
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      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Two emerging trends shaped directions for the Modern Library in 1952: growth in the quality paperback market and initiatives by publishers to discontinue contracts with the Modern Library for reprint permissions.",
          "Intimations of the developments in paperback publishing reached Random House in September 1952.  Jess Stein, who came to Random House after the war to work onThe American College Dictionaryand stayed to work with reference books and college texts, was the first to alert Random House of the implications of this development. He alerted Lewis Miller in the following memo:",
          "I now have a little more information about the Doubleday paperbacks which were the subject of the rumor I heard yesterday. This new series apparently will appear in April with 12 titles and prices will range from 65¢ to 95¢. The type of material in these books will be the kind that usually appears in the Mentor series (Stein, Memorandum to Miller, 18 September 1952).",
          "Doubleday and Charles Scribner’s Sons were two of the publishing houses that withdrew reprint contracts for some of the best titles in the Modern Library during 1952.  The Scribner’s withdrawal was especially difficult for the Modern Library, since the titles were the best-known works of Ernest Hemingway. The firm had decided to promote its backlist more vigorously. When plans were made to issue Hemingway’s works in a uniform edition, Scribner’s decided to terminate the Modern Library’s reprint contracts.",
          "Cerf was dismayed at the news. Losing Hemingway from the Modern Library was an unwelcome prospect. As Klopfer stated later, “The Modern Library has enormous prestige as a series of literary books and there are very few living American authors who deserve to be included in it, and certainly Ernest Hemingway belongs there” (Klopfer to Darrow, 13 July 1954)."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eight titles were added and six were discontinued, bringing titles in the list to 290."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "New titles were published in the standard 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format with the stiff linen binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal with Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in gray. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green) on the spine and front cover. The top edge was stained to match the inset panels on the spine and front cover."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.25."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Dinesen,Out of AfricaxCooper,The Pathfinder; Giants through G75 with G54Anthology of Famous British Stories; jackets: 360. (Fall) Cooper,The PathfinderxGunther,Death Be Not Proud; Giants through G76 (=spring 1953); jackets: 362."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Cerf tried unsuccessfully to secure reprint rights to two Scribner titles. He wanted to publish a ML edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’sTender is the Night(Cerf to Whitney Darrow, 10 April 1952). He also wanted to include a book by John Galsworthy in the series but was not interested in any of the titles that Scribner’s were willing to consider."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Donne,Complete Poetry and Selected Prose(1952)  446",
          "Dinesen,Out of Africa(1952)  447",
          "Eighteenth Century Plays(1952)  448",
          "Schulberg,What Makes Sammy Run?(1952)  449",
          "Boswell,Life of Samuel Johnson, abridged by Bergen Evans (1952)  450",
          "Cooper,The Pathfinder(1952)  451",
          "Lange, ed.,Great German Short Stories and Novels(1952)  452",
          "Kafka,Selected Short Stories(1952)  453"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Fast,The Unvanquished(1945)",
          "Hamsun,Growth of the Soil(1935)",
          "Kuprin,Yama(1932)",
          "Santayana,Philosophy(1942)",
          "Swinburne,Poems(1917)",
          "Van Loon,Ancient Man(1922)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 446,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN DONNE",
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            "TITLE": "THE COMPLETE POETRY AND SELECTED PROSE OF JOHN DONNE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 12
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "446a.  First printing (1952)",
            "THE COMPLETE POETRY |andSELECTED PROSE OF | JOHN DONNE | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CHARLES M. COFFIN | JAMES H. DEMPSEY PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, | KENYON COLLEGE | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xliii [xliv], [1–2] 3–594 [595–596].  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1952; v–xvi CONTENTS; xvii–xxxvi INTRODUCTION | BY CHARLES M. COFFIN; xxxvii–xxxix A NOTE ON THE TEXT; xl–xliii A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xliv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–594 text; [595–596] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and strong yellow (84) on coated cream paper with lettering in dark bluish green on inset oval panel in strong yellow; background in dark bluish green with decorative flourishes in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Ben Jonson considered John Donne the first among the poets of his time. That estimate of his seventeenth-century contemporary has been reaffirmed by critics and discerning readers today. The man whose life ranged almost incredibly from a dissolute youth to the deanship of St. Paul’s Cathedral left for posterity love poems, satires and sermons which still reflect Donne’s vigor, intensity and the extraordinarily wide range of his interests. This new edition, with an Introduction by Charles M. Coffin of Kenyon College, contains all of Donne’s poetry and a generous selection of his prose. (Spring 1952)",
            "Original ML collection based on the contents of Donne’sComplete Poetry and Selected Prose, ed. John Hayward (Nonesuch Press, 1929). Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1952.WR5 April 1952. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The ML could probably have bought a set of duplicate plates from Nonesuch Press, but Stein wanted a different sequence of contents (Stein to Coffin, 13 July 1950) and Coffin made some additions to the text. The ML typesetting was 180 pages shorter than the 1929 edition and therefore more economical to print.",
            "The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donnewas originally scheduled for inclusion in MLCE in fall 1951, but the College Edition was postponed and eventually cancelled. Coffin received a flat fee of $250 for his work on the volume (Stein to Coffin, 27 June 1950) and an additional $100 in spring 1952 when it was published in the regular ML. Stein explained the postponement of the College Edition as follows:",
            "There has been considerable shuffling of our schedule of volumes in the Modern Library and in the Modern Library College Editions, and a number of titles which we had planned to bring out this fall are being carried over into next year. Among these is your edition of John Donne. Largely because of the increased production costs (and they have already, as you can well imagine, been disproportionately high for the sixty-five cent books), we shall have to space out the College Editions a little more than we have in the past in order to continue getting favorable printing arrangements. This change of schedule is a disappointment that I sincerely share with you, but the production aspects of low-priced books have become more decisive than ever before. (Stein to Coffin, 15 May 1951)",
            "A volume of Donne’sPoetry and Prose, ed. Frank J. Warnke, finally appeared in MLCE in 1967.",
            "446b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 446a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 446a.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "Contents as 446a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [595–596] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 446a with deep red (13) instead of dark bluish green on coated white paper.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Until this century, John Donne’s poetry was excluded from the mainstream of English literature. To his friend Ben Jonson he was “first poet in the world for some things,” but “for not keeping of accent deserved hanging.” Dr. Johnson and Dryden, each a cultural arbiter of his time, shared a low opinion of Donne’s work: according to Dryden, he “affects the metaphysics . . . in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softness of love.”",
            "But in the first three decades of this century Donne was the poet, more than any other, to whom British and American poets turned for inspiration in language and sensibility. This volume contains all of Donne’s poetry and a substantial selection from his letters and sermons, with a critical and biographical introduction by Charles M. Coffin.Note:Ellipses in original.",
            "446c.  Reissue format; offset printing (1977)",
            "Title as 446a through line 5; lines 6–7: [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 446a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 446b except: [595–596] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish olive green (128) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the twentieth century, John Donne has become one of the most influential and widely read of poets, for both his love poems and his sacred verse. This volume contains all of his poetry and a generous sampling of his prose, including “Ignatius His Conclave,” “Paradoxes,” Donne’s most famous sermons, “Death’s Duel,” excerpts from “Devotions” and many of his letters.",
            "Published fall 1977 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60440-7.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Donne,Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne & Complete Poetry of William Blake(1946)  G71"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 447,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ISAK DINESEN",
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            "TITLE": "OUT OF AFRICA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 23
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "447a.  First printing (1952)",
            "ISAK DINESEN | Out of Africa | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | BERNARDINE KIELTY | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–389 [390–392].  [1–11]16[12]12[13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1938, 1952, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1952; [v] epigraph; [vi] blank; vii–ix contents; [x] blank; xi–xv introduction | BY BERNARDINE KIELTY dated p. xv:New York, January, 1952; [xvi] blank; [1] part title: 1. | Kamante | and | Lulu; [2] epigraph; 3–389 text; [390–392] blank.",
            "Variant:As 447a withFirststatement omitted from p. [iv] and copyright statement revised as follows: Copyright, 1937, 1952, by Random House, Inc. (Spring 1959)Note:The British edition ofOut of Africawas published in 1937.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark greenish yellow (103), deep yellowish pink (27), strong blue (178) and dark brown (59) on coated white paper with drawings of African animals and designs; lettering in dark brown on inset rectangular panel and horizontal band, all against dark greenish yellow background. Signed: K [probably Fritz Kredel].",
            "Front flap:",
            "With a serene and classic simplicity Isak Dinesen tells of life on a plantation in Kenya. By the magic of her prose and her supreme gift as a story-teller she reveals the African landscape in all its vibrant beauty. She makes the strange ways of the country and its natives part of the reader’s own discovery and experience. Isak Dinesen’s remote farm cultivated far more than its coffee crop; it became identified with a rich personality as sensitive to the primitive people and the animal life of the Ngong Hills as it was to the ideas that stirred the outside world. (Spring 1952)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Random House, 1938. ML edition (pp. [v]–ix, [1]–389) printed from RH plates. Published spring 1952.WR5 April 1952. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "447b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 447a through line 4; lines 5–6: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv [xv–xvi], [1–2] 3–389 [390–392].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]12[7–9]16",
            "Contents as 447a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1937, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; xi–[xv] introduction | BY BERNARDINE KIELTY dated p. [xv]:New York, January 1952; [391–392] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)Note:Page numeral “xv” removed from plates.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 447a with deep reddish orange (36) instead of deep yellowish pink and background in brownish pink (33) instead of dark greenish yellow; frame in deep reddish orange added with drawings and lettering slightly reduced to accommodate frame; spine in deep reddish orange with lettering in dark brown. Front flap as 447a except third sentence omits “strange” and substitutes “people” for “natives”; last sentence omitted.",
            "447c.  Reissue format; Kielty introduction omitted; offset printing (1983)",
            "ISAK DINESEN | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] OUT OF AFRICA | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vi] vii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–389 [390–396].  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 447a except: [1–2] blank; [i] woodcut illustration in African motif by Stephen Alcorn; [iv] SECOND MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | September 1983 | Copyright © 1937, 1938 by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1965 by Rungstedlundfonden; [390] blank; [391] biographical note; [392–396] blank; introduction omitted.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on tan paper with title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on strong reddish brown panel; other lettering and woodcut by Stephen Alcorn in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Out of Africahas perhaps brought more Western readers who have never visited that continent closer to it than any other book. With classic simplicity and a painter’s feeling for atmosphere and detail, Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen Blixen) tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya. Her adventures on safaris, expeditions to Nairobi, her roles as doctor to her neighbors and as hostess to strange guests, reveal a personality as sensitive to the primitive people and the animal life of the Ngong Hills as it was to the ideas that stirred the outside world. “When you have caught the rhythm of Africa,” she wrote, “you find that it is the same in all her music.” The natives, the mountains, the wildlife and trees, all were “different expressions of one idea, variations upon the same theme.” From the vast plains where the wild beasts roam to the snows of Kilimanjaro, from the foothills with the forest behind them to the dry-low country, the home of the giraffe and rhino,Out of Africais a vibrant re-creation of the beauties of the African landscape and the ways of the land and its people.",
            "Published fall 1983 at $8.95.  ISBN 0-394-60498-9.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dinesen,Seven Gothic Tales(1939– )  320"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 448,
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": "EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PLAYS",
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            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 224
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "448a.  First printing (1952)",
            "Eighteenth-Century | Plays with an introduction by | RICARDO QUINTANA | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–484 [485–490].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1952; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xx INTRODUCTION | By Ricardo Quintana; xxi SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–484 text; [485–490] ML list. (Spring 1952)",
            "Contents:Cato, by Joseph Addison – The Tragedy of Jane Shore, by Nicholas Rowe – The Conscious Lovers, by Richard Steele – The Beggar’s Opera, by John Gay – The Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb the Great), by Henry Fielding – The London Merchant, by George Lillo – She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith – The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on tan paper with spine and left quarter of front panel in dark green with collective title in reverse running from foot to top; remainder of front panel in tan with titles and authors of individual plays in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The modern theatre keeps a favorite place in its repertory for such eighteenth-century plays as Gay’sThe Beggar’s Opera, Goldsmith’sShe Stoops to Conquerand Sheridan’sThe Rivals. Their gaiety, wit and charm make them as enjoyable to us as the latest Broadway hits. Equally appealing, though less frequently produced nowadays, are the other five plays in this volume. All of them make superb reading and offer great rewards from the treasury of eighteenth-century drama. Professor Ricardo Quintana, Chairman of the English Department at the University of Wisconsin, contributes an informative and penetrating Introduction. (Spring 1952)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A on coated white paper. (Fall 1958)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published spring 1952.WR5 April 1952. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Quintana received a flat fee of $200 for writing the introduction and selecting the plays (Stein to Quintana, 27 June 1950). The volume was originally scheduled for MLCE but appeared first in the regular ML. Textual note on p. [iv]:",
            "The texts of the plays in this volume are based upon the first editions, exceptThe London Merchant(sixth edition, 1735),She Stoops to Conquer(fifth edition, 1773), andThe Rivals(third edition, 1776)—these exceptions being made because the later editions show changes reliably believed to have been made by the authors.",
            "A few emendations have been introduced on the authority of other early editions. For the sake of clarity, a moderate number of changes in spelling and punctuation have been made; for the same reason, a small number of imperative stage directions have been inserted.",
            "448b.  Title page reset, bibliography expanded; offset printing (1966)",
            "Eighteenth Century | [floral ornament] Plays [floral ornament] | with an introduction by | Ricardo Quintana | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.Note:  The 448a title page prints “Eighteenth-Century” with a hyphen; the 448b title page omits the hyphen.",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxiv, [1–2] 3–484 [485–488].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "Contents as 448a except: [iv] Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.; xxi–xxii SOME AUTHORITATIVE EDITIONS; xxii (cont.)–xxiv SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [485–486] ML Giants list; [487–488] blank. (Fall 1966)",
            "Jacket:Fujita pictorial jacket in pale orange yellow (73), strong yellowish green (131), deep yellowish pink (27) and black on coated white paper with silhouette in black of a servant powdering his master’s wig; collective title in black, authors and titles of individual plays in strong yellowish green, other lettering and single-rule frame in deep yellowish pink, all against pale orange yellow background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This volume of eighteenth-century plays includes three of the foremost comedies of the period—The Beggar’s Operaby Gay,She Stoops to Conquerby Goldsmith andThe Rivalsby Sheridan. Their biting wit and satire, combined with elements of farce, have made them enduring classics. Also included are five lesser-known plays of the period—two examples of early domestic tragedies:Jane Shoreby Rowe andThe London Merchantby Lillo; an early sentimental comedy:The Conscious Loversby Steele; a pseudo-classical tragedy:CatobyAddison;andaburlesqueheroictragedy:The Tragedy of Tragediesby Fielding. All eight plays offer a comprehensive collection of eighteenth-century drama. Ricardo Quintana, of the University of Wisconsin English Department, contributes an informative and penetrating introduction."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 449,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BUDD SCHULBERG",
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            "TITLE": "WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 281
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "449.  First printing (1952)",
            "what|makes|sammy|run?|byBUDD SCHULBERG | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–303 [304–306].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1941, 1952, by Budd Schulberg|First Modern Library Edition, 1952; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION |by Budd Schulbergdated p. xiv: New Hope, Penna. |January, 1952; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–303 text; [304–306] blank.Note:Firststatement retained on printings through spring 1956.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with photographic illustration in black and yellow of a couple silhouetted on hilltop overlooking Los Angeles with the lights of the city in yellow; title at top in reverse, author and series in black on wide yellow band at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the writing of books on Hollywood there has been no end. The only one that has maintained its permanence as a document and a dramatic revelation of the drives, hopes and frustrations of the film colony isWhat Makes Sammy Run?Budd Schulberg’s chronicle of the shady opportunist in the land of flickering shadows has become part of the established folklore of America. The question in his title has been incorporated into our common language and the name of Sammy Glick has become the accepted symbol for the aggressive and ruthless hustler and careerist. For the Modern Library edition ofWhat Makes Sammy Run?the author contributes a new and illuminating introduction. (Spring 1952)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1941. ML edition (pp. [1]–303) printed from RH plates with the dedication on p. [v] changed from “For Jigge” to “For Saxe Commins.” Published spring 1952.WR5 April 1952. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.Note:Jigge was Schulberg’s daughter by his first wife.",
            "The ML paid Schulberg royalties of 6 cents a copy. Schulberg asked that the ML edition be dedicated to Commins (Schulberg to Cerf, 11 October 1951). The introduction was originally dated October 20, 1951; Commins changed the date to one closer to publication (Commins to Schulberg, 23 October 1951). The ML edition sold 11,300 copies through the end of 1955 (Commins to Alice Hackett, 15 March 1956)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 450,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": [
              "JAMES BOSWELL",
              "Bergen Evans"
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 282
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "450.  First printing (1952)",
            "THE LIFE OF | SAMUEL | JOHNSON | by James Boswell | ABRIDGED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | BERGEN EVANS | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D6] | [thin rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [thick rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–559 [560].  [1–18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1952; v–xv INTRODUCTION; [xvi] SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title consisting of partial facsimile of the title page of the 1799 3rd ed.; [2] blank; 3–5 DEDICATION | TO |SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. signed p. 5: JAMES BOSWELL. | London, | April 20, 1791.; 6–8 ADVERTISEMENT | TO THE |FIRST EDITION. dated p. 8: London, April 20, 1791.; 9–11 ADVERTISEMENT | TO THE |SECOND EDITION. dated p. 11: [within brackets]July1, 1793.; [12] blank; 13–548 text; 549–559 INDEX; [560] blank.",
            "Variant:As 450 except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.Note:Seen in fall 1963 jacket.",
            "Statement on p. [iv]:",
            "The text followed in this abridgement is that edited by George Birkbeck Hill, revised and enlarged by L. F. Powell, in six volumes, published by the Oxford University Press from 1934 to 1950. A few changes in punctuation have been made to meet the exigencies of abridgment.",
            "The Powell-HillJohnsonis one of the monuments of scholarship, probablythegreat edition of any English classic. The reader who wishes to read the entireLife of Johnsonis, of course, referred to this edition. We are grateful to the Oxford University Press for their gracious permission to use the Powell-Hill text in this abridgment. [The Life of Samuel Johnsoncomprises vols. 1–4 of the Powell-Hill edition; vols. 5–6 are Boswell’sJournal of a Tour to the Hebridesand Johnson’sDiary of a Journey into North Wales.]",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on coated white paper with multi-color illustration of a London street scene with Samuel Johnson engaged in conversation at lower left; lettering in black with title and author on inset white panel at top. Signed: F. K. [Fritz Kredel].",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few men in history have ever been known as intimately as Samuel Johnson. Famous in his own time for his wit and wisdom, he has had the rare good fortune to gain a posthumous extension of personality and influence over a period of more than one hundred and sixty years. James Boswell’s boast that Johnson would “be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived” has been borne out in the greatest biography in the English language. To give the modern reader the spirit and substance of Johnson’s life and times, Bergen Evans, Professor of English at Northwestern University, has winnowed out the obscurities and irrelevances of the full text and kept its essence. (Fall 1952)",
            "Original ML abridgment. Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published 25 May 1952.WR7 June 1952. First printing: Not ascertained. Also published in MLCE. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "The ML initially asked Frederick A. Pottle of Yale University to abridge Boswell’sLife of Samuel Johnson. Pottle indicated that he was badly behind schedule with Boswell’sJournalfor McGraw-Hill and added, “I have no great enthusiasm for the task of abridging Boswell’sLife of Johnson. . . . I do feel that the work has artistic integrity and that to abridge it is to lessen its value. And I doubt whether people will buy an abridgement much more readily than the entire text. My guess is that the general public can’t be sold on any English classic; that is, that they buy only what they are told is novel. The principal sale of Boswell’sLife of Johnsonwill continue to be for textbook use in schools and colleges. For that use, I think the Oxford Press has the best offering: a complete reprint of Boswell’s text with a good index” (Stein to Pottle, 27 April 1951; Pottle to Stein, 7 May 1951; underlining in original). Pottle was referring to the MLG edition ofThe Life of Samuel Johnson(G2) which lacked an index.",
            "Stein proposed three other possible editors to Cerf. The first was Bergen Evans, who had written the introduction to Sterne’sTristam Shandyin MLCE (1950) and was the author ofThe Natural History of Nonsense(1946). Stein also suggested Joseph Wood Krutch and Louis Kronenberger, but he indicated that Evans was his first choice (Stein memo to Cerf, 9 May 1951). Stein wrote Evans, who expressed interest in the project. Evans had done his B.Litt at Oxford and Ph.D. at Harvard on Johnson. Referring to Krutch’s biography,Samuel Johnson(Henry Holt, 1944), he noted, “Krutch beat me to the book I would like to have written and did it better than I could have done it” (Evans to Stein, 29 June 1951).",
            "Stein indicated that he wanted an abridgment of 210,000–230,000 words. “There is apparently a growing interest in Boswell and Johnson, and there is not at the moment a popularly available low-priced abridgment of Boswell.” He offered Evans a flat fee of $1,000 for the work (Stein to Evans, 10 July 1951).",
            "Evans began working with the MLG edition of Boswell’sLife of Samuel Johnson(G2) but reported, “I made about thirty test borings into the first 150 pages of the Modern Library Giant and came up with a dismal number of errors. The sixth Malone edition, I have since discovered, is notoriously corrupt and I saw no great value in deciding whether the errors I found in the MLG were original with it or carried over from Malone” (Evans to Stein, 1 August 1951). The abridgment was made from the definitive Hill-Powell edition; Oxford University Press authorized its use with the condition that the abridgment had to be limited to about half of the full text (Stein to Evans, 8 October 1951). The permission fee, paid by the ML, was $100.",
            "Evans told Stein in a long letter:",
            "I’m enthusiastic about this project. I have cut the book down to about 220,000 words without omitting anything of serious significance and without having to make any changes whatever except, perhaps, a dozen capitalizations and substitutions of periods for commas or semicolons. I would be willing to bet a hundred dollars that no ordinary reader, not a Johnson scholar, could sit down and read this abridgement and then read the original and be able offhand to tell you what had been omitted.",
            "What has been omitted are: Bozzy’s fatuous reflections (not all, but most; I’ve left a few as an antidote to the prevailing Boswellophilia); many of Johnson’s letters—not all, by any means, and no important one—mostly those to now-unknown persons . . . ; many of Johnson’s prayers and meditations . . . ; critical dicta and personal comments on minor eighteenth-century figures who are now utterly unknown to the common reader.",
            "Evans explained how the cuts were made. He began by making his own cuts, then hired “an intelligent widely-read person who has done some writing of her own & has a good, philosophic mind & a sense of style but no particular knowledge of Boswell’s Johnson.” He paid her $100 to go through the Hill-Powell edition, indicating the cuts she would make to cut it in half. Then he compared her cuts with his. “Where we agreed, I let the cuts stand. Where she had cut something sacred to the Johnson canon . . . I restored it. Where she had left in something that I had cut—or where I had left in something she had cut—we discussed its interest to the common reader.” By this means the work was reduced from over 500,000 words to about 270,000. Evans then went through the text again, “sacrificing some of my less-cherished retentions. Up to 270,000, I believe, nothing whatever of any value or significance . . . was taken out. My new cuts reduced it to 234,000. Then I went over it with a nail file & took out parenthetical interjections that were irrelevant, even parts of sentences that were not necessary to either the sense or the rhythm—not Johnson’s sentences so much as Boswell’s—and sections in otherwise-desirable letters that were in themselves uninteresting, such as reflections on the weather, or a comment on some unimportant person.”",
            "He concluded: “There has never been an abridgement of Johnson anything like it. It reads as smoothly as the original. . . . No solid thought or fine stroke of wit has been omitted. It really is a vastly readable and entertaining book and I’m quite serious in feeling that it might have a wide popular appeal (Evans to Stein, 18 November 1951; underlining in original).”",
            "Evans’s abridgment was sent for typesetting in January 1952. Proofreading was done at Random House.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Boswell,Life of Samuel Johnson(Giant, 1931)  G2",
            "Johnson,Johnson’s Dictionary: A Modern Selection(1965)  572",
            "Johnson,Johnson Reader(1966)  580"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 451,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES FENIMORE COOPER",
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            "TITLE": "THE PATHFINDER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 105
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "451.  First printing (1952)",
            "THE | PATHFINDER | OR, THE INLAND SEA | BY | JAMES FENIMORE COOPER | INTRODUCTION BY NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON |“Here the heart|May give a useful lesson to the head,|And Learning wiser grow without his books.”| COWPER | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–436.  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1952; v–vi PREFACE; vii–xi INTRODUCTION |byNORMAN HOLMES PEARSON dated p. xi: Yale University | August, 1952; [vii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–436 text.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of Natty Bumppo and an Indian paddling a birch-bark canoe with green hills, white clouds and blue sky in background; title and series in vivid red (11), other lettering in black. Signed: Kidd.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Among the many suggestions sent to the editors for new additions to the Modern Library, one that recurs most frequently is for the inclusion of James Fenimore Cooper’s favorite among his Leatherstocking Tales. In response to that demand and because of the revival of interest in Cooper’s works,The Pathfinderbecomes the first of his romantic adventure novels to appear in the series. This tale of Cooper’s gallant and resourceful wilderness scout mirrors faithfully the world of Indian warfare and romance of the early American frontier. (Fall 1952)",
            "Originally published by Lea & Blanchard, 1840. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1952.WR15 November 1952. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf considered including one of Cooper’s novels in the ML in 1948 with an introduction by Sterling Lanier of Harvard University. He solicited advice from Marion Bacon of the Vassar Cooperative Bookshop, Carlos Baker of Princeton University, John Burrell, Marion Dodd of the Hampshire Bookshop, Geraldine Gordon of the Hathaway House Bookshop in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Norman Pearson of Yale University, and George Stewart (Cerf to Bacon, etc., 3–4 June 1948). Pearson did not regard Cooper as a publishing “natural” at that moment but indicated thatThe Pathfinderwould be a good choice if the ML wanted a work by Cooper (Pearson to Cerf, 5 June 1948). Lanier also favoredThe Pathfinder. The response as a whole was not encouraging and Cerf decided to postpone a decision. He wrote to Marion Dodd, “What to do, what to do? I must admit we are very much up in the air about this. The vote at present seems to be about three for THE PATHFINDER to one for anything else, but I can detect no particular enthusiasm about Cooper at all in the letters I have received” (Cerf to Dodd, 24 June 1948).",
            "Three years later Stein wrote to several professors about Cooper and asked which titles were needed. Based on the responses he asked Cerf what he thought of a Giant containingThe Deerslayer,The Pilot, andSatanstoe, which Robert E. Spiller had mentioned as his favorite Cooper novel. In the endThe Pathfinderwas published in the regular ML.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Cooper,Leatherstocking Saga(Giant, 1966)  G107"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 452,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "VICTOR LANGE",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "GREAT GERMAN SHORT NOVELS AND STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–1974",
            "ML_NUMBER": 108
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "452a.  First printing (1952)",
            "GREAT GERMAN | SHORT NOVELS | and STORIES | edited, with an introduction, by VICTOR LANGE | PROFESSOR OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–486 [487–490].  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xxi INTRODUCTION | By Victor Lange; [xxii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–486 text; [487–490] blank.",
            "Contents:The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by William Rose – The Sport of Destiny, by Johann von Schiller; translated by Marian Klopfer – The Earthquake in Chile, by Heinrich von Kleist; translated by Victor Lange – The Story of the Just Casper and Fair Annie, by Clemens Brentano; translated by Carl F. Schreiber – The Cremona Violin, by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; translated by J. T. Beally – The Jews’ Beech Tree, by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff; translated by E. M. Bennett – Gods in Exile, by Heinrich Heine; translated by M. Fleishman – Immensee, by Theodor W. Storm; translated by C. W. Bell – The Naughty Saint Vitalis, by Gottfried Keller; translated by Martin Wyness – Plautus in the Convent, by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer; translated by William Guild Howard – Flagman Thiel, by Gerhart Hauptmann; translated by Adele S. Seltzer – A Farewell, by Arthur Schnitzler; translated by Beatrice Marshall – How Old Timofei Died Singing, by Rainer Maria Rilke; translated by M. D. Herter Norton and Nora Purtscher-Wydenbruck – The Burning of Egliswyl, by Frank Wedekind; translated by F. Eisemann – Three Minute Novel, by Heinrich Mann; translated by Victor Lange – Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann; translated by Kenneth Burke – A Country Doctor, by Franz Kafka; translated by Willa and Edwin Muir.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid red (11) and gold on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset vivid red panel and two vivid red bands at foot, all surrounded by white background with decorations in gold. Based on design by Paul Galdone.",
            "Front flap:",
            "From the time of Goethe to that of Kafka and Thomas Mann, the writers of the German short story have produced some of the most enduring classics of all literature. This anthology includes not only such striking examples of contemporary writing as Kafka’s “A Country Doctor” and Mann’s “Death in Venice,” but most of the classics from the grand tradition of the German short story in the nineteenth century. Two of the tales in this volume, Heinrich Mann’s “Three-Minute Novel” and Kleist’s “Earthquake in Chile,” in new translations by Professor Lange, are presented for the first time in a popular edition. (Fall 1952)",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingGreat German Short Novels and Stories, ed. Bennett A. Cerf (256). Published December 1952.WR10 January 1953. First printing: 3,000 copies were received for binding on 16 December; it has not been ascertained whether that represented the entire first printing. Discontinued 1974/75.",
            "Lange suggested a revision of the ML anthologyGreat German Short Novels and Storiesafter writing a new introduction in 1950 to Goethe’sFaustwhich appeared in regular ML printings as well as MLCE (1930: 200c). He told Stein that the anthology “is now about the only collection of German narrative prose in English translation that the student is able to buy. At the same time the selection is extremely unsatisfactory and the translation more than objectionable” (Lange to Stein, 31 January 1951). Cerf agreed that a revision was needed (Stein to Lange, 15 May 1951), and Lange submitted a tentative table of contents in September. Cerf and Stein approved the outline with two exceptions: two stories by Grillparzer and Eichendorff were omitted for economic reasons to keep the revised anthology from exceeding the length of the original, and they wanted to retain Storm’sImmenseeinstead of replacing it with the author’sCarsten Curator“because it has become a ‘classic’ in the minds of so many people.” Stein agreed with Lange that “the introduction should avoid being a collection of biographical sketches and that it should instead be a lively critical essay on the stories in the book” (Stein to Lange, 3 December 1951). Of the seventeen selections in Lange’s anthology, seven were retained from Cerf’s original anthology (Goethe’s “Sorrows of Young Werther” appeared in a different translation) and ten were new. Lange received a flat fee of $500 for his introduction, translations and editorial work. The ML paid the cost of permissions. New permissions fees were not required for selections retained from the original anthology, including Mann’s “Death in Venice” (see 256).",
            "452b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 452a through line 6; lines 7–8: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 452a.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "Contents as 452a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [487–488] ML Giants list; [489–490] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper; title in gothic characters in vivid red and black, other lettering in black roman characters.",
            "Front and back flaps:",
            "From the time of Goethe to that of Kafka and Thomas Mann, the writers of the German short story have produced some of the most enduring classics of all literature. This anthology includes not only such striking examples of contemporary writing as Kafka’s “A Country Doctor” and Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice” (in the brilliant Kenneth Burke translation), it also includes classics from the grand tradition of the German short story. Among them are Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” Schiller’s “The Sport of Destiny,” Kleist’s “The Earthquake in Chile” (translated for this edition by Victor Lange), Brentano’s “The Story of the Just Casper and Fair Annie,” Hoffman’s “The Cremona Violin,” Heine’s “Gods in Exile,” Keller’s “The Naughty Saint Vitalis,” Hauptmann’s “Flagman Thiel,” Schnitzler’s “A Farewell,” Rilke’s “How Old Timofei Died Singing,” and Wedekind’s “The Burning of Egliswyl.”",
            "“The balance between thought and action, good and evil, hope and despair is now perhaps more precariously suspended than ever before, and it is this disturbing but revealing modern sensibility that characterizes the stories offered in this volume by an impressive company of German writers.”",
            "— from the Introduction by Victor Lange"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 453,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FRANZ KAFKA",
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF FRANZ KAFKA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1952–1969; 1977–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 283
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "453a.  First printing (1952)",
            "SELECTED |short stories| OF |franz kafka| [thin rule] | TRANSLATED BYWilla and Edwin Muir| INTRODUCTION BYPhilip Rahv| [torchbearer D3] | [thin rule broken by foot of torchbearer] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [thick rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–328 [329–330].  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1936, 1937, by Heinr. Mercy Sohn, Prague|Copyright, 1946, 1948, by Schocken Books, Inc.|Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1952; [v] Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xxii Introduction | BY PHILIP RAHV dated p. xxii: New York | June, 1952; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–328 text; [329–330] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 453a. Contents as 453a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1937, BY HEINR. MERCY SOHN, PRAGUE | COPYRIGHT, 1946, 1948, BY SCHOCKEN BOOKS, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [329–330] ML Giants list. (Fall 1965)",
            "Contents:The Judgment – The Metamorphosis – In the Penal Colony – The Great Wall of China – A Country Doctor – A Common Confusion – The New Advocate – An Old Manuscript – A Fratricide – A Report to an Academy – The Hunter Gracchus – A Hunger Artist – Investigations of a Dog – The Burrow – Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in moderate bluish green (164), light purple (222), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with background in moderate bluish green covered with spider-web design in black; “Selected Stories of” in reverse on ragged patch in light purple, “FRANZ | KAFKA” in reverse lined with spider-web design, other lettering on ragged patches in vivid reddish orange at lower left and black at lower right; ragged reddish orange panel on backstrip with “FRANZ KAFKA” in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For several years the editors of the Modern Library have sought to include a representative yet variegated collection of Franz Kafka’s short stories in the series. Now, after long negotiations, fifteen of his best tales, selected and brilliantly introduced by Philip Rahv, editor ofThe Partisan Review, are made available to the ever-expanding circle of Kafka enthusiasts. The newly recognized master of obsessive fantasy, of symbolic narrative, stark and compelling in its reality, is represented in this volume by such memorable stories as “The Metamorphosis,” “The Great Wall of China,” “The Judgment,” “In the Penal Colony,” “The Hunter Gracchus,” “The Burrow,” and nine others of equal power and inexorable fascination. (Fall 1952)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid reddish orange (34), vivid yellow (82) and black on coated white paper with inset black rectangular panel containing title in vivid yellow and vivid reddish orange and other lettering in reverse; series in black and torchbearer in vivid yellow below panel, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No writer in history has illuminated the dark and fantastic side of the human soul with the clarity and perception of Kafka, and this group of stories has been selected to reflect his finest and most representative work.",
            "In his brilliant introduction to this volume, Philip Rahv writes, “Kafka so compellingly arouses in us a sense of immediate relatedness, of strong even if uneasy identification . . . because of the profound quality of his feeling for the experience of human loss, estrangement, guilt and anxiety—an experience increasingly dominant in the modern age.” Indeed, Kafka speaks to today’s world with a rarely equaled immediacy and directness of expression.",
            "These selected stories comprise fifteen of Kafka’s best-known and most typical works, including “The Metamorphosis,” “In the Penal Colony,” “The Great Wall of China,” “Investigations of a Dog,” and “The New Advocate.”Note:Ellipsis in original.",
            "Original ML collection selected fromThe PenalColony, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir (Schocken Books, 1946) andThe Great Wall of China, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir (Schocken Books, 1948). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1952.WR11 October 1952. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70. Reissued 1977–1990.",
            "The negotiations that resulted in publication ofSelected Stories of Franz Kafkatook three years and were complicated by Schocken Books’ hopes to publish additional volumes of Kafka’s stories and uncertainty over the copyright status of Kafka’s stories in the U.S. Rahv began to plan a collection of thirteen stories selected fromThe PenalColonyandThe Great Wall of Chinain 1949. Nahum N. Glatzer of Schocken Books appears to have agreed verbally to a $2,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for a ML collection. But when Cerf sent the contract Glatzer telephoned to say he couldn’t sign it and suggested resuming negotiations in six months (Cerf to Schocken Books, 28 November 1949; Glatzer to Cerf, 6 December 1949). Cerf replied that the ML would use other translations of the two most important stories and find other material to fill out the volume (Cerf to Glatzer, 7 December 1949).",
            "Commins checked into the copyright status of Kafka’s stories and reported:",
            "The right to issue the Kafka stories is far more complicated than we at first thought. Apparently, the German volumes are protected, by reciprocal agreement, if not by registered copyright, and the ownership resides in the Estate of Franz Kafka. Max Brod, executor of this Estate, must have given these rights to Schocken.",
            "I telephoned Kurt Wolff, who was the original publisher of Kafka’s stories during the writer’s lifetime and he insists that any use of the stories—whether they appeared in American magazines or not, whether they were authorized or not, and whether their copyright is valid or not, could be litigated by Schocken. The translations other than those in the Schocken volumes are unauthorized.",
            "Kurt Wolff, out of his friendship for the house, offers to intercede with Schocken himself and try to persuade him to grant his permission for the use of existing translations or new translations of Kafka’s short stories. We should get Schocken’s consent or abandon the project unless we want to be on the losing side of a suit. I recommend that we make this attempt through Kurt Wolff and see what happens.",
            "I have written to the Register of Copyrights asking for a search into the copyright status of all of Kafka’s short stories. (Commins memo to Cerf, 8 December 1949)",
            "After analyzing the report from the Register of Copyrights Commins reported: “The more we study it, the more apparent is it that Shocken [sic] has tied up American copyrights for the main Kafka items. There are a few, however, included in Rahv’s original Table of Contents which are not protected. These would require new translation, but there would not be enough of them to make the kind of book we want. We are convinced that the only way to get the book we want is to reopen negotiations with Shocken [sic]” (Commins memo to Cerf, 19 January 1950).",
            "Kurt Wolff talked with Salman Schocken on the ML’s behalf and reported that Schocken had two additional volumes of Kafka stories in preparation which were supposed to be on the market “in a few months.” Schocken proposed that the ML wait one year after their publication and then make a selection from all four volumes. Wolff promised to follow up and help arrange the deal with Schocken (Commins memo to Cerf, 26 July 1949). Little had changed, however, when Wolff talked with Schocken ten months later. The two new volumes, one of which was described as a revision ofThe Great Wall of Chinawith additional stories, were still forthcoming, and Schocken repeated his willingness to discuss a ML selection after these two books “have won the market” (Salman Schocken to Wolff, 17 May 1951; enclosed with Wolff letter to Commins, 21 May 1951).",
            "Cerf told Salman Schocken late in 1951 that he wanted to bring out the Kafka collection in April or May 1952 and indicated that the ML could produce its own volume of Kafka stories if necessary (Cerf to Schocken, 16 November 1951). Schocken’s position had not changed. On 7 April 1952 Random House signed a contract with Farrar, Straus & Young for the publication of a ML collection of Kafka’s writings including “The Great Wall of China” with an introduction to be provided by Random House. It is not clear which translations were involved, but Farrar, Straus & Young guaranteed that they were the owners of all rights granted. Random House’s attorneys transmitted the news to Schocken Books (Horace Manges, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, to Schocken Books, 24 July 1952). At this point Schocken capitulated.",
            "The ML edition ofSelected Stories of Franz Kakfa, reprinted by arrangement with Schocken Books and using their translations, appeared three months later.",
            "The ML paid Schocken royalties of 10 cents a copy, and Rahv received $250 for his introduction. The size of the first printing has not been ascertained, but subsequent printings were as follows: two printings of 5,000 and 7,000 copies (1953); two printings of 7,000 copies (1957); two printings of 7,000 and 10,000 copies (1959); 10,000 copies (1960); two printings of 10,000 copies each (1961); 10,000 copies (1962). These figures have been compiled from scattered records of binding orders; some records may be missing (there are no records for 1958) but the total of 107,000 copies for the period 1953–62 is probably accurate within 20,000 copies or so.",
            "453b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 453a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | MODERN LIBRARY·NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination and collation as 453a.",
            "Contents as 453a except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1952 | Copyright, 1936, 1937, by Heinr. Mercy Sohn, Prague | Copyright, 1946, 1948, by Schocken Books, Inc. | Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.; [329] biographical note; [330] blank.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 453a jacket B.",
            "453c.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 453a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY—NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 453a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 453b except: [329–330] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as 453a jacket B.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60422-9.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Kafka,The Trial(1961)  532",
            "Kafka,The Castle(1969)  610"
          ]
        }
      ]
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1954",
      "HEAD": [
        1954,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "In 1954, Random House entered into negotiations with Allen Lane, the founder and head of Penguin Books in England, to explore the possibility of Random House’s acquiring the American branch of the firm. Initially, Random House was attracted by the idea of obtaining rights for the Modern Library of a number of new translations commissioned for Penguin Classics, a distinguished and highly successful series that began in 1946.  Several of the translations then used by the Modern Library had been criticized as outdated or faulty in other respects—Peter Motteaux’s 1700 translation, revised by John Ozell in 1719, of Cervantes’sDon Quixote; the Lang-Leaf-Myers translation ofIliadandOdyssey; Constance Garnett’s translation of Chekhov’sPlays; and anonymous translations of plays by Moliere and Ibsen.  Penguin Classics had superior translations of these and other works.",
          "In March 1954, Klopfer received a letter from Milton Waldman of the British publishing firm Rupert Hart-Davis, who wrote that Lane had expressed an interest in arranging for joint publication of various classics with the Modern Library (Milton Waldman to Klopfer, 31 March 1954).  Jess Stein was given the job of examining the translations in Penguin Classics. He prepared a long memorandum for Klopfer in which he indicated which Penguin translations would be desirable for the Modern Library.  However, nothing came of the negotiations with Lane and in 1955, Random House launched the Modern Library Paperbacks."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eight titles were added and five were discontinued. This brought the number of available titles in the Modern Library to 298."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "New titles were published in the standard 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format with the stiff linen binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal with Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in gray.  Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green) on the spine and front cover. The top edge was stained to match the inset panels on the spine and front cover."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.25 (January–March); $1.45 (April–December). All new 1954 titles were published after the increase took effect."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Byron,Selected PoetryxBrowning,Selected Poetry; Giants through G78 with G9 DeQuincey,Selected Writings; jackets: 370. (Fall) Browning,Selected PoetryxFaulkner,Go Down, Moses; Giants through G78 with G9Great Voices of the Reformationand G56 Sterne,Tristram Shandy & A Sentimental Journey; jackets: 371."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The Modern Library sought reprint rights for Rachel Carson’sThe Sea Around Us(Klopfer to Cerf, 2 February 1954). Cerf asked Harcourt, Brace for Orwell’s1984, but was informed that sales were too good for it to be let go (Harcourt, Brace to Cerf, 23 June 1954). William Collins and Sons contacted the ML about sharing the cost of translating the great Russian novelists for the ML and their Pocket Classics (William Collins to Klopfer, 9 July 1954), but nothing appears to have come of this. E. B. White wrote of a ML offer, “About the Bennett Cerf inquiry, I have no interest at the moment in collecting my ‘early work.’ Most of it is in collected form already, a lot of the rest of it isn’t worth collecting, and I’m not in a collecting mood, nor do I want a Modern Library man to start picking around in my spotty past” (E. B. White to Cass Canfield, 4 October 1954;Letters of E. B. White, p. 399).",
          "Cerf received a suggestion to reprint his humor books as an ML Giant. He replied that he was flattered, “but quite honestly I’m not good enough” (Cerf to Ralph Winans, 22 July 1954)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Burckhardt,Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy(1954)  464",
          "Byron,Selected Poetry of Lord Byron(1954)  465",
          "Hoffenstein,Complete Poetry(1954)  466",
          "Morier,Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan(1954)  467",
          "Browning,Selected Poetry of Robert Browning(1954)  468",
          "Aristotle,Rhetoric; Politics(1954)  469",
          "Greene, ed., Anthology of Irish Literature (1954)  470",
          "Welty,Selected Stories of Eudora Welty(1954)  471"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "McDermott, ed.,Sex Problem in Modern Society(1931)",
          "McFee,Casuals of the Sea(1931)",
          "Paul,Life and Death of a Spanish Town(1942)",
          "Rawlings,The Yearling(1946)",
          "Sheean,Personal History(1940)"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 464,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JACOB BURCKHARDT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–1971; 1980–1991",
            "ML_NUMBER": 32
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "464a.  First printing (1954)",
            "THE | Civilization | OF THE | Renaissance | In Italy | AN ESSAY BYJacob Burckhardt| INTRODUCTION BYHajo HolbornYALE UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–424 [425–432].  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1954|Copyright, 1954, by Random House, Inc.; v–xi INTRODUCTION | [short swelled rule] | By Hajo Holborn; [xii] blank; xiii–xv CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–416 text; 417–424 INDEX; [425–430] ML list; [431–432] ML Giants list. (Spring 1954)Note:Firststatement retained on spring 1955 printing.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep brown (56), vivid orange yellow (66) and black on coated white paper with black-and-white photograph of bridge in Florence, tinted in deep brown at top; title in vivid orange yellow, other lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This book is one of the best accounts of the colorful period of Italian life and thought between 1350 and 1550. Here is a brilliant panorama of Renaissance life—rich in its detailed account of the arts, fashions, manners, and thought of the time—sparkling and vigorous in the spirit of the new modern age. But if Jacob Burckhardt knew well how to convey the color of the period, he was also able to give generations of readers more profound insights into the relationship between the individual and the forces around him. The combination makes this book one of the few great classics of history. (Spring 1954)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published 25 May 1954.WR29 May 1954. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1971/72. Reissued 1980–91.",
            "Klopfer appears to have suggested a ML edition ofCivilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Stein thought the idea was a good one and indicated that it should have an introduction by someone like Hajo Holborn. He told Klopfer, “I expect that the book would have some required college sale and am quite confident that it will have a satisfactory trade sale as well” (Stein memo to Klopfer, 21 October 1953). Holborn received $150 for the introduction (Stein to Holborn, 11 November 1953).",
            "The ML used the translation of S. G. C. Middlemore which was in the public domain in the United States but copyrighted in Britain. Cerf offered George Allen & Unwin, publishers of the British edition, a courtesy fee of $500. “Frankly,” he wrote, “we do not foresee any considerable sale for this work, but it is the kind of solid title that will balance some other items that have greater commercial possibilities but less solid literary value” (Cerf to Stanley Unwin, 22 October 1953). The ML edition was published by arrangement with George Allen & Unwin and includes the following textual note: “This translation by S. G. C. Middlemore was published in 1878 and is a complete and unabridged rendering of the second original edition. Minor errors shown by comparison with the first edition have been corrected by Ludwig Goldscheider, who has also made the selection from Burckhardt’s notes and has added to them the explanatory and bibliographical material preceded by asterisks” (p. [iv]).",
            "464b.  Reissue format (1980)",
            "Title as 464a through line 6; lines 7–11: INTRODUCTION BYHajo Holborn| [torchbearer M] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule].",
            "Pagination as 464a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 464a except: [425–432] blank.Note:Firststatement on p. [iv] as 464a.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep blue (183) and torchbearer in strong brown (55).",
            "Front flap:",
            "Jacob Burckhardt’s essay, as he called it, was first published in 1860, and as Hajo Holborn writes in his introduction, “it has remained the greatest single book ever written on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550. . . . It created methods of reviving the past which will have a lasting influence on the writing of history. Finally, it opened a deep view of the relationship between the human individual and the forces of history.” Rich in its detailed account of the arts, fashions, manners and thought of one of the most innovative eras in human history, this brilliant panorama of Renaissance life is also a thorough examination of the nature of civilization and of man’s place within it. Burckhardt’s encyclopedic knowledge, his mastery of style, and his genius for synthesis make this one of the few great classics of history.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reproduced from 464a. Published fall 1980 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60497-0.Discontinued 1990/91."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 465,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LORD BYRON",
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            "TITLE": "THE SELECTED POETRY OF LORD BYRON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 195
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "465.1a.  First printing (1954)",
            "THE SELECTED | POETRY OF | LORD BYRON | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | LESLIE A. MARCHAND |Professor of English, Rutgers University| [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–645 [646–650].  [1–21]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; v–xii INTRODUCTION | BY LESLIE A. MARCHAND; xiii–xiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; xv–xvi SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; xvii–xxi CONTENTS; [xxii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–639 text; [640] blank; 641–645 INDEX OF TITLES; [646–650] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light bluish green (163) and black on white paper with sketch of Byron with Greek ruins in background; lettering in black except “LORD BYRON” and torchbearer in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The writer of some of the most beautiful lyric poems in English and a romantic, almost legendary figure in his own right, Lord Byron is known to many of us as both a creator and archetype of the melancholy, world-weary wanderer in literature to whom he unwittingly bequeathed his own name, the “Byronic hero.” Such is the figure revealed in the cantos ofChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage, while the selections in this volume fromHebrew MelodiesandHours of Idlenessprove the poet’s great lyric gifts. But such additional works asBeppoandThe Vision of Judgment,English Bardsand Scotch Reviewersand the occasional verses penned for his friends show us a poet equally at home in ironic high comedy and biting satire, a poet capable of facing the world and human nature with unwavering realism. (Spring 1954)",
            "Original ML collection. Published in MLCE 1951 and in the regular ML spring 1954.WR10 April 1954. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1973; retained in MLCE.",
            "Marchand received a flat fee of $250 for writing the introduction and selecting the contents; $50 for preparing editorial head notes, which are printed within square brackets at the beginning of each section; and an additional $100 when the collection was published in the regular ML. Stein told him, “SinceDon Juanis already available in the Modern Library, this means that we can include roughly half of Byron’s remaining poetical writings and a small selection of his prose if you feel any of it should be included” (Stein to Marchand, 27 June 1950).",
            "The text was based onThe Works of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge (7 vols., London: John Murray; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898–1901).",
            "465.2.  Revised edition (1967)",
            "[short swelled rule] | SELECTED | POETRY OF | LORD BYRON | [short swelled rule] | Revised Edition |Edited, with an introduction, by|Leslie A. Marchand| Professor of English, Rutgers University | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvii [xxviii], [1–2] 3–708.  [1]16[2–11]32[12–13]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1951,©1967, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvi Introduction | [swelled rule] |by Leslie A. Marchand; xvii–xviii Biographical Sketch; xix–xxi Selected Bibliography; [xxii] blank; xxiii–xxvii Contents; [xxviii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–706 text; 707–708Index of Titles.",
            "Jacket:Fujita pictorial jacket in moderate violet (211), strong brown (55) and black on coated white paper with photographic illustration of quill pen in moderate violet; lettering in moderate violet, except “LORD BYRON” in strong brown, all within single-rule frame in black on white background. Front flap revised and abbreviated from 465.1, with first sentence beginning “Lord Byron is known as a writer of some of the most beautiful lyric poems in English” and ending with “in his own right” and second sentence beginning “His romantic aspect is revealed in the cantos.”",
            "Printed from offset plates with text completely reset. Published 1967.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The revised edition addsMazeppa(pp. 603–28) and selections fromDon Juan(pp. 381–575), omits 53 shorter poems that were included in 465.1, and has selections instead of complete texts ofThe Giaour,The Bride of Abydos, andThe Corsair.",
            "465.1b.  Reprint from 465.1a plates; title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 465.1a except line 7: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 465.1a.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16[11]32[12]16",
            "Contents as 465.1a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [646–647] partial ML list; [648–650] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 465.2 jacket including front flap text and “Revised Edition” statement.",
            "Printed letterpress using 465.1a plates. It is not known whether use of the original 465 plates represented dissatisfaction with the contents of the revised edition or was simply a mistake.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Byron, Lord,Don Juan(1949)  420"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 466,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SAMUEL HOFFENSTEIN",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE COMPLETE POETRY OF SAMUEL HOFFENSTEIN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–1958",
            "ML_NUMBER": 225
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "466.  First printing (1954)",
            "THE COMPLETE POETRY | OF | SAMUEL | HOFFENSTEIN | [torchbearer E1] | [decorative rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [decorative rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [1–2] 3–373 [374].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1954|Copyright, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1947, by Samuel Hoffenstein; v–ixContents; [x] blank; [1] part title: Poems in Praise of | Practically Nothing; [2] blank; 3–373 text; [374] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark red (16), brilliant yellow (83), strong bluish green (160) and black on coated white paper with title in strong bluish green and black, illustration of a sheet of paper, pencil and a vase of flowers on a window sill with skyscrapers in distance, all on inset white panel bordered in dark red; additional lettering in reverse below panel. Signed: PG [Paul Galdone].",
            "Front flap:",
            "Samuel Hoffenstein practices in the tradition of sparkling light verse that has become one of the most refreshing trends on the American literary scene. And even in that tradition he is unique, as evidenced by the constantly increasing corps of Hoffenstein devotees. In this book, to their infinite joy and that of the hosts of newcomers who will join their ranks upon its publication, the Modern Library presents the complete Hoffenstein to date, the full texts of his three volumes—Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing, Year In, You’re Out,andPencil in the Air. (Spring 1954)",
            "Poems in Praise of Practically Nothingoriginally published by Boni & Liveright, 1928;Year In, You’re Outoriginally published by Horace Liveright, 1930;Pencil in the Airoriginally published by Doubleday & Co., 1947. Original ML collection printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published May 1954.WR29 May 1954. First (and only) printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1959.",
            "The ML paid a $2,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Rights toPencil in the Airhad reverted to Hoffenstein’s estate, and the advance was divided equally between Liveright and David Hoffenstein, the author’s son. The ML edition sold about 6,000 copies in four and a half years (David Hoffenstein to Cerf, 9 December 1958). When the ML edition was discontinued Cerf wrote to David Hoffenstein, “I am sorry to say that we cannot possibly keep the Hoffenstein Poetry in the Modern Library. Quite frankly, it was one of the very poorest sellers we have ever had in the series. I am just as sorry about this as I know you are” (Cerf to David Hoffenstein, 23 December 1958)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 467,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES MORIER",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–1959",
            "ML_NUMBER": 289
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "467.  First printing (1954)",
            "THE ADVENTURES OF |Hajji Baba| OF ISPAHAN | BY JAMES MORIER | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | RICHARD D. ALTICK, | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xiv], 1–456 [457–466].  [1–15]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition 1954|Introduction Copyright, 1954, by Random House, Inc.; v–ix INTRODUCTION | by | Richard D. Altick; [x] blank; [xi–xiv] table of contents; 1–[14] INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE | TO THE |REV. DR. FUNDGRUBEN|Chaplain to the Swedish Embassy at the Ottoman Portesigned p. [14]: Peregrine Persic. | London, 1st December, 1823.; 15–456 text; [457–462] ML list; [463–464] ML Giants list; [465–466] blank. (Spring 1954)Note:Firststatement retained on copies with spring 1955 list.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light yellowish brown (76), strong green (141), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of two men in turbans, one on horseback and the other with a walking stick, on inset panel within borders in vivid red, strong green, and light yellowish brown; lettering in black. Signed: F.K. [Fritz Kredel]",
            "Front flap:",
            "All the elements for thoroughgoing entertainment can be found in this book. The story is laid in nineteenth-century Persia, a romantic land remote geographically and in way of life from the western world. It is peopled with potentates and slave girls, robbers and rogues and—above all—a hero, a resourceful, tongue-in-cheek rascal named Hajji Baba. This adventurer’s ups and (mostly) downs take him through every employment from barber to executioner, into caravans, harems, and camps, and introduce him, and us, to every type of individual in the human comedy. We may suspect, as we pursue our hero from one crisis to another, that James Morier is using these tales to comment on the pride, affectation, hypocrisy and chicanery which are universal in human nature, but Hajji Baba himself asks only a relaxed and sympathetic listener for the varied episodes of his career. (Spring 1954)",
            "Originally published 1824. ML edition (pp. [xi]–456) printed from plates of the Cresset Press edition (or a duplicate set of the Cresset plates) published in London, 1949, with the introduction by Richard Jennings and the bibliography omitted, Altick’s introduction added, roman page numerals removed from table of contents, alphabetical signatures removed from text pages (except p. 3, where “A.H.B.” [Adventures of Hajji Baba] appears at the left of the bottom margin and the signature “C” appears at the right), and initials “P. P.” removed from p. 456 following the end of the text. Published spring 1954.WR10 April 1954. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1960.",
            "Random House published an edition ofThe Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahanwith color and black-and-white illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge which was used by the Book-of-the-Month Club as a 1938 dividend. The plates of the 10¾ x 7½ inch (270 x 187 mm) volume—if it was printed from plates—would have been far too large for the ML’s format.",
            "Stein initially asked Gordon S. Haight of Yale University to write an introduction to the ML edition and offered a fee of $200, but Haight was too busy (Stein to Haight, 20 October 1953; Haight to Stein, 5 November 1953). He then approached Altick, offering him $150. He wrote, “What we have in mind is an introduction running about 2000 words and serving largely to reassure the timorous reader that this is a book worth reading. We do not want to load the introduction with too much detail, but there should be enough to let the reader know that though this is a book published more than one hundred years ago, it continues to provide pleasurable reading as widely, if not more so, as it did when it first appeared” (Stein to Altick, 9 November 1953). Altick comments in his autobiography, “I wrote the introduction to the Modern Library edition of James Morier’s pseudo-Oriental confection,The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. . . which, although it never came near to being one of the best-selling titles in that long, influential series of reprints, earned me a fee that, almost to the dollar, paid for the arrival of one of our daughters” (Altick,A Little Bit of Luck: The Making of an Adventurous Scholar,p. 200).",
            "Although Morier’s book remained in the ML for less than six years, three printings have been identified, including printings with spring 1955 and spring 1958 ML lists at the end of the volume.",
            "Several months after the ML edition was published Stein wrote Altick, “I have just come from the Twentieth Century Fox office where they held an advance showing of HAJJI BABA. I suggest that you, James Morier, and I all change our names and try to start life anew in Venezuela” (Stein to Altick, 23 September 1954)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 468,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ROBERT BROWNING",
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            "TITLE": "SELECTED POETRY OF ROBERT BROWNING",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 198
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "468.  First printing (1954)",
            "SELECTED POETRY OF | Robert Browning | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | KENNETH L. KNICKERBOCKER | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH,University of Tennessee| [torchbearer D3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvii [xxviii], [1–2] 3–729 [730–740].  [1–24]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; v–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xxiii INTRODUCTION | by Kenneth L. Knickerbocker; [xxiv] blank; xxv–xxvii SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxviii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–723 text; [724] blank; 725–729 INDEX OF TITLES; [730] blank; [731–736] ML list; [737–738] ML Giants list; [739–740] blank. (Fall 1954)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in black and strong brown on coated white paper with left-profile portrait of Browning in black and white and lettering in strong brown and in reverse, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "No poet in English literature excelled Robert Browning in the ability to understand the human heart and mind and soul. The tangled web of love and hate, hope and despair, faith and disbelief envelops the panorama of memorable characters in his poetry—lords, ladies, monks, alchemists, scholars, musicians, and others who crowd the colorful pages of his work. Throughout his writing there is an unbroken fortitude and an awareness of man’s capacity for greatness that provides inspiring guidance to all in a troubled time. (Fall 1954)",
            "Original ML collection. Published in MLCE January 1951 and the regular ML 13 October 1954.WR16 October 1954. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE.",
            "Knickerbocker received a flat fee of $250 for writing the introduction and selecting the contents (Stein to Knickerbocker, 28 June 1950). The ML edition was set fromThe Complete Works of Robert Browning, edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke (12 vols., Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1898) with the permission of the publisher.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Browning, Robert,Poems and Plays(Giant, 1934)  G16"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 469,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ARISTOTLE",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "RHETORIC; POETICS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 246
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "469a.  First printing (1954)",
            "ARISTOTLE | [swelled rule] |RHETORIC| TRANSLATED BY W. RHYS ROBERTS |POETICS| TRANSLATED BY INGRAM BYWATER | INTRODUCTION BY FRIEDRICH SOLMSEN, |Professor of the Classics, Cornell University| [torchbearer G3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–289 [290–298].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1954|Copyright, 1954, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxiiINTRODUCTION| BY FRIEDRICH SOLMSEN; [1] part title: RHETORIC | [swelled rule] | TRANSLATED BY W. RHYS ROBERTS; [2] blank; 3–18CONTENTS; 19–218 text; [219] part title: POETICS | [swelled rule] | TRANSLATED BY INGRAM BYWATER; [220] blank; 221–222CONTENTS; 223–266 text; 267–284 INDEX TORHETORIC; 285–289 INDEX TOPOETICS; [290] blank; [291–296] ML list; [297–298] ML Giants list. (Fall 1954)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–3] 4–289 [290–298].  [1–10]16. Contents as 469a except: [3]–18CONTENTS. (Spring 1963)Note:The contents heading is dropped on the page, leaving no room for a page numeral at the foot.",
            "Jacket:Uniform Aristotle jacket in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on coated white paper with top half consisting of white band with jacket title “The Rhetoric and The Poetics of Aristotle” and left-profile portrait of Aristotle in black and moderate greenish blue; moderate greenish blue band below center with lettering in black; thinner band at foot with series in moderate greenish blue.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For more than two thousand years, theRhetoricand thePoeticsof Aristotle have enjoyed the zealous acclaim of some readers and endured the hostile scrutiny of others. But, in any case, few words of antiquity have had more constant influence in Western thought than have these writings. It has long been the hope of the editors of the Modern Library to include these works in complete form, and now permission to use the distinguished Oxford translations by Roberts and Bywater makes this book possible. To it, Professor Solmsen has contributed a distinguished introduction and a body of helpful notes. (Fall 1954)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1954.WR29 January 1955. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The Bywater translation ofPoeticswas originally published by the Clarendon Press (Oxford) in 1909; the Roberts translation ofRhetoricwas originally published by the Clarendon Press (Oxford) in 1924. The ML paid Clarendon Press a $300 advance on the first 10,000 copies and royalties of 5 percent of the list price thereafter. Solmsen received a flat fee of $300 for his work on the ML edition. Stein found Solmsen’s English a bit clumsy and sent the introduction to Sidney Kaplan at the University of Massachusetts for stylistic improvement and clarification. Kaplan received $30 for this work.",
            "“The selection from the notes to the Roberts and Bywater edition has been made by Professor Solmsen, who has also made the emendations enclosed by brackets” (p. [iv]).",
            "469b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 469a except line 9: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 469a.",
            "Contents as 469a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1954, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [290–297] ML list; [298] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 469a with Fujita “ml” symbol added to black band.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few works of antiquity have had a more constant influence in Western thought than Aristotle’sRhetoricandPoetics. For the distinguished Oxford translations by W. Rhys Roberts and Ingram Bywater, Professor Friedrich Solmsen has provided an introduction examining these two works in the context of the ideas of Aristotle’s contemporaries, and has made substantial additions to the original notes by the translators.",
            "469c.  Reissue format; offset printing (1977)",
            "Title as 469a through line 6; lines 7–11: INTRODUCTION BY FRIEDRICH SOLMSEN [comma omitted] | [torchbearer M] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule].",
            "Pagination as 469a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 469b except: [290–298] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "Here is the complete text of two of Aristotle’s most important and influential works, in the famous and authoritative Oxford translations by W. Rhys Roberts and Ingram Bywater. Aristotle’s intention when he composed thePoeticswas to set up standards of literary excellence, and in theRhetoriche sought to establish standards of effective public speaking. For more than two thousand years theRhetoricand thePoeticshave met with both hostile scrutiny and zealous acclaim; few works of antiquity have had more constant influence in Western thought.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60425-3.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Aristotle,Introduction to Aristotle(1947)  396",
            "Aristotle,Politics(1943)  362"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 470,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "DAVID H. GREENE",
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            "TITLE": "AN ANTHOLOGY OF IRISH LITERATURE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 288
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "470a.  First printing (1954)",
            "AN | ANTHOLOGY | OF | IRISH | LITERATURE | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY |David H. Greene,NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] | [thin rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [thick rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxvii [xxxviii], [1–3] 4–602.  [1–20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1954 | Copyright, 1954, by Random House, Inc.; v–xii CONTENTS; xiii–xxxii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxxii: DAVID H. GREENE; xxxiii–xxxvii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [xxxviii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3] part title: PART I | [thin rule] | Early Irish Lyrics | TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GAELIC | [thick rule]; 4–588 text; 589–598 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; 599–602 INDEX OF | AUTHORS, TRANSLATORS, AND TITLES.",
            "Contents:Pt. 1. Early Irish Lyrics – Pt. 2. Myth, Saga, and Romance – Pt. 3. The Bardic Tradition – Pt. 4. Modern Irish Poetry – Pt. 5. Irish Literature in English.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in vivid yellow (82), deep yellow green (118) and black on coated white paper with “Irish Literature” in deep yellow green outlined in black, other lettering in black on vivid yellow and deep yellow green patches, all against white background and within black rules. Signed: RIKI.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This book spans more than twelve centuries of writing to present the rich heritage of Irish literature. Beginning with the first traces of Celtic literature written in the margins of medieval manuscripts by scribes of the seventh and eighth centuries, it continues through the great cycles of mythology and romance whose heroes’ names are poetry themselves—Cuchulain, who fought with the sea, Mad Sweeney, and Deirdre of the Sorrows. There are tales and poems that celebrate the love of freedom and reckless heroism of Irish patriots, and there are quiet stories of the hedge schoolmasters, the gentry, and the people of the Irish countryside. Finally come the modern writers—Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, Synge, O’Casey, Gogarty, O’Connor and many others—who write in English but whose deep consciousness of the Celtic past makes them unmistakably Irish. (Spring 1954)",
            "Original ML anthology. Publication announced for spring 1954 and postponed to fall 1954.WR20 November 1954. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Greene received a flat fee of $750 for his work on the anthology. The permissions budget was limited to $1,500, and the scope of the anthology was reduced as a result. Greene wanted to include twenty-one poems by Yeats, but Macmillan, Yeats’s American publisher, wanted $25 per poem for American rights and A. P. Watt, the agent for the Yeats estate, wanted an additional $20 per poem for world rights. The number of Yeats poems was cut to eleven and Watt reduced its fee to $12.50 per poem, but this was still too much for the budget. In the end the ML limited the sales territory forAn Anthology of Irish Literatureto the U.S. and Canada, and the number of Yeats poems was cut to nine. The representation of other authors in the anthology was reduced as well.",
            "Frank O’Connor revised his translation of Brian Merriman’sThe Midnight Courtfor the anthology.",
            "470b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 470a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 470a.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "Contents as 470a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1954, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket B:Adapted version of 470a with horizontal rules omitted, Fujita “ml” symbol added at foot followed by “A Modern Library Book” in black; Fujita torchbearer at foot of backstrip."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 471,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EUDORA WELTY",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED STORIES OF EUDORA WELTY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1954–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 290
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "471a.  First printing (1954)",
            "SELECTED STORIES OF | EUDORA WELTY | CONTAINING ALL OF |A Curtain of Green and Other Stories| andThe Wide Net and Other Stories| WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | KATHERINE ANNE PORTER | [torchbearer E3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–x] xi–xxiii [xxiv], [1–2] 3–289 [290]; [1–2] 3–214.  [1–15]16[16]8[17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1954 | Copyright, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, by Eudora Welty; [v] ACKNOWLEDGMENT; [vi] blank; [vii] PUBLISHER’S NOTE; [viii] blank; [ix–x] CONTENTS; xi–xxiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxiii: Katherine Anne Porter |August 19, 1941; [xxiv] blank; [1] part title: A CURTAIN OF GREEN | AND OTHER STORIES; [2] blank; 3–289 text; [290] blank; [1] part title: THE WIDE NET | AND OTHER STORIES; [2] blank; 3–214 text.",
            "Variant:As 471a except: [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9]32[10]16; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, | BY EUDORA WELTY. (Late 1950s/early 1960s)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong greenish yellow (99), dark grayish blue (187) and black on coated white paper with oval illustration of the columned porch of a house, gnarled trees hanging with Spanish moss, and a low moon, surrounded by a strong greenish yellow glow and scattered stars; lettering in dark grayish blue and black. Signed: PG [Paul Galdone].",
            "Front flap:",
            "Any one of the stories in this volume, by itself, would identify Eudora Welty as one of the most unusual short-story writers of our times. But only from the succession of story upon story, with startling variations of pace, style, and mood, comes a truer appreciation of the power and versatility of the artist. The twenty-five stories in this volume may range from the quietly understated narrative of “A Worn Path” to the breezily vulgar dialogue of “Petrified Man” or the thematic counterpoint of “Powerhouse,” but they all alike express their author’s talent and perception. The basic material of Miss Welty’s stories is her observation of human experience in her native South, but with great technical skill and psychological subtlety she succeeds not only in recreating that experience but in measuring its impact on the persons involved.(Fall 1954)",
            "A Curtain of Greenoriginally published with Porter introduction by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1941; new bibliographical edition published asA Curtain of Green and Other Storiesby Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1947.The Wide Net and Other Storiesoriginally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1943. ML edition (pp. xi–xxiii, 3–289; 3–214) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published fall 1954.WR16 October 1954. First printing: 5,000 copies.",
            "Cerf was interested in adding Welty to the ML and telephoned Harcourt, Brace to request copies of her books. The Harcourt, Brace sales manager sentA Curtain of Green,The Robber Bridegroom,The Wide Net,Delta Wedding, andThe Golden Apples, expressing the hope that the ML would take one of them (Edward A. Hodge to Cerf, 14 May 1953). The reprint contract forSelected Stories of Eudora Weltywas signed a month later. The ML paid Harcourt, Brace royalties of 10 cents a copy. There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in March 1955. Noel Polk reports that 27,035 copies were printed by October 1977 (Eudora Welty: A Bibliography of Her Work, p. 94), but this figure seems low. Complete information about printings and sales is not available in the RH archives, but the following evidence is suggestive:Selected Stories of Eudora Weltydoes not appear on lists of titles selling fewer than 2,000 copies a year that the ML began to maintain in the late 1960s, and it sold 2,400 copies in 1970. When the ML cut its list from nearly 500 titles in 1970 to fewer than 140 in the mid-1970s, it was one of the titles that survived.",
            "Textual variants between the first edition ofA Curtain of Green(Doubleday, Doran, 1941) and the ML text have been noted by Polk, “Text of the Modern LibraryA Curtain of Green” (1979). Polk writes:",
            "In 1946 Harcourt, Brace proposed to publish a new edition ofA Curtain of Green. Miss Welty was asked whether she had any revisions or corrections to make in the text, and then was asked to supply a copy of the book to send to the printer. To the first request Miss Welty replied that she had no revisions to make; to the second she responded by sending a copy not of the first American edition (NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1941) but of the first English edition (London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1943). Thus the Harcourt, Brace text ofA Curtain of Greenis two typesettings removed from the first American edition, and since it is fairly clear that Miss Welty had no hand in any but the Doubleday, Doran edition, the many textual differences between the first edition and the Harcourt, Brace edition must be considered corruptions of the text. When the Modern Library reprinted the Harcourt, Brace text in itsSelected Stories(NY, 1954), it of course perpetuated those corruptions. This is a fact of some importance to Welty scholarship, since the Modern Library text ofA Curtain of Greenis both the only one currently in print and the text most frequently cited by critics. (p. 6)",
            "In his writings Polk tended to refer to the ML text rather than the Harcourt, Brace text because it was for many years the only edition in print and the one most frequently cited.",
            "471b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ in. format (1969/70)",
            "Title description as 471a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 471a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9]32[10]16",
            "Contents as 471a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, AND | © RENEWED 1965, 1966, BY EUDORA WELTY.",
            "Variant A:Pagination and collation as 471b. Contents as 471a except: [iv] Copyright 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943 | by Eudora Welty | Copyright Renewed 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, | 1970, 1971 by Eudora Welty",
            "Variant B:Pagination and collation as 471b. Contents as 471b except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, October 1954 | Copyright 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, | by Eudora Welty | Copyright renewed 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, | by Eudora Welty",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in grayish greenish yellow (105), deep purplish red (256) and black on coated white paper with oval illustration as 471a except slightly cropped and without encircling glow or scattered stars; newly designed lettering in black and deep purplish red against grayish greenish yellow background. Front flap as 471a.",
            "471c.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 471b except line 8: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 471a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 471b variant B except: [iv] 1st line (ML edition statement) omitted.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56) on tan paper. Front flap as 471a.",
            "Published fall 1977 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60445-8.",
            "Polk indicates that the ML edition went out of print in October 1977 after 27,035 copies had been printed and that it was brought back into print in 1978 (Eudora Welty: A Bibliography of Her Work, p. 94). It appears more likely that it went out of print in 1976 since 471c was published in fall 1977."
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        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": "The Modern Library’s printers, Parkway Printing Co. in New York City, opened an offset printing department in early January (Parkway to Jess Stein, December 1954). Before 1955 the small number of Modern Library titles that were printed by offset lithography had to be printed by a firm that specialized in offset lithography. Parkway Printing had been acquired by Wolff Bindery—which allowed the Modern Library to contract with one company for all of its printing and binding."
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eight new titles were added and four were discontinued. An additional title was superseded.  The Modern Library had 302 titles available in 1955."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "First printings ofAn Outline of Psychoanalysis(472); Francis Bacon,Selected Writings(475); and Goldsmith,The Vicar of Wakefield and Other Writings(476) were printed in gatherings of 32 leaves. Other 1955 titles were printed in gatherings of 16 leaves.All 1956 titles would be printed in gatherings of 32 leaves."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.45."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Faulkner,Go Down, MosesxSantayana,Sense of Beauty; Giants through G78 with G56Wisdom of Catholicismand G59 Hemingway,Short Stories; jackets: 372. (Fall) Santayana,Sense of BeautyxTennyson,Selected Poetry; Giants through G78 with G59Wisdom of China and India; jackets: 374."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "No information available."
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          "Thompson, Mazer, and Witenberg, eds.,Outline of Psychoanalysis, rev. ed. (1955)  472",
          "Faulkner,Go Down, Moses(1955)  473",
          "McCord, ed.,What Cheer(1955)  474",
          "Bacon,Selected Writings of Francis Bacon(1955)  475",
          "Goldsmith,Vicar of Wakefield and Other Writings(1955)  476",
          "New Voices in the American Theatre(1955)  477",
          "Santayana,Sense of Beauty(1955)  478",
          "Dostoevsky,Best Short Stories(1955)  479"
        ]
      },
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          "Alcott,Little Women(1950)",
          "Benét and Cousins, eds.,Poetry of Freedom(1948)",
          "Godden,Black Narcissus(1947)",
          "Morley,Parnassus on Wheels(1931)",
          "Van Teslaar, ed.,Outline of Psychoanalysis(1934)*"
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          "NUMBER": 472,
          "METADATA": {
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              "MILTON MAZER",
              "EARL WITENBERG"
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            "TITLE": "AN OUTLINE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS.  Rev. ed",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 66
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            "472.First printing (1955)",
            "AN OUTLINE OF | PSYCHOANALYSIS | REVISED EDITION | [swelled rule] | edited by Clara Thompson, M.D., | Milton Mazer, M.D. and Earl Witenberg, M.D. | [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–4] 5–619 [620].  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1955, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [9 lines of additional copyright statements]; v–viii CONTENTS; [ix] FOREWORD; [x] blank; xi–xix INTRODUCTION | The Development of Psychoanalysis; [xx] blank; [1] part title: I | [short swelled rule] | THEORY; [2] blank; [3] section title:Freud’s Formulations; [4] blank; 5–418 text; [419] part title: II | [short swelled rule] | THERAPY; [420] blank; [421] section title:Goals of Treatment; [422] blank; 423–614 text; 615–619 GLOSSARY; [620] blank.",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 472. Contents as 472 except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1955, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [10 lines of additional copyright statements].Note:p. [iv] entirely reset with copyright statement added for Springer Publishing Company, Inc. (Spring 1967 format with Fujita binding and tan Kent endpaper)",
            "Contents:Pt. I. Theory.Freud’s Formulations:The Theory of the Instincts, by Sigmund Freud – The Development of the Sexual Function, by Sigmund Freud – Mental Qualities, by Sigmund Freud.The Study of the Ego:On the Technique of Character-Analysis, by Wilhelm Reich – The Genesis of  the Superego, by Ernest Jones – Toward a Theory of Personality and Neurosis, by William V. Silverberg – Ego Psychology and Interpretation in Psychoanalytic Therapy, by Ernst Kris.Anxiety:Freud’s Evolving Theories of Anxiety, by Rollo May – Psychiatric Aspects of Anxiety, by Frieda Fromm-Reichmann.Dreams:Evaluation of Dreams in Psycho-Analytic Practice, by Ella Freeman Sharp – Dream Analysis in Its Practical Application, by C. G. Jung.Childhood:The Psychosomatic Implications of the Primary Unit: Mother-Child, by Therese Benedek – On Memory and Childhood Amnesia, by Ernest G. Schachtel – Toys and Reasons, by Erik H. Erikson – Preadolescence, by Harry Stack Sullivan – Early Adolescence, by Harry Stack Sullivan.The Study of Character:Character and Anal Eroticism, by Sigmund Freud – Individual Psychology, Its Assumptions and Its Results, by Alfred Adler – Contributions to the Theory of the Anal Character, by Karl Abraham – Selfishness, Self-Love, and Self-Interest, by Erich Fromm – Character, by Erich Fromm – The Search for Glory, by Karen Horney – The Feminine Character, by Viola Klein – Some Effects of the Derogatory Attitude Towards Female Sexuality, by Clara Thompson.  Pt. II. Therapy.Goals of Therapy:The Final Goal of Psycho-Analytic Treatment, by Michael Balint – Analysis of the Therapeutic Factors in Psychoanalytic Treatment, by Franz Alexander – The Basis of a Will Therapy, by Otto Rank.Transference and Countertransference:On Transference of Emotions, by Michael Balint – The Transference Phenomenon in Psychoanalytic Therapy, by Janet Mackenzie Rioch – The Transference Phenomenon, by Thomas M. French – Transference and Character Analyses, by Clara Thompson – Countertransference and Anxiety, by Mabel Blake Cohen.The Psychoanalytic Process:Psychoanalytic Therapy, by A. H. Maslow and Bela Mittelmann – Recent Advances in Psychoanalytic Therapy, by Sandor Rado.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong yellow (84), dark blue (183) and grayish yellowish brown (80) on coated white paper; lettering in reverse on inset rectangular panel divided into three parts, with upper and lower parts in dark blue and narrower middle part in grayish yellowish brown, all against strong yellow background; series and torchbearer in dark blue below panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The basic concepts of present-day psychoanalysis—both as to theory and to therapy—are contained in this book. Beginning with Freud’s cornerstone formulations, theOutline of Psychoanalysispresents a clear and accurate picture of all the major developments in the field. Here the reader will find authoritative statements by Freud, Adler, Jung, Reich, Abraham, Sullivan, Horney, Alexander, and other distinguished figures too numerous to list.",
            "For an understanding of man’s nature and development, his goals and difficulties, his driving forces and defenses—for this and more, the reader will do well to know the substance of this book. (Spring 1955)",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingOutline of Psychoanalysis, edited by J. S. Van Teslaar (108). Published spring 1955.WR25 June 1955. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The revision ofAn Outline of Psychoanalysis, originally published in 1924, was undertaken in conjunction with the revision ofAn Outline of Abnormal Psychology(172). Clara Thompson, Executive Director of the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, was recommended by Gardner Murphy shortly after he agreed to reviseAn Outline of Abnormal Psychology(Murphy to Stein, 23 May 1953).",
            "Thompson and her fellow editors tried to present “the many approaches which go to make up a science such as psychoanalysis” (p. [ix]) but ran into major obstacles in securing permissions. W. W. Norton, the publisher of Freud, Erikson, Sullivan and Horney, refused at first to allow these authors to be included at all. H. P. Wilson of Norton expressed concern that the anthology would adversely affect sales of the original editions and told Stein, “We do feel that we should prefer not to have the material from our authors included in your book” (Wilson to Stein, 9 December 1953). Stein told Thompson that he thought Norton was disturbed by RH’s plans to enter the field of psychoanalytic publishing (Stein to Thompson, 14 January 1954). After the extent of material by these authors was reduced, Norton relented and gave permission to include them at the rate of 1¼ cents per word.",
            "Anna Freud and Maxwell Gitelson refused to allow their writings to appear between the covers of an anthology that also included selections by their rivals. Thompson wanted to include Gitelson’s article, “The Emotional Position of the Analyst in the Psychoanalytical Tradition.” Gitelson noted that of the contemporary figures in Thompson’s tentative table of contents, only “A. Freud, Erikson, Kris, Sharpe, and—by & large, Klein and Balint—carry on in the main direction of psychoanalysis.” He continued:",
            "All of the others, Silverberg, May, Fromm-Reichmann, Schachtel, Sullivan, Fromm, Horney, Thompson, Alexander and Rioch, diverge significantly from what I think of as the main stream and have more in common with each other than they have with psychoanalysis from the standpoint from which I view it. . . .",
            "Unfortunately, the discussion of counter-transference problems in their present transitional phase of our understanding of them can sometimes come close to appearing to give priority to the “interpersonal” and “social” points of view as maintained by Sullivan, Fromm, Horney, Thompson, etc. Placed in the context in which it would appear, my article would inevitably seem to be divergent in the sense in which I think of these writers. I simply do not wish such a misunderstanding to arise (Gitelson to Stein, 9 June 1954).",
            "Anna Freud would not permit the inclusion of a chapter from her book,The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense. “My reason for this,” she wrote, “is that I am at present not in direct collaboration with the other contributors to the volume, whereas the inclusion of my chapter would create the wrong impression that I am” (Freud to Stein, 1 July 1954). Stein replied:",
            "In planning theOutline of Psychoanalysis, we have tried to represent on the one hand the solid core of psychoanalytic writing that is accepted without significant controversy. Your chapter would fall into this category, and I can only ask that you believe me when I say that Miss Thompson and her collaborators regard your work with the highest esteem and feel that its presence in the book is essential to a proper view of psychoanalysis. The other category in the collection is controversial material. We have tried to present some impression of the differing viewpoints that now exist. . . . Consequently, many people who differ on a scientific basis with each other will appear in this volume without there being any suggestion that one is right and the other wrong.",
            "He offered to include a statement in the book “explaining that many different viewpoints are represented here and that the presence of any particular writer’s material . . . does not imply an endorsement of the views expressed by other writers in the book” (Stein to Freud, 8 July 1954). But Freud was not persuaded. She replied, “I appreciate your arguments, but there are personal reasons for this decision on my part” (Freud to Stein, 3 August 1954).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Outline of Psychoanalysis,ed. J. S. Van Teslaar (1924–early 1955)  108"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 473,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM FAULKNER",
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            "TITLE": "GO DOWN, MOSES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 175
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "473a.  First printing (1955)",
            "Go Down, Moses | WILLIAM FAULKNER | [torchbearer E3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–383 [384].  [1–10]16[11]20[12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition, 1955|Copyright, 1940, 1941, 1942, by William Faulkner|Copyright, 1942, by The Curtis Publishing Company; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7]CONTENTS; [8] blank; [1] part title:Was; [2] blank; 3–383 text; [384] blank.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), strong blue (178), pale blue (185) and black on coated white paper with strong blue panel at upper left overlapping black panel at center right, all against brilliant yellow background; author in black at top, title in reverse against strong blue and black panels, series in pale blue on black panel. Designed by E. McKnight Kauffer; unsigned. Adapted from jacket of RH edition.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Go Down, Mosesis made up of seven inter-related parts, each self-contained, but all illuminating and extending each other. The book might be called a set of variations on two major themes: the changing relationship, from the time of the frontier to the present day, of the Negro and the white man in Yoknapatawpha County, and the relationship of both to the land they inhabit, which in a few generations has been changed from an abundant wilderness into an economic problem. Several of the sections have already achieved individual fame as separate stories, especially “The Bear,” which is one of the highest points in Mr. Faulkner’s achievement, and “The Fire and the Hearth,” which is a kind of prelude to his novel,Intruder in the Dust. (Spring 1955)",
            "Jacket B:Uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper with title and series in strong greenish blue (169) and author in black. Front flap as jacket A. (Fall 1963)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1942. ML edition (pp. [5]–383) printed from RH plates. Published March 1955.WR26 March 1955. First printing: 7,000 copies.",
            "Subsequent printings through 1962 were as follows: 5,000 copies (1957); 5,000 copies (1959); two printings of 5,000 copies each (1961); 5,000 copies (1962).",
            "473b.  Title page reset; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Go | Down | Moses | William | Faulkner | [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 473a.  [1]16[2-4]32[5]36[6]32[7]16",
            "Contents as 473a except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1940, 1941, 1942, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.",
            "Variant:Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–383 [384–392].  [1–6]16[7]8[8–13]16. Contents as 473b except: [4]Modern Library Edition, March 1955|Copyright 1940, 1941, 1942 by William Faulkner|Copyright 1942 by The Curtis Publishing Company |Copyright renewed 1968, 1969, 1970 by Estelle Faulkner | and Jill Faulkner Summers; [384] blank; [385–386] ML Giants list; [387–392] ML list with first two pages on [391–392]. (Spring 1970)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 473a jacket B with Fujita torchbearer on backstrip.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Faulkner,Absalom, Absalom!(1951– )  434",
            "Faulkner,As I Lay Dying(1967– )  596",
            "Faulkner,A Fable(1966–1971)  585",
            "Faulkner,Faulkner Reader(1959–1990)  G93",
            "Faulkner,Intruder in the Dust(1964– )  567",
            "Faulkner,Light in August(1950– )  429",
            "Faulkner,Pylon(1967–1970)  599",
            "Faulkner,Sanctuary(1932–1971)  233",
            "Faulkner,Selected Short Stories(1962– )  539",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(1946–1966)  394",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury(1966– )  593",
            "Faulkner,Wild Palms(1984– )  640"
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        {
          "NUMBER": 474,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "DAVID McCORD",
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            "TITLE": "WHAT CHEER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–1959",
            "ML_NUMBER": 190
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "474.  First printing (1955)",
            "What Cheer | AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN | AND BRITISH HUMOROUS AND | WITTY VERSE GATHERED, | SIFTED, AND SALTED, WITH | AN INTRODUCTION BY | David McCord | [torchbearer E3] | [rule] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xliv, [1–2] 3–515 [516].  [1–16]16[17]8[18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] 5 epigraphs relating to the expression, “What cheer”; [iv] BOOKS BY DAVID McCORD; [v] title; [vi]First Modern Library Edition, 1955|Copyright in the United States and Canada, 1945, by Coward-McCann, Inc.|Copyright, 1955, by Random House, Inc.; [vii] dedication; [viii] blank; ix–xCONTENTS; xi–xxvi LAST WORD FIRST signed p. xxvi: D. T. W. McC.; xxvii–xliv INTRODUCTION signed p. xliv: David McCord; [1] part title:Part One| ACQUAINTANCES; [2] blank; 3–477 text; [478] blank; 479–492 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 493–502 INDEX OF AUTHORS | & TITLES; 503–515 INDEX OF FIRST LINES; [516] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate orange yellow (71), vivid red (11), strong blue (178) and black on coated white paper with drawing of fool’s scepter and scattered stars; title in reverse on inset red panel, other lettering in reverse except “DAVID McCORD” in black on three strong blue strips, all against moderate orange yellow background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“The best compilation of light verse ever made . . . witty and exciting, skillfully edited and brilliantly arranged.” LOUIS UNTERMEYER",
            "“The best anthology of humorous and witty verse ever put together.” F. P. ADAMS",
            "“This book shines not like a candle, but like a lighthouse.” JOHN MASON BROWN",
            "“Were I to be marooned on a desert island with just one book, I would unhesitatingly selectWhat Cheer.” WILL DAVIDSON,Chicago Tribune(Spring 1955)",
            "Originally published by Coward-McCann, 1945. ML edition (pp. [vii]–x, xxvii–515)printed from Coward-McCann plates with “Last Word First” (pp. xi–xxvi) added and table of contents and introduction repaginated. Published June 1955.WR25 June 1955. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1959.",
            "The ML paid Coward-McCann a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Publishers were not enthusiastic about McCord’s title. An earlier reprint changed the title toThe Modern Treasury of Humorous Verse(Garden City Books, 1945). Cerf wanted to publish the ML edition under its subtitle,An Anthology of American and British Humorous and Witty VersewithWhat Cheeras a subtitle (Cerf to Tom Coward, 16 July 1954). But McCord asked Cerf to retain the original title. “I gave five years of enormously hard work into the making of that book,” he wrote. “I loved the title at the time. . . .What Cheeris short and sweet and was very easily absorbed by my readers and correspondents. I wanted it to become the name of an approximate classic in the field. I think, too, that since this is my one little monument to scholarship (the notes, I mean) I feel all the more strongly that I should hang on to the title for sentimental reasons” (McCord to Cerf, 21 July 1954).",
            "McCord wanted to include thirty new verses in the ML edition, and he suggested adding two new indexes—an index of last lines and an index of people, places, animals, etc. Cerf indicated that the index plates could not be changed, but that McCord could add twenty to thirty new pages if he really wanted to—though Cerf believed the book would sell just as well without them (Cerf to McCord, 28 September 1954). McCord included the new verses in his introduction to the ML edition, “Last Word First.” Permission fees for the new verses came to $220.50; the costs for typesetting and making plates for “Last Word First” and other matter new to the ML edition were $264.65 (Stein memo to Cerf, 6 May 1955).",
            "Fifteen months after publication Cerf wrote McCord, “WHAT CHEER isn’t setting any worlds on fire in the Modern Library edition, but I think it has justified its presence there. As for my own personal feelings, I am proud to have it on the list” (Cerf to McCord, 27 September 1956). Three years later he had to tell McCord thatWhat Cheerhad “dropped so far below our minimum requirements that we won’t be able to keep it in the series. I am genuinely sorry because I loved the collection myself, as you know, but I guess the Modern Library patrons just don’t want this kind of book in our format” (Cerf to McCord, 29 October 1959)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 475,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FRANCIS BACON",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED WRITINGS OF FRANCIS BACON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 256
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "475.  First printing (1955)",
            "SELECTED WRITINGS OF | FRANCIS BACON | WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY | HUGH G. DICK |Professor of English, University of California at Los Angeles| [torchbearer D4] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxii, [1–2] 3–604 [605–608].  [1–10]32",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1955 |Copyright, 1955, by Random House, Inc.; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xxviii INTRODUCTION; xxix–xxxii A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–584 text; 585–604 NOTES; [605–606] ML Giants list; [607–608] blank. (Spring 1955)",
            "Contents:Letter to My Lord Treasurer Burghley – Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral – Of the Interpretation of Nature – The Advancement of Learning – The Clue to the Maze – The Wisdom of the Ancients (selections) – The Great Instauration – The New Organon: Preface and Book I – A Prayer, or Psalm – New Atlantis.",
            "JacketA:Pictorial on coated white paper with light yellowish green (135) panels at upper left and lower right and moderate yellow (87) panels at upper right and lower left; illustration of Bacon on upper left panel, lettering in black except “SELECTED WRITINGS” in reverse on black band between upper and lower panels.",
            "Front flap:",
            "We live today in a world made possible by modern science. Our world bears little outward relation to the one surveyed by Francis Bacon when, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, he issued his call for the advancement of learning through the method of inductive science. Yet it is precisely his spirit of scientific experimentation which has become the foundation of modern science and, therefore, of the modern world itself. It is then very worth our while to read this volume of Bacon’s greatest writings—theAdvancement of Learning, theNovum Organum, theNew Atlantisand the famousEssays, which show his keen insight into the practical problems of human conduct as well as his mastery of English prose. Professor Dick of the University of California has used various shorter pieces to link these major works and produce in one volume a coherent intellectual autobiography of a great mind. (Spring 1955)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except moderate greenish blue (173) in place of light yellowish. (Fall 1955)",
            "Original ML collection. Published June 1955.WR25 June 1955. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Francis R. Johnson of Stanford University was Stein’s first choice to editSelected Writings of Francis Bacon. Johnson was unable to accept and recommended Hugh G. Dick. Stein indicated when he contacted Dick, “We have long felt that we ought to include in the Modern Library a small volume of Francis Bacon’s writings. While we do not expect such a work to sell very widely, we do feel that there is enough need to warrant undertaking it” (Stein to Dick, 20 February 1953). Dick received a flat fee of $350 for his work on the volume.",
            "The ML edition was set from Bacon’sWorks, edited by James Spedding, R L. Ellis and D. D. Heath (7 vols., London, 1857–74)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 476,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "OLIVER GOLDSMITH",
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            "TITLE": "THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD AND OTHER WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 291
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "476.  First printing (1955)",
            "OLIVER GOLDSMITH | The Vicar | of Wakefield |and other writings| EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY |Frederick W. Hilles| BODMAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, YALE UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–580 [581–582].  [1]16[2–9]32[10–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1955 | Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 55–6394 | Copyright, 1955, by Random House, Inc.; [v]–xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; xiii–xxii INTRODUCTION; xxiii–xxv EDITORIAL NOTE; [xxvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3 part title followed by editorial note: Essays and Criticisms; 4–571 text; 572–580 NOTES; [581–582] blank.",
            "Contents:Essays and Criticisms (Preface and 13 essays) – The Citizen of the World (selections) – The Life of Nash (abridged) – The Vicar of Wakefield – Poems (10 poems) – She Stoops to Conquer.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light grayish yellowish brown (79), deep pink (3) and black on coated white paper with drawing of Goldsmith at lower left with a quill pen over his ear and decorative illustrations of a rose and two birds; lettering in reverse and black against light grayish yellowish brown background, titles of individual works in reverse on deep pink panel extending from the drawing of Goldsmith to the flap fold.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few figures hold a firmer place in the affections of their readers than Oliver Goldsmith. The endearing qualities of his writings and of the man himself are the same—the simple charm of the essays fromThe Citizen of the World, the tenderness ofThe Vicar of Wakefield, the compassion ofThe Deserted Villageand other poems, the hilarity ofShe Stoops to Conquer. An indifferent student in his youth, of law, medicine, and pedagogy, he became an honor graduate of the school of human weakness and suffering—for which the eighteenth century provided ample classrooms. When he finally turned to literature, his experiences were not expressed with the satirist’s biting ridicule but with the genuine warmth, humanity, and humor which have made him a beloved friend of generations of readers. (Spring 1955)",
            "Original ML collection. Published June 1955.WR25 June 1955. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Stein initially asked Katherine C. Balderston of Wellesley College to edit a Goldsmith volume for the ML, but she was too busy (Stein to Balderston, 19 May 1952). Some months later he contacted Hilles, who had written the introduction toThe Vicar of Wakefieldfor the American edition of Everyman’s Library in 1951 (Hilles to Stein, 23 February 1953). Hilles received a flat fee of $300 for his work on the volume.",
            "“The text of the present edition . . . is based on the earliest version of each selection. . . . Some of the additions which Goldsmith made at a later date have been included, but these are set off within square brackets. An attempt has been made to preserve the original spelling with all its inconsistencies, but obvious misprints have been silently corrected, and some of the long paragraphs in the early essays have been split up. Considerable liberty has been taken with such quirks of the printer as the use of italics, initial capital letters, and punctuation.” (Editorial Note, p. xxiii)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 477,
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": "NEW VOICES IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE",
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            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 258
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "477.  First printing (1955)",
            "NEW VOICES | IN THE | AMERICAN THEATRE |Foreword by Brooks Atkinson| [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [2], [1–4] 5–559 [560–562].  [1–18]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1955 | © COPYRIGHT, 1955, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xi FOREWORD |by Brooks Atkinson; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1] part title:A Streetcar|Named|Desire|byTENNESSEE WILLIAMS; [2] copyright and rights statements; [3] cast of first production; [4] THE CHARACTERS; 5–559 text; [560–562] blank.",
            "Contents:A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams – Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller – Come Back, Little Sheba, by William Inge – The Seven Year Itch, by George Axelrod – Tea and Sympathy, by Robert Anderson – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, by Herman Wouk.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on coated white paper with collective title in reverse running from foot to top on dark red panel at left; titles of individual plays in dark red, authors and other lettering in black, all against white background at right.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The American theatre has rarely been as rich in achievement and promise as it is today. A brilliant group of new dramatists has come forward during the last few years, and their works—produced here and abroad—bear out the reputation of our stage as an alive, dynamic force. Six of the best plays by six of the finest new talents are included here: “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams; “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller; “The Seven Year Itch” by George Axelrod; “Come Back, Little Sheba” by William Inge; and “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” by Herman Wouk. To read these is to share immediately the excitement of today’s American stage. (Fall 1955)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published October 1955.WR5 November 1955. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 2 cents a play (12 cents total) for each copy sold. The ML originally planned to include Inge’sPicnic, but Inge asked thatCome Back, Little Shebabe used instead.",
            "477b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 477a except line 5: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination as 477a.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16",
            "Contents as 477a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [560–561] ML Giants list; [562] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with collective title in reverse running from foot to top on strong greenish blue panel at left; authors and titles of individual plays in black separated by vivid red rules, all against white background at right.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The post-World War II decade was one of excitement and experimentation in the American theatre. In a climate of political and emotional instability, new dramatists probed accepted values, and took as their material the agony of ordinary men and women whose emotions struggle blindly for fulfillment in a society no longer attuned to their needs.",
            "To dramatize the contrast between the interior and exterior lives of their characters, whether seen as an aspect of the tragic or comic, the playwrights represented in this collection broke out of the constrictions of traditional forms and methods, and brought to the American theatre a new moral relevance and depth.",
            "Included here are six of the best plays by six of the best talents of the period:A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee Williams;Death of a Salesmanby Arthur Miller;The Seven Year Itchby George Axelrod;Tea and Sympathyby Robert Anderson;Come Back Little Shebaby William Inge; andThe Caine Mutiny Court Martialby Herman Wouk."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 478,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE SANTAYANA",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SENSE OF BEAUTY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 292
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "478.  First printing (1955)",
            "THE SENSE OF | BEAUTY | Being the Outlines | of Aesthetic Theory |by George Santayana| [swelled rule] |with a Foreword byPhilip Blair Rice |of Kenyon College| [torchbearer E3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–268 [269–276].  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1955 | © COPYRIGHT, 1955, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; v–viii CONTENTS; ix–xii FOREWORD |byPhilip Blair Rice; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–263 text; [264] blank; 265–268 INDEX; [269–274] ML list; [275–276] ML Giants list. (Fall 1955)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), brilliant green (140) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse or black on five horizontal panels in (top to foot) moderate greenish blue, black, brilliant green, moderate greenish blue, and black, each separated by a white band; author in reverse on moderate greenish blue panel at top with decorative design consisting of a star, leaf and three clouds. Signed: [George] Salter.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This book is one of the major classics of American philosophy. For more than half a century, it has rewarded readers with many insights into the elusive problem of the nature of beauty and the way in which beauty is perceived. Profound and serious,The Sense of Beautyis written with all the lucidity and brilliance that only a writer like Santayana could achieve. (Fall 1955)",
            "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published 25 October 1955.WR5 November 1955. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy. Rice received $100 for writing the foreword."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 479,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF DOSTOEVSKY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1955–1971; 1979–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 293
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "479a.  First printing (1955)",
            "THE BEST | SHORT STORIES | OF | DOSTOEVSKY |Translated with an Introduction by| DAVID MAGARSHACK | [torchbearer E3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxiii [xxiv], [1–2] 3–322 [323–328].  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1955; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xxiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxiii: D.M.; [xxiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–322 text; [323–328] ML list. (Fall 1955)",
            "Contents:White Nights – The Honest Thief – The Christmas Tree and a Wedding – The Peasant Marey – Notes from the Underground – A Gentle Creature – The Dream of a Ridiculous Man.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep red (13), dark reddish brown (44), strong yellow (84), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper; collective title at top in black against white background; titles of individual stories on deep red panel and editor in reverse on dark reddish brown panel, both bleeding to left and enclosed in strong yellow border; series in reverse against dark gray background at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "People who know Dostoevsky only through such famous novels asThe Brothers KaramazovandCrime and Punishmentwill be surprised and delighted by this collection of stories. It shows Dostoevsky in a variety of moods—tender and romantic in “The White Nights,” satiric in “The Xmas Tree and a Wedding,” revealingly autobiographical in “The Peasant Marey,” pitilessly analytic in “Notes from the Underground,” one of the most significant and impressive things he ever wrote. These stories also show an artistry equal to, and in many ways even surpassing, that of the great novels, powerful and intense as they are.",
            "These brilliant modern translations by David Magarshack accomplish one of the most difficult tasks in the world—to transfer great literature to another language and still keep it indisputably great. (Fall 1955)",
            "Originally published by John Lehmann asA Gentle Creature and Other Stories(London, 1950). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1955.WR1 October 1955. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE. Reissued 1979.",
            "Cerf had been interested for some time in publishing a collection of Dostoevsky’s stories in the ML (Linscott to Klopfer, 22 September 1954). Several collections, includingPoor Folk & The Gambler(Everyman’s Library, 1915),The Short Novels of Dostoevsky(Dial Press, 1945),The Short Stories of Dostoevsky, ed. William Phillips (Dial Press, 1946) were considered before Magarshack’s volume was selected. Stein offered Magarshack a flat fee of $500 to include his collection in the ML. Magarshack tried to negotiate a 10 percent royalty before accepting the offer (Stein to Magarshack, 3 January 1955). The ML re-titledMemoirs from a Dark Cellarto the more familiarNotes from the Undergroundand changed references to it in Magarshack’s introduction accordingly. The ML had U.S. rights and nonexclusive Canadian rights.",
            "The ML followed the usage of the Lehmann edition in transliterating the author’s name as “Dostoevsky.” All other ML editions of the author’s works used the spelling “Dostoyevsky.” In recent decades “Dostoevsky” has become the most common transliteration of the author’s name in English-language editions of his works. “Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881” remains the “authorized form” used in library catalogs to collocate the nearly 50 variant spellings that have been used to represent the author’s name in the Roman alphabet.",
            "Sales totaled 15,905 copies by spring 1958.",
            "479b.  Reissue format; offset printing (1979)",
            "Title as 479a except line 7: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 479a. Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 479a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION; [323–328] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Front flap adapted from first paragraph of 479a with first two sentences slightly revised and last sentence revised as follows: “Powerful and intense, these stories show an artistry equal to that of the great novels.”",
            "Published fall 1979 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60477-6.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dostoyevsky,Poor People(1917)  10",
            "Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(1929)  171; (Giant, 1937)  G34; (Illus ML, 1943)  IML 2",
            "Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(1932)  228; (Illus ML, 1944)  IML 10",
            "Dostoyevsky,The Possessed(1936)  288",
            "Dostoyevsky,The Idiot(Giant, 1942)  G60"
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      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1956",
      "HEAD": [
        1956,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "The discussions with Allen Lane that began in 1954 about the possibility of Random House acquiring the American branch of Penguin Books resumed in the summer of 1956.  A Random House memorandum in July outlined a possible basis for the purchase of Penguin Books for the American market. This included agreements to maintain the Penguin imprint in America, an equitable plan for taking over all existing Penguin obligations, and the possible abandonment of the Modern Library Paperback series (Random House memorandum, 12 July 1956).  In August, Cerf told Lane:  “We are very serious about pursuing exploratory talks on the situation and, in fact, will hold up all decisions on our own paper-back plans until we know just where this whole matter stands” (Cerf to Lane, 20 August 1956).  But Lane was not willing to negotiate at this point. However, Random House remained interested.  In 1958, Klopfer wrote Lane:",
          "Almost a year has gone by since our negotiations blew up. This is just a line to tell you that Bennett and I are just as interested as we were a year ago. If you had a change of heart or mind, I’ll be delighted to fly over and talk with you—or maybe you could use it as an excuse to come over here.  We would like to see you!  (Klofper to Lane, 28 August 1958).",
          "But the Random House-Penguin negotiations were over.  Random House expanded by acquiring Alfred A. Knopf in 1960. Penguin merged with Viking Press in 1975 to form Viking Penguin.",
          "The Modern Library continued to lose popular titles as original publishers started their own quality paperback imprints.  In February 1956, for example, Doubleday informed Cerf they wished to terminate the Modern Library’s contract for Conrad’sVictoryand put it into an Anchor edition.  Doubleday eventually relented, perhaps becauseVictorywas only five years away from entering the public domain.  But other significant titles were lost to such arrangements.  For example, Viking Press withdrew James Joyce’sPortrait of the Artist as a Young Manin 1956 and later, reprint agreements for other titles were withdrawn."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Ten new titles were added to the series.  Seven titles were discontinued. Tchekov,Plays(1930) was superseded by ChekhovBest Playsand Voltaire’sCandide(1918) was superseded by Voltaire’sCandide and Other Writings.This brought the total in the title list to 305."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in the standard 7¼ by 4⅞ inch format with the Blumenthal binding, stained top edges, and Kent endpapers in gray. The binding cloth was red, blue, green, or gray with lettering on inset panels in black on the front cover and spine."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.45."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Tennyson,Selected PoetryxHuxley,Brave New World; Giants through G79; jackets: 376. (Fall) Huxley,Brave New WorldxCaesar,Gallic War; Giants through G80 with G45 Lewisohn,Story of American Literature; jackets: 377."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Cerf asked Richard Watts, Jr., to editNew Voices in the European Theatreas a companion volume to the 1955 anthology,New Voices in the American Theatre(Cerf to Watts, 11 October 1956). Watts was interested but the book never appeared. John W. Aldridge suggested ten possible ML titles, including a Wodehouse reader, Ford Madox Ford’sThe Good Soldier, Malcolm Lowry’sUnder the Volcano, a volume of Nathanael West’s novels, the basic writings of Alfred North Whitehead, a Sherlock Holmes collection in the Giants, a Giant anthology of great short novels, and an anthology of fiction by younger postwar writers (Aldridge to Hiram Haydn, 9 July 1956). Stein liked the Wodehouse and great short novels ideas and noted that Macmillan had turned down earlier proposals for a Whitehead collection (Stein memo to Haydn, undated). Cerf thought the Wodehouse and Whitehead collections and the great short novels and postwar fiction anthologies had possibilities (Cerf to Aldridge, 22 August 1956). Aldridge submitted a tentative table of contents forGreat American Short Novels, but the only ML title that resulted from his proposals was Wodehouse’sSelected Stories(1958: 505)."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "James,The Bostonians(1956)  480",
          "Voltaire,Candide and Other Writings(1956)  481",
          "Flores, ed.,Great Spanish Stories(1956)  482",
          "Tennyson,Selected Poetry(1956)  483",
          "Shaw,Saint Joan, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion(1956)  484",
          "Huxley,Brave New World(1956)  485",
          "Aleichem,Selected Stories(1956)  486",
          "Chekhov,Best Plays(1956)  487",
          "Zimmern,Greek Commonwealth(1956)  488",
          "O’Hara,Selected Short Stories(1956)  489"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Day,Life with Father(1944)",
          "Du Maurier,Peter Ibbetson(1932)",
          "Hersey,Bell for Adano(1946)",
          "Joyce,Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(1928)",
          "Kronenberger, ed.,Anthology of Light Verse(1935)",
          "Lardner,Collected Short Stories(1941)",
          "Mansfield,Garden Party(1931)",
          "Tchekov,Plays(1930)*"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "Voltaire,Candide(1918)  46**",
        "*Superseded by Chekhov,Best Plays(1956: 487)",
        "**Superseded by Voltaire,Candide and Other Writings(1956: 481)"
      ],
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 480,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY JAMES",
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            "TITLE": "THE BOSTONIANS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 16
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "480.  First printing (1956)",
            "[within double rules]Henry James| [short swelled rule] | The Bostonians |A NOVEL| INTRODUCTION | BY IRVING HOWE | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [1–2] 3–464 [465–468].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]24[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1956 | Copyright, 1956, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxviiiIntroduction| BY IRVING HOWE; [1] part title:Book First; [2] blank; 3–464 text; [465–466] ML Giants list; [467–468] blank. (Spring 1956)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light grayish olive (109) and black on coated white paper with sketch of Boston street scene with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages; title and statements of responsibility in reverse on black bands at top and foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Rejected and neglected when published in 1886,The Bostonianshas now taken its place as the culminating novel of James’s middle period. The harshness of its reception was natural. It satirized the cranks and charlatans of the post-Civil-War era; its hero was a Southerner; and in its portrayal of the relations of its two leading female characters it skirted a subject then taboo—the theme of sexual abnormality. Today the story of the contest between Olive Chancellor, the arch-feminist, and Basil Ransome, the Southern traditionalist, as to which shall mold and dominate the beautiful, guileless Verena Tarrant has come to be recognized as perhaps the most enjoyable of all the James novels. (Spring 1956)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1956.WR17 March 1956. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "Howe received $250 for writing the introduction (Stein to Howe, 11 May 1955).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "James,Daisy Miller; An International Episode(1918–1934)  60",
            "James,Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master(1930–1971)  189",
            "James,Portrait of a Lady(1936–1973; 1983– )  291",
            "James,Wings of the Dove(1946–1969)  389",
            "James,Short Stories(Giant, 1948–1970)  G75",
            "James,Washington Square(1950–1970)  427"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 481,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "VOLTAIRE",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "CANDIDE AND OTHER WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1971; 1985–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 47
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "481a.  First printing (1956)",
            "VOLTAIRE |CANDIDE| AND OTHER WRITINGS | Edited, with an Introduction, by | HASKELL M. BLOCK | Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, | The University of Wisconsin | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–ix] x–xxii [xxiii–xxiv], [1–3] 4–576 [577–584].  [1]16[2–9]32[10–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Random House, Inc.; [v–viii] CONTENTS; [ix]–xx INTRODUCTION |By Haskell M. Block; [xxi]–xxii EDITORIAL NOTE; [xxiii] FOR FURTHER READING; [xxiv] blank; [1] part title: FICTION; [2] blank; [3]–569 text; [570]–576 NOTES; [577–578] ML Giants list; [579–584] ML list. (Spring 1956)",
            "Contents:Fiction. Zadig, or Destiny – The Way the World Goes: Vision of Babouc – Micromegas – The Story of a Good Brahmin – Candide, or Optimism; translated by Richard Aldington.  Poetry. Poem on the Lisbon Earthquake.  Literary Criticism. Essay on Epic Poetry (selections) – Translator’s Preface to Julius Caesar, Tragedy of Shakespeare.  History. The Age of Louis XIV (selections) – An Essay on the Manners and Spirit of Nations (Introduction).  Philosophical Writings. Philosophical Letters (selections) – Treatise on Tolerance (selections) – A Commentary on the Book,Of Crimes and Punishments(selections) – Philosophical Dictionary (selections).  Dialogues and Shorter Pieces. Account of the Sickness, Confession and Death of the Jesuit Berthier – Of the Horrible Danger of Reading – Conversation of Lucian, Erasmus and Rabelais – André Destouches in Siam – Dialogues between A, B and C (selections) – Of the Encyclopedia – Dialogues of Evhémère (First Dialogue: On Alexander).  Letters (selections).  Notebooks (selections).",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in grayish red (19), light greenish blue (172), light bluish gray (190), and black on coated white paper with Rockwell Kent drawing (unsigned) on central panel in light bluish gray and reverse of a woman and man on two horses leaping in unison over the horizon; author in reverse on grayish red panel at top, title in reverse on grayish red panel at foot, other lettering in black. Revised version of 46.2b jacket.Note:The jacket drawing by Kent is from the 1928 limited edition ofCandideillustrated by Kent, printed by Elmer Adler,and published by Random House.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few writers, if indeed any, surpass Voltaire in versatility and enduring vitality. Novelist, poet, dramatist, literary critic, philosopher, historian, scientist, political essayist: Voltaire was all these—and always with brilliance of wit and lucidity of style.",
            "The most representative figure of the Age of Enlightenment, he remains after two centuries an abundant fountainhead of good sense and of memorable enjoyment to every reader. This immortal talent is richly represented in this volume, edited by Haskell M. Block of the University of Wisconsin with a stimulating introduction on the importance of Voltaire to our own times. (Spring 1956)",
            "Original ML collection superseding Voltaire,Candide(1918: 46). Published May 1956.WR28 May 1956. First printing: Probably 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE. Reissued 1985.",
            "“I have attempted to provide an indication of Voltaire’s range and complexity by selecting those works which have most clearly become of a vital part of our intellectual and artistic heritage. . . . The text of this edition has been prepared in the hope of making some improvement over previous English versions. All of the selections are complete. There are no excerpts of letters or parts of chapters. . . . It is hoped that the translations in this collection will help to make a beginning toward an accurate edition of Voltaire in English. In every section of the volume I have provided new translations wherever they were necessary. I should add that the translations from Voltaire’sNotebooksare the first from that work to appear in an English edition. . . . Where older translations have been used, they have been thoroughly revised. In particular, for all of the fiction exceptCandide, I have modernized the version of Robert Bruce Boswell. The translation ofCandideis by Richard Aldington. I am especially grateful to Martyn P. Pollack for the selections from his excellent version ofThe Age of Louis XIV, and to Floyd Gray for his assistance in the translating of Voltaire’s correspondence.” (Editorial Note, pp. xxi–xxii)",
            "The chapters ofCandide, like those in the 1930 ML edition (46.2), are set as single paragraphs, following the 1928 Random House limited edition ofCandide.",
            "Sales totaled 14,352 copies by spring 1958.",
            "481b.  Reissue format (1985)",
            "VOLTAIRE | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] CANDIDE | [below panel] AND OTHER WRITINGS | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY HASKELL M. BLOCK | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 412a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 412a except: [i] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of Candide in wig and knee breeches seated in a chair holding a hoe, with rising sun in background and flowers and theatrical masks at his feet; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1984 printing | Copyright © 1956 by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1984 by Random House, Inc.; [577] ABOUT THE AUTHOR; [578–584] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial reissue jacket in strong reddish brown (40) and black on tan paper with woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of a seated Candide holding a hoe; jacket design by R. D. Scudellari. Jacket title: Candide.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The highly unusual story of a young man booted from Paradise,Candideis Voltaire’s most famous novel as well as a scorching indictment of the philosophy of Liebnitz [sic], which was summed up by Voltaire in the thought: “All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” Candide’s tutor, the philosophic Dr. Pangloss, is the embodiment of this unlikely theory, maintaining it in spite of the most blatant evidence to the contrary. The young Candide is expelled from the castle of Thunder-ten-tronckh for making love to the Baron’s daughter, Cunégonde; and thereafter he, Pangloss and Cunégonde embark on what develops into a long series of adventures. Sometimes together, usually apart, in various corners of the earth, they endure a brutal succession of the most unfair and calamitous events conceivable. Eventually they settle down together on a little farm. Candide marries Cunégonde, now grown ugly as a radish, and tells himself often, “We must cultivate our garden.”",
            "Published spring 1985 at $7.95.  ISBN 0-394-60522-5.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Voltaire,Candide(1918–1955)  46"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 482,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "ANGEL FLORES",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "GREAT SPANISH STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 129
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "482.  First printing (1956)",
            "Great|Spanish|Stories| EDITED WITH | AN INTRODUCTION BY | ANGEL FLORES |Queens College| [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–490 [491–498].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1956| ©Copyright, 1956, by Random House, Inc.; v–viiContents; [viii] blank; ix–xivIntroductionBY ANGEL FLORES; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–490 text; [491–496] ML list; [497–498] ML Giants list. (Spring 1956)",
            "Contents:Master Pérez the Organist, by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer; translated by Martin Nozick – The Three-Cornered Hat, by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Martin Armstrong – Torquemada in the Flames, by Benito Pérez Galdós; translated by Willard Trask – Doña Berta, by Leopoldo Alas; translated by Zenia DaSilva – Sonata of Autumn, by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán; translated by May Heywood Broun and Thomas Walsh – Prometheus, by Ramón Pérez de Ayala; translated by Alice P. Hubbard – Saint Manuel Bueno, Martyr, by Miguel de Unamuno; translated by Anthony Kerrigan – Saint Alexis, by Benjamín Jarnés; translated by Angel Flores – The Village Idiot, by Camilo José Cela; translated by Beatrice P. Patt – The Bewitched, by Francisco Ayala; translated by Caroline Muhlenberg – Twilight in Extremadura, by Rosa Chacel; translated by Beatrice P. Patt – The Stuffed Parrot, by Rafael Dieste; translated by Zenia DaSilva – The Return, by Carment Laforet; translated by Martin Nozick – In the Trenches, by Antonio Sánchez Barbudo; translated by Caroline Muhlenberg – The Launch, by Max Aub; translated by Elizabeth Mantel – The Cathedral of Hearts, by José María Gironella; translated by Marcel Mendelson.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong blue (178), brilliant yellow (83), light gray (264), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper with column and arch in foreground and monastery in brilliant yellow and sky in strong blue viewed through arch; title in reverse against strong blue background, statement of responsibility in reverse against medium gray background at foot, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few areas of world literature are as little known to English-speaking readers as Spanish fiction. Yet none is more highly regarded by those who have had the opportunity to explore it. The sixteen stories selected for this volume by Angel Flores represent some of the best prose fiction of modern times and include the work of such old masters as Alarcón and Unamuno as well as the work of younger writers now living in Spain or in exile. The editors of the Modern Library are pleased to add this volume to the rich coverage of great literature now in the series. (Spring 1956)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published May 1956.WR28 May 1956. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Flores received a flat fee of $500 for editing the volume and writing the introduction. Sales totaled 6,720 copies by spring 1958."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 483,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALFRED LORD TENNYSON",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED POETRY OF TENNYSON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 230
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "483a.  First printing (1956)",
            "SELECTED POETRY OF | TENNYSON [open-face letters] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | DOUGLAS BUSH | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–426.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xix INTRODUCTION | BY DOUGLAS BUSH; xx–xxi BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–423 text; 424–426 INDEX OF TITLES.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in brilliant blue (177), brilliant orange yellow (67) and black on coated white paper with front of jacket divided into eight panels with black-and-white portrait of Tennyson at lower left; other seven panels in brilliant orange yellow, brilliant blue and black with lettering in reverse or black. Signed: [Philip] Grushkin.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few poets in the history of English literature were gifted with a greater range of theme and style than Tennyson. He wrote in many forms, in many moods—and in his poetry he tried to cope with a world of shaken beliefs and uncertain values. “In the essential nature of his idealism and his disillusioned melancholy, his pervading sense of irreparable loss,” writes Professor Bush in the Introduction, “he is very much our contemporary, the poet of an age of anxiety.” (Spring 1956)",
            "Original ML collection. Published spring 1956.WR17 March 1956. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "Originally published 1951 in MLCE and five years later in the regular ML. Stein offered Bush a flat fee of $250 to write the introduction and select the contents, with the manuscript due by 30 September (Stein to Bush, 28 June 1950). Bush was behind schedule on a book he was working on and replied that could not meet the September deadline (Bush to Stein, 30 June 1950). Stein was flexible, and Bush accepted on the condition that he would submit the manuscript as soon as he could (Bush to Stein, 16 July 1950). The ML paid him an additional $50 for a student assistant. The manuscript was delivered in mid-October 1950. Bush received an additional $100 whenSelected Poetry of Tennysonwas added to the regular ML (Stein to Bush, 1 March 1956).",
            "The text was set from the Cambridge Edition,The Complete Poetical Works of Tennyson,edited by W. J. Rolfe (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1898) with “a few silent corrections” (Introduction, p. xix).",
            "483b.  Title page reset; bibliography updated (1967)",
            "[ornament] |Selected| Poetry | of | Tennyson | [ornament] | Edited, with an Introduction, by | Douglas Bush | Gurney Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, | Harvard University | [ornament] | The Modern Library | New York | [torchbearer J]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–426.  Collation as 483a.",
            "Contents as 483a except: [iv] Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; xx–xxii BIBLIOGRAPHY.Note:The half title and fly title are also reset in script type.",
            "Jacket:As 483a.",
            "Endpaper:Kent endpaper in tan.",
            "Binding:1960s binding C.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Tennyson,Poems and Plays(Giant, 1938–1971)  G40"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 484,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BERNARD SHAW",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SAINT JOAN, MAJOR BARBARA, ANDROCLES AND THE LION",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 294
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "484a.  First printing (1956)",
            "BERNARD SHAW’S |Saint Joan|Major Barbara|Androcles and the Lion| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–479 [480–490].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]24[9]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] [9 lines of copyright statements] |First Modern Library Edition, 1956; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [1] part title:Saint Joan| A CHRONICLE PLAY IN SIX SCENES | AND AN EPILOGUE; [2] blank; 3–57 PREFACE TO SAINT JOAN dated p. 57: Ayot St Lawrence, |May1924.; [58] blank; 59–172 text; [173] part title:Major Barbara; [174] blank; 175–215 PREFACE TO MAJOR BARBARA dated p. 215:London, June1906.; [216] blank; 217–322 text; [323] part title:Androcles and the Lion| A FABLE PLAY; [324] blank; 325–428 PREFACE ON THE PROSPECTS | OF CHRISTIANITY dated p. 428: London,December1915.; 429–479 text; [480–481] ML Giants list; [482–487] ML list; [488–490] blank. (Spring 1956)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid red (11) and brownish black (65) on coated white paper with titles of individual plays in vivid red on inset white panel with ornamental rules in brownish black; other lettering in reverse except series in brownish black, all against vivid red background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Bernard Shaw has been called “the liveliest and, in many ways, the youngest intellect of the century.” This estimate is fully supported by the three “problem” plays in this volume:",
            "SAINT JOAN, a searching portrayal of Joan of Arc—one of Shaw’s greatest successes in the theatre,",
            "MAJOR BARBARA, a devastating indictment of insincere philanthropy—regarded by some critics as one of Shaw’s finest works,",
            "ANDROCLES AND THE LION, a brilliant exploration of the varieties of faith—a perennial favorite of Shaw admirers.",
            "Often disconcerting and irreverent, Shaw never fails to be thought-provoking in his charmingly witty way. The Modern Library takes pride in adding these plays to those already available inFour Plays by Bernard Shaw(ML 10). (Spring 1956)",
            "Original ML collection. Published spring 1956.WR17 March 1956. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "484b.  Reissue format; offset printing (1979)",
            "Title as 484a except line 5: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 484a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 484a except: [4] 8 lines of copyright statements;Firststatement omitted; [480–490] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on tan paper with lettering in dark grayish brown (62) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "George Bernard Shaw has been hailed as the greatest British dramatist since Shakespeare, and this volume contains three of his most highly regarded—and most frequently revived—plays.",
            "Saint Joan, Shaw’s ironic study of Joan of Arc as a woman who had to be killed because the world was not yet ready for a saint, is considered by many to be his best play and has a title role that continues to challenge leading actresses.",
            "Major Barbara, the story of the daughter of a wealthy munitions manufacturer who joins the Salvation Army to defy her father, preaches the still timely lesson that poverty is the root of all evil.",
            "Androcles and the Lionis an unexpectedly hilarious, if biting, satire on the early Christians.",
            "Published fall 1979 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60480-6.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Shaw,An Unsocial Socialist(1917–1933)  15",
            "Shaw,Four Plays(1953– )  458"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 485,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALDOUS HUXLEY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "BRAVE NEW WORLD",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1967",
            "ML_NUMBER": 48
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "485.  First printing (1956)",
            "BRAVE | NEW | WORLD | by Aldous Huxley | With a special Foreword by the author | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [22], 1–310 [311–314].  [1–9]16[10]8[11]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition 1956|Copyright, 1932, 1946, by Aldous Huxley; [5] epigraph from Nicolas Berdiaeff; [6] blank; [7–20]FOREWORD; [21] fly title; [22] blank; 1–[311] text; [312] blank; [313–314] ML Giants list. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid red (11), strong greenish blue (169) and black on coated white paper with three “T’s” in vivid red raised on black pikes; author in strong greenish blue, title and other lettering in reverse, all against background shaded top to foot from nearly black to light gray (264). Signed: Hoffman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Brave New Worldis a brilliantly satiric novel about life six centuries from now (in “632 After Ford”), the Utopian era in which science has, with juggernaut indifference, triumphed. It is an era of perfect stability, control, conformity. There are, for example, no mothers or fathers because babies are mass-produced from chemical solutions in laboratory bottles; children are completely conditioned for their designated roles as adults in a precisely ordered society. Into this incredible world comes Bernard Marx, hatched in an excessively alcoholic prenatal solution, with ideas worthy of the primitive twentieth century.",
            "This is a shocking, fantastic novel, rich in witty entertainment and biting comment. Its status as a classic increases steadily as what seemed imaginary fiction becomes each day more of a reality. (Fall 1956)",
            "Originally published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932; rights transferred to Harper & Bros., 1938; published with Huxley’s foreword by Harper & Bros., 1946. ML edition (pp. [5–20], 1–[311]) printed from Doubleday/Harper plates with fly title reset and page numerals removed from foreword and last page of text. Published October 1956.WR15 October 1956. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1 January1968.",
            "The ML expressed interest inBrave New Worldseveral times between 1942 and 1952, but the trade edition was selling too well for Harper’s to consider a reprint. Sales had been small when Harper’s took overBrave New Worldfrom Doubleday but then increased steadily. Sales tripled in 1939;Brave New Worldsold 100 more copies in 1941 than it had in 1939, giving Harper’s a gross profit that year of $300; sales through July 1942 were up 10 percent from the previous year (Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., to Cerf, 28 August 1942). Sales remained strong when it was reissued in September 1946 with Huxley’s foreword, with 7,500 copies in print by December (William H. Rose, Jr., Harper & Bros., to Klopfer, 3 December 1946). In 1951 Harper’s sold nearly 2,000 copies in the $3.00 trade edition and 7,500 copies in a 95-cent College Edition (Rose to Cerf, 27 May 1952).",
            "Harper’s finally offered the ML reprint rights as part of an inducement for Cerf to editReading for Pleasure, an anthology published by Harper & Bros. in 1957. As Cerf told it, “Harper’s have been after me to do this book for them for a long, long time, and they finally threw in a piece of bait that I found irresistible: a long-withheld permission to do Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD and Thurber’s CARNIVAL in the Modern Library. Both of these books I have been pleading for in vain for years, so when the offer came, I melted” (Cerf to Irwin Shaw, 27 August 1956).",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Huxley,Point Counter Point(1930)  203",
            "Huxley,Antic Hay(1933)  252"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 486,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SHOLOM ALEICHEM",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED STORIES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 145
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "486a.  First printing (1956)",
            "Selected Stories of| Sholom | Aleichem |with an introduction by| ALFRED KAZIN | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xv [xvi], [1–3] 4–432.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Alfred Kazin; [v–vi] CONTENTS; [vii]–xv INTRODUCTION |by Alfred Kazin; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–425 text; [426]–432 GLOSSARY.",
            "Contents:On Account of a Hat – The Pair – The Town of the Little People – The Inheritors – Tevye Wins a Fortune – A Page from the Song of Songs – Two Dead Men – The Clock That Struck Thirteen – Home for Passover – The Enchanted Tailor – A Yom Kippur Scandal – In Haste – Eternal Life – Hannukah Money – Tit for Tat – Modern Children – You Mustn’t Weep–It’s Yom–Tev – I’m Lucky–I’m an Orphan – Dreyfus in Kasrilevka – The Convoy – The Fiddle – The Day before Yom Kippur – Three Little Heads – A Country Passover – The Lottery Ticket – The Miracle of Hashono Rabo – Hodel – A Daughter’s Grave – Cnards.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43), brilliant yellow (83), light bluish green (163), deep pink (3), vivid orange (48), brilliant yellowish green (130) and black on coated white paper with black-and-white illustration of lantern with light bluish green pane showing a man in bed and deep pink pane showing a man talking to a goat; lettering in reverse, brilliant yellow, light bluish green, vivid orange and brilliant yellowish green, all on moderate reddish brown background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With this volume one of the great masters of world literature is published for the first time in the Modern Library. Long described as the Jewish Mark Twain, Sholom Aleichem (as Alfred Kazin says in his introduction to this book) “perhaps more than any other Jewish writer who has ever lived, writes about Jewishness as if it were a gift, a marvel, an unending theme of wonder and delight.” The vitality, the laughter, the compassion in these stories are matchless. Peopled as they are with such extraordinary characters as the lovable Tevye, the dairyman, Menachem-Mendel, professional matchmaker, and a host of others, they go beyond their faithful portrayal of the life of the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe to represent, in a way unequaled by any other writer, the Jewish soul. (Fall 1956)",
            "Original ML collection. Published October 1956.WR15 October 1956. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "Kazin received $300 for the introduction. The collection includes of all of the stories inThe Old Country, translated by Julius and Frances Butwin (Crown Publishers, 1946) and two stories, “On Account of a Hat,” translated by Isaac Rosenfeld, and “The Pair,” translated by Shlomo Katz, fromA Treasury of Yiddish Stories, ed. Irving Howe and Eliezer Greenberg (Viking Press, 1954). The glossary is also fromThe Old Country.",
            "486b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; offset printing (c. 1970)",
            "Title as 486a except line 6: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 486a.",
            "Contents as 486a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted.",
            "Jacket:Not seen; probably a 7½ inch version of the 486a jacket."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 487,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANTON CHEKHOV",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "BEST PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1986",
            "ML_NUMBER": 171
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "487a.  First printing (1956)",
            "BEST PLAYS BY | CHEKHOV | The Sea Gull | Uncle Vanya | The Three Sisters | The Cherry Orchard |Translated and with an introduction by| STARK YOUNG | [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiii [xiv], [1–3] 4–296 [297–306].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1956| © Copyright, 1956, by Stark Young | Copyright, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1950, by stark young; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiii INTRODUCTION |bySTARK YOUNG; [xiv] blank; [1] part title: The Sea Gull; [2] CHARACTERS; [3]–296 text; [297–298] ML Giants list; [299–304] ML list; [305–306] blank. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate yellowish brown (77), vivid yellow (82) and black on coated white paper with inset panel framed in white simulating a stage, with theater curtains at top and sides and titles of individual plays against bands in vivid yellow, moderate yellowish brown, white and black; collective title and other lettering in reverse, all against moderate yellowish brown background. Signed: Freund Lurye.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“As time passes,” writes John Gassner, “one name among the post-Ibsen dramatists leads all the rest.” That one is Anton Chekhov, whose major plays are presented here in the remarkably sensitive and skillful translations of Stark Young.",
            "For their penetrating revelation of character, for their sharp and poignant situations and for their compassionate understanding, these plays embody the method and the spirit that have made Chekhov world famous. His ability to convert commonplace events into universal experience, his pervasive humor and his unfailing insight make him not only one of the greatest of dramatists, but also one of the most revered. (Fall 1956)",
            "Original ML collection supersedingThe Plays of Anton Tchekov, translated by Constance Garnett (193). Published October 1956.WR5 November 1956. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1986.",
            "Young received a $900 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy on all copies sold in the U.S. and 5 percent of the net sums received from all copies sold at export. He received an additional $100 for writing the introduction. A year before Chekhov’sBest Playswas published Stein had reported to Cerf: “The translations of Chekhov plays in the Modern Library were done by Constance Garnett a long time ago and are no longer regarded as the best available ones. It is now possible to get the excellent translations by Stark Young of Chekhov’s four major plays,The Cherry Orchard,The Three Sisters,Uncle Vanya, andThe Sea Gull. The first three are controlled by Leah Salisbury and I talked to Lois Berman there to find out whether we might have reprint rights; there seems to be no problem unless Young vetoes the idea. . . . At this stage everything is exploratory only, but may I have your OK to arrange for the Young translations if they are all available to us? I will of course go over the terms with you before things go too far” (Stein memo to Cerf, 18 November 1955). Cerf wrote on the memo: “YOU BET!”",
            "With the Young translation of Chekhov,Best Playsthe ML reverted to the spelling “Chekhov” after using “Tchekov” from 1930 through spring 1956. Eva Le Gallienne’s use of the spelling Tchekov in the typescript of her preface toThe Plays of Anton Tchekov(1930: 193)was probably responsible for the ML’s adoption of that spelling (RH box 89, Eva Le Gallienne file).",
            "487b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 487a except line 9: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 487a.",
            "Contents as 487a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [287–304] ML list; [305–306] ML Giants list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 487a with Fujita “ml” symbol on front and Fujita torchbearer on spine.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Chekhov’s reputation as a founder of modern drama rests on the four plays in this volume. So revolutionary were these plays in their simplicity and naturalness of form, subject, and dialogue, that to produce them required a new school of acting, and a new Russian theater. Immediately popular in Russia, Chekhov’s plays soon were produced all over Europe. So purely original that they could not be imitated, these plays, with Ibsen’s, laid to rest the outmoded forms of European theater, opening it to innovation in all areas. Today they are as popular as ever.",
            "487c.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 487a except line 9: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 487a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 487a except: [iv] First Modern Library Edition, October 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Stark Young | Copyright, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1950, by stark young; [297–306] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on Kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Front flap as 487b.",
            "Published spring 1978 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60459-8.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Chekhov,Rothschild’s Fiddle and Other Stories(1917)  27",
            "Tchekov [later Chekhov],Plays(1930)  193",
            "Tchekov [later Chekhov],Stories(1932)  232",
            "Chekhov,Short Stories(1964)  232e",
            "The ML used the spelling “Chekhov” from 1917 through 1929, “Tchekov” from 1930 through spring 1956, and reverted to “Chekhov” in fall 1956."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 488,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALFRED ZIMMERN",
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            "TITLE": "THE GREEK COMMONWEALTH",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 207
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "488.  First printing (1956)",
            "THE GREEK | COMMONWEALTH | Politics and Economics | in Fifth-Century Athens | by Alfred Zimmern | Montague Burton Professor of International Relations | in the University of Oxford; Fellow and late Tutor of | New College | Die Griechen sind, wie das Genie,einfach: deshalb | sind sie die unsterblichen Lehrer. | The Greeks are like Genius, simple: that is why they are | the immortal teachers. | NIETZSCHE | [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xi [xii–xvi], [1–2] 3–487 [488–496].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] map of Greece and adjoining lands; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1956; [v]–vii Preface dated p. vii: 1911.; viii–x prefaces to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions; xi Introductory Note; [xii] blank; [xiii–xiv] Contents; [xv] Maps; [xvi] blank; [1] part title: PART I | Geography; [2] blank; 3–460 text; 461–467 Chronological Table; [468] blank; 469–476 Appendix; 477–487 Index; [488] blank; [489–490] ML Giants list; [491–496] ML list. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in medium gray (265) moderate pink (5), deep blue (179) and black on coated white paper with illustration of Ionic column in moderate pink, title in deep blue, author in reverse, other lettering in black and moderate pink, all against dappled medium gray background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The Greek Commonwealthis a vivid account of Athens during its Golden Age—the time of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, of Pericles and Themistocles, of Herodotus and Thucydides, of Socrates and Protagoras. It was the time, too, in which art and architecture reached unsurpassed heights: the time of the Parthenon and Acropolis.",
            "In few periods of human history have so much achievement, so much creative genius, so much epochal decision been concentrated as in fifth-century Athens. No understanding of the Western heritage is complete without knowledge of this stirring hour in the history of mankind. (Fall 1956)",
            "Originally published in England by Clarendon Press, 1911; 5th ed. published by Oxford University Press, 1931. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1956.WR5 November 1956. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML paid Oxford University Press royalties of 7½ cents a copy on all copies sold in the U.S. and 7½ percent of the net sums received on all copies sold at export. Stein told Cerf thatThe Greek Commonwealthwas “one of the classic works on Greek history. This is an account of Athens during the fifth century when art, poetry and drama reached their highest state. Although it is primarily a political and economic account, it seems to me to be one of the clearest pictures of Greece in its finest day” (Stein memo to Cerf, 10 June 1955). Stein also talked to Klopfer about the work. He then wrote to William Oman of Oxford University Press in New York: “Several of us here recently discovered that we share a very deep enthusiasm for Alfred Zimmern’sThe Greek Commonwealthand we should like very much to include it in the Modern Library” (Stein to Oman, 24 June 1955).",
            "An internal RH memo indicated in 1968 that the reprint contract with Oxford University Press did not give the ML the right to transferThe Greek Commonwealthto Vintage Books, RH’s quality paperback series. A decision was made at that time to retain it in the ML but to reprint in as small a quantity as economically feasible (Berenice Hoffman to Don Singer, 19 November 1968)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 489,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN O’HARA",
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            "TITLE": "SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF JOHN O’HARA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1956–1971; 1980–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 211
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "489a.  First printing (1956)",
            "Selected | Short Stories | of | John O’Hara | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | Lionel Trilling | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARYNew York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–303 [304–306].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, | 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947 by John O’Hara; v–vi Contents; vii–xiii Introduction signed p. xiii:Lionel Trilling; [xiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–303 text; [304] blank; [305–306] ML Giants list. (Fall 1956)",
            "Contents:The Decision – Everything Satisfactory – The Moccasins – Doctor and Mrs. Parsons – Pardner – A Phase of Life – Walter T. Carriman – Now We Know – Too Young – Summer’s Day – The King of the Desert – Bread Alone – Graven Image – The Next-to-Last Dance of the Season – Where’s the Game? – Mrs. Whitman – Price’s Always Open – The Cold House – Are We Leaving Tomorrow? – No Mistakes – The Ideal Man – Do You Like It Here? – The Doctor’s Son – Hotel Kid – The Public Career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg – In the Morning Sun – War Aims – Secret Meeting – Other Women’s Households – Over the River and Through the Wood – I Could Have Had a Yacht – A Respectable Place.",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial on coated white paper with calligraphic lettering in strong greenish blue (169), strong red (12) and black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "These are the stories that John O’Hara likes best. Each of them reflects his unique insight into the complex, aimless, frustrated lives of his characters—the smart, the savage, the disillusioned, the bitter, the ordinary. Varied in mood, time and place, these stories show with an over-riding compassion the pathos and humor of men and women when seen with a sharp eye and heard with a keen ear.",
            "Readers already familiar with some of O’Hara’s writings—Appointment in Samarra,Ten North Frederick,A Rage to Live,Pal Joey, the stories inThe New Yorker, and others—can look forward to reading and re-reading in this book thirty-two of the finest stories by one of America’s most distinguished writers. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in brilliant violet (206) and vivid reddish orange (34) on coated white paper; series and Fujita “ml” symbol in vivid reddish orange at top, first four words of title in brilliant violet, inset circular panel at foot in vivid reddish orange with “John O’Hara” in brilliant violet and other lettering in reverse, all against white background and within single rule frame in brilliant violet. Front flap with first paragraph as jacket A and second paragraph as follows: “This book offers thirty-two of the finest stories by one of America’s most distinguished writers.” (Fall 1967 format)",
            "Original ML collection. Published October 1956.WR5 November 1956. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72. Reissued 1980–1990.",
            "O’Hara selected the contents in November 1955, choosing the stories he liked best from the 129 stories in four previous collections:The Doctor’s Son and Other Stories(Harcourt, Brace, 1935),Files on Parade(Harcourt, Brace, 1939),Pipe Night(Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1945) andHellbox(Random House, 1947). He refused to include anything fromPal Joey(Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940) because of a falling-out with Richard Rodgers, who wrote the music for the Broadway show based on O’Hara’s stories (Cerf to Lionel Trilling, 27 March 1956). Twenty of the 32 stories in the ML collection were fromPipe NightandHellbox. O’Hara also wrote a foreword intended for the ML edition which concluded:",
            "Most of them [the stories] were written in the twenty years from 1930 to 1950, during which I believe I wrote more short stories forThe New Yorkerthan any other author. Aloofness is not one of my characteristics, so I cannot pretend that I have not been grievously hurt by the magazine, which in commenting on my stories was pleased to call me “the master” but in reviewing my novels was perfectly willing to make fun of me and even to distort what I said by the cheap trick of quoting out of context. The high principles that they peddle in Notes and Comment don’t even last till the back of the book. Well, damn their eyes.",
            "I don’t think I’ll write any more short stories. In very recent years I have been made sharply aware of the passage of time and the preciousness of it, and there are so many big things I want to do. But during the Thirties and Forties these stories were part of me as I was part of those nights and days, when time was cheap and everlasting and one could say it all in 2,000 words. (Typescript in RH Collection, Columbia University Library; quoted in Bruccoli,O’Hara Concern, p. 233).",
            "The foreword was never published. RH’s attorneys strongly recommended deleting the phrase “cheap trick” and the sentence that followed it (Weil, Gotshal & Manges to RH, attention Jess Stein, 8 December 1955). Cerf agreed that O’Hara’s comments were ill-advised and tried to persuade him to tone down his language:",
            "Before we go to press with the Modern Library collection of your Selected Stories, I feel that I owe it to you as a friend and myself as your publisher to make one last appeal to you to make two small but important alterations in your Introduction. If you say “No” this time, I promise never to mention the matter again.",
            "I believe very deeply that the words “cheap trick” should be left out of the next-to-the-last paragraph, as well as the entire sentence, “The high principles that they peddle in Notes and Comment don’t even last till the back of the book.” Your original reaction to the A RAGE TO LIVE review in the New Yorker was completely justified. I do not think, however, that the Introduction to a book of your Selected Stories in the Modern Library is the place to voice your resentment. This Modern Library book will be a more or less permanent thing: a collection of what you yourself have nominated as the best short stories you have written. Why mar it with a totally irrelevant reference to something virtually nobody except the people directly concerned even remembers?",
            "I am sure you realize, John, that whether you leave these few words in or take them out does not affect either Random House or myself. I just hate to see you do something that I think is undignified and, furthermore, might be considered gratuitous in light of what the New Yorker did on TEN NORTH FREDERICK. [Harold] Ross, who was Editor of the New Yorker when the review of A RAGE TO LIVE appeared, is dead; [Brendan] Gill, who wrote the review, must have wished a thousand times by this time that he hadn’t said what he did. What about all the good friends that you still have on the New Yorker staff? You are slapping at them as well as the people there whom you don’t like.",
            "I have another fear: if the Introduction goes in as it now stands, several critics may spend so much time discussing the pros and cons of your position that they will overlook the stories themselves.",
            "There it is. I hope you will reconsider. If you won’t, tell me so and that will be that (Cerf to O’Hara, 20 March 1956).",
            "There is no response from O’Hara in the RH archives. He probably telephoned and asked that the foreword be dropped altogether. Cerf immediately contacted Trilling and offered him $500 to write an introduction to be submitted by 1 May (Cerf to Trilling, 27 March 1956).",
            "There were seven printings prior to the 1980 reissue (Bruccoli,John O’Hara: A Descriptive Bibliography, p. 216).",
            "489b.  Reissue format; offset printing (1980)",
            "Title as 489a except line 7: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 489a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 489a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, October 1956 | [7 lines of copyright statements including copyright renewals]; [304–306] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on tan paper with lettering in deep violet (208) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as first paragraph of 489a jacket A except for the replacement of the first sentence by the following: “John O’Hara was one of the best short-story writers that the United States has produced, and this volume offers thirty-two which he himself particularly liked.” There are also minor stylistic changes in the third sentence.",
            "Published spring 1980 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60494-6.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "O’Hara,Appointment in Samarra(1953–1971)  456",
            "O’Hara,Butterfield 8(1961–1971)",
            "O’Hara,49 Stories(Giant, 1963–1971)  G101"
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      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1957",
      "HEAD": [
        1957,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
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      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "As costs rose steadily in the years following the war, retail prices inevitably had to be increased. Publishers at this period, however, feared adverse public reaction to higher prices and generally held off raising prices until the inroads into their profit margins left them no alternative. The $1.25 price for the regular Modern Library volumes remained in effect for seven years, from April 1947 through March 1954. It increased to $1.45 on 1 April 1954. Less than three years later, on 1 January 1957, the price rose again, this time to $1.65.",
          "As long as the ninety-five cent price for the regular Modern Library volumes remained in effect—as it did for more than twenty-five years—the Modern Library’s reprint contracts specified a royalty of so many cents per copy. Royalties were not expressed in terms of a percentage of the retail price. When retail prices began to rise, authors and publishers to whom these royalties were paid began to ask whether their royalties were going to be increased as well. The Modern Library established no general policy on this issue. Whenever possible, royalties continued to be paid at the old rate. They were increased on an ad hoc basis only when pressure from individual authors and publishers left no alternative.",
          "In 1957, among those who petitioned Random House for an increase in royalties were Arthur Pell of Liveright and Arthur Thornhill, Jr. of Little, Brown.  Both were successful in their petitions.",
          "Random House’s printed contracts for its own authors included a clause concerning the royalty to be paid should the work later be issued in the Modern Library. During the early 1950s that royalty changed from a fixed figure to a percentage of the retail price, protecting Random House’s own authors in the event of price increases.",
          "Sales for the regular Modern Library series, which had been increasing steadily since the mid-1950’s, broke the one-million ($1,024,897) mark for the first time in 1957."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Ten titles were added and six discontinued, bringing the total number of titles to 309.",
          "Molière’sPlays(1924) and Ibsen’sDoll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People(1917) were superseded."
        ]
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in the standard 7¼ by 4⅞ inch format with the Blumenthal binding, stained top edges, and Kent endpapers in gray. The binding cloth was red, blue, green or gray with lettering on inset panels in black on the front cover and spine."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.65. The new retail price went into effect on 1 January, along with higher prices for ML Giants and other RH publications such as Landmark Books andThe American College Dictionary."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Caesar,Gallic WarxLewis,Cass Timberlane; Giants through G80 with G45Stoic and Epicurean Philosophersand G31 Werfel,Forty Days of Musa Dagh; jackets: 379 (=fall 1957). (Fall) Lewis,Cass TimberlanexDescartes,Philosophical Writings; Giants through G80 with G31Famous Science–Fiction Stories; jackets: 379 (=spring 1957)."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Cerf rejected an idea for a collection of Mark Twain short stories and sketches, stating “I don’t think it would sell well in the Modern Library” (Cerf to Linscott, 7 December 1957)."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Ibsen, Henrik,Six Plays(490)",
          "Maugham, W. Somerset,Best Short Stories(491)",
          "Haggard, H. Rider,She & King Solomon’s Mines(492)",
          "Caesar, Julius,Gallic War and Other Writings(493)",
          "Michener, James,Selected Writings(494)",
          "Molière,Eight Plays, translated by Morris Bishop (495)",
          "Thurber, James,Thurber Carnival(496)",
          "Loomis, Roger Sherman and Lewis, Laura Hibbard, eds.,Medieval Romances(497)",
          "Leonardo da Vinci,Notebooks(498)",
          "Lewis, Sinclair,Cass Timberlane(499)"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Bierce,In the Midst of Life(1927)",
          "Daudet,Sapho; Prévost,Manon Lescaut; Mérimée,Carmen(1945);",
          "originally published in ML asSaphoandManon Lescaut(1920)",
          "Ibsen,Doll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People.(1917)*",
          "Meredith,Diana of the Crossways(1917)",
          "Molière,Plays(1924)*",
          "Petronius,Satyricon(1929)",
          "Watkins, ed.,Anthology of American Negro Literature(1944)",
          "Wright,Native Son(1942)"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": "*Superseded by new collections published in 1957: Ibsen,Six Plays, translated by Eva Le Gallienne (490), and Molière,Eight Plays, translated by Morris Bishop (495).",
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 490,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRIK IBSEN",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SIX PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": [
              "1957–1973",
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                "#text": ""
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            ],
            "ML_NUMBER": [
              6,
              305
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          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "490a.  First printing (1957)",
            "SIX PLAYS BY | HENRIK IBSEN |A Doll’s House|Ghosts|An Enemy of the People|Rosmersholm|Hedda Gabler|The Master Builder|Newly translated, and with an Introduction, by| EVA LE GALLIENNE | [torchbearer D5] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–2] 3–510.  [1]16[2–8]32[9–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1957| ©Copyright, 1953, 1955, 1957, by Eva Le Gallienne; [v]Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xxxIntroduction| by EVA LE GALLIENNE; xxxi–xxxiiiChronology; [xxxiv] blank; [1] part title:A Doll’s House| A PLAY IN THREE ACTS |1879; [2] CHARACTERS; 3–510 text.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 490a.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16[9]32[10]16. Contents as 490a except: [iv] ©Copyright, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, by Eva Le Gallienne.(Spring 1963 jacket)",
            "JacketA:Pictorial in black, light blue (181), moderate red (15) and gray on coated white paper with black-and-white photograph of bust of Ibsen at right; lettering in light blue, moderate red and in reverse, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "When Nora Helmer closed the door on her doll’s house, the modern drama came into being. It was not so much that she asserted her emancipation from a stifling marriage, but that Henrik Ibsen himself proclaimed the playwright’s emancipation from the spiritless drama of his time.ADoll’s House,Hedda Gabler,The Master Builder, Ghosts,AnEnemy of the People, andRosmersholmadvanced the liberation in terms of social drama which revealed human beings confronted with present-day problems and willing to face their consequences.",
            "These completely new translations—specially prepared for this edition by Eva Le Gallienne and benefiting from her experience as one of the most thoughtful actresses and directors of the American stage—combine the accuracy, the literary taste and the dramatic naturalness that characterize all distinguished and enduring translations. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in black, vivid yellow (82), dark reddish orange (38) and moderate yellowish pink (29) on coated white paper with small inset drawing of Ibsen against moderate yellowish pink background at center-left; lettering in reverse, vivid yellow and dark reddish orange except titles of individual plays in black on inset vivid yellow panel at lower right, all against black background. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1962)",
            "Original ML collection. Published April 1957.WR29 April 1957. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1973/74; retained in MLCE.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 15 cents a copy.",
            "Ibsen’sSix Playswas shifted from ML 6 to ML 305 in fall 1959 when the six-volume Shakespeare was renumbered ML 2–7.",
            "490b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70‑1973)",
            "Title as 490a except line 11: [torchbearer K] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 490a variant.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 490a jacket B.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Ibsen,A Doll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People(1917–1935)  6",
            "Ibsen,Master Builder; Pillars of Society; Hedda Gabler(1918–1937)  34",
            "Ibsen,Wild Duck, League of Youth, Rosmersholm(1918–1934)  52",
            "Ibsen,Eleven Plays(Giant, 1935–1984)  G17",
            "Ibsen,A Doll’s House; Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; John Gabriel Borkman(1935–1946)  6.1f",
            "Ibsen, ADoll’s House; Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; The Master Builder(1946–1956)  6.2",
            "Ibsen,Wild Duck and Other Plays(1961–1970)  530"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 491,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM",
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            "TITLE": "THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 14
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "491a.  First printing (1957)",
            "THE BEST | SHORT STORIES OF | W. Somerset Maugham | [Moroccan evil eye symbol] | selected, and with an introduction, by John Beecroft | [imprint within single rules] The Modern Library · New York | [torchbearer D7]",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xi [xii], [1–3] 4–489 [490–500].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1957| ©Copyright, 1957,byRANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] Contents; [vi] blank; [vii]–xi Introduction signed p. xi: JOHN BEECROFT |Conway, Massachusetts; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–489 text; [490] blank; [491–496] ML list; [497–498] ML Giants list; [499–500] blank. (Spring 1957)",
            "Contents:The Letter – The Verger – The Vessel of Wrath – The Hairless Mexican – Mr. Harrington’s Washing – Red – Mr. Know–All – The Alien Corn – The Book–Bag – The Round Dozen – The Voice of the Turtle – The Facts of Life – Lord Mountdrago – The Colonel’s Lady – The Treasure – Rain – P. & O.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with black-and-white photograph at left of Maugham looking out of a window with foliage in foreground extending over backstrip; lettering in vivid red and black, all against white background; includes Maugham’s evil eye symbol.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Although W. Somerset Maugham has written many distinguished and widely known novels, plays, and essays, his greatest achievement as a literary figure is probably as a writer of short stories. It is in this form that his craftsmanship as an unpretentious teller of good stories is best revealed. His ability to hold the reader utterly enchanted is well represented in the contents of this collection of seventeen of Maugham’s best stories, including such favorite and famous works as “Rain,” “The Letter,” and “The Colonel’s Lady.” Devotees of Maugham will welcome this skillful selection of John Beecroft. New readers of Maugham’s stories will find here many hours of delightful reading and re–reading. (Spring 1957)",
            "Original ML collection. Published April 1957.WR29 April 1957. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Beecroft received royalties of 2 cents a copy.",
            "491b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 491a except line 7: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 491a.",
            "Contents as 491a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [490–497] ML list; [498–499] ML Giants list; [500] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 491a with lettering in black and brilliant green (140), Fujita “ml” symbol and torchbearer, Maugham’s evil eye symbol removed from front panel and foliage removed from backstrip. Front flap as 491a.",
            "Also in the Modern Library:",
            "Maugham,Of Human Bondage(1930– )  199",
            "Maugham,Moon and Sixpence(1935–1971)  283",
            "Maugham,Cakes and Ale(1950–1970)  428"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 492,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "H. RIDER HAGGARD",
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SHE & KING SOLOMON’S MINES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 163
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "492.  First printing (1957)",
            "SHE |&| KING | SOLOMON’S | MINES | by H. RIDER HAGGARD | With an Introduction | by ORVILLE PRESCOTT | THE MODERN LIBRARY, NEW YORK [torchbearer D4]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [1–2] 3–361 [362]; [1–2] 3–266 [267–268].  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FirstModern LibraryEdition, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc.; v–ix Introduction | by Orville Prescott; [x] blank; [1] part title: SHE | A History of Adventure; [2] blank; 3–361 text; [362] blank; [1] part title: KING | SOLOMON’S | MINES; [2] blank; 3–266 text; [267–268] ML Giants list. (Spring 1957)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), brilliant yellow green (130), deep yellowish brown (75), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper with illustration of jungle foliage in brilliant yellow green, deep yellowish brown, and black; “KING SOLOMON’S MINES” in deep reddish orange on white panel at upper left, “SHE” in reverse on black panel at upper right, other lettering in deep reddish orange and black on medium gray band above illustration and in reverse and brilliant yellow green on black band at foot. Unsigned.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For more than half a century, readers who favor tales of romantic adventure have found deep and lasting enjoyment in the novels of H. Rider Haggard. Two of his best-known and most popular novels,SheandKing Solomon’s Mines, are presented complete and unabridged in this volume.",
            "Sheis the strange story of an immortal white sorceress deep inside Africa, sought out by an Englishman intent upon avenging an ancient crime, thrillingly told against a backdrop of a lost civilization, of savage rites, and the mystery of an unknown land.",
            "King Solomon’s Minesis an account of the search for the fabled lost diamond mines and treasures of King Solomon—an unforgettable story of suspense-filled adventures. (Spring 1957)",
            "King Solomon’s Minesoriginally published in London by Cassell & Co., 1885;Sheoriginally published in London by Longmans, Green & Co., 1887. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published April 1957.WR29 April 1957. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "King Solomon’s MinesandShewere published in the U.S. several years before the U.S. Copyright Act of 1891 extended the possibility of copyright protection to works by foreign authors, and both were permanently in the U.S. public domain. Both works appeared in the U.S. in numerous unauthorized editions.",
            "Cerf had discussed includingSheorKing Solomon’s Minesin the ML in 1930, but no decision was reached at that time (Cerf to J. Ray Peck, Longmans, Green, 25 September 1930; Peck to Cerf, 30 September 1930)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 493,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JULIUS CAESAR",
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            "TITLE": "THE GALLIC WAR AND OTHER WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 295
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "493.  First printing (1957)",
            "THE GALLIC WAR | AND OTHER WRITINGS | by JULIUS CAESAR |Translated, with an Introduction,|byMOSES HADAS, |Professor of Greek and Latin,|Columbia University| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK [torchbearer D4 extending below place of publication]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xix [xx], [1–4] 5–363 [364].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] map of the Roman Empire at the death of Caesar (44 B.C.); [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xix INTRODUCTION signed p. xix: MOSES HADAS; [xx] blank; [1] fly title; [2–3] map of Gaul; [4] blank; 5–206 GALLIC WAR; 207–352 CIVIL WAR; 353–354 editor’s note headed: THE ALEXANDRINE, | AFRICAN, AND | SPANISH WARS; 355 editor’s note with 7-line fragment headed: FRAGMENTS; [356] blank; 357–363 GAZETTEER; [364] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate orange yellow (71), brilliant greenish blue (168), moderate green (145) and black on coated white paper with drawing of Caesar at top against moderate orange yellow background and lettering in black against white background and three patches in brilliant greenish blue, moderate green and moderate orange yellow; all within drawing of arch and against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few figures in the history of man have had more to do with the shaping of our present civilization than Julius Caesar. A towering political leader, a military genius, and a skilled writer, he deserves a fate better than that of being a subject of an unwilling schoolboy’s Latin lesson. Those readers who have long forgotten their Latin will find in this book new and sound perspectives on this important man, for there are few books that provide a better, more interesting picture of mankind at a historic crossroad.",
            "This completely new translation has been specially prepared for the Modern Library by Professor Moses Hadas of Columbia University, who also contributes an informative and perceptive Introduction. (Spring 1957)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published April 1957.WR29 April 1957. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 494,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES A. MICHENER",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED WRITINGS OF JAMES A. MICHENER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–1986",
            "ML_NUMBER": 296
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "494a.  First printing (1957)",
            "SELECTED | WRITINGS | OF | JAMES A. | MICHENER | [ornament] |With a special Foreword by the Author| [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN | LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii–xiv], [1–2] 3–425 [426–434].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1947, 1951, 1953, by James A. Michener | Copyright, 1950, 1951, by The Curtis Publishing Company; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xi FOREWORD signed p. xi: [at left]Tinicum, Pennsylvania|September 5, 1956| [at right] JAMES A. MICHENER; [xii] blank; [xiii] CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [1] part title: from | TALES | OF THE | SOUTH | PACIFIC; [2] blank; 3–425 text; [426] blank; [427–432] ML list; [433–434] ML Giants list. (Spring 1957)",
            "Contents:fromTales of the South Pacific. Our Heroine – A Boar’s Tooth.  from Return to Paradise. Mr. Morgan – Povenaaa’s Daughter – The Mynah Birds – The Fossickers.  from The Voice of Asia. The Proconsul – Boy-san – The Hard Way – The Old China Hand – The Marginal Man – A Grand Old Man at Thirty-six – The Buddhist Monk – The Patriot – The Grace of Asia – The New Mem-sahibs – The Sheik’s Women.  The Bridges at Toko-ri.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep orange yellow (69), brownish orange (54) and black on coated white paper with photographic illustration as seen through a porthole of a South Sea islander standing in a boat at sunset; lettering in reverse except “MICHENER” in deep orange yellow, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "As more and more we look westward across the Pacific, the writings of James A. Michener take on increased interest and importance as informative, compassionate guides to understanding Asia in flux.",
            "The magnificently rich and profound past of the Far East is woven through the uncertain and hope-filled present of the peoples of Asia—all skillfully reflected in the novels, stories, and essays by Michener. No one’s knowledge of that part of our world is complete without the advantages of Michener’s remarkable skill as an observer, his insight into the nature of people, his broad perspective of Asia in rebirth.",
            "In this volume are selections fromTales of the South Pacific,Return to Paradise,The Voice of Asia, and the complete text ofThe Bridges at Toko-Ri. (Spring 1957)",
            "Original ML collection selected fromTales of the South Pacific(Macmillan, 1947),Return to Paradise(RH, 1951), andThe Voice of Asia(RH, 1951), with the complete text ofThe Bridges of Toko-ri(RH, 1953). Published April 1957.WR29 April 1957. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1986.",
            "In the Foreword to the ML edition Michener notes that the first edition of his first book,Tales of the South Pacific, “shows how little the publisher and I thought of its prospects. We knew it didn’t stand a chance, so we published it on the cheapest paper available, with the poorest binding, and in order to save a few cents we didn’t even start new chapters at the tops of new pages” (p. vii). He also states:",
            "One important change has been made in the text here offered, and another of equal importance has been evaded. When I first wrote about Asia I was not aware that citizens of that continent, because of long humiliation by white men, had grown to despise and resent the wordAsiaticwhen used to describe themselves. I have changed this word toAsian. Nor did I know that citizens of China resent with perhaps even greater fervor the wordChinaman. After my first several books appeared I formed close friendships with many Chinese and learned what I had not known before. In various places in this reissue of my work I have corrected this offensive word toChinese; but in certain stories in which local idiom is employed in narrating a story, I have retained the original term. If I were rewriting these stories today, I would not use the word except where dialogue required (pp. x–xi).",
            "Michener moved from Macmillan to Random House after the publication ofTales of the South Pacific. He signed with Random House on 19 April 1948 (Cerf Diary; information supplied by Gayle Feldman, 30 August 2010). His second book,The Fires of Spring, was published by Random House in 1949, and he remained with the firm for the rest of his long and highly successful career. In a condolence letter to the widow of Saxe Commins, his editor at Random House, Michener states that he chose the firm “because I liked Saxe and because Random House had the guts to use a Negro girl as their receptionist. Whatever money Random House has made from my writing is credited to those two facts” (Michener to Dorothy Commins, 11 March 1970; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 6, Princeton University Library). The receptionist, Betty Lee March, is shown in a 1946 photograph of the entrance hall of the Random House offices at Madison Avenue and 51st Street (“Random House Moves into an Old Mansion,”PW, 13 July 1946, p. 174).",
            "Inconsistencies in the capitalization ofThe Bridges at Toko-riare reproduced. Michener spells “Toko-ri” with a lower case “r.” The 494a jacket flap (spring 1957) refers to the title as “The Bridges of Toko-Ri”; the 494c jacket flap (1978) uses the spelling “Toko-ri.”",
            "494b.  Title-page ornament omitted (1960)",
            "Title as 495a through line 5; lines 6–10:With a special Foreword by the Author| [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN | LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 495a.",
            "Contents as 495a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted. (Fall 1960)",
            "Jacket:As 494a. (Fall 1960)",
            "494c.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 495b except line 7: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination 495a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 495a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1947, 1951, 1953, by James A. Michener | Copyright, 1950, 1951, by The Curtis Publishing Company | Copyright renewed 1975, 1978 by James Michener; [426–434] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep purplish blue (197) and torchbearer in strong brown (55).",
            "Front flap:",
            "James Michener has been one of America’s most popular writers since the publication of his first book,Tales of the South Pacific, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 and was later adapted into the fabulous musicalSouth Pacificby Rodgers, Logan and Hammerstein. After this auspicious debut Michener went on to write a string of best sellers, includingReturn to Paradise(1951),The Voice of Asia(1951),The Bridges at Toko-ri(1953),The Bridge at Andau(1957),Hawaii(1959),The Source(1965),Centennial(1974), andChesapeake(1978).",
            "In this volume are selections fromTales of the South Pacific,Return to Paradise,The Voice of Asia, and the complete text ofThe Bridges at Toko-ri.",
            "Published fall 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-349-60467-9."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 495,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MOLIÈRE",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "EIGHT PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 78
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "495.  First printing (1957)",
            "EIGHT PLAYS BY | MOLIÈRE |The Precious Damsels|The School for Wives|The Critique of The School for Wives|The Versailles Impromptu|Tartuffe|The Misanthrope|The Physician in Spite of Himself|The Would-Be Gentleman| TRANSLATED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | MORRIS BISHOP, Cornell University | [torchbearer E6 at left; 2-line imprint at right] THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–399 [400].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]16[7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Morris Bishop; [v]Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xvIntroduction; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–399 text; [400] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong red (12), grayish pink (8), strong greenish blue (169), light gray (264), dark gray (266), and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse, black, strong greenish blue and pink on overlapping rectangular and curvilinear panels.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The passing of three centuries has not dimmed Molière’s genius nor changed the perennial vices at which he hurled his shafts of comedy. The follies and frailties of mankind still feel the impact of his urbane wit and his meaningful laughter.",
            "The eight plays in this volume, complete and unabridged, are among Molière’s best comedies. They give full evidence of his undisputed rank as the foremost dramatist in all French literature and concededly one of the world’s greatest since Shakespeare.",
            "These plays have all been newly translated for this edition by Morris Bishop of Cornell University with skillful fidelity that will establish these translations as the definitive ones of our time. (Fall 1957)",
            "Original ML collection superseding Molière’sPlays(110). Published November 1957.WR2 December 1957. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE.",
            "There were still copies of Molière’sPlays(110d) with an introduction by Francis Fergusson (regular ML and MLCE) in stock in the summer of 1957. Stein and Klopfer agreed that fall orders should be filled withEight Playsas soon as copies of the new collection were available (Stein memo to Freiman, 29 July 1957).",
            "Bishop received royalties of 5 percent of the retail price.",
            "Also in the Modern Library:",
            "Molière,Plays(1924–1957)  110"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 496,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JAMES THURBER",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE THURBER CARNIVAL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 85
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "496a.  First printing (1957)",
            "THE | THURBER | CARNIVAL |written and illustrated by| JAMES | THURBER | [drawing of people and animals in flight] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [12], [1–2] 3–369 [370–372].  [1–12]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] First Modern Library Edition, 1957 | Copyright, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, | 1942, 1943, 1945, by James Thurber. . . . ; [5–8] CONTENTS; [9–11] PREFACE | [rule] | My Sixty Years | with James Thurber signed p. [11]: James Thurber |September 1, 1957; [12] blank; [1] fly title with drawing of dog; [2] blank; 3–369 text and drawings; [370–372] blank.Note: Firststatement retained on all printings examined.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in black, vivid red (11), brilliant yellow (83), strong orange (50) and light grayish yellowish brown (79) on coated white paper with Thurber drawing of couple viewed through a keyhole; title lettering in vivid red, brilliant yellow, strong orange and light grayish yellowish brown, other lettering in reverse and brilliant yellow, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Anyone who tries to define the unique genius of James Thurber is bound to end up in contradictory phrases. Even the rarely-at-a-loss-for-wordsLondon Timesconcluded a long discussion of his humor in helpless frustration, saying, “Thurber is Thurber.”",
            "Perhaps it is best for us to state simply that this is a collection of some of his best writings and drawings. We believe every reader will share our opinion that Thurber is  - - - well, is Thurber. (Fall 1957)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Bros., 1945. ML edition (pp. [1]–369) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Harper edition with Thurber’s dedication and foreword omitted, table of contents partially reset, and the preface on pp. 9–11 updated, re-titled (from “My Fifty Years with James Thurber”) and reset. The drawing on the title page is shifted from the half title of the Harper edition. Published November 1957.WR2 December 1957. First printing: 15,000 copies.",
            "Cerf had been trying to getThe Thurber Carnivalsince 1946, when he offered a $6,000 advance to include it in the Giants (Cerf to William Rose, Jr., Harper & Bros., 24 January 1946). Harper’s finally offered the ML reprint rights as part of an inducement for Cerf to editReading for Pleasure, an anthology published by Harper & Bros. in 1957. As Cerf told it, “Harper’s have been after me to do this book for them for a long, long time, and they finally threw in a piece of bait that I found irresistible: a long-withheld permission to do Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD and Thurber’s CARNIVAL in the Modern Library. Both of these books I have been pleading for in vain for years, so when the offer came, I melted” (Cerf to Irwin Shaw, 27 August 1956). The ML paid royalties of 10 percent of the retail price.Brave New World(485) was published in the ML in fall 1956.",
            "Bowden (p. 60) notes that the ML’s offset plates were made from state D of the Harper typesetting, which was printed by the Book-of-the-Month Club using duplicate plates supplied by Harper & Bros. In his list of variations that distinguish state D (p. 55), however, the nose of the dog on the fly title (p. [1]) is indicated as absent. The dog’s nose is present in all ML printings examined.",
            "Thurber’s original preface was titled “My Fifty Years with James Thurber” and dated “December 6, 1944.” The re-titled preface in the ML edition, “My Sixty Years with James Thurber,” is identical to the original version except for changes in the first and next-to-last paragraphs.",
            "496b.  Reissue format (1979)",
            "Title as 496a through line 7; line 8: [torchbearer M] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 496a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 496a includingFirststatement.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in very deep purple (220) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "As James Thurber writes in his introduction, “This book contains a selection of the stories and drawings the old boy did in his prime, a period which extended roughly from the year Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to the day coffee was rationed. He presents this to his readers with his sincere best wishes for a happy new world.”",
            "This anthology draws from such Thurber classics asMy World and Welcome to It,Let Your Mind Alone,The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze,My Life and Hard Times,Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated,The Owl in the Attic,The Seal in the Bedroom, andMen, Women and Dogs.",
            "Published spring 1979 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60474-1."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 497,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": [
              "ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS",
              "LAURA HIBBARD LEWIS"
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            ],
            "TITLE": "MEDIEVAL ROMANCES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 133
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "497a.  First printing (1957)",
            "MEDIEVAL | ROMANCES | [short swelled rule] | EDITED BY |Roger Sherman Loomis| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | AND |Laura Hibbard Loomis| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xi [xii], [1–3] 4–426 [427–436].  [1–5]16[6–9]32[10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc.; [v]Contents; [vi] blank; [vii]–xi INTRODUCTION: | THE ORIGINS OF ROMANCE signed p. xi: ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS | LAURA HIBBARD LOOMIS; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–424 text; [425]–426 LIST OF SUGGESTED READINGS; [427–432] ML list; [433–434] ML Giants list; [435–436] blank. (Fall 1957)",
            "Contents:Perceval, or The Story of the Grail, by Chrétien de Troyes; translated by R. S. Loomis – Tristan and Isolt, by Gottfried von Strassburg; translated and abridged by Jessie L. Weston – The Youth of Alexander the Great; translated by R. S. Loomis – Aucassin and Nicolete, translated by Andrew Lang with a few revisions by the editors – Havelok the Dane, translated and slightly abridged by L. H. Loomis – Sir Orfeo, modernized by L. H. Loomis – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by M. R. Ridley – The Book of Balin, by Sir Thomas Malory.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong red (12), grayish red (19), black and gold on coated white paper with illustration in gold of knights and ladies on horseback against black background; title in reverse with gold decorations on strong red panel at top, additional lettering in reverse, black and strong red on grayish red panel at bottom with statement “Edited for the modern reader by ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS and LAURA HIBBARD LOOMIS, both of Columbia University”. The editors’ names also appeared on the backstrip below the title.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This book contains some of the best stories of all time—among them the stories of Tristan and Isolt, Aucassin and Nicolete, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and other figures of literary or historic fame. The widely varied romances in this volume—presented here in the best modern versions available—will provide many hours of memorably pleasant reading.",
            "The editors of this book, Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis, both of Columbia University, have skillfully selected those romances best suited to contemporary taste. Their Introduction and their special comments before each story are certain to add to the reader’s enjoyment of this rich legacy of medieval literature. (Fall 1957)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published November 1957.WR2 December 1957. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Stein had been considering an anthology likeMedieval Romancesfor several years. In 1952 he wrote Haskell Block of the University of Wisconsin, “In a very tentative way I have thought of the possibility of our doing a little collection of epic and romance in the Modern Library some day. I don’t know whether such a thing would ever go, but I have been asking people for suggestions as to contents . . .” (Stein to Block, 31 October 1952).",
            "Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis initially received royalties of 5 cents a copy. In 1961, when ML books were selling for $1.95, Roger Sherman Loomis protested that the 5-cent royalty was based on a retail price of $1.45. (Medieval Romanceswas published at $1.65, but the contract may have been signed when the retail price was still $1.45.) Random House usually rejected requests for higher royalties on these grounds, but the Loomis’s royalties were increased to 10 cents a copy.",
            "497b.  Title page revised (1962)",
            "Title as 497a except line 9 (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) omitted.",
            "Pagination as 487a.  [1]16[2-7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 497a exceptFirststatement omitted from p. [iv]. (Fall 1962)",
            "Jacket:As jacket A with names of the two editors omitted from backstrip and the line “both of Columbia University” omitted from the front panel. The second paragraph of flap text was updated as follows: “The editors of this book, Roger Sherman Loomis, of Columbia University, and Laura Hibbard Loomis, have skillfully . . . ” (Fall 1962)Note:The earliest reported printing with Laura Hibbard Loomis’s affiliation omitted is spring 1962.",
            "WhenMedieval Romanceswas published both editors were affiliated with Columbia University. After Laura Hibbard Loomis’s death in 1960 her husband may have asked that her affiliation with Columbia University be removed from the title page and jacket. Roger Sherman Loomis’s affiliation with Columbia continued as professor emeritus from his retirement in 1958 until his death in 1966."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 498,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LEONARDO DA VINCI",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 156
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "498.  First printing (1957)",
            "THE | NOTEBOOKS | OF | LEONARDO | DA VINCI |Abridged from the translation by| Edward MacCurdy |Edited, with an Introduction, by| Robert N. Linscott | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, 1–455 [456–462].  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16[8]32[9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition, 1957| ©Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc.; v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xv INTRODUCTION signed p. xv: ROBERT N. LINSCOTT; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii HISTORY OF THE NOTEBOOKS signed p. xviii: R.N.L.; 1–455 text; [456] blank; [457–462] ML list. (Fall 1957)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep red (13), moderate yellow green (120) and black on coated white paper with drawing of Leonardo in reverse on inset deep red panel at upper right; title in moderate yellow green on inset black panel, other lettering in deep red and reverse on moderate yellow green and deep red banners, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“These notebooks,” says the editor in his Introduction, “are the treatment of a man who sought knowledge as a mystic seeks God; the record of a lifetime of observation and speculation, set down in five thousand manuscript pages . . . containing some of the most brilliant and far-ranging deductions that the mind of man has ever conceived.”",
            "In this volume, the most absorbing and provocative parts of Da Vinci’s notebooks have been selected and grouped so that the modern reader can pleasurably share the amazement that all readers have felt on first dipping into this remarkable work by one of the most unusual men of all time. (Fall 1957)",
            "Original ML abridgment ofThe Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, arranged and translated by Edward MacCurdy and published in U.S. by Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938. ML edition published November 1957.WR2 December 1957. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Reynal & Hitchcock merged with Harcourt, Brace & Co. after Eugene Reynal’s death in 1946. Linscott approached Harcourt, Brace in the mid 1950s for permission to publish a ML abridgement ofThe Notebooks of Leonardo da Vincibut was turned down. The translation appears to have been in the public domain, and Cerf wrote the following year offering Harcourt, Brace a courtesy fee of $300 (Cerf to Jovanovich, 29 March 1956). A contract was signed, and the ML edition carries the statement, “Published by arrangement with Harcourt, Brace and Company” (p. [iv]).",
            "The translator Edward MacCurdy sometimes used the spelling McCurdy (OCLC authority record #1622156). Linscott received a flat fee of $1,350 for abridging the text and editing the ML edition. He told Cerf that the project was about twice the work he anticipated because of the poor editing of the complete edition.",
            "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinciwas the first abridgment that Linscott made for the ML after his retirement from Random House. The others were Vasari’sLives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects(1959: 515) andThe Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson(1960: 520)."
          ]
        },
        {
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          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SINCLAIR LEWIS",
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            "TITLE": "CASS TIMBERLANE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1957–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 221
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            "499.  First printing (1957)",
            "Cass | Timberlane | A NOVEL OF | HUSBANDS AND WIVES | BY | SINCLAIR | LEWIS | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–390 [391–392].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]8[7]32[8]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition, 1957|Copyright, 1945, by Sinclair Lewis; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] author’s note; [8] blank; [1] fly title: [2] blank; 3–390 text; [391–392] ML Giants list. (Fall 1957)Note: Firststatement retained on spring 1958 printing.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in black, vivid reddish orange (34) and brilliant yellow (83) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse and brilliant yellow against black background at top and vivid reddish orange background at center and foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "An increasing opinion thatCass Timberlaneis a novel of the stature ofArrowsmith,Babbitt, andMain Streetleads the editors of the Modern Library to make it available in this permanent format.",
            "Cass Timberlaneis the intense story of a marriage, written with unsparing realism and satire, yet with compassion and maturity of understanding. In the marriage of Judge Timberlane and his very young wife—and indeed in the marriages of the others in the book—there is the basis for brilliant observation and comment by one of America’s foremost novelists. This book will be welcomed not only by those who now read it for the first time, but by those who will enjoy re-reading it for renewed and enlarged insights into our society. (Fall 1957)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except background in moderate green (145) instead of vivid reddish orange. (Spring 1958)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1945. ML edition (pp. [5]–390) printed from RH plates. Published November 1957.WR2 December 1957. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Lewis,Arrowsmith(1933–1952)  254",
            "Lewis,Babbitt(1942–1948)  348",
            "Lewis,Dodsworth(1947–1970)  400"
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          "In 1958, about a year and a half before Random House acquired Alfred A. Knopf, an event occurred which would have a profound influence on the Modern Library’s subsequent history. That was the arrival of Jason Epstein as a Random House editor.  Epstein had started Anchor Books at Doubleday five years before, at the age of twenty-five. Anchor Books pioneered the quality paperback and was widely imitated by other publishers. Epstein acquired a reputation, at an early age, as a brilliant, innovative, ambitious, and successful figure in the publishing world. All of these qualities appealed strongly to Cerf, who also admired Epstein’s aggressiveness. Others found him arrogant and difficult to work with.",
          "Part of the agreement with Random House allowed Epstein to start an independent imprint of children’s books, the Looking Glass Library, which Random House would distribute and which Epstein hoped would make his fortune; but the Looking Glass Library was discontinued after several years. Otherwise, Epstein was responsible at Random House for Modern Library Paperbacks and was closely involved with the Modern Library itself.",
          "Despite efforts to revitalize the Modern Library, the profitability of the series began to slip in the 1960s. It is unlikely that another person, less identified with paperbacks than was Epstein, could have saved the Modern Library. It is possible, however, that Epstein may have accelerated the series’ demise. The effort to make the series a vital up-to-date presence in the academic world appears to have been abandoned, either because academia’s response was disappointing or because to do the job right would have been too expensive for the potential return. The inclusion of substantial quantities of contemporary fiction in the late 1960s diluted the Modern Library’s image as a series of indisputably significant books.",
          "Epstein spent money more freely than any of his predecessors. This was a change from the penny-pinching finances that had characterized the Modern Library in earlier days. In the past, the Modern Library had always been the economic foundation of Random House, but its financial success had depended upon ever-vigilant scrutiny of costs. The series might have survived longer had a real effort been made to keep costs at a minimum."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Nine titles were added and six were discontinued.  Swift’sGulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books(1931) was superseded by Swift’sGulliver’s Travels and Other Writings.This brought the list of available titles to 312."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in the standard 7¼ by 4⅞ inch format with the Blumenthal binding, stained top edges, and Kent endpapers in gray. The binding cloth was red, blue, green or gray with lettering on inset panels in black on the front cover and spine."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
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        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Descartes,Philosophical WritingsxBalzac,Cousin Bette; Giants through G81 (=fall 1958); jackets: 380. (Fall) Balzac,Cousin BettexAuden,Selected Poetry; Giants through G81 (=spring 1958); jackets: 383."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Moses Hadas suggested a ML reprint of the edition of ten plays of Euripides that he and John Harvey McLean had translated (Dial Press, 1936), but Penguin Books and New American Library had both recently published inexpensive new translations and Jason Epstein thought the ML should wait (Epstein to Hadas, 14 November 1958). In the end the ML reprinted the University of Chicago Press’sComplete Greek Tragedies, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore (4 vols., 1959; ML reprint, 7 volumes, 1960–63). Eric Bentley suggested a book of six Lope de Vega plays (Bentley to Epstein, 16 November 1958). Klopfer rejected a suggestion to publish a new edition ofDemocracy in Americaas a ML Giant (Klopfer to Lerner, 13 November 1958)."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
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        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Descartes, René,Philosophical Writings(1958)  500",
          "Runyon, Damon,Treasury(1958)  501",
          "Swift, Jonathan,Gulliver’s Travels and Other Writings(1958)  502",
          "Shaw, Irwin,Young Lions(1958)  503",
          "Salinger, J. D.,Catcher in the Rye(1958)  504",
          "Wodehouse, P. G.,Selected Stories(1958)  505",
          "Kant, Immanuel,Critique of Pure Reason(1958)  506",
          "Frank, Anne, The Diary of a Young Girl (1958)  507",
          "Balzac, Honoré de,Cousin Bette(1958)  508"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
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        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Byrne,Messer Marco Polo(1942)",
          "Gautier,Mademoiselle de Maupin(1918)",
          "Hughes,High Wind in Jamaica(1932)",
          "Mead,Coming of Age in Samoa(1953)",
          "Pater,Marius the Epicurean(1921)",
          "Swift,Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books(1931)*",
          "Walton,Compleat Angler(1939)"
        ]
      },
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      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 500,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RENÉ DESCARTES",
            "TEXT": [
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            ],
            "TITLE": "PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 43
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "500a.  First printing (1958)",
            "Descartes| PHILOSOPHICAL | WRITINGS |Selected and Translated|by| NORMAN KEMP SMITH | Emeritus Professor of Logic and Metaphysics | in the University of Edinburgh | Author ofStudies in the Cartesian Philosophy| and ofNew Studies in the Philosophy of Descartes| [torchbearer E6] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], 1–300 [301–302].  [1–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1958 | © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xvii INTRODUCTION signed p. xvii:N. K.  S.; [xviii] blank; 1–300 text; [301–302] ML Giants list. (Spring 1958)  Illustrations: Facsimile of 1637 title page ofDiscours de la methode(p. 90), facsimile of 1641 title page ofMeditationes de prima philosophia(p. 160), and four illustrations in “Descartes’ Theory of Vision Expounded in HisDioptric” (pp. 146, 149, 151, and 154).",
            "Contents:Rules for the Guidance of Our Native Powers – Discourse on Method – Descartes’ Theory of Vision as Expounded in His Dioptric – Meditations on First Philosophy – Letters on the Mind-Body Problem, to Regius, to Princess Elizabeth, and to Arnauld, and Replies to the Sixth Objections – The Passions of the Soul (selections) – Passage from Descartes’ The Search after Truth.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid yellow (82), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with geometrical diagrams in the form of eyes and nose in reverse on inset black parallelogram; lettering in black and vivid red with swelled rules before and after the listing of the works included, all on vivid yellow background flecked with red.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“With Descartes philosophy made a fresh start,” says Professor Norman Kemp Smith in his Introduction to this book. “A new set of problems had arisen, and it is owing to the manner in which he faced these problems that he has been called ‘the father of modern philosophy.’”",
            "In this volume of selected writings, recently translated by Professor Smith, the reader will find all that is important and enduring in Descartes’ philosophy. Here is all the evidence necessary to show why Descartes is regarded as a founder of scientific method and a major figure in the history of human thought.",
            "This distinguished collection will be welcomed and treasured by every reader who respects boldness of intellect in the search for truth and understanding. (Spring 1958)",
            "Originally published in England by Macmillan and U.S. by St Martin’s Press, 1952. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with introduction added and preface and index of proper names omitted. Published May 1958.WR19 May 1958. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "500b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 500a except line 11: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 500a.",
            "Contents as 500a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 500a with black parallelogram and text slightly reduced in size, swelled rules replaced by rules with a diamond, and background in vivid yellow without red flecks. Front flap: full list of contents without descriptive text; back flap: biographical note."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 501,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DAMON RUNYON",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "A TREASURY OF DAMON RUNYON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–1986",
            "ML_NUMBER": 53
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "501a.  First printing (1958)",
            "A | TREASURY | OF | DAMON | RUNYON | Selected, with an Introduction, | by CLARK KINNAIRD | [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xvi, [1–2] 3–428 [429–432].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1958 | © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc. | [12 lines of additional copyright statements]; [v–vi] Contents; [vii]–xvi Foreword |byClark Kinnaird; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–428 text; [429–430] ML Giants list; [431–432] blank. (Spring 1958)",
            "Contents:The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown – Pick the Winner – Vers Libre – Them Dice’ll Make You Talk – Blonde Mink – Lillian – Johnny One–Eye – Butch Minds the Baby – The Snatching of Bookie Bob – The Lily of St. Pierre – Hold ’Em, Yale! – The Hottest Guy in the World – A Story Goes with It – The Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie’s – The Brakeman’s Daughter – Little Miss Marker – Princess O’Hara – A Light in France – Romance in the Roaring Forties – Dream Street Rose – All Horse Players Die Broke – Lonely Heart – Cemetery Bait – Baseball Hattie – A Call on the President – Nice and Quiet, She Was – One of Those Things – Home-Cooking – A Right Good-Looking Gal – The Wooing of Nosey Gillespie – The Shooting of Dude McCoy – The Strange Story of Tough-Guy Sammy Smith – At Dead Mule Crossing – The Old Men of the Mountain – Marriage Counsel – On Good Turns – The Good Sport – As Between Friends – The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew – The Main Event – Why Me? – A Handy Guy Like Sande – The Old Horse Player – The Funeral of Madame Chase.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in black and brilliant yellow (83) on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of Runyon characters; lettering on front in black and brilliant yellow, spine in black with lettering in brilliant yellow and vivid red (11).",
            "Front flap:",
            "This thoroughly enjoyable collection is almost a biography of Damon Runyon, the boy who grew up in the West, rode the rods, knew what the inside of jails was like, wrote sports, reported abroad, and became Mr. Broadway. Here are represented the wide range of his experiences and of his writing—early Westerns and sketches of “folks back home” with vivid titles likeThe Wooing of Nosey GillespieandAt Dead Mule Crossing; or tales, likeThe Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew, picked up in the hobo jungles. From his days as a newspaper reporter and syndicated columnist come accounts likeThe Main Event, sports verse likeA Handy Guy Like Sande, and affectionate sketches of “ordinary” people like those of Joe and Ethel Turp or My Old Man. And finally, from Runyon’s great days as a Broadway chronicler, we have Hot Horse Herbie, Nicely Nicely, Gentleman George and their fantastic cronies, speaking again in these pages the peculiar vernacular now immortalized as Runyonese. (Spring 1958)",
            "Original ML collection. Published May 1958.WR19 May 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1986/87.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 2 cents a copy. There were two printings (10,000 and 5,000 copies) in 1959.",
            "501b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)",
            "Title as 501a except line 8: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination and collation as 501a.",
            "Contents as 501a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), vivid orange yellow (66) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse, vivid orange yellow and black, all against vivid reddish orange background. Front flap as 501a.",
            "501c.  Reissue format; offset printing (1977)",
            "Title as 501b.",
            "Pagination as 501a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 501b except: [429–432] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on Kraft paper with lettering in deep reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap adapted from 501a with new opening sentence:",
            "Damon Runyon, loved and admired for his wonderful stories that were later adapted for the Broadway musicalGuys and Dolls, has only recently been recognized as the major American writer that he was. This delightful collection, which includes selections from Runyon’s great days as a Broadway chronicler with its tales of Hot Horse Herbie, Nicely Nicely and Gentleman George, represents the wide range of his experiences and of his writing. There are early Westerns and sketches of the “folks back home” such asThe Wooing of Nosey GillespieandAt Dead Mule Crossing",
            "Published fall 1977 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60444-X."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 502,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JONATHAN SWIFT",
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            "TITLE": "GULLIVER’S TRAVELS AND OTHER WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–1974; 1979–1991",
            "ML_NUMBER": 100
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "502a.  First printing (1958)",
            "GULLIVER’S | TRAVELS |ANDOTHER WRITINGS| byJONATHAN SWIFT| [rule] | With an Introduction and Commentaries | byRICARDO QUINTANA| Professor of English, University of Wisconsin | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK| [torchbearer D7]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–550.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc.; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xivINTRODUCTION; [xv] fly title; [xvi] facsimile title page ofGulliver’s Travels(Dublin, 1735); xvii–xix editor’s commentary headed:GULLIVER’S|TRAVELS; [xx] blank; xxi–xxv A | LETTER | FROM | Capt.GULLIVER| TO HIS | CousinSYMPSON; [xxvi] blank; [1] part title: PART I |A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT; [2] map; 3–550 text.",
            "Contents:Gulliver’s Travels – A Tale of a Tub – The Battle of the Books – A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit – Resolutions When I Come to Be Old – A Meditation Upon a Broom-stick – Thoughts on Various Subjects – From the Partridge–Bickerstaff Papers 1708–1709 – Some Miscellaneous Prose Pieces 1710–1712 – Some Later Prose Pieces 1724–1731 – From The Journal to Stella – From Swift’s Correspondence – Some Verse Pieces 1709–1733.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark grayish yellow (91), vivid orange (48) and black on coated white paper with stylized silhouette of a man in black and four small figures in vivid orange and white; lettering in reverse and vivid orange, all against dark grayish yellow background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few men have been more widely read—and more misinterpreted—than Jonathan Swift. He did, it is true, call himself a misanthrope and many readers have been quick to regard him solely as a brooding, embittered critic of mankind.",
            "Actually, he was an intensely loyal, warm person in his private life and an active, ardent participant in worldly affairs, using his great satiric pen with positive effects on many controversial issues. Readers ofGulliver’s Travelsalready know that the narrative charm of that book is merely one aspect of a work infinitely rich in observation and wisdom. And the broad variety of matters that engaged Swift’s brilliantly incisive mind is fully represented in the many other masterpieces of prose and poetry in this volume. (Spring 1958)",
            "Original ML collection superseding Swift’sGulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books(212). Published May 1958.WR19 May 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1974/75; reissued 1979–91.",
            "The following statement appears on the verso of the title page (p. [iv]):",
            "Note on the Text and Acknowledgments",
            "Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following publishers for their cooperation in making available for this volume the material listed:",
            "The Nonesuch Press, London, for the selections “On the Death of Mrs. Johnson,” and “Directions for Servants,” fromGulliver’s Travels, and Selected Writings in Prose and Verse, edited by John Hayward.",
            "The Clarendon Press, Oxford, for the two selections from theJournal to Stella, and for the poems from the volumeSwift’s Poems, both edited by Sir Harold Williams.",
            "G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., for Swift’s letter to The Earl of Oxford, from Elrington Ball’sThe Correspondence of Jonathan Swift. Swift’s letter to Alexander Pope, reprinted from the same volume, is used by permission of John Murray, Ltd., publishers ofWorks of Popeby Elwin and Courthope.",
            "Basil Blackwell, Oxford, for permission to use the Herbert Davis edition ofThe Prose Works of Swiftas the basis for all the remaining material in the Modern Library edition.",
            "502b.  Reissue format (1979)",
            "Lines 1–7 as 502a; lines 8–11: [rule] | [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 502a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 502a except: [iv] GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, Jonathan Swift | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, April 1958 |Note on the Text and Acknowledgmentsas 502a| [16 lines of acknowledgments] | © COPYRIGHT, 1958, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on Kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "One of the greatest satirists in the English language, Jonathan Swift continues to speak to succeeding generations. In addition to his masterpiece,Gulliver’s Travels—a devastating picture of human nature and human foibles—this volume contains his scathing attack on religious excesses,A Tale of a Tub; his defense of the classics,The Battle of the Books; and his unforgettableModest Proposalthat, in order to avoid starvation, the Irish eat their children. The selections from his letters, essays and poems reveal another side of one of the most brilliant minds in English literature.",
            "Published fall 1979 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60479-2.",
            "502c.  Second reissue format with Quintana introduction omitted (1985)",
            "JONATHAN SWIFT | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] GULLIVER’S TRAVELS | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–550 [551–556].  Perfect bound.",
            "[i] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of Gulliver bound; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | November 1985 | Copyright © 1958 by Random House, Inc.; [v]–vi CONTENTS; vii–xi A | LETTER | FROM | Capt.GULLIVER| TO HIS | CousinSYMPSON; [xii] blank; [1]–550 as 502a; [551–556] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on Kraft paper with Alcorn’s woodcut illustration of Gulliver bound.",
            "Front flap:",
            "One of the unique books of world literature, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS describes the astonishing voyages of one Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon, first to Lilliput, a land inhabited by tiny people whose diminutive size renders all their pompous activities absurd; next to Brobdingnag, a republic of giants who are amused when Gulliver tells them about the glories of England; then to Laputa and its neighbor Lagado, peopled by quack philosophers and scientists; and finally to the land of the Houhynhnms, where horses behave with reason and control men, known as Yahoos, who behave like animals. A savage satire on man and his institutions, written with great wit and invention,Gulliver’s Travelshas captivated readers for the past two centuries. This volume also includes the three other Swift masterpieces:A Tale of a Tub,The Battle of the BooksandA Modest Proposal.",
            "Published fall 1985 at $11.95.  ISBN 0-394-60529-2.",
            "Pp. vii–xix of 502a–b (Quintana’s general introduction, the fly title, the facsimile title page ofGulliver’s Travels(Dublin, 1735), and Quintana’s introductory commentary onGulliver’s Travelsare omitted from 502c. The Note on the Text and Acknowledgments on the verso of the title page are also omitted. Quintana’s commentaries preceding other sections of the collection are retained. “A Letter from Capt. Gulliver to His Cousin Sympson,” with the pagination renumbered as vii–xi, appears directly following the table of contents. Quintana’s general introduction continues to be listed in the table of contents.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Swift,Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books(1931–1957)  212"
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 503,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "IRWIN SHAW",
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            "TITLE": "THE YOUNG LIONS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–1971; 1982–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 112
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "503a.  First printing (1958)",
            "THE | YOUNG | LIONS |byIRWIN SHAW | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–689 [690–696].  [1–22]16",
            "[1–2] blank; [3] half title; [4] epigraph from Nahum 2.13; [5] title; [6] First Modern Library Edition, 1958 | Copyright, 1948, by Irwin Shaw; [7] dedication; [8] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–689 text; [690–696] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), deep reddish orange (36), brownish black (65) and black on coated white paper with colors emanating from white center like an explosion; title and author in black on white center; other lettering in deep reddish orange and brilliant yellow.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Irwin Shaw was already widely recognized as one of America’s finest writers of short stories and plays whenThe Young Lionsappeared. The enthusiastic response of critics was almost unprecedented, and—more importantly—many critics immediately recognized the permanent stature of the novel. “The book is an authentic contribution to the enduring body of American literature,” said one critic. “It will be read long after other successes of the day are out of print and out of mind.”",
            "Time has proved their judgments right, for this engrossing novel of men at war is in fact a testament of our century. It is the story of modern man in a moment of extreme ordeal, dramatically told by an acutely sensitive creative writer. The editors of the Modern Library are proud to include it as a work of distinguished and enduring achievement. (Spring 1958)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1948. ML edition (pp. [4], [7]–689) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the RH edition; title page adapted from the RH edition. Published May 1958.WR19 May 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72; reissued 1982–90.",
            "There was a printing of 10,500 copies in 1959. Sales of the ML edition totaled 32,823 copies by fall 1966.",
            "503b.  Reissue format (1982)",
            "Title as 503a except line 5: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 503a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 503a except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1982 | Copyright © 1948 by Irwin Shaw | Copyright renewed 1976 by Irwin Shaw.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on tan paper with lettering in deep reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "WhenThe Young Lionswas published in 1948, Irwin Shaw was already widely recognized as one of America’s foremost short story writers and playwrights. But when this, his first novel, appeared, the critical response was more enthusiastic than anyone could have expected—“He reveals in even greater stature the delicious wit, the dramatic sense of scene-making, and the full-hearted compassion of his short stories,” wroteThe Saturday Review. The story of three young men—a Nazi, a Jew, and an American—The Young Lionstakes place bestween [sic] 1938 and 1945, when the lives of the main characters cross fatally in a Bavarian forest. With this book, wroteThe New York Herald Tribune, “Irwin Shaw becomes one of the most important of American novelists”; and in the years since, this judgment has been reconfirmed many times.",
            "Published spring 1982 at $7.95.  ISBN 0-394-60809-1.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Shaw,Selected Short Stories(1961–1973)  534"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 504,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "J. D. SALINGER",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–1963",
            "ML_NUMBER": 90
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "504.  First printing (1958)",
            "[4-line title within single rules] The | Catcher | in the | Rye | [below frame] by J. D. SALINGER | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–277 [278–282].  [1–9]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition|Copyright, 1945, 1946, 1951, by J. D. Salinger; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–277 text; [278–279] ML Giants list; [280–282] blank. (Fall 1958)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in black and strong brown (55) on coated white paper with title and series in black and author in strong brown, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This is the story of Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old boy who, on being dropped by his prep school, decides to spend three days in New York before reporting home. The events of those three days and nights, told in the boy’s own words, form more than a dramatic story. They are the means by which Salinger skillfully portrays the thoughts and feelings of a young boy standing alone and unsure on the threshold of manhood.",
            "“Mr. Salinger’s novel,” said Lewis Vogler in theSan Francisco Chronicle, “is funny, poignant, and in its implications, profound. It is literature of a very high order.” The editors of the Modern Library are pleased to include this novel, which is already widely regarded as a twentieth-century classic. (Fall 1958)",
            "Originally published by Little, Brown & Co., 1951. ML edition (pp. [5]–277) printed from Little, Brown plates. Published October 1958.WR13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained but probably around 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1963/64.",
            "The ML paid Little, Brown a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. Cerf wrote to Arthur Thornhill of Little, Brown early in 1958 that he wanted to publishThe Catcher in the Ryeand Salinger’sNine Stories(516) in successive years. “I believe both books are already available in cheap paperback editions, but that wouldn’t bother us at all. Mr. Salinger is a great favorite today with just the college groups that patronize the Modern Library most heavily” (Cerf to Thornhill, 8 January 1958). The reprint contract, dated 7 February 1958, was for a period of five years. Salinger stipulated that there was to be no photograph of the author on the jacket and that Little, Brown had to approve the jacket copy.",
            "Printings between 1959 and 1962 were as follows: two printings of 5,000 and 3,000 copies (1959), 7,000 copies (1960), two printings of 7,000 and 10,000 copies (1961), two printings of 15,000 and 10,000 copies (1962). In the following table ML sales ofCatcher in the RyeandNine Storieschart Salinger’s popularity with precision.",
            "Table: ML sales of Salinger’sCather in the RyeandNine Stories, 1958–63",
            "Salinger requested in June 1963 that the ML contracts forCatcher in the RyeandNine Storiesnot be renewed. Thornhill gave six months’ termination notice forCatcher in the Ryeand indicated that the ML would have the right to dispose of any copies on hand (Thornhill to Klopfer, 21 June 1963). Cerf was “deeply distressed” and wrote to Salinger: “We have always considered these two of the most important books in the whole series and have tried to present them in as dignified a manner as possible.” He noted that the ML had sold nearly 65,000 copies ofCatcher in the Ryeand over 37,000 copies ofNine Storiesand asked if the ML could continue to publish both books for another three years at least (Cerf to Salinger, 25 June 1963).",
            "There is no reply from Salinger in the RH archives. Klopfer indicated in July that the RH Production Department had been instructed to make no more printings ofCatcher in the Rye(Klopfer to Thornhill, 15 July 1963). The ML edition was out of print by the winter of 1963/64; it is included in the ML’s fall 1963 stock list but omitted from spring/summer 1964 stock list.",
            "The ML appears to have been reluctant to acknowledge that Salinger’s books were no longer part of the series. Perhaps there was a lingering hope that Salinger might change his mind.Catcher in the RyeandNine Storieswere listed inPublishers’ Trade List Annualthrough 1965 and continued to be included in ML lists in the books themselves through 1969. Numbers of discontinued titles were normally reassigned to new titles the following publishing season; ML 90, the number ofCatcher in the Rye, was not reassigned to another title until fall 1967 whenFour Contemporary French Plays(598) was published as ML 90.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Salinger, Nine Stories(1959–1964)  516"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 505,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "P. G. WODEHOUSE",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "SELECTED STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 126
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "505.  First printing (1958)",
            "Selected Stories|by|P. G. Wodehouse| Introduction by John W. Aldridge | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–382 [383–390].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]16[7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, | 1929, 1930, by P. G. Wodehouse; v–viiiForeword| BY P. G. WODEHOUSE; [ix]Contents; [x] blank; xi–xxvIntroduction| P. G. WODEHOUSE: | THE LESSON OF THE | YOUNG MASTER | BY JOHN W. ALDRIDGE; [xxvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–382 text; [383–388] ML list; [389–390] ML Giants list. (Fall 1958)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 505. Contents as 505 except: [iv] copyright statements reset in full capitals and “1927,” moved to beginning of line 3; [383–390] ML list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Contents:Jeeves Takes Charge – The Artistic Career of Corky – Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest – The Aunt and the Sluggard – The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy – Clustering Round Young Bingo – Bertie Changes His Mind – Jeeves and the Impending Doom – Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit – Jeeves and the Song of Songs – Episode of the Dog McIntosh – Jeeves and the Kid Clementina – The Love That Purifies – Jeeves and the Old School Chum – The Ordeal of Young Tuppy.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid red (11), brilliant yellow (83), moderate pink (5), light bluish gray (190) and black on coated white paper with left profile illustration of Jeeves; lettering in black and vivid red. Spine in vivid red with lettering in reverse and black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This book is guaranteed to give you all fifty-seven varieties of laughter—everything from the side-splitting belly-laugh to the soft inner ripple.",
            "These stories are all about Jeeves, the most fabulous gentleman’s gentleman ever invented. From behind his inscrutable facade, the incomparable Jeeves—confessor, savior, confidant—sagely guides the destinies of Bertie Wooster and his friends. And when things get out of hand, as they invariably do, it is Jeeves who tactfully assumes control to settle matters with his customary incredible ingenuity.",
            "For this edition, John W. Aldridge has written an excellent introduction which discusses Wodehouse’s talent—a talent that transforms all readers into devotees. (Fall 1958)",
            "Original ML collection selected fromCarry On, Jeeves!(George H. Doran Co., 1927) andVery Good, Jeeves(Doran, 1930). Published October 1958.WR13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Aldridge suggested a volume of Wodehouse stories in 1956 (Aldridge to Hiram Haydn, 9 July 1956). Cerf indicated that since the ML would be making new plates the maximum royalty would be 10 cents a copy and that it would have to include Wodehouse, his publisher, and Aldridge (Cerf to Aldridge, 19 July 1957).",
            "Wodehouse wrote that he was “tremendously pleased and flattered” that he would be in the ML but noted that he didn’t think the stories inCarry On, Jeeves!were very good. He thought it would be better if the ML used most of the first Jeeves book and all ofVery Good, Jeeves. He also suggested updating several references in the stories and changing the title toA Gathering of Jeeves(Wodehouse to Cerf, 12 August 1957). After discussing the proposed contents with Aldridge, Cerf asked Wodehouse not to alter the table of contents. “Aldridge assures us that he weighed the pros and cons of every story he picked, and thinks that for Modern Library purposes we’ve got just the right selection.” He also asked Wodehouse not to insert updated references in the stories. “Everybody realizes that the Jeeves stories belong to a certain period and . . . up-dating any of the references would simply cause unnecessary confusion and certainly would be a mortal affront to your most ardent admirers.” Finally, he argued for sticking with the titleSelected Stories. “The latter [A Gathering of Jeeves] may sound a little bit better, but it has been our experience that Modern Library titles sell best when they state very clearly what the book contains, without reaching for anything cute or clever” (Cerf to Wodehouse, 19 August 1957).",
            "Wodehouse contributed an original foreword to the volume. Aldridge’s introduction was written for the ML but also appeared inNew World Writing, no. 13 (1958), pp. 181–92."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 506,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "IMMANUEL KANT",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 297
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "506.  First printing (1958)",
            "IMMANUEL KANT |Critique of Pure Reason| Translated, with an Introduction, by | NORMAN KEMP SMITH | University of Edinburgh | ABRIDGED EDITION | [torchbearer E3] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–v] vi–xviii [xix–xxii], [3–4] 5–38, 41–319 [320], 323–335 [336].  [1–11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1958 | © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc.; [v]–xviii INTRODUCTION | BY NORMAN KEMP SMITH; [xix–xxii] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [3] facsimile title page of first edition (Riga, 1781) used as fly title; [4] motto and dedicatory letter; 5–9 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; [10] blank; 11–24 PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; 25–38 INTRODUCTION; 41–319 text headed: TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF | ELEMENTS; [320] blank; 323–335 text headed: TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF METHOD; [336] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep yellow (85), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with author in reverse, title in vivid reddish orange on inset horizontal black bar, other lettering in reverse and black, and five inset vertical bars from left to right in black, white, black, vivid reddish orange, and black, all against deep yellow background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The writings of Immanuel Kant represent the high-water mark of modern philosophy. Few men have had as broad and profound an influence as he did. Josiah Royce, for example, described Kant as “the thinker upon whom more than upon any other center, modern thought turns as upon a fulcrum.”",
            "The sheer bulk of Kant’sCritique—in many ways his central work—has often deterred readers. Now, Norman Kemp Smith, in this authoritative and new translation, provides a skillfully abridged edition from which all minor and repetitive parts have been omitted. The editors of the Modern Library are pleased to include it as one of the great books that all readers will want to own. (Fall 1958)",
            "Smith translation originally published in London by Macmillan and Co., 1929; abridged edition published by Macmillan and Co., 1934. ML edition (pp. [xix]–335) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the abridged edition with index and two part titles omitted, page numerals and entry for index removed from table of contents, motto and dedicatory letter combined on a single page, and signature marks removed throughout. Published October 1958.WR13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "The ML paid St Martin’s Press royalties of 10 cents a copy. In the early 1950s, when the RH College Dept. was considering publishing a moderately priced edition of Kant’sCritique of Pure Reasonfor classroom use, Stein asked about one hundred academics which translation they preferred. Nearly every respondent named the Smith translation. Smith’s introduction incorporates his Translator’s Preface from the abridged Macmillan edition but is otherwise original to the ML edition.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Kant,Philosophy(1949– )  422"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 507,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ANNE FRANK",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 298
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "507a.  First printing (1958)",
            "Anne Frank |The diary of a young girl| TRANSLATEDfrom the Dutch|byB. M. MOOYAART-DOUBLEDAY |With anINTRODUCTION |byELEANOR ROOSEVELT | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK [torchbearer D4 extending above imprint]",
            "Pp. [1–6] 7–285 [286–288].  [1–9]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition|Copyright, 1952, by Otto H. Frank|Copyright, 1952, by the American Jewish Committee; [5] pub. note; [6] blank; 7–8 INTRODUCTION signed p. 8: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT; [9] facsimile of handwritten entry in diary signed: [in script] Anne Frank. 12 Juni 1942.; [10] blank; 11–283 text; [284] blank; 285EPILOGUE; [286] blank; [287–288] ML Giants list. (Fall 1958)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in grayish olive green (127), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with illustration in grayish olive green and black of a young woman viewed from the rear, wearing an armband with a Star of David in brilliant yellow; lettering in grayish olive green and black, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely,” Anne Frank wrote on the opening page of her diary, “as I have never been able to do in anyone before, and I hope that you will be a great support and comfort to me.”",
            "What follows is the story of an experience told with such sensitivity and warmth that no reader finishes the book without resolving to read it again.",
            "Anne Frank, her sister, and her parents, along with four others, shared a small hiding place in an old building in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation. Her vivid account of their experiences and feelings during the two fearful years before their discovery—written with rare insight, humor, and intimacy—is one of the classics of our times. (Fall 1958)",
            "Originally published in Amsterdam in 1947; English translation published by Doubleday & Co., 1952. ML edition (pp. [5]–285) printed from Doubleday plates. Published October 1958.WR13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The ML paid Doubleday royalties of 10 cents a copy. The second printing, made in spring 1959, was for 7,000 copies.",
            "507b.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 507a except torchbearer omitted.",
            "Pagination as 507a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 507a except: [4]Copyright, 1952, by Otto H. Frank; [286–288] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on tan paper with lettering in dark blue (183) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "Anne Frank was born in Frankfort, Germany on June 12, 1929. “As we are Jewish, we emigrated to Holland in 1933,” Anne writes in her diary, which she received on her thirteenth birthday. In July 1942 she and her family were forced to take refuge with four others in a back apartment in Amsterdam. There they remained until August 4, 1944, when theGrüne Polizeimade a raid on the “Secret Annexe” and all the occupants were arrested and sent to German and Dutch concentration camps. In March 1945, two months before the liberation of Holland, Anne died of typhoid in the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Only her father, Otto Frank, survived, and it was he who saw that Anne’s diary was published in 1947.",
            "Written with rare insight, humor and intimacy,The Diary of a Young Girlis one of the classics of our time. It has inspired a play and has been a bestseller in almost every known language. To hundreds of thousands of people, it represents the true horror and tragedy of the Nazi Occupation.",
            "Published spring 1978 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60451-2."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 508,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HONORÉ DE BALZAC",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "COUSIN BETTE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1958–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 299
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "508a.  First printing (1958)",
            "Cousin Bette|byHONORÉ DE BALZAC |Translated from the French by Kathleen Raine| [torchbearer D7] |The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–432 [433–436].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc.; v–xi INTRODUCTION |by Floyd Zulli, Jr.; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–432 text; [433–434] ML Giants list; [435–436] blank. (Fall 1958)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in vivid purplish red (254), moderate greenish blue (173) and black on coated white paper with title in vivid purplish red script on white panel at top; additional lettering in reverse, moderate greenish blue and vivid purplish red on black band at center; author in moderate greenish blue script on white panel at foot.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Cousin Betteis, in the opinion of many critics, one of Balzac’s finest novels—if not, indeed, his finest.",
            "Paris during the last century comes alive in this novel as Balzac unfolds the dramatic story of men and women driven by greed, hatred, lust, envy, and ambition. With unsurpassed realism, he depicts their gradual moral and physical degeneration. This “fast-moving, brilliantly conceived study of unbridled brute passion,” as Professor Zulli describesCousin Bettein his Introduction, is added to the Modern Library with pride because it is without doubt one of the great books of our culture. (Fall 1958)",
            "Raine translation originally published in the Novel Library by Hamish Hamilton in London and in U.S. by Pantheon Books, 1948. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1958.WR13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Pantheon Books used sheets of the English edition. Klopfer asked Hamilton if the ML could buy the original plates; Hamilton replied that the book had been printed from standing type and that no plates had been made (Hamilton to Klopfer, April 1958).",
            "508b.  Zulli introduction credited on title page (1963)",
            "Title as 508a through line 3; lines 4–6:Introduction by Floyd Zulli, Jr.| [torchbearer D7] |The Modern Library · New York.",
            "Pagination and collation as 508a.",
            "Contents as 508a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted. (Fall 1963)",
            "Jacket:As 508a. (Fall 1963)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Balzac,Short Stories(1918–1935)  39",
            "Balzac,Droll Stories(1931–1970)  221",
            "Balzac,Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet(1946–1970)  390",
            "Balzac,Lost Illusions(1967–1970; 1985– )  G109"
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1959",
      "HEAD": [
        1959,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
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      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "During the early 1950s Modern Library sales were lower than they had been immediately after the war, but by the mid-1950s they had begun a steady upward climb. As the 1950s ended, the publishing industry was on the verge of a period of tremendous growth and change. By 1959, publishers whose stock was traded on Wall Street included American Book Company, Bobbs-Merrill, Book-of-the-Month Club, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Prentice-Hall, Rand McNally, and World (PW, 12 October 1959, p. 27).",
          "On 2 October 1959, Random House became a public corporation:  222,060 shares of Random House stock were placed on sale at $11.25 a share. Cerf and Klopfer remained firmly in control of the firm; the stock sold to the public represented only 30 percent of Random House’s total stock. As a result of the sale, Cerf and Klopfer each received a check for more than a million dollars.",
          "Making Random House a public organization changed the nature of the business. Cerf has written:",
          "Suddenly Random House embarked on its financial career and expansion. This marked a big change, since the minute you go public, outsiders own some of your stock and you’ve got to make periodic reports to them. You owe your investors dividends and profits. Instead of working for yourself and doing what you damn please, willing to risk a loss on something you want to do, if you’re any kind of honest man, you feel a real responsibility to your stockholders. It was a very important decision (Cerf,At Random, pp. 277–78).",
          "The following year, Random House acquired Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and its outstanding quality paperback line, Vintage Books. But while Random House and publishing in general were thriving, the 1950s marked the end of the growth of the Modern Library.  By the mid-1960s, interest in the Modern Library on the part of the public was low and the series was in serious trouble."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Ten titles were added and two were discontinued, bringing the total to 320."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "All new titles were published in the standard 7¼ by 4⅞ inch format with the Blumenthal binding, stained top edges, and Kent endpapers in gray. The binding cloth was red, blue, green or gray with lettering on inset panels in black on the front cover and spine."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.65"
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Auden,Selected PoetryxSalinger,Nine Stories; Giants through G82 with G38 Rolland,Jean-Christophe(=fall 1959/spring 1960); jackets: 385. (Fall) Salinger,Nine StoriesxColette,Six Novels; Giants through G82 with G38 Rolland,Jean-Christophe(=spring 1959/spring 1960); jackets: 388 (=spring 1960)."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Jason Epstein, who moved from Alfred A. Knopf to Random House around this time, had many ideas for the ML. He expressed interest in Samuel Johnson’sLives of the Poets. He asked William Barnett and Morton White to edit a book on modern philosophy for ML Giants, indicating that it could sell 15,000–20,000 copies a year (Epstein to White, 24 February 1959). Mark Van Doren, who had editedThe Poetry of John Dryden(Harcourt, Brace & Howe, 1920) nearly forty years earlier, declined an invitation to edit a collection of Dryden’s works for the ML (Van Doren to Epstein, 20 May 1959). Epstein asked William Arrowsmith, whose translation of Petronius,Satyricon(University of Michigan Press, 1959) had recently appeared, to translateAristophanesfor the ML, indicating that he thought it would earn annual royalties between $500 and $1,000 (Epstein to Arrowsmith, 23 October 1959). He invited F. W. Dupee to translate a selection of the works of the Marquis de Sade for the ML; as a second choice he expressed interest in a translation of Flaubert’sSentimental Education(Epstein to Dupee, 17 November 1959).",
          "Cerf wanted to include the one-volume edition of James George Frazer’sThe Golden Bough(Macmillan, 1922) in ML Giants and asked C. Edgar Phreaner Jr. to seek rights (Phreaner to Cerf, 27 July 1959). He offered Little, Brown an advance of $6,000 for Edith Hamilton,Mythology, originally published in 1942 (Cerf to Arthur Thornhill, 26 October 1959), and he asked Professor William Alfred of Harvard University about translations for a volume of Middle English literature for the ML, saying “It would be a good idea, I think, for the Modern Library to include an Anthology of this type” (Cerf to Alfred, 17 November 1959). None of these works were added to the ML.",
          "Several of Epstein’s suggestions resulted in additions to the series:A Kierkegaard Anthology(1959: 518), Dickens,Our Mutual Friend(1960: 524), and the Bernard Guilbert Guerney translation of Turgenev,Fathers and Sons(1917: 20.2a), which replaced the Constance Garnett translation in the ML in 1961 (Epstein to Klopfer, 12 January 1959). Other titles suggested by Epstein included Goodspeed’s translation ofThe Apocrypha(1962: 541),The Space Handbook(ML Paperbacks, November 1959), and Bernard Malamud’sThe Magic Barrel(ML Paperbacks, April 1960).",
          "Epstein offered a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for reprint rights to the William Arrowsmith translation of Petronius,Satyricon(University of Michigan Press, 1959) but withdrew the offer when he discovered that a paperback edition would be published by Mentor Books (Epstein to Fred D. Wieck, 30 November 1959).An Anthology of Russian Literature in the Soviet Period from Gorki to Pasternak, edited by Bernard Guilbert Guerney, was considered for the ML but was published in 1960 as a Random House trade book. Other titles considered included E. M. W. Tillyard,The Elizabethan World Picture; Jacob Bronowski,The Common Sense of Science; andFive Playsof Eugene O’Neill.A Documentary History of Communism, edited by Robert V. Daniels, was considered for the ML but was postponed (Minutes of ML Meeting, 5 February 1959); it ended up being published in two volumes in Vintage Books.",
          "Epstein wanted to strengthen the ML’s offerings of poetry. He suggested volumes devoted to Geoffrey Chaucer, the Cavalier Poets (Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace) and collections of the poetry of Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Samuel Johnson, Christopher Smart, W. S. Landor, Robert Burns, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, and William Butler Yeats. He also suggested publishing several longer poems as separate ML volumes, including Wordsworth’sThe Prelude, Browning’sThe Ring and the Book, Edmund Spenser’sThe Faerie Queen, and the narrative poems of William Butler Yeats (Epstein to Andrew Chiappe, 6 February 1959). None of these proposals came to fruition.",
          "Charles Singleton, professor of humanities studies at Johns Hopkins University, signed a contract to prepare a new translation of Dante’sDivine Comedyfor the ML, for which he received a $3,000 advance against royalties of 6½ percent of the retail price. In the end the project took longer than expected and expanded beyond the single volume that the ML anticipated. Singleton’s edition was published in six volumes by Princeton University Press between 1970 and 1975. Each of the three parts—Inferno,Purgatorio, andParadiso—consisted of a volume containing the Italian text and Singleton’s translation and a volume of commentary by Singleton.",
          "Epstein was also looking for new translations of several works that were already in the ML. The Ennis Rees translations of Homer’sIliad(1929: 186.2) andOdyssey(1929: 187.2), published by Random House in 1960 and 1963, replaced the 19th-century translations of Lang, Leaf and Myers and Butcher and Lang in the ML between 1962 and 1964. The Samuel Putnam translation of Cervantes,Don Quixote, published by Viking Press in two volumes in 1949, replaced the Ozell revision of the Motteux translation in 1964 in the regular ML and ML Giants.",
          "Other works that Epstein wanted to include in the ML wereHindu, Buddhist, and Confucian Traditionsby Theodore de Bary,Japanese Playsby Donald Keene, and the forthcoming edition of Pushkin’sEugene Onegin,translated with commentary by Vladimir Nabokov (Bollingen Foundation, 1964). Also being sought were new translations of Homer’sOdysseyandIliadand the University of Chicago’s translations of Greek Drama (Epstein to Cerf, 3 September 1959). The ML reprinted the Chicago edition ofThe Complete Greek Tragediesin seven volumes between 1960 and 1963.",
          "Andrew Chiappe suggested Livy’sHannibal’s Campaign, Tolstoy’sEssays, Balzac’sLost Illusions, and Terence’sComedies(Chiappe, November 1959). Epstein intended to add Sir Philip Sidney’sArcadia, for which he paid William G. Miller $500 for editing work (Epstein to Miller 9 November 1959). Of these only Tolstoy,Selected Essays(1964: 564) and Balzac,Lost Illusions(1967: G109) appeared in the ML.",
          "Klopfer asked Macmillan for reprint rights to Margaret Mitchell’sGone with the Windfor ML Giants. Macmillan considered the offer seriously but Bruce Brett, the president of the firm, concluded that “this is not the time for it” (Brett to Klopfer, 15 December 1959).",
          "John Clive, whoseMacaulay: The Shaping of a Historianwould be published by Knopf in 1973, suggested a ML selection of Macaulay’s works. Epstein declined the proposal, noting that ML titles had to sell “a minimum of 2,000 to 3,000 copies a year for a considerable period, which means that it has to be assigned to undergraduates in fairly substantial numbers” (Epstein to Clive, 15 September 1959)."
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          "Salinger,Nine Stories(1959–1964)  516",
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            "Pp. [4], [1] 2–636.  [1]16[2–10]32[11]16",
            "[1] title; [2]First Modern Library Edition, 1959| ©Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc. |Based upon the American College Dictionary,| ©Copyright, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951,|1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958,|by Random House, Inc.; [3] pub. note; [4] PRONUNCIATION KEY; [1]–636 text.",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial on coated white paper with three panels from top to foot in strong brown (55), black and grayish yellow green (122) with lettering in reverse, strong brown and black with ML number “4” on backstrip.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This dictionary has been prepared with the general reader specifically in mind. It provides reliable, clear, and concise information on practically all the words he is likely to look up—information on spelling, hyphenation, pronunciation, meaning, inflected forms, and numerous other aspects of the English language.",
            "The Modern Library Dictionaryis based onThe American College Dictionary, widely acclaimed as the most distinguished dictionary of its kind ever published. New and up to date, The Modern Library Dictionary is an indispensable and authoritative ready-reference work.",
            "Unlike most old-fashioned dictionaries, this book is easily used and easily understood. Durably bound, it will readily absorb the constant use which its compact and handy size invites. (Spring 1959)",
            "Jacket B: As jacket A with ML number “1” on backstrip. (Fall 1959)",
            "Original ML dictionary based onThe American College Dictionary, published by Random House in 1947. Published February 1959.WR23 February 1959. First printing: 15,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Cerf was interested in publishing a dictionary in the ML as early as 1943, when he asked World Publishing Co. if it would consider selling a duplicate set of plates of its Universal Dictionary (Cerf to William Targ, World Publishing Co., 30 March 1943; B. D. Zevin to Cerf, 4 May 1943). Stein began working on an abridgment of theAmerican College Dictionaryin 1948 with the intention of publishing it as a Giant. By deleting a number of entries and shortening others he reduced the content to 60 percent of its original length. At this point the dictionary consisted of about 79,000 entries. He noted that cutting theAmerican College Dictionaryby 50 percent would require making much sharper deletions and rewriting many definitions. He indicated that a Giant containing 70,000 to 80,000 entries could compete withThe Concise Oxford Dictionary, the Funk and WagnallsDesk Standard Dictionary, and theWinston Advanced Dictionary(School Edition). He estimated that it would take about eight months to prepare the copy and that editorial expenses would run about $8,000 (Stein memo to Linscott, 18 May 1948). Perhaps because of the costs and the time involved, plans to publish a dictionary in the Giants were abandoned.TheModern Library Dictionary(1959: 509) was a much shorter work with 46,000 entries.",
            "The Modern Library Dictionarywas shifted from ML 4 to ML 1 in fall 1959 when the 6-volume Shakespeare (364c–366c) was renumbered from 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B to ML 2–7. The renumbering was necessary because new business machines acquired by Random House could not handle number-letter combinations. Copies ofThe Modern Library Dictionarythat remained in the warehouse were given new jackets with the number “1” on the spine. The first printing is found in both jackets.",
            "TheFirststatement on the verso of the title page appears to have been removed on all subsequent printings."
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            "SELECTED POETRY OF | W. H. AUDEN |Chosen for this edition by the author| From bad lands, where eggs are small and dear, | Climbing to worse by a stonier | Track, when all are spent, we hear it—the right song | For the wrong time of year. | [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–2] 3–180 [181–184].  [1–6]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1959 | © Copyright, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, | 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, | by W. H. Auden; [5–8] CONTENTS; author’s note following contents on p. [8]; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–173 text; [174] blank; 175–176 INDEX OF POEMS; 177–180 INDEX OF FIRST LINES; [181–182] ML Giants list; [183] American College Dictionary advertisement; [184] blank. (Spring 1959)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), light greenish blue (172) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black (except periods after initials in light greenish blue) on brilliant yellow, white and light greenish blue panels.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Of the great modern poets, no one is held in greater esteem than W. H. Auden. In the opinion of many, he is regarded as the foremost poet of our time.",
            "It is with particular pride, therefore, that the publishers of the Modern Library make this book available to the large number of readers who have long wished for such a volume.",
            "This book contains a generous selection of Auden’s poetry. Here the reader will find constant enjoyment in the spirited wit, the wide-ranging intellect, the emotional power, and the unsurpassed artistry that are among Auden’s characteristics. (Spring 1959)",
            "Originally published in Britain asW. H. Auden: A Selection by the Author(Penguin Books, 1958). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published 16 February 1959.WR23 February 1959. First printing: 7,500 copies.",
            "Cerf first expressed interest in a volume of Auden’s selected poetry for the ML in 1956, indicating that he didn’t think it would hurt sales ofThe Collected Poetry of W. H. Audenwhich Random House published in 1945 (Cerf to Auden, 23 February 1956). The following year Klopfer turned down a Knopf proposal to publish a collection of Auden’s poems in Vintage Books, explaining that RH had not published a ML or paperback edition becauseCollected Poetrywas selling so well (Klopfer to Alfred Knopf, Jr., 30 January 1957).",
            "The ML reprintedW. H. Auden: A Selection by the Authorbecause Auden did not want to make a separate selection for the ML. Klopfer considered buying plates from Penguin Books but changed his mind. At the time U.S. copyright law limited eligibility for copyright to works that had been set in type and printed in the U.S. The Universal Copyright Convention, which the U.S. ratified in 1955, waived the manufacturing requirement for works by nationals of other contracting states but not for U.S. citizens. “I had forgotten that Auden is an American citizen,” Klopfer wrote, “and consequently the importation of such a set of plates might invalidate the copyright. He is too important to us to take a chance” (Klopfer to Allen Lane, Penguin Books, 9 April 1958). He asked for a set of proofs from which to set the ML edition. Lane sent a set of uncorrected galleys and Auden supplied a set of corrected proofs of the Penguin edition (Auden to Klopfer, 23 June 1958; Klopfer to Auden, 7 July 1958).",
            "Auden included the following note on p. [8] following the table of contents: “The poems in this volume are arranged more or less in the chronological order of their writing: the first dates from 1927, the last from 1954. Some of them I have revised in the interests of euphony or sense or both”.",
            "The ML paid Auden royalties of 10 cents a copy. Bloomfield and Mendelson report a second printing of 5,000 copies (1959) and subsequent printings of 5,000 copies (1961), 5,000 copies (1962), 5,525 copies (1963), two printings of 5,000 and 6,000 copies (1965), two printings of 6,000 and 7,775 copies (1967), and 7,800 copies (1969).",
            "510b.  Second edition; 7½ inch format (1972)",
            "Second Edition | SELECTED POETRY OF | W. H. AUDEN |Chosen for this edition by the author| From bad lands, where eggs are small and dear, | Climbing to worse by a stonier | Track, when all are spent, we hear it – the right song | For the wrong time of year. | [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [10], [1–2] 3–240 [241–246].  [1–8]16",
            "[1–2] blank; [3] half title; [4] blank; [5] title; [6] Copyright, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, | 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, | © 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, | 1967, 1968, 1969, by W. H. Auden | Copyright renewed 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, |1970 by W. H. Auden; [7–10] CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–232 text; 233–235 INDEX OF POEMS; [236] blank; 237–240 INDEX OF FIRST LINES; [241] biographical note; [242–246] blank.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 510a jacket with “Second Edition” and Fujita “ml” symbol added and light bluish green (163) in place of light greenish blue.",
            "Front flap with first paragraph as 510a, third paragraph as last sentence of 510a with minor revision, and new second paragraph as follows:",
            "For this second edition of hisSelected Poetry, Mr. Auden has added twenty-six new poems culled from three of his previous works,Collected Shorter Poems,About the House, andCity Without Walls.",
            "Second edition printed from offset plates with half title, lines 2–7 and 9 of title page, table of contents through p. [10] line 5, first three lines of fly title (shifted from two to three lines), pp. 3–172, and first 15 lines of p. 173 photographically reproduced from 510a; new poems added on pp. 173–232; indexes of poems and first lines revised and reset. Published in Vintage Books, November 1971; ML edition probably appeared a few months later.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Auden sent Epstein a list of poems to be added in the second edition. He later requested that the author’s note (510a, p. [8]) be deleted from the second edition (Pohoryles memo to Joan Milarsky, 29 April 1971). Epstein indicated that the second edition should be out in a Vintage paperback in September and the regular ML by early 1972 (Epstein to Auden, 28 January 1971). Auden received a $2,000 advance against royalties of 5 percent of the retail price for the ML edition and 7½ percent of the retail price for the Vintage Books edition (contract dated 16 February 1971).",
            "Published at $2.95.  ISBN 0-394-60160-2."
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            "[left page of 2-page spread] Oklahoma ! | Carousel | Allegro | South Pacific | The King and I | Me and Juliet | [right page of 2-page spread] 6 PLAYSby| RODGERSand| HAMMERSTEIN | RICHARD RODGERS |and| OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II | [torchbearer E5 with leg extending between first and second words of imprint] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [8], [1–7] 8–527 [528–536].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16[9]32[10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2–3] title; [4] First Modern Library Edition, 1959 | [19 lines of copyright notices]; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] Contents; [8] blank; [1] part title: Oklahoma!; [2] blank; [3] cast of first production; [4] Scenes; [5] Musical Numbers; [6] blank; [7]–527 text; [528] blank; [529–534] ML list; [535–536] ML Giants list. (Spring 1959)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper; deep reddish orange panel at left with title in reverse running vertically from foot to top, brilliant yellow panel at right with titles of individual plays and other lettering in black and stars between titles in deep reddish orange.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The fabulously successful musical plays of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II—Oklahoma!,Carousel,Allegro,South Pacific,The King and I, andMe and Juliet—are a treasured part of everyone’s life. These great plays and their unforgettable music have probably brought more excitement and delight to people around the world than have any others in our time.",
            "Always tastefully rich in originality and showmanship, these musical comedies by Rodgers and Hammerstein are loved for their enduring enchantment. No one, whether he has seen these plays performed or not, will want to deprive himself of the pleasure of reading these works at his leisure again and again. (Spring 1959)",
            "Originally published by Random House, 1955. ML edition (pp. [5]–527) printed from RH plates. Published February 1959.WR23 February 1959. First printing: 10,000 copies.",
            "Carouselwas an adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’sLiliom, which is included inSixteen Famous European Playsin a translation by Benjamin F. Glazer (G72: 1947). The setting of the musical was changed from Budapest to a New England fishing village."
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          "NUMBER": 512,
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            "ML_NUMBER": 225
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            "512.  First printing (1959)",
            "I | can get | it | for you | wholesale |Jerome Weidman| [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN LIBRARYNew York",
            "Pp. [4], [1–2] 3–309 [310–316].  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition, 1959|Copyright, 1937, by JeromeWeidman; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–309 text; [310] blank; [311] American College Dictionary advertisement; [312–316] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep purplish red (256), strong bluish green (160), light bluish green (163) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black and deep purplish red; illustration at foot of wire hangers with hooks overlapping deep purplish red bar and garments in strong bluish green and light bluish green, all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Few modern writers share the remarkable talent of Jerome Weidman—a talent for telling a story with brightly-lit realism, for depicting characters with extraordinary sharpness and insight, and for inciting the reader to agree or disagree (vehemently in either case) with his viewpoint.",
            "Among the best of Weidman’s novels isI Can Get It For You Wholesale, the story of Harry Bogen, who climbs ruthlessly to power and wealth without concern for those he uses or hurts. This novel, commended by theNew York Timesas “racy, fresh and continuously interesting,” is one that all readers will want to know and that none will ever forget. (Spring 1959)",
            "Originally published by Simon and Schuster, 1937. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1959.WR23 February 1959. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "The ML paid royalties of 8 cents a copy. Bernice Baumgarten, Weidman’s agent, suggestedI Can Get It for You Wholesalefor the ML in 1954. Cerf replied that the idea worth serious consideration (Cerf to Baumgarten, 9 November 1954). Weidman’s novel was added to the ML four years and several months later."
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            "THE BASIC WRITINGS OF | C. G. JUNG | [rule] |Edited with an Introduction by| VIOLET STAUB DE LASZLO | [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN LIBRARY, NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiii [xxiv], [1–2] 3–552.  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1959 | © Copyright, 1959, by Violet de Laszlo | Copyright © 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, by Bollingen Foundation, Inc. | Copyright 1943 by The Analytical Psychology Club of New York City | Copyright, 1938, by The Yale University Press; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xxiii INTRODUCTION |by Violet S. de Laszlo; [xxiv] blank; [1] part title: [at left] PART I | [at center: vertical rule] | [at right] On the Nature | and Functioning | of the Psyche; [2] blank; 3–544 text; 545–546 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; 547–552Index.",
            "Contents:Part I. On the Nature and Functioning of the Psyche: Symbols of Transformation (selections) – On the Nature of the Psyche (selections) – The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious (selections) – Psychological Types (selections) – Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious – Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype.  Part II. On Pathology and Therapy: On the Nature of Dreams – On the Psychogenesis of Schizophrenia – Psychology of the Transference (introduction).  Part III. On the Religious Function: Introduction to the Religious and Psychological Problems of Alchemy – Psychology and Religion (selections).  Part IV. On Human Development: Marriage As a Psychological Relationship.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep yellow (85), strong brown (55) and black on coated white paper with upper panel in white with lettering in black and lower panel in deep yellow with lettering in reverse and strong brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The twentieth century has been described as the century of man’s discovery of himself. No one has contributed more in this respect than Dr. C. G. Jung, whose ideas have exerted great influence upon all branches of knowledge concerned with man and his society.",
            "The publication of this volume of basic writings, skillfully edited by Violet de Laszlo, provides for the first time a means by which general readers can become acquainted with Dr. Jung’s major works. The reader can look forward here to the pleasure and value of contact with one of the most brilliant and prolific minds of our times. (Spring 1959)",
            "Original ML collection. Published April 1959.WR13 April 1959. First printing: 7,500 copies.",
            "Clifton Fadiman suggested a volume of Jung’s writings in 1956. He had received a letter which stated: “You may know those who select the titles for Modern Library Editions. Could you persuade them to publish some of Dr. C. G. Jung’s writings. They are so scattered it is difficult to obtain the more important parts.” Fadiman commented, “Not as crazy as it sounds—the Jung cult is fairly large, the name better and better known, and the Bollingen translations are good and easily buyable from Kurt [Wolff, the founder of Pantheon Books]” (Fadiman to Klopfer, 13 April 1956). Klopfer replied, “We have been negotiating with the Bollingen people for months, and expect to have a title in the Modern Library in 1957” (Klopfer to Fadiman, 20 April 1956).",
            "The Basic Writings of C. J, Jungsold well. There was a second printing of 7,000 copies in fall 1959.",
            "513b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 513a except line 6: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 513a.",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 513a except in vivid yellowish green (129) and black on coated white paper with lower panel in black with lettering in reverse and vivid yellowish green. Front flap as 513a with minor stylistic revisions in first sentence of second paragraph and second sentence omitted.",
            "513c.  Reissue format (1977)",
            "Title as 513a except line 6: [torchbearer M].",
            "Pagination as 513a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 513a.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as 513b with minor stylistic revisions.",
            "Published spring 1977 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60419-9."
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            "THE MAKING OF SOCIETY |An Outline of Sociology| REVISED EDITION | Edited by Robert Bierstedt |Professor and Chairman,|Department of Sociology and Anthropology,|The City College of New York| [torchbearer E3] | The Modern Library |New York",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [3–4] 5–557 [558].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1959 | © Copyright, 1959, by Random House, Inc.; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: ROBERT BIERSTEDT; vii–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xx INTRODUCTION |The Story of Sociology| ROBERT BIERSTEDT; [3] part title: I ·Classical and Medieval Statements; [4] blank; 5–557 text; [558] blank.",
            "Contents (all of the following are selections from the works named):Part I. Classical and Medieval Statements. Protagoras, Crito, The Republic, by Plato – Politics, by Aristotle – The Laws, by Cicero – The City of God, by St. Augustine – On the Governance of Rulers, by St. Thomas Aquinas – De Monarchia, by Dante – Defensor Pacis, by Marsilius of Padua.  Part II. The Early Modern Period. The Prince (The Art of War), by Niccolò Machiavelli – Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes – Essay on Civil Government, by John Locke – Scienza Nuova, by Giovanni Battista Vico – The Spirit of the Laws, by Baron de Montesquieu – The Social Contract, by Jean Jacques Rousseau – The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith – Enquiries Concerning the Principles of Morals (Of Political Society), by David Hume – Outline of an Historical Picture of the Human Mind (The Progress of the Human Mind), by Marquis de Condorcet.  Part III. The Nineteenth Century. An Essay on the Principle of Population, by Thomas Robert Malthus – System of Positive Philosophy (The Positive Philosophy), by Auguste Comte – Logic (General Considerations on the Social Science), by John Stuart Mill – The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels – History of Civilization, by Henry Thomas Buckle – The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin – The Principles of Sociology, by Herbert Spencer.  Part IV. The Middle Period. Dynamic Sociology, by Lester F. Ward – Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, by Ferdinand Tönnies – The Rules of Sociological Method (What Is a Social Fact?), by Emile Durkheim – Social Laws, by Gabriel Tarde – The Theory of the Leisure Class (Conspicuous Consumption), by Thorstein Veblen – Social Control, by Edward A. Ross – Folkways, by William Graham Sumner – Social Organization (Primary Groups), by Charles Horton Cooley – The Scientific Study of Human Society, by Franklin H. Giddings – Soziologie (The Field of Sociology), by Georg Simmel – The Protestant Ethic (The Spirit of Capitalism), by Max Weber – The Mind and Society (Sociology as a Science), by Vilfredo Pareto.  Part V. Recent Sociology. The Polish Peasant, by W. I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki – Social Change (The Hypothesis of Cultural Lag), by William Fielding Ogburn – Human Behavior and Collective Behavior, by Robert E. Park – The Method of Sociology, by Florian Znaniecki – Social and Cultural Dynamics, by Pitirim A. Sorokin – The Web of Government, by Robert M. MacIver – Ideology and Utopia (The Sociology of Knowledge), by Karl Mannheim – Foundations of Sociology, by George A. Lundberg – Modern Sociological Theory (The Sacred and the Secular), by Howard Becker – The Social System, by Talcott Parsons.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep blue (179), moderate reddish brown (37) and black on coated white paper; deep blue panel streaked with black at left with title in reverse, moderate reddish brown panel at right with other lettering in reverse and black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The question, “What is society?” is one that was pondered long before there was such a word associology. This book shows some of the ways men in all ages have dealt with this question and others concerning man’s relations with his fellow-men. The range is from Plato and Aristotle to the recent leading figures—Znaniecki, Park, Sorokin, MacIver, Mannheim, Lundberg, Becker, Parsons—and the Introduction by Robert Bierstedt traces, clearly and concisely, the history of sociological theory and concludes with a statement about the problems sociologists are most concerned with today. (Fall 1959)",
            "Original ML anthology supersedingThe Making of Society, edited by V. F. Calverton (308). Published fall 1959.WR5 October 1959. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1974/75.",
            "Bierstedt retained eighteen of the sixty-one selections in Calverton’s anthology and added twenty-seven new selections.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Calverton, ed.,Making of Society(1937–1959)  308"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 515,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GIORGIO VASARI",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1959–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 190
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "515.  First printing (1959)",
            "Lives of the Most Eminent | Painters, Sculptors, | and Architects | BY | GIORGIO VASARI |Abridged from the translation by| Gaston DuC. DeVere |Edited, with an Introduction, by| Robert N. Linscott | [torchbearer E6] |The Modern Library| NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, 1–435 [436].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1959 | © Copyright 1959, by Random House, Inc.; [v–vi] CONTENTS; vii–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Robert N. Linscott; 1–435 text; [436] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on coated white paper with lettering in black, strong red (12) and moderate yellow green (120), all against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "One evening, in the year 1546, Giorgio Vasari, a Florentine painter and architect, was dining in Rome with the celebrated Cardinal Farnese. The company was distinguished, the conversation learned. Need was mentioned for a history of Italian painting from the days of Giotto. Turning to Vasari, the Cardinal suggested that he should undertake the task, adding, “whereby you would also advance the arts.”",
            "Four years laterLives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architectswas published in Florence. The time and the man had come together to produce a lasting work of literature, and to record a great moment in the history of art: the high noon of the Italian Renaissance.",
            "Vasari had known many of the men of whom he wrote; he had seen most of the pictures that he describes; his style is as vital and lively as the age in which he lived; as Bernard Berenson says, “Everything considered, his interpretation is still the best there is.” (Fall 1959)",
            "ML abridgment of the DeVere translation originally published in London by the Medici Society (10 vols., 1912–15). Published October 1959.WR19 October 1959. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Linscott received a flat fee of $1,500 for his editorial work. He originally planned to use the mid-nineteenth-century translation of Mrs. Jonathan Foster and had cut it to 170,000 words when he discovered the DeVere translation, which he described as “a much better and terser translation that will enable me to get the same text into 150,000 words.” He told Cerf, “I will have to redo all the work of preparing the manuscript but the translation is so much better that I’m sure it’s worth doing, quite apart from the saving in composition and plates” (Linscott to Cerf, 7 January 1957). Linscott abridged the 10-volume DeVere translation, which had never been published or copyrighted in the U.S., “simply by omitting the second rate artists, description of pictures which no longer exist, and some of Vasari’s interminable moralizing. As a result American readers will have all the essential Vasari in a brisk and readable text. I have even gone so far as to change the Renaissance measurements into feet (the first time this has been done) so that when Vasari gives the dimensions of a statue or a building it will be meaningful instead of meaningless to American readers” (Linscott to Cerf, 15 June 1957).",
            "Linscott was pleased with the way the ML abridgment turned out, and he thought his introduction was “the best I have ever done” (Linscott to Cerf, 7 January 1957). He told Cerf, “Except for the . . . Everyman and an expensive illustrated edition by S & S [Simon and Schuster] with disgracefully butchered text, ours will be the only Vasari in print. Instead of using the century old standard translation which is stiff, inaccurate and virtually unreadable we have used a lively and strictly accurate translation.” (Linscott to Cerf, 15 June 1957)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 516,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "J. D. SALINGER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "NINE STORIES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1959–1964",
            "ML_NUMBER": 301
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "516a.  First printing (1959)",
            "J. D. SALINGER |NINE|STORIES| [torchbearer E5 with leg extending between the third and fourth words of the imprint] | THE MODERN LIBRARY NEW YORK.Note:The ML title page has an intrusive black mark between the “N” and “I” of the title that does not appear to have been removed in later printings.",
            "Pp. [10], [1–2] 3–302 [303–310].  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title:Nine Stories| by J. D. Salinger; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition, 1959|Copyright, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, by J. D. Salinger; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7] epigraph; [8] blank; [9] Contents; [10] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–302 text; [303–308] ML list; [309] American College Dictionary advertisement; [310] blank. (Spring 1959)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in vivid yellowish green (129), vivid purplish blue (194) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black overlapping white diamond-shaped panel except author and series in vivid purplish blue; background in vivid yellowish green.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Pick up this book and start reading a story, any story. Choose from intriguing titles like “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” or “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor,” and start anywhere. Chances are that you will be in on a conversation, one so fresh and immediate that you will seem to be hearing, not reading it. You have entered the world of J. D. Salinger, and you will continue reading until you have finished all nine stories. Who are these extraordinary people, these grave and knowing children, what is happening to them, what are they revealing about past events, about themselves, about their dealings with each other and the world? The author does not tell you directly but you find out for yourself from their every word, gesture, and act.",
            "When you have finished, you will understand why Arthur Mizener recently called Salinger “probably the most avidly read author of any serious pretensions in his generation,” and his work “the most interesting fiction that has come along for some time.” (Fall 1959)",
            "Originally published by Little, Brown & Co., 1953. ML edition (pp. [5]–302) printed from Little, Brown plates with decorative rules removed from table of contents, fly title and chapter heads in all printings of 516a. Published September 1959.WR28 September 1959. First printing: 7,500. Discontinued 1964/65.",
            "Cerf told Salinger in 1957 that he hopedNine Storiescould be included in the ML someday (Cerf to Salinger, 29 April 1957). He subsequently arranged with Little, Brown to reprintTheCatcher in the Rye(504) andNine Storiesin 1958 and 1959. In 1963 Salinger asked that the ML’s five-year reprint contracts not be renewed; see the entry forThe Catcher in the Rye(1958: 504). Arthur Thornhill, the president of Little, Brown, wrote Klopfer (1 April 1964) giving formal notice that termination of theNine Storiescontract would become effective on 1 October 1964 and that the ML would have the right to dispose of any copies on hand.",
            "The Little, Brown half title (Nine Stories) is sandwiched between two decorative rules. ML printings omit the decorative rules and add “byJ. D. Salinger” below the half title. The ML also adds the series statement “THE MODERN LIBRARY |OF THE WORLD’S BEST BOOKSfollowed by a rule at the top of the page and a 6-line statement preceded by a rule inviting readers to request an illustrated folder listing each volume in the series.",
            "Printings between 1960 and 1962 were as follows: 7,000 copies (1960), 15,000 copies (1962), and 5,000 copies (1962); there was also a printing in spring 1963. Sales figures for the ML edition ofNine Storiesare included in the entry forTheCatcher in the Rye(1958: 504).",
            "The ML appears to have been reluctant to acknowledge that Salinger’s books were no longer part of the series. Perhaps there was a lingering hope that Salinger might change his mind.Catcher in the RyeandNine Storieswere listed inPublishers’ Trade List Annualthrough 1965 and continued to be included in ML lists in the books themselves through 1969. Numbers of discontinued titles were normally reassigned to new titles the following publishing season; ML 301, the number ofNine Stories, was not reassigned to another title until fall 1969 whenRenaissance Philosophy, vol. 2: The Transalpine Thinkers(1969: 611) was published as ML 301.",
            "516b.  Decorative rules restored (1963)",
            "Title page as 516a.",
            "Pagination and collation as 516a.",
            "Contents as 516a except decorative rules above and below “Contents” on pp. [9], fly title on p. [1], and title headings of each of the nine stories on pp. 3, 27, 57, 83, 111, 131, 174, 198, 253; [303-308] ML list; [309-310] MLG list. (Spring 1963)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except “J. D. Salinger” on front panel and backstrip, “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK”, torchbearer, and ML number on backstrip in deep red (13) instead of vivid purplish blue. (Spring 1963)",
            "Little, Brown printings had decorative rules; earlier ML printing did not. The spring 1963 printing is the earliest seen with decorative rules. It was probably photographed from a Little, Brown printing and printed by offset lithography.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Salinger,The Catcher in the Rye(1958–1963)  504"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 517,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN TASKER HOWARD",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE WORLD’S GREAT OPERAS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1959–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 302
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "517.  First printing (1959)",
            "THE WORLD’S | GREAT OPERAS |John Tasker Howard| NEWLY ENLARGED EDITION | [torchbearer D5] |The Modern Library·New York",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xxxi [xxxii], [1–2] 3–572 [573–576].  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16[10]32[11]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1959 |Copyright, 1948, 1959, by John Tasker Howard; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–xiv CONTENTS; xv–xxxi A BRIEF BACKGROUND; [xxxii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–512 text; 513–525 APPENDIX 1 |Composers of the Operas; 526–533 APPENDIX 2 |Librettists of the Operas; 534–538 APPENDIX 3 |Sources and Derivations of the Plots; 539–572 APPENDIX 4 |Characters in the Operas; [573–574] ML Giants list; [575] American College Dictionary advertisement; [576] blank. (Spring/fall 1959)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in strong blue (178), moderate blue (182) and black on coated white paper with title in reverse on strong blue panel at top; author and edition statement in reverse on two bands in black and moderate blue at center, other lettering in black and moderate blue at foot against white background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The widespread performances of opera today—on television, at music festivals, on nationwide tours by professional groups—are introducing more and more people to a lasting enjoyment of musical drama. This invaluable book will add to their knowledge and increase their pleasure.",
            "Here at the fingertips are the plots and characters, the composers and librettists of operas both familiar and obscure, classical and modern, European and American. The stories are summarized clearly and concisely. The characters, composers and librettists are conveniently indexed. FromAidatoZaza, fromPorgy and Bessto theRing, this book supplies the kind of information you need in simple, easy-to-get-at style. Keep it on the shelf with your dictionary and the other books to which you constantly refer. The whole family will use it. (Fall 1959)",
            "Original edition published by Random House, 1948. Newly enlarged edition published in ML only and printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1959.WR28 September 1959. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Peltz and Lawrence,Metropolitan Opera Guide(1939–1970)  G46"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 518,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "SøREN KIERKEGAARD",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "A KIERKEGAARD ANTHOLOGY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1959–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 303
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "518a.  First printing (1959)",
            "A | Kierkegaard | Anthology |Edited byROBERT BRETALL | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xxv [xxvi], [2], [1] 2–482, [2], [483] 484–494 [495–498].  [1–15]16[16]8[17]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright©1936, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1946 by Princeton University Press|Copyright, 1943, by Augsburg Publishing House|Copyright, 1938, by Harper and Brothers; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: ROBERT WALTER BRETALL | Phoenix, Arizona | 27 February 1946; [xii] blank; [xiii]–xv CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [xvii]–xxv INTRODUCTION; [xxvi] epigraphs fromEither/OrandThe Journals; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–482 text; [1] part title:BIBLIOGRAPHY|AND|INDEX; [2] blank; [483]–488 BIBLIOGRAPHY; [489]–494 INDEX; [495–496] ML Giants list; [497] American College Dictionary advertisement; [498] blank. (Fall 1959)Note:ML Giants list not updated in subsequent printings.",
            "JacketA:Pictorial in black, vivid reddish orange (34) and strong greenish blue (169) on coated white paper with portrait of Kierkegaard on inset oval panel in strong greenish blue; lettering in reverse, vivid reddish orange and strong greenish blue, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This anthology covers the whole of Kierkegaard’s literary career. The selections range from the terse epigrams of theJournalthrough the famous “Diary of the Seducer” and the “Banquet” scene, in which S. K. reveals his great lyric and dramatic gifts, on to the philosophical and psychological works of his maturity. These are climaxed by the beautiful and moving religious discourses which accompany them; finally there is the biting satire of hisAttack upon“Christendom.”",
            "This is emphatically not a collection of “snippets,” but the cream of Kierkegaard, each selection interesting and intelligible in itself, and all ranking among his most important work. As theNew York Herald Tribunecommented, Mr. Bretall “has let Kierkegaard speak for himself . . . he has made his selections carefully and sensitively, and the prefatory remarks that accompany each selection are models of what such remarks should be.” (Fall 1959)",
            "Jacket B1:Pictorial in deep orange yellow (72), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with sketch of Kierkegaard at left and lettering in black, vivid reddish orange and deep orange yellow, all against white background; lettering on spine against deep orange yellow background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "First paragraph as 518a except “S. K.” is replaced by “Kierkegaard” and “on to the philosophical and psychological works” is replaced by “and continues with the philosophical and psychological works of his maturity.”",
            "Second paragraph abbreviated with square brackets and ellipsis in original: “[Mr. Bretall] has let Kierkegaard speak for himself . . . he has made his selections carefully and sensitively, and the prefatory remarks that accompany each selection are models of what such remarks should be.”  —New York Herald Tribune(Spring 1967)",
            "Originally published by Princeton University Press, 1946. ML edition (pp. [v]–[xxvi], [1]–494) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Princeton University Press edition with frontispiece portrait of Kierkegaard omitted and fly title reset. Published fall 1959.WR5 October 1959. First printing: 15,000 copies.",
            "The ML paid Princeton University Press a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy.A Kierkegaard Anthologyhad sold steadily in its Princeton University Press edition and seems to have done well in the ML. There was an unusually large ML printing of 22,200 copies in 1962.",
            "518b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 518a except line 5: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pp. [2], [i–vii] viii–xxv [xxvi], [2], [1] 2–482, [2], [483] 484–494 [495–512].  [1–4]32[5]16[6–9]32",
            "Contents as 518a except: [1–2] blank; [495–496] ML Giants list (Fall 1959); [497–504] ML list (Spring 1967); [505–512] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [2], [i–vii] viii–xxv [xxvi], [2], [1] 2–482, [2], [483] 484–494 [495–496].  Contents as 519b through [496]. (Fall 1959)",
            "Jacket B2:Enlarged version of 518a jacket B1.",
            "518c.  Reissue format (1978)",
            "Title as 518a through line 4 | [torchbearer M] THE MODERN LIBRARY • NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 518a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 518a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT 1946 BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1974 | BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS; [495–498] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on Kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (58).",
            "Front flap:",
            "This anthology covers the whole of Kierkegaard’s literary career and includes lengthy selections from:",
            "Either/Or",
            "Fear and Trembling",
            "Stages on Life’s Way",
            "Works of Love",
            "Concluding Unscientific Postscript",
            "The Attack upon “Christendom”",
            "The Sickness unto Death",
            "and other works.",
            "Published 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60453-9."
          ]
        }
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1932",
      "HEAD": [
        1932,
        "Spring"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Elmer Adler, who had been a director of Random House since the imprint was created in 1927 to distribute and publish fine limited editions, resigned in 1932. Thereafter he devoted himself exclusively to his fine printing business, Pynson Printers, and toThe Colophon, the bibliophilic quarterly which he published from 1930 to 1940. Random House was reorganized—still as a subsidiary of The Modern Library, Inc.—with Cerf and Klopfer as sole directors. It was not until 1933, following the bankruptcy of Liveright, Inc., that Cerf and Klopfer turned seriously to trade publishing.",
          "ML Giants, which had been introduced in fall 1931, continued to provide exceptional value in the Depression book market. The four volumes published in 1932 sold for $1.00 each and averaged more than 1,300 pages per volume.",
          "The ML published a full-page ad inPublishers’ Weeklythat lampooned the publishing industry adage, “You can’t sell books like soap.” Adapting the widely known slogan of Ivory Soap, the ad is headed “They Float!” and depicts an attractive young woman seated in her bath with five Modern Library books—Of Human Bondage,Swann’s Way,The Magic Mountain,Droll Stories, andSanctuary—floating on the surface of the water (PW, 14 May 1932, p. 2015)."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Twenty-four titles were added and fifteen were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 207. Six of the discontinued titles (two by Maupassant and four by Wilde) were repackaged as three volumes to offer better value. Chekhov,Rothschild’s Fiddleand Other Stories, which had been in the ML since 1917, was replaced by a more comprehensive collection,The Stories of AntonTchekov, edited by Robert Linscott). Three new titles in ML Giants, including Gibbon,Decline and Fall of the Roman Empirein two volumes, brought the number of Giants to six titles in seven volumes.Decline and Fall of the Roman Empirewas expanded to three volumes in 1946."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles except Dreiser,Sister Carrie(230) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).Sister Carriewas ¼ in. taller.",
          "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate.",
          "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
        ]
      },
      "TITLE_PAGE": {
        "HEAD": "Title page",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; all but three had torchbearer A2. Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(228) had torchbearer A3; Dos Passos,Three Soldiers(248) had torchbearer C1;The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments(244) had no torchbearer on the title page. All new titles exceptThe Arabian Nights’ Entertainmentshad the 3-line imprint that began to be used in January 1931:",
          "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER",
          "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y",
          "NEW YORK",
          "The title page ofThe Arabian Nights’ Entertainmentshad so much text that there was no room for a torchbearer or Cerf and Klopfer’s names.",
          "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
        ]
      },
      "BINDING": {
        "HEAD": "Binding",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine.",
          "Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings."
        ]
      },
      "ENDPAPER": {
        "HEAD": "Endpaper",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
      },
      "JACKET": {
        "HEAD": "Jackets",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Eighteen of the 1932 titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Four were published in uniform typographic jacket D and two in uniform typographic jacket F. Nearly all new titles published between 1932 and the introduction of the ML’s larger format in fall 1939 had pictorial jackets. Uniform typographic jacket D was used on newly published titles for the last time in spring 1932. The final examples of its use,Poems of Longfellow(235) and Franklin,Autobiography and Selections from His Other Writings(236), provoked an angry letter from Cerf, who had apparently given instructions that the jacket was no longer to be used for new titles."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "95 cents."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Dreiser,Sister CarriexDickens,Pickwick Papers; Giants through G5. (Fall) Dickens,Pickwick PapersxLewis,Arrowsmith; Giants through G7."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Cerf approached Arthur Pell at Liveright, Inc., about including a volume of plays by Eugene O’Neill in ML Giants (Cerf to Pell, 16 November 1932). Nothing came of this initiative. O’Neill became a Random House author the following year after the Liveright bankruptcy. O’Neill’sNine Plays(G53), originally published by Liveright in 1932, was added to the Giants in 1941.",
          "After repeated attempts to get reprint rights to James Stephens’sCrock of Gold(Macmillan, 1912) Cerf enlisted the assistance of Hugh Eayrs, the president of the Macmillan Co. of Canada. Eayrs wrote to the president of the Macmillan Co. in New York urging him to allow a ML reprint (Eayrs to George Brett, Jr., 16 May 1932). Brett replied, “We are simply not going to give it to him . . . if we should want to do a cheap edition we would do it ourselves” (Brett to Eayrs, 24 May 1932).",
          "Cerf contacted Hermann Schaff for the rights to an edition of Synge plays, saying “If we can’t get this from you by peaceable means in the next two years, I will have to start negotiations with the Boston underworld to spirit you off somewhere and tickle your bare soles with lighted matches until you sign on the dotted line” (Cerf to Schaff, 16 November 1932). Cerf again contacted Doubleday for reprint rights toKim(Cerf to Nelson Doubleday, 3 December 1932). Cerf was beginning to consider an anthology of Yiddish literature as early as January 1932.",
          "James Crowder, the ML’s sales representative for the Middle West, suggested Edmund Wilson’sAxel’s Castle: A Study in theImaginative Literature of 1870–1930, which had been published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1931 (Crowder to Cerf, 4 June 1932). Cerf corresponded with Wilson about a ML edition in 1933. Wilson was interested and suggested adding several additional essays to the ML edition, which he proposed publishing under a new title such asLiterary EssaysorEssays on Modern Authors. He also asked for an advance of $500 (Wilson to Cerf, 28 September 1933). In the end Wilson decided to incorporate the essays he had considered adding toAxel’s Castleinto a new book (Wilson to Cerf, 6 November 1933).",
          "Dale Warren, the head of publicity at Houghton Mifflin Co., suggested a one-volume condensation of Proust, noting confidentially that the firm of Albert & Charles Boni, which then published the seven volumes comprising Proust’sRemembrance of Things Past, would welcome some ready cash (Warren to Cerf, 20 June 1932). Charles Boni had left in 1930, and the firm “was in major trouble” by the early 1930s (“Albert and Charles Boni” inAmerican Literary Publishing Houses, 1900–1980, p. 57).",
          "The ML had already reprinted the first two volumes,Swann’s Way(1928) andWithin a Budding Grove(1930), and would addGuermantes Wayin 1933. Cerf thought that Warren’s suggestion was an excellent idea except from the point of view of the publisher of the complete set. He asked Warren to keep the idea under his hat and not even tell Ferris Greenslet, the manager of the Houghton Mifflin trade department. “We have had two conversations with Boni relative to buying the entire Proust property from him. In the event of a slow down, I think we might be able to get these books for our Random House list. In the event that anything happens along this line, I will let you know as promptly as possible. Something must break in this situation before the summer is very much advanced (Cerf to Warren, 21 June 1932; underlining in original). Five months later he indicated, “I have not given up hopes of buying the entire Proust property from Albert Boni. If anything develops along this line, be assured that I will get in touch with you immediately” (Cerf to Warren, 22 November 1932). Cerf was able to secureRemembrance of Things Pasta year or so later. The Random House edition was published as a four-volume set in a wooden slipcase; Cerf described it as “one of the typographical masterpieces of 1934” (Cerf,At Random, p. 99).",
          "Warren never gave up his proposal for a one-volume condensation of Proust. When he repeated the idea in 1943, Cerf turned him down but added that he would give Houghton Mifflin rights to a condensed Proust if the firm would allow the ML to reprint Willa Cather’sMy Antonia, which he had been trying to get for the series since 1925 (Cerf to Warren, 13 September 1943)."
        ]
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(1932)  228",
          "Mann,Magic Mountain(1932)  229",
          "Dreiser,Sister Carrie(1932)  230",
          "Stoker,Dracula(1932)  231",
          "Chekhov,Stories of Anton Tchekov(1932–1956),Stories of Anton Chekhov(1957–1963),Short Stories of Anton Chekhov(1964–  )  232",
          "Faulkner,Sanctuary(1932)  233",
          "Hardy,Tess of the D’Urbervilles(1932)  234",
          "Longfellow,Poems(1932–1945),Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(1945– )  235",
          "Franklin,Autobiography Benjamin Franklin and Selections from His Other Writings(1932)  236",
          "Hemingway,Farewell to Arms(1932)  237",
          "Conrad,Victory(1932)  238",
          "Hughes,High Wind in Jamaica(1932)  239",
          "Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays(1932)  240"
        ]
      },
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 228,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 199
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "228.1a.  First printing (1932)[within double rules] CRIME | AND PUNISHMENT | [rule] | BY | FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK\n\nPp. [4], 1–516.  [1–16]16[17]4[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]First Modern Library Edition| 1932; 1–516 text.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D with author misspelled. (Fall 1931)Note:The author is misspelled “DOSTOYEVKSY” on the front panel and spine of the jacket. The earliest jacket with the spelling corrected has not been ascertained.",
            "Jacket B:Uniform typographic jacket D with spelling of Dostoyevsky corrected.",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the whole literature of the subtle and mysterious relationship between man and the crimes he commits,Crime and Punishmentstands supreme for its insight, its compassion and its psychological fidelity. The story of the murder committed by Raskolnikov, his punishment and atonement, is the most gripping and illuminating study ever written of a crime of repugnance and despair, and the consequences which arise inevitably from it. In Dostoyevsky’s mind, crime is its own punishment and retributive justice can never be as severe as the penalty the human soul can impose on itself. (Spring 1935)",
            "Garnett translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1914. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published January 1932.WR13 February 1932. First printing: Not ascertained.Crime and Punishmentsold 16,923 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the ML’s fifth best-selling title and the second best-selling title in the regular ML (Of Human Bondagewas the best-selling title in the regular ML). It sold 10,943 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it the fourth best-selling title in the regular ML. Sales through 1955 totaled 208,000 copies.228.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)CRIME AND|PUNISHMENT|by| FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY |translated byCONSTANCE GARNETT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]\n\nPp. [4], 1–516 [517–524].  [1–16]16[17]8",
            "Contents as 228.1a except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [517–521] ML list; [522–523] ML Giants list; [524] blank. (Fall 1942)Jacket:Pictorial in vivid yellow green (115), gray and black on linen-finish white paper with inset illustration of Raskolnikov descending a wooden stairway and author and title in reverse highlighted in vivid yellow green and black; background in white. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as 228.1a. (Fall 1943)",
            "228.2a.  Text reset (1944/45)FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY | CRIME AND | PUNISHMENT | TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | [torchbearer D3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK\n\nPp. [4], [1–2] 3–531 [532–540].  [1–16]16[17–18]8[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–[532] text; [533–538] ML list (fall 1944); [539–540] ML Giants list. (Spring 1945)Jacket:As 228.1b. (Spring 1945)",
            "Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. The plates were first used in 1944 for the Illustrated Modern Library edition (IML 10) and subsequently for regular ML printings.",
            "Regular ML printings added part titles for Parts 1–6 and the Epilogue at the head of each part (Illustrated ML printings had separate leaves for part titles) and substituted new chapter numbers and large initial capitals at the beginning of each chapter for those used in Illustrated ML printings. Part titles, chapter numbers, and large initial capitals in Illustrated Modern Library printings were designed to be printed in gray and black; those in regular ML printings were printed in black only.",
            "228.2b.  Simmons introduction added (1951)[3-line title and statement of responsibility within double-rule frame with ornaments at each side of frame] CRIME AND | PUNISHMENT |Fyodor Dostoyevsky| [below frame]Translated from the Russian by|Constance Garnett|With an introduction by| ERNEST J. SIMMONS |Professor of Russian Literature and|Executive Officer, Department of Slavic Languages|ColumbiaUniversity| [torchbearer E5] |The Modern Library · New YorkPp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–531 [532–540].  [1–16]16[17]8[18]16",
            "Contents as 228.2a except: [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xviii INTRODUCTION | By ERNEST J. SIMMONS; xix BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES; [xx] blank. (Spring 1951)Jacket:As 228.2a. (Spring 1951) Front flap reset with additional sentence at end: “By Dostoyevsky’s art, a shabby murder becomes the means of revealing some of the innermost secrets of the heart.” (Fall 1955)Note:At some point in the 1950s the jacket began to be printed on coated white paper instead of linen-finish paper.",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. The ML invited Harry Levin and then Lionel Trilling to write the introduction. Both declined on the grounds that the $200 fee offered was inadequate (Erskine to Levin, 26 January 1950; Stein to Trilling, 3 February 1950; Trilling to Stein, 5 February 1950). At that point Stein telephoned Simmons, who had just accepted an invitation to write an introduction toThe Brothers Karamazovfor $200, and he agreed to doCrime and Punishmentinstead.228.3a.  Text reset; offset printing (c.1968)[within single rules with ornaments added to the horizontal rules] CRIME AND | PUNISHMENT | FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY |Translated from the Russian|by Constance Garnett|With an introduction by|Ernest J. Simmons| [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |New YorkPp. [20], 1–492.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]16[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] © Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; [5–16]introductionby ernest j.simmons; [17]biographical and critical studies[updated from 228.2b]; [18] blank; [19] fly title; [20] blank; 1–492 text.Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in black, vivid orange (48), strong brown (55) and brilliant violet (206) on coated white paper with lettering in vivid orange, strong brown and reverse and three horizontal rules in brilliant violet, all against black background. Front flap as 228.2a revised text.",
            "228.3b.  Reissue format (1978)Title as 228.3a except line 8: [torchbearer M].\n\nPagination as 228.3a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 228.3a except: [4] Copyright 1950 by Random House, Inc. | Copyright Renewed 1978 by Random House, Inc.Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish reddish brown (47) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap slightly revised from 228.3a.",
            "Published spring 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60450-4.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dostoyevsky,Poor People(1917–1934)  10",
            "Dostoyevsky,Brothers Karamazov(1929–1971)  171; (Giant, 1937– )  G34; (Illus ML, 1943–1949)  IML 2",
            "Dostoyevsky,The Possessed(1936–1990)  288",
            "Dostoyevsky,The Idiot(Giant, 1942–1972; 1983–1986)  G60",
            "Dostoyevsky,Crime and Punishment(Illus ML, 1944–1950)  IML 10",
            "Dostoevsky,Best Short Stories(1955–1971; 1979– )  479*",
            "*All ML editions used the spelling Dostoyevsky exceptBest Short Storieswhich uses the spelling Dostoevsky. In recent decades “Dostoevsky” has become the most common transliteration of the author’s name in English-language editions of his works. “Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881” remains the “authorized form” used in library catalogs to collocate the nearly 50 variant spellings that have been used to represent the author’s name in the Roman alphabet (OCLC Authority Record Number 263592)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "233",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM FAULKNER",
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            "TITLE": "SANCTUARY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 61
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "233.1a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] SANCTUARY | [rule] | BY | WILLIAM FAULKNER | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY | WILLIAM FAULKNER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, 1–380 [381–386].  [1–12]16[13]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1931,byWILLIAM FAULKNER | [short double rule] |Introduction copyright, 1932,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; v–vi INTRODUCTION signed p. vi: William Faulkner. | New York, 1932.; 1–380 text; [381–385] ML list; [386] blank. (Spring 1932)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep purple (224) and black on gray paper depicting a barefoot man kneeling by a body of water and drinking; borders in deep purple, lettering in black. Signed: [Jacob] Burck. (Spring 1932)",
            "Originally published by Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. ML edition (pp. 1–380) printed from Cape & Smith plates. Published March 1932.WR26 March 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72. Published in Vintage Books, spring 1967.",
            "Cerf contacted Faulkner in 1931 about including one of his books in the ML. Faulkner replied: “I would like to see one of my books in your Modern Library series, though I do not know what steps are necessary to take with the publisher. . . . I would like to see THE SOUND AND THE FURY, with for preface a pamphlet which Evelyn Scott wrote about the time the book was published, in your list [Scott’s 10-page pamphlet,On William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury,was published by Cape & Smith in 1929]. That would be my idea. However, I don’t think it will be a choice of title that will hold any agreement among the three of us up.” Cerf enclosed a ML catalogue and invited Faulkner to select a few volumes. He requested Joyce’sPortrait of the Artist as a Young Manand any titles by Dostoyevsky. “I have seen several reviews of my books in which a Dostoyefsky [sic] influence was found. I have never read Dostoyefsky, and so I would like to see the animal” (Faulkner to Cerf, 15 April 1931).",
            "Cerf and Klopfer wanted to includeThe Sound and the FuryorAs I Lay Dying, but Cape & Smith had printed both novels from standing type which had since been melted. At this point in his career Faulkner’s audience remained small, and Cerf and Klopfer did not want to pay the cost of composition and plate making. Evelyn Harter, who worked in production and design at Cape & Smith, Smith & Haas, and Random House between 1929 and 1937, notes that it was not unusual at this period for books without an assured market to be printed from standing type. It was cheaper in the 1930s to pay the printer to hold type against the possibility of a reprint than to make electrotype plates. After a year or so if no reprint appeared likely, the printer would then be instructed to melt the type (Harter,The Making ofWilliam Faulkner’s Books, 1929–1939, pp. 7, 50–51). This practice made it more difficult for reprint publishers like the Modern Library to publish inexpensive reprint editions of contemporary works several years after their initial publication since they normally expected to print copyrighted books from the original publisher’s plates.",
            "Faulkner’s next book,Sanctuary, had more commercial appeal. It was the only Faulkner title published by Cape & Smith for which plates were made. It also became the first Faulkner title to appear in paperback. The American branch of Penguin Books—soon to become Signet Books—published it in April 1947. By August 1948 there had been eight printings the 25-cent paperback, accounting for more than 570,000 copies (Signet edition, 8th printing, August 1948; total copies indicated on front cover).",
            "In his introduction to the ML edition Faulkner acknowledges that he initially wroteSanctuaryfor money. The introduction begins:",
            "This book was written three years ago. To me it is a cheap idea, because it was deliberately conceived to make money. I had been writing books for about five years, which got published but not bought. . . .",
            "Then I began to get a little soft. . . . I began to think of books in terms of possible money. I decided I might just as well make some of it myself. I took a little time out, and speculated what a person in Mississippi would believe to be current trends, chose what I thought was the right answer and invented the most horrific tale I could imagine and wrote it in about three weeks. . . . (233.1b‑c, pp. v–vi)",
            "After sending the manuscript to his publisher, Faulkner took a job working the overnight shift at a power plant. “On these nights, between 12 and 4, I wroteAs I Lay Dyingin six weeks, without changing a word. I sent it to Smith [his publisher] and wrote him that by it I would stand or fall.” He continues:",
            "I think I had forgotten aboutSanctuary, just as you might forget about anything made for an immediate purpose, which did not come off.As I Lay Dyingwas published and I didn’t remember the mss. ofSanctuaryuntil Smith sent me the galleys. Then I saw that it was so terrible that there were but two things to do: tear it up or rewrite it. I thought again, “It might sell; maybe 10,000 of them will buy it.” So I tore the galleys down and rewrote the book. It had been already set up once, so I had to pay for the privilege of rewriting it, trying to make out of it something which would not shameThe Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dyingtoo much and I made a fair job and I hope you will buy it and tell your friends and I hope they will buy it too. (233.1b–c, pp. vii–viii)",
            "Faulkner’s introduction in the first ML printing is in smaller type than the rest of the text. Shortly after publication Klopfer asked that it be reset in type uniform with the rest of the book (Klopfer to Van Rees Book Composition Co., 31 March 1932). In subsequent printings the introduction occupies four pages instead of two. Cerf did not like Burck’s jacket illustration but it was left unchanged until 1940, when E. McKnight Kauffer designed a new jacket for use with the ML’s larger format.",
            "Faulkner became a Random House author in 1936 when RH acquired Smith & Haas.Sanctuaryremained his only title in the ML until 1946, whenThe Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(394) were published together in a single volume.",
            "Sanctuarysold 4,939 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. Faulkner’s audience increased significantly after he won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. By spring 1951 Faulkner had four volumes in the series. All four were in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dyingwas the fifth best-selling title in the regular ML, followed byLight in August(429),Absalom, Absalom!(434), andSanctuary(233), which sold 4,844 copies, making it forty-fifth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "233.1b.  Introduction reset (1933)",
            "Title as 233.1a.",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–380.  [1–11]16[12]16(16+1.2)",
            "Contents as 233.1a except: [ii] pub. note D12; [iv]Firststatement removed; v–viii INTRODUCTION signed p. viii: William Faulkner. | New York, 1932; list of ML titles at the end of the first printing omitted.Note:Pp. 377–380 are an inserted fold.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–380 [381–384].  [1–12]16[13]4. Contents as 233.1b except: [ii] pub. note D5; [381–384] blank. (Spring 1935 jacket)",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–380 [381–392].  [1–12]16[13]8. Contents as variant A except: [381–392] blank.",
            "Jacket:As 233.1a. (Spring 1933).",
            "Front flap:",
            "The sinister and depraved figure of Popeye dominates as extraordinary a novel as our contemporary national literature can boast.Sanctuaryis a story-teller’stour de force, a tense and impassioned narration of a horrific aspect of life that only the vigorous and the healthy–minded can bear without wincing. It is a virile, challenging novel that cannot be ignored or set aside.Sanctuaryarouses the most extreme enthusiasm or revulsion; it holds spellbound its most ardent admirers and bitterest foes from first sentence to last. (Fall 1933)",
            "233.1c.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "Sanctuary | BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 233.1b variant B.",
            "Contents as 233.1b except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [381–385] ML list; [386–387] ML Giants list; [388–392] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 232.1c.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]8[7]32[8]16. Contents as 233.1c except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, RENEWED 1958, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, RENEWED 1932, [sic] | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1959, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER; [381–386] ML list; [387–388] ML Giants list; [389–392] blank. (Fall 1961)Note:Faulkner’s introduction was copyrighted in 1932 and the copyright was renewed in 1959.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep blue (179), dark yellowish brown (78) and yellowish gray (93) on coated white paper depicting a man with a cigarette dangling from his mouth peering over crossed timbers; lettering in deep blue and dark yellowish brown, background in white. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer ’40. Front flap as 233.1b. (Fall 1940)",
            "233.1d.  Introduction dropped (c. 1963)",
            "Sanctuary | BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | [torchbearer H at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], 1–380.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1931, AND RENEWED, 1958, | BY WILLIAM FAULKNER; 1–380 text.",
            "Jacket:Uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper; title and series in vivid red (11), “a novel by” in dark gray (266) and “WILLIAM | FAULKNER” in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "This celebrated book, the sixth of William Faulkner’s novels in order of publication, first appeared on February 9, 1931, but a draft of the manuscript had been finished nearly two years earlier. When Mr. Faulkner saw the galley proofs of that version ofSanctuary, he felt “that there were but two things to do: tear it up or rewrite it.”",
            "He chose the latter course and did a thorough revision of the book, cutting some sections entirely and adding new ones, rewriting other sections in whole or in part, and rearranging the order of the narration. He thus succeeded in making it a book which “would not shame . . . too much,” as he put it,The Sound and the FuryandAs I LayDying, which had been published in the two preceding years.  (Inside of jacket blank; back flap lists Faulkner titles published in the ML throughfall1964.)",
            "The letterpress plate for the 233.1c title page appears to have been used for 233.1d with the line for Faulkner’s introduction and the rule at the foot of the page removed and torchbearer H substituted for torchbearer D3.",
            "The memorandum issuing the instruction to drop the introductions fromSanctuaryandAbsalom, Absalom!was dated 14 November 1962 (Box 538, ML spring 1962 folder). The introduction to Faulkner’sLight in Augustwas also dropped around this time. The earliest printing ofSanctuarywithout the introduction was in 1963 or 1964. Introductions appear to have been dropped when Faulkner titles in the ML began to appear in uniform non-pictorial jackets on coated white paper. The earliest use of the uniform Faulkner jacket was forLight in Augustin spring 1963. By 1967 the regular ML included ten Faulkner titles in white uniform jackets. Four, includingSanctuary, were existing ML titles that were outfitted in new jackets. Four titles—Selected Short Stories,Intruder in the Dust,A Fable, andPylon—were new to the series.The Sound and the FuryandAs I Lay Dying, had previously been combined in a single ML volume.",
            "233.2.New bibliographical edition(1965)",
            "SANCTUARY | [swelled rule] | WILLIAM | FAULKNER | [torchbearer J] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [4], [1–3] 4–309 [310–316].  [1]16[2–5]32[6]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1931, and renewed 1958, | by William Faulkner; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–309 text; [310] blank; [311] biographical and bibliographical notes; [312] blank; [313–314] ML Giants list; [315–316] blank. (Fall 1965)",
            "Jacket:As 233.2 except “a novel by” in black.",
            "New bibliographical edition originally published by Random House, 1962. ML edition (233.2, pp. [3]–309) printed from RH plates with fly title in roman instead of italic.",
            "The bibliographical note on p. [311] reads as follows:",
            "SANCTUARY, the sixth of William Faulkner’s novels in order of publication, first appeared on February 9, 1931, but a draft of the manuscript had been finished nearly two years earlier. The first Modern Library edition ofSanctuaryappeared in the following year (1932), printed from the original plates, as all subsequent editions have been. These plates, because of the conditions surrounding their production, had a larger than usual number of typographical errors, most of them immediately recognizable as such. Some were discovered and corrected from time to time, but many remained. A great effort has been made in this new edition, which was entirely reset, to produce, with the co-operation of the author, the definitive text.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying(1946–1966)  394",
            "Faulkner,Light in August(1950– )  429",
            "Faulkner,Absalom, Absalom!(1951– )  434",
            "Faulkner,Go Down, Moses(1955– )  473",
            "Faulkner,Faulkner Reader(1959–1990)  G93",
            "Faulkner,Selected Short Stories(1962– )  539",
            "Faulkner,Intruder in the Dust(1964– )  567",
            "Faulkner,A Fable(1966–1971)  585",
            "Faulkner,Sound and the Fury(1966– )  593",
            "Faulkner,As I Lay Dying(1967– )  596",
            "Faulkner,Pylon(1967–1970)  599",
            "Faulkner,Wild Palms(1984– )  640"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "234",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "THOMAS HARDY",
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1971; 1979–1986",
            "ML_NUMBER": 72
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "234.1a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] TESS OF THE | D’URBERVILLES | [rule] | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–ix] x–xii [xiii–xiv], [1] 2–457 [458].  [1–14]16[15]8[16]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1891,byHARPER & BROS. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [v] epigraph from Shakespeare; [vi] blank; [vii] EXPLANATORY NOTE TO THE FIRST | EDITION signed: T. H. |November, 1891.; [viii] blank; [ix]–xii PREFACE TO THE FIFTH (ENGLISH) | EDITION signed p. xii: T. H. |July, 1892.; [xiii] CONTENTS.; [xiv] blank; [1]–457 text; [458] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–ix] x–xii [xiii–xiv], [1] 2–457 [458–466].  [1–15]16. Contents as 234.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]Copyright,1891,byHARPER & BROS. |Copyright,| 1919,byTHOMAS HARDY | [short double rule]; [459–464] ML list; [465–466] blank. (Spring 1933)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in grayish reddish orange (39) and black on cream paper depicting a woman carrying a sheaf of grain with building outlined in background; borders grayish reddish brown, lettering in black. Signed: [Amy] Hogeboom. (Spring 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Tess of the D’Urbervilleshas earned a prominent place on the shelf of the world’s greatest novels. Time does not lessen its appeal. The years since its publication have witnessed a constantly renewing enthusiasm for this heroic story of a woman victimized by an implacable fate. The fate of the novel itself is the highest tribute to its quality. In the beginning,Tess of the D’Urbervilleswas shunned and anathematized as immoral; now it is acknowledgedly one of the outstanding literary achievements of the nineteenth century. (Spring 1934)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in light green (144), moderate green (145) and black on cream paper with inset wood engraving in black and cream of a man and woman on a stone bridge over stream; background in light green with lettering in black and reverse, all within triple-rule frame in moderate green. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1938; unsigned. Front flap as jacket A. (Spring 1939)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harper & Brothers, 1892. “New and Completely Revised Edition” published 1893. ML edition (pp. [vii]–457) printed from plates of the 1893 Harper edition with placement of CONTENTS and the epigraph from Shakespeare reversed. Published March 1932.WR16 April 1932. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72. Reissued 1979–86.",
            "The ML paid Harper’s a $2,000 advance. Royalties were paid on sales rather than printings, but the rate has not been ascertained.",
            "Tess of the D’Urbervillessold 7,699 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. Hardy’sReturn of the Native(126) outsoldTess of the D’Urbervillesby about 30 copies.The Mayor of Casterbridge(17) andJude the Obscure(145) ranked in the fourth quarter of ML titles.The Return of the Nativeremained the ML’s best-selling Hardy title during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, ranking low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.Tess of the D’Urbervillesand the other two Hardy titles were not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular series during that period.",
            "234.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)",
            "Tess of the | D’Urbervilles | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 234.1a variant.",
            "Contents as 234.1a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY HARPER & BROTHERS | COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THOMAS HARDY; [465–466] ML Giants list. (Spring 1947)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 234.1a jacket B. Front flap as 234.1a. (Spring 1947)",
            "234.2a.Newbibliographical edition; Weber introduction added (1951)",
            "Tess of the d’Urbervilles| A PURE WOMAN | [short ornamental rule] |Faithfully presented by| THOMAS HARDY |“. . . Poor wounded name! My bosom as a bed|shall lodge thee.”– W. SHAKESPEARE | introduction by Carl J. Weber |Roberts Professor of English Literature,ColbyCollege| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiii [xxxiv], [2], [1–2] 3–507 [508].  [1]16[2–8]32[9–10]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1891, by Harper & Brothers|Copyright, 1919, by Thomas Hardy|Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxii INTRODUCTION BY CARL J. WEBER; xxiii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xxiv] blank; xxv EXPLANATORY NOTE TO THE | FIRST EDITION signed: T.H. |November, 1891.; [xxvi] blank; xxvii–xxxi PREFACE TO THE FIFTH AND | LATER EDITIONS dated:July, 1892.;January, 1895;March, 1912.; [xxxii] blank; xxxiii CONTENTS; [xxxiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] map: THE WESSEX | OF | THIS NOVEL; [1] part title;PHASE THE FIRST|THE MAIDEN; [2] blank; 3–[508] text.",
            "Jacket:As 234.1b.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Implacable fate plays a major role in the novels of Thomas Hardy. InTess of the D’Urbervillesit wreaks havoc in the life of its heroine and makes her the victim of forces beyond her control. Her story, grim and unrelieved in its pathos, is told in the manner of heroic tragedy. The fate of the novel itself is, in a sense, a measure of its quality and the strong feelings it aroused. When it was first published,Tess of the D’Urbervilleswas shunned and proclaimed immoral. Now it is acknowledged as one of the notable literary achievements of the last decade of the nineteenth century. (Fall 1956)",
            "Bibliographical edition originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1920. ML edition (pp. xxv–[xxxiv], [1] – [508]) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the 1920 Harper edition with running heads omitted, preliminaries repaginated, and the map of Hardy’s Wessex redrawn. Published 1951 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Discontinued from regular ML, 1971; published in “reissue” format, 1979–86.",
            "When plans were made to publishTess of the D’Urbervillesin MLCE, Stein offered Weber $150 to write the introduction (Stein to Weber, 30 June 1950). Weber accepted but added:",
            "I assume that you will take care to get the correct definitive TEXT of this novel, and will avoid using the far-from-definitive edition first issued by the Modern Library. . . . NO EDITION OF TESS PUBLISHED BEFORE 1912 will provide you with a satisfactory text, and many an edition issued since 1912 still perpetuates the omissions of earlier editions. Macmillan’s London edition of 1912, and Harper’s “Anniversary Edition” issued in New York in 1920–21, or more recent reprints of either of these, are the only satisfactory sources of text for your projected edition. If you have any doubt about what’s what, please give me a chance to examine and comment on whatever you are going to use. I shall have occasion, in my introduction, to speak of Hardy’s revisions, and you will of course want your edition to be a definitive job (Weber to Stein, 3 July 1950).",
            "Stein checked with Harper’s about using the plates of their 1920 edition. Harper’s was agreeable provided the ML printed at Kingsport, Tennessee, where the plates were stored, and agreed to a plate royalty of 2 cents a copy. However, the Harper plates were too large for the ML format, and the ML in any case preferred to use their regular printer. The ML proposed to prepare its own plates photographically from the Harper plates (Stein memorandum to Emanuel Harper, 8 September 1950). The map was included at Weber’s suggestion.",
            "234.2b.  Reissueformat(1979)",
            "Title completely reset; transcription as 234.2a through line 8. Lines 9–10: [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORKNote:The reference to Weber’s position as Roberts Professor of English Literature, Colby College is omitted. Weber retired from Colby in 1959 and died in 1966.",
            "Pagination as 234.2a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 234.2a except: [ii] map: THE WESSEX | OF | THIS NOVEL; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1979 BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [2] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish brown (62) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Designed by Sara Eisenman. Front flap abridged from 234.2a.",
            "Published fall 1979 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60484-9. Discontinued 1986.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hardy,Mayor of Casterbridge(1917–1971)  17",
            "Hardy,Return of the Native(1926–1970)  126",
            "Hardy,Jude the Obscure(1927–1990)  145"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "235",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  THE POEMS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.  1945–  .  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE POEMS OF LONGFELLOW",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1945",
            "ML_NUMBER": 56
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "235.1a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THE POEMS OF | LONGFELLOW | [rule] | INCLUDING EVANGELINE | THE SONG OF HIAWATHA | THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH | TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], 1–678 [679–684].  [1–21]16[22]12",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1932 | [short double rule]; v–xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; 1–678 text; [679–683] ML list; [684] blank. (Spring 1932)",
            "Contents:Evangeline – The Courtship of Miles Standish – The Song of Hiawatha – Tales of a Wayside Inn – Voices of the Night – Ballads and Other Poems – The Spanish Student – The Belfry of Bruges, and Other Poems – The Seaside and the Fireside – Miscellaneous.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. (Spring 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Generation after generation of Americans has been brought up on the poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. To him can be attributed a major share of what love for poetry great masses of our people cherish. Such poems as “The Song of Hiawatha,” “Evangeline,” “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” and many others are part of our heritage, and we read them over and over again with a nostalgia for our youth and a new appreciation of Longfellow’s place among the great lyricists of our national literature. (Spring 1938)",
            "Original ML collection. Published April 1932.WR7 May 1932. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Longfellow was the most commercially successful American poet of his time. There were only three years between 1845 and 1851 when Longfellow’s income from poetry did not exceed—sometimes substantially—his salary as the Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard. He resigned from Harvard in 1854, and from 1875 until his death he received $4,000 a year from his older books alone—more than twice what he had earned as a professor (Charvat, p. 113). His poetry remained sufficiently lucrative in the twentieth century for Houghton Mifflin Co., the ultimate successor of Longfellow’s original Boston publisher, Ticknor and Fields, to be concerned when the Modern Library announced its edition of Longfellow. Cerf received a letter from Robert Linscott at Houghton Mifflin:",
            "A slight tremor of agitation swept over this office yesterday when we first noticed your announcement . . . [Longfellow is the] Poet of Poets most closely associated with Houghton Mifflin Company. Suckled at our even then venerable bosom, he was for years our mainstay, and office boys learned to lisp the leisured cadences of “Evangeline.”",
            "Linscott indicated that he presumed the ML would be using only works for which the copyright had expired, and he asked whether any courtesy acknowledgment would be made (Linscott to Cerf, 15 January 1932).",
            "The ML initially intended to base its edition onThe Poems of Henry W. Longfellow, published in 1901 by the A. L. Burt Co. in its Home Library series. Linscott wrote again four days later:",
            "You’re a trusting soul to take the Burt Home Library “Longfellow” which contains only the poems which apparently were out of copyright before 1900. In other words, out of seven and a half pages of contents as given in the Complete Cambridge Edition, only approximately two and a half are included in the Burt Longfellow (Linscott to Cerf, 19 January 1932).",
            "Linscott promised to send a copy of the Houghton Mifflin’s Complete Cambridge Edition with the copyrighted material marked.",
            "At this point Ferris Greenslet, the general manager of the Houghton Mifflin trade department, whom Tebbel has described as “the dominant figure at Houghton Mifflin in the thirties” (vol. 3, p. 537), intervened. He wrote Cerf:",
            "I am rather embarrassed to know just what to say about it [the Longfellow matter]. As we still have a fair amount of the Longfellow material in copyright and therefore the only complete editions of that poet’s writings, we have always been rather tender on the topic and have asked our publishing colleagues with whom we have reciprocal relations to lay off Longfellow, and where they have done so, have tried to give them preferential treatment in copyright matters.",
            "Are you really hell-bent to put Longfellow now into the Modern Library cheek-for-jowl with Oscar Wilde, Anatole France,et cetera, or can you wait until towards the end of the present bad decade when I believe the last copyright expires? (Greenslet to Cerf, 1 February 1932)",
            "Both Cerf and Klopfer appealed to Linscott to send the list of Longfellow material that had gone out of copyright since 1901 (Cerf to Linscott, 29 January 1932; Klopfer to Linscott, 30 January 1932). Linscott responded, “The Longfellow problem is a little murky as you may have gathered from Mr. Greenslet’s letter. . . . Under the circumstances, I’m afraid I shan’t be able to help you out—at least at present” (Linscott to Klopfer, 2 February 1932).",
            "In the end the ML appears to have secured reliable information about the copyright status of Longfellow’s poems. The ML was able to include nearly all of Longfellow’s best-known works.",
            "When the ML Longfellow was published Cerf sent a copy to Greenslet, who acknowledged, “It is, of course, innocent of any copyright evil. Best wishes for its success!” (Greenslet to Cerf, 28 April 1932). The ML edition of Longfellow remained in print through the 1970s. There was a new typesetting in 1944, but no attempt was made to add material that had entered the public domain since 1932.",
            "The Poems of LongfellowandThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin(236) were the last new ML titles to appear in uniform typographic jacket D. Most new ML titles were being published in pictorial jackets by 1932, and Cerf reacted angrily when he saw the Longfellow and Franklin jackets. The Franklin jacket was replaced almost immediately by a pictorial jacket. The uniform typographic jacket forThe Poems of Longfellowremained in use until the early 1940s.",
            "Cerf complained about poor sales of the Longfellow volume in the 1930s, but it appears to have increased in popularity in the 1940s.The Poems of Longfellowsold 8,504 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. Many of these sales were probably to people serving in the armed services. Sales declined to 4,528 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, but that was still enough for it to hold on to its first-quarter ranking.",
            "235.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "THE POEMS OF | LONGFELLOW |INCLUDING| EVANGELINE | THE SONG OF HIAWATHA | THE COURTSHIP OF | MILES STANDISH | TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 235.1a.",
            "Contents as 235.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements only; [679–684] ML list. (Spring 1944)",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], 1–678 [679–692].  [1–22]16. Contents as 235.1b except: [685–686] ML Giants list; [687–692] blank. (Fall 1944)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), light greenish blue (172), moderate reddish orange (37), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration at top of a New England town in winter; lower portion in moderate blue with title in reverse and other lettering in black and light greenish blue. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo]. Front flap as 235.1a. (Fall 1943)",
            "235.2.New bibliographical edition(1945)",
            "[line of row ornaments] | [10-line title, torchbearer and imprint within single rules]The Poems of| HENRY WADSWORTH | LONGFELLOW |Including: Evangeline|The Song of Hiawatha|The Courtship of Miles Standish|Tales of a Wayside Inn| [torchbearer D6] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |New York| [below frame: line of row ornaments]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], 1–732 [733–740].  [1–23]16[24]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; v–xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; 1–732 text; [733–738] ML list; [739–740] ML Giants list. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket A:As 235.1b. (Fall 1946) Front flap reset with additional sentence at end: “This generous volume of 732 pages contains all the long narrative poems, the ballads, songs, sonnets, translations and miscellaneous verse written by Longfellow.” (Fall 1958)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial Fujita jacket in deep orange (51), strong yellowish green (131), pale orange yellow (73) and black on coated paper; lettering in black and deep orange, decorations in strong yellowish green and deep orange, all against pale orange yellow background.",
            "Front flap adapted from 235.2 jacket A:",
            "Generations of Americans have been brought up on the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Such poems as “Evangeline,” “The Song of Hiawatha,” “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” and many others are part of our heritage. This volume contains all the long narrative poems, the ballads, songs, sonnets, translations and miscellaneous verse written by Longfellow.",
            "The Poems of Longfellowwas reset in 1944 for the Illustrated ML (IML 9). The new plates were subsequently used for regular ML printings. The contents of 235.1 and 235.2 are identical.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Longfellow,Poems(Illus ML, 1944–1949)  IML 9"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "236",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS OTHER WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 39
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "236.1a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | Benjamin Franklin | AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS | OTHER WRITINGS | [rule] | EDITED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | NATHAN G. GOODMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiii [xiv], 1–260 [261–266].  [1–8]16[9]8[10]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiii INTRODUCTION; [xiv] blank; 1–250 text; 251–260 NOTES | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; [261–265] ML list; [266] blank. (Spring 1932)",
            "Contents:Franklin’s Draft Scheme of the Autobiography – The Autobiography – The Dogood Papers – Preface to Poor Richard, 1733 – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1749 (How to Get Riches) –FromPoor Richard’s Almanack, 1756 –FromPoor Richard’s Almanack, 1757 – The Way to Wealth: Preface to Poor Richard Improved, 1758 – On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor – Advice to a Young Tradesman – Journal of a Voyage from London to Philadelphia.",
            "Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D. Jacket title: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. (Spring 1932)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and yellowish gray (93) on coated white paper depicting Franklin taking notes while conducting an experiment; borders and lettering in moderate blue, background in yellowish gray. Signed: WC. Jacket title: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS OTHER WRITINGS (front panel); SELECTED WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (backstrip). (Spring 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The wide range of Benjamin Franklin’s interests and activities opened the doors of the world to him. Printer, inventor, philosopher, diplomat, champion of liberty, he made his influence felt not only upon his own time, but upon every American generation. His wise maxims and shrewd observations have become national axioms. HisAutobiography, as rich in material as it is engaging in style, is one of those rare documents that reveals both a rich personality and the crucial events that transpired during his lifetime. (Spring 1938)",
            "Original ML collection. Published April 1932.WR7 May 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Cerf originally planned to publish Franklin’sAutobiographyby itself. Three months before publication he decided to add more of Franklin’s writings so the book would be a better value. Goodman, who suggested the additional contents, received $100 for his work on the volume.",
            "The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinandThe Poems of Longfellow(235) were the last new ML titles to appear in uniform typographic jacket D. Most new ML titles were being published in pictorial jackets by 1932, and Cerf reacted angrily when he saw the Franklin and Longfellow jackets. He wrote the ML’s printer, “Please note that from this day forth, I don’t want any Modern Library jacket to go to press unless it has been personally O.K.’d by me. The O.K. must be for both the typography of the jacket, and the stock used for the jacket. I think that the jackets for Longfellow and Franklin are rotten” (Cerf to William Simon, Parkway Printing, 22 April 1932).",
            "The Franklin jacket was replaced almost immediately by a newly designed pictorial jacket (jacket B, described above). Copies of the first printing are found in both jackets. The pictorial jacket, which remained in use through the end of the 1930s, was one of the least attractive jackets the ML ever used.",
            "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinsold 5,569 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 3,468 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952—a decline in real terms compared with the Second World War, when book sales of all kinds were booming, but enough to place it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "236.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY | OF | Benjamin Franklin | AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS | OTHER WRITINGS |EDITED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION| BY NATHAN G. GOODMAN | [torchbearer D6] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination as 236.1a.  [1–8]16[9]12",
            "Contents as 236.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate blue (182), strong reddish orange (40), moderate yellow green (120), light gray (264) and black on coated white paper depicting colonial buildings on a tree-lined street; title in reverse against moderate blue sky. Designed by Valenti Angelo; unsigned. Jacket titles as 236.1a jacket B. (Spring 1941)",
            "236.2a.  Text reset;Commager introduction added (1944)",
            "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY | OF |Benjamin Franklin| & | SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS | [rule] |With an Introduction by| Henry Steele Commager | [torchbearer E5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xix [xx], [2], [1] 2–192, [2], [193] 194–264.  [1–8]16[9–10]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v]CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiiiINTRODUCTION| By Henry Steele Commager; [xiv] blank; xv–xixCHIEF EVENTS|IN FRANKLIN’S LIFE; [xx] blank; [1] part title: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY | OF |Benjamin Franklin; [2] blank; [1]–192 text; [1] part title: SELECTIONS | FROM THE WRITINGS | OF |Benjamin Franklin; [2] blank; [193]–264 text.",
            "Jacket:As 236.1b. (Fall 1944)",
            "Printed from plates made from the new typesetting that was designed by Bruce Rogers for the Illustrated Modern Library (IML 6) edition and first published in September 1944. Pp. [v]–xix, [1]–264 of the regular ML edition are printed from Illustrated Modern Library plates with the first part title added and color illustrations by William Hart Benton omitted. Published fall 1944.",
            "The title of 236.2a follows that of the Illustrated ML edition in omitting “OTHER” from “SELECTIONS FROM HIS [OTHER] WRITINGS.” The original title is restored in 236.2b.",
            "The decorative head and tail pieces are probably by Bruce Rogers. Commager’s introduction appears to have been written for the Illustrated ML edition.",
            "236.2b.  Title page reset; bibliography added (1950)",
            "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY | OF |Benjamin Franklin| & | SELECTIONS FROM HIS OTHER WRITINGS | [short double rule] |With an Introduction by| Henry Steele Commager |Professor of American History,|ColumbiaUniversity| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] vii–xxi [xxii], [1] 2–192, [2], [193] 194–264.  [1–8]16[9–10]8",
            "Contents as 236.2a except: [iv]Copyright, 1944, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; xiv–xviBIBLIOGRAPHY; xvii–xxiCHIEF EVENTS|IN FRANKLIN’S LIFE; [xxii] blank.Note:First part title leaf omitted.",
            "Jacket:As 236.1b. (Spring 1952) Front flap reset with minor revisions. (Fall 1960)",
            "Originally published with the bibliography (pp. xiv–xvi) in MLCE (1950) and subsequently in the regular ML. Commager received $50 for preparing the bibliography.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Franklin,Autobiography(Illustrated ML, 1944–1951)  IML 6"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "237",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ERNEST HEMINGWAY",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "A FAREWELL TO ARMS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1953",
            "ML_NUMBER": 19
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "237a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] A | FAREWELL TO ARMS | [rule] | BY | ERNEST HEMINGWAY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | FORD MADOX FORD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xx, [1–2] 3–355 [356–364].  [1–12]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1929,byCHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] fly title; [viii] blank; ix–xx INTRODUCTION signed p. xx: Ford Madox Ford. | Paris,January,1932.; [1] part title: A FAREWELL TO ARMS | [short rule] |BOOK I; [2] blank; 3–355 text; [356] blank; [357–361] ML list; [362–364] blank. (Spring 1932)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting a woman and man in left profile with mountains and clouds in background; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: L. (Spring 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The simplicity and clarity of Ernest Hemingway’s profoundly moving romance,A Farewell to Arms, have won acclaim from the critics, support from the public, and that final wreath – a host of imitators. Critics have spared no adjectives in praise of his sure-footed, athletic prose; readers have found enchantment in this poignant love story, and writers generally have drawn sustenance from Hemingway’s strength.A Farewell to Armsis an exciting book, true to its time and true to the convictions and vigor of its author. (Fall 1934)",
            "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. ML edition (pp. [v–vii], [1]–355) printed from Scribner plates with Scribner half title used as a fly title. Published May 1932.WR28 May 1932. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued spring 1953.",
            "The ML offered Scribner’s a $6,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy, the same terms as for Hemingway’sSun Also Rises(190). Cerf initially hoped to publishA Farewell to Armsin September 1931 (Cerf to Maxwell Perkins, Scribner’s, 4 December 1930). The ML edition may have been delayed so that it would not conflict with the August 1931 publication of Grosset & Dunlap’s one-dollar edition. Cerf cabled Ford in Paris to ask him to write the introduction, offering $75 and indicating that it was needed by 15 March (Cerf to Ford, 14 January 1932).",
            "There were printings in 1933 of 4,000 copies (January) and 3,000 copies (July), at least nine additional printings of 2,000 copies each by March 1941, and four printings between June 1941 and December 1942 totaling 14,000 copies. Sales during the first five years were as follows: 4,111 copies; 6,020 copies; 2,656 copies; 2,585 copies; and 2,632 copies (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938).A Farewell to Armssold 12,287 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it sixteenth out of 271 ML and Giant titles and well ahead ofThe Sun Also Rises. It sold 7,766 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it fourteenth out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "Scribner’s decided in the early 1950s to promote its backlist more vigorously and terminated the ML’s reprint contracts for all three of the Hemingway titles in the series (Whitney Darrow, Scribner’s, to Cerf, 29 October 1952). A few months later the ML reported thatA Farewell to Armswas completely out of stock (ML to Charles Burgess, Jr., Scribner’s, 16 February 1953). Scribner’s published a $3.00 hardbound edition in March 1953 and a $1.65 paperback in 1962.",
            "237b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "A FAREWELL | TO ARMS | BY | ERNEST HEMINGWAY | INTRODUCTION BY | FORD MADOX FORD | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 237a.",
            "Contents as 237a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [362–363] ML Giants list; [364] blank. (Fall 1942)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), pale blue (185), moderate olive green (125) and black on coated white paper depicting soldiers dressed in moderate olive green carrying a stretcher down snow-covered mountain; background and spine in vivid reddish orange, lettering in black. Front flap as 237a. (Fall 1942)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Hemingway,Sun Also Rises(1930–1953)  190",
            "Hemingway,Short Stories(Giant, 1942–1954)  G59"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "238",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOSEPH CONRAD",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "VICTORY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 34
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "238a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] VICTORY | [rule] | BY | JOSEPH CONRAD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–385 [386–396].  [1]16(2+8[–8]) [2–12]16[13]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1915, 1921,byDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. |Copyright,1915,byJOSEPH CONRAD | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION signed p. viii: J. C.; ix–xvii AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. xvii: 1920.  J. C.; [xviii] blank; [1] part title: PART I; [2] blank; 3–385 text; [386] blank; [387–391] ML list; [392–396] blank. (Spring 1932)Note:Pp. [v]–[xviii] are an inserted gathering of 8 leaves with the last leaf cancelled.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–385 [386–398].  [1–13]16Contents as 238a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [392] ML Giants list; [393–398] blank. (Fall 1936)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting a smoking island volcano; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: L. (Spring 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The devotees of the novels of Joseph Conrad divide their enthusiasm equally betweenVictoryandLord Jim(No. 186 in the Modern Library). Written in 1914, just before the outbreak of the World War,Victoryhas steadily grown in prestige through almost a quarter of a century. New readers come upon it as a rare discovery and old readers return to it for the sheer enjoyment of its prose style and subtle characterization.Victoryrepresents Joseph Conrad at the apex of his story-telling powers. (Fall 1936)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915. ML edition printed from plates made from a new Doubleday, Doran typesetting; the plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published June 1932.WR2 July 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Cerf tried on several occasions to secure reprint rights toVictory. In 1928 he offered an advance of $3,600 against a 12-cent royalty—a royalty that the ML was then paying for only one other title (Cerf to Nelson Doubleday, 12 December 1928). Doubleday replied, “We do appreciate the high standing of the Modern Library, but we believe it is unwise to let the Conrad title go” (Nelson Doubleday to Cerf, 21 December 1928).Victorywas included in the Sun Dial Library published by Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday, Doran subsidiary that specialized in hardcover reprints. The ML’s purchase of the Sun Dial Library in 1930 gave the ML reprint rights to any Doubleday title included in the series.Victorywas the seventh of eleven Sun Dial Library titles that the ML added. The ML paid Doubleday, Doran a $1,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy.",
            "Victorysold 7,335 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.Lord Jim(210) sold 9,450 copies during the same period. Sales ofVictorytotaled 70,000 copies by 1949. By the early 1950s Conrad was one of the ML’s best-selling authors.Victorysold 7,966 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it the twelfth best-selling title in the regular ML.Lord Jimwas the eighth best-selling title.",
            "238b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "Victory | by | JOSEPH CONRAD | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 238a variant.",
            "Contents as 238a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1915, 1921, BY | DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY JOSEPH CONRAD; [387–391] ML list; [392–393] ML Giants list; [394–398] blank. (Spring 1941)",
            "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel; background in deep reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Front flap as 238a. (Spring 1941)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "Written in 1914, just before the outbreak of the First World War,Victorywas immediately acclaimed the work of a master. It has grown steadily in the estimation of a new generation of readers who have come upon it as a rare discovery. Older readers go back to it for the sheer pleasure of its graceful prose and its subtleties of characterization.Victoryis one of the novels by which Joseph Conrad achieved the fullest measure of his gifts as story-teller. It vies for favor withLord Jim(No. 186),Nostromo(No. 275) andHeart of Darkness(inGreat Modern Short Stories, No. 168). (Spring 1955)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), strong green (141), strong bluish green (160) and black on coated white paper depicting palm trees and two birds in flight against strong bluish green sea and moderate yellow sky; lettering in reverse. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (Spring 1958)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Conrad, “Heart of Darkness,” inGreat Modern Short Stories, ed. Overton (1930–1943)  188;Great Modern Short Stories, ed. Cerf (1943–1971)  361",
            "Conrad,Lord Jim(1931–1973)  210",
            "Conrad,Nostromo(1951–1970; 1983–  )  438"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "239",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "RICHARD HUGHES",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1957",
            "ML_NUMBER": 112
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "239a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] A HIGH WIND IN | JAMAICA | [within square brackets] THE INNOCENT VOYAGE | [rule] | BY | RICHARD HUGHES | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ISABEL PATERSON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, ix [x], 1–136, [2], 137–234, [2], 235–312, [2], 313–399 [400–402].  [1–13]16[14]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] frontispiece; [iii] title; [iv] A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (THE INNOCENT VOYAGE) |Copyright,1929,byRICHARD HUGHES | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; v–xxiiPrefacesigned p. xxii: Isabel Paterson. | New York,January, 1932.; ix ILLUSTRATIONS; [x] blank; 1–399 text with illustrations facing pp. 136, 234, 312; [400–402] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong green (141) and black on cream paper depicting a schooner sailing into a lagoon; borders in strong green, lettering in black. Signed: L. (Spring 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "A band of pirates captures a vessel bound for England that contains a miscellaneous cargo—including a group of children who have been driven from their home by a West Indian hurricane. The difficulties encountered by the well-meaning buccaneers with these incredible children provide the frame-work for one of the most unusual books in the Modern Library series—a shocking, nerve-tingling story that the reader will never forget. (Spring 1937)",
            "Originally published in U.S. asThe Innocent Voyageby Harper & Bros., 1929. ML edition (pp. 1–399) printed from Harper plates. Published July 1932.WR2 July 1932. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1958.",
            "The ML paid Harper’s royalties of 10 cents a copy. Cerf had indicated interest in a ML edition the year the novel was published. Noting his personal enthusiasm for the book, he declared: “I think that I myself have bought over 50 copies of it” (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 5 August 1929). Hoyns assured him that Harper’s would be glad to talk about a ML edition at the proper time (Hoyns to Cerf, 10 September 1929). Two years later, when Cerf sent Harper’s the reprint contract, he stated: “I don’t believe that this book will break any sales records in the Modern Library, but I am glad to have it for its prestige value and I have hopes that we may be able to enhance the popularity of the author’s other books” (Cerf to Hoyns, 5 December 1931). When the reprint contract was renewed in 1937, Klopfer commented, “Bennett and I have a warm spot in our hearts for this book and we want to keep it in the Modern Library, and will do a special promotion job when the movie is released” (Klopfer to Hoyns, 1 February 1937).",
            "When the reprint contract was up for renewal in 1942, Hoyns informed Klopfer that Harper’s were about to about to sign a contract with the Readers Club for a reprint edition and that George Macy, the club’s president, wanted the ML edition withdrawn while his edition was available (Hoyns to Klopfer, 3 March 1942). Klopfer spoke with Macy and convinced him that the ML edition would not interfere with the mail order sales of the Readers Club. He then told Hoyns that the ML would like to renew the contract for another five years, giving Harper’s the option to cancel if Macy insisted on exclusive reprint rights (Klopfer to Hoyns, 5 March 1942). He later noted that a small unearned royalty remained from the $750 advance the ML paid when the contract was renewed in 1937. He suggested keeping the book in the ML at the same royalty but without an advance; if Harper’s wanted an advance, he indicated that the ML could pay $250 but didn’t want to go higher in case the Readers Club edition hurt sales (Klopfer to Hoyns, 10 April 1942).",
            "In 1956 the College Department of Harper & Bros. expressed interest in addingA High Wind in Jamaicaand Richard Wright’sNative Son(349) to the Harper Modern Classics series. William H. Rose, Jr., the Harper director of sales and promotion, asked Klopfer about their status in the ML, noting that Harper Modern Classics carried a short discount and had textbook distribution only (Rose to Klopfer, 20 July 1956). Klopfer replied that neither title was strong enough to withstand competition from an inexpensive Harper edition. “As long as your college department wants NATIVE SON and HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA, we’ll let them run out of the Modern Library as soon as our present stocks are exhausted” (Klopfer to Rose, 25 July 1956).",
            "A High Wind in Jamaicasold 4,551 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the one-hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "239b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "A | HIGH WIND | IN JAMAICA | (THE INNOCENT VOYAGE) | by RICHARD HUGHES |Introduction byISABEL PATERSON | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 239a.",
            "Contents as 239a except: [iv] A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA | (THE INNOCENT VOYAGE) | COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY RICHARD HUGHES | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 239a except: [400–410].  [1–13]16[14]12. Contents as 239b except: [400] blank; [401–406] ML list; [407–408] ML Giants list; [409–410] blank. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset tilted black panel; background in very deep red with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Front flap as 239a. (Fall 1942)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "240",
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": "EIGHT FAMOUS ELIZABETHAN PLAYS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 94
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "240a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] EIGHT FAMOUS | ELIZABETHAN PLAYS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ESTHER CLOUDMAN DUNN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–721 [722–724].  [1]16(±9) [2–22]16[23]16(16+1.2)",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D14; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: Esther Cloudman Dunn | Smith College | April 1932; [1] part title: THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF | DOCTOR FAUSTUS | by | Christopher Marlowe; [2] PERSONS IN THE PLAY; 3–721 text; [722–724] blank.Note:Pp. [1–2] have been cancelled and replaced by a newly printed leaf; pp. 721–[724] are an inserted fold.",
            "Variant A:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–721 [722].  [1]16(±9) [2–22]16[23]16(16+1).  Contents as 240a, includingFirststatement, except: [722] blank.Note:Pp. 721–[722] are an inserted leaf. Priority with 240a not established, but 240a appears to be more common.",
            "Variant B:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–721 [722–728].  [1–22]16[23–24]8[25]4.  Contents as 240a except [ii] pub. note A7; [iv]Firststatement omitted; [722] blank; [723–727] ML list; [728] blank. (Fall 1938)",
            "Contents:The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe – The Shoemaker’s Holiday, by Thomas Dekker – A Woman Killed with Kindness, by Thomas Heywood – Volpone, or The Fox, by Ben Jonson – The Maid’s Tragedy, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher – The Duchess of Malfi, by John Webster – A New Way to Pay Old Debts, by Philip Massinger – ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, by John Ford.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket F in strong red (12) and black on cream paper; borders and torchbearer in strong red, lettering in black. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Selected for their variety and range, the eight plays in this volume represent the complete pattern of an age. Separately and in their entirety they exemplify the spirit of the Elizabethan period, the richest in our literature, by their virility, daring and exuberant outspokenness. A compilation which includes Marlowe, Dekker, Heywood, Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Massinger and Ford must be a treasury to be cherished by every modern reader. It is a book that has won for itself a distinguished place on the Modern Library shelf. (Fall 1934)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published August 1932.WR10 September 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969.",
            "The plays in the anthology were selected by Cerf. He asked George C. D. Odell of Columbia University what he thought of the selection and invited him to write the introduction (Cerf to Odell, 9 April 1931). Odell approved the plays but declined to write the introduction because he was on sabbatical in Paris. That fall Cerf invited a succession of scholars to write the introduction—Hardin Craig of Stanford University, Felix E. Schelling of the University of Pennsylvania, J. F. A. Pyre of the University of Wisconsin, and John Livingston Lowes of Harvard University. As one after another declined, Cerf doubled the fee from fifty to one hundred dollars. Esther Cloudman Dunn of Smith College accepted the assignment in February 1932 and received the $100 fee.",
            "Eight Famous Elizabethan Playssold 2,678 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. The ML sold over 70,000 copies ofEight Famous Elizabethan Playsby 1969 whenDrama of the English Renaissance, edited by M. L. Wine (615), was published in the ML with the intent of superseding the earlier anthology.",
            "240b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "EIGHT | FAMOUS | ELIZABETHAN | PLAYS | INTRODUCTION BY | ESTHER CLOUDMAN DUNN | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–721 [722].  [1–22]16[23]16(16+1). Note: Pp. 721–22 are an inserted leaf.",
            "Contents as 240a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [722] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–721 [722–728].  [1–22]16[23–24]8[25]4. Contents as 240b except: [722–728] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel; background in very deep red with series in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 240a. (Fall 1942)",
            "240c.  Introduction revised (1950)",
            "Eight|Famous|Elizabethan|Plays| INTRODUCTION BY | ESTHER CLOUDMAN DUNN |Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English,|SmithCollege| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx, [1–2] 3–721 [722–724].  [1]16[2–10]32[11]20[12]32[13]16",
            "Contents as 240a except: [ii] blank; [iv]Copyright, 1932, 1950, by Random House, Inc.;vii–xvii INTRODUCTION | By Esther Cloudman Dunn dated p. xvii: Smith College | 1950; xviii–xx SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [722] blank; [723–724] ML Giants list. (Fall 1956)",
            "Jacket:As 240b. Front flap reset with additional phrase at end: “. . . Modern Library shelf of plays, old and new.” (Spring1957)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Dunn received $50 for revising the introduction.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Eighteenth-Century Plays(1952–1970)  448"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "241",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "OSCAR WILDE",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE PLAYS OF OSCAR WILDE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1971; 1980–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 83
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "241a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THE PLAYS OF | OSCAR WILDE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | EDGAR SALTUS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], i–iv, [2], 1–216; [2], 1–220 [221–226].  [1–14]16[15]4",
            "[1] half title listing titles of five plays; [2] pub. note A8; [3] title; [4]New Modern Library Edition| 1932 | [short double rule]; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; i–iv INTRODUCTION signed p. iv: Edgar Saltus.; [1] part title: SALOMÉ; [2] blank; 1–216 text; [1] part title: AN IDEAL HUSBAND; [2] characters and scenes; 1–220 text; [221–226] ML list. (Fall 1931)Note:Later printings retain theNew Modern Library Editionstatement on the verso of the title page but omit “1932.”",
            "Contents:Salomé – The Importance of Being Earnest – Lady Windermere’s Fan – An Ideal Husband – A Woman of No Importance.",
            "Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket F in strong red (12) and black on cream paper; borders and torchbearer in red, lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Alive with light-tipped quips and stinging darts,The Plays of Oscar Wilderepresent in fullest measure the famous decadent’s unique contribution to English letters. Master of the scintillant epigram and electric repartee, he is nowhere so happy and felicitous as in his dramatic writings. In time his prose may grow faint in memory and his poetry may be given a somewhat less lustrous appraisal, but he will always be remembered as the creator of these inimitably urbane, ironic and effervescent comedies. (Spring 1934)",
            "Original ML collection combining ML editions of Wilde’sSalomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan(76) andAn Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance(77). Pp. i–216, [1]–220 printed from existing ML plates without revising the pagination. Published spring 1932.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
            "Four other titles by Wilde published in the ML between 1917 and 1926 were combined in the early 1930s to formPoems and Fairy Tales(242) andPicture of Dorian Gray & De Profundis(1.2b).",
            "The Plays of Oscar Wildesold 2,919 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "241b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE PLAYS | OF | OSCAR | WILDE | INTRODUCTION BY | EDGAR SALTUS | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 241a.",
            "Contents as 241a except: [2] blank; [4] publication and manufacturing statements; [221–225] ML list; [226] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in moderate violet (211) and black on cream paper with collective title and titles of individual plays in black on inset cream panel; background in moderate violet series and torchbearer in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 241a. (Fall 1940)",
            "241c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)",
            "THE PLAYS | OF | OSCAR | WILDE |Introduction By| EDGAR SALTUS | [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 241a.  [1]16[2–5]32[6]36[7]32[8]16",
            "Contents as 241b except: [221–222] ML Giants list; [223–226] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 241b in strong violet (207) and black on coated white paper with series and Fujita “ml” symbol in reverse above inset panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The range of style and tone of these five plays, from the poetry ofSalometo the satire ofThe Importance of Being Earnest, represents the full range of Wilde’s talent and interest as an artist.",
            "241d.  Reissueformat; offset printing (1980)",
            "[7-line title, statement of responsibility and torchbearer within single rules] THE PLAYS | OF | OSCAR | WILDE | INTRODUCTION BY | EDGAR SALTUS | [torchbearer M] | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination as 241a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 241b except: [1] half title (collective title); [221–226] blank.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep violet (208) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by Sara Eisenman.",
            "Front flap:",
            "“I have nothing to declare except my genius,” Oscar Wilde once told an American customs official. That genius is nowhere more apparent than in his plays, whose witty dialogue and paradoxical situations still have the power to charm, both on the stage and between covers. This volume contains one of his most perennially popular,The Importance of Being Earnest, whose satiric comments on English society and the clergy have never been surpassed;Salomé, considered shocking in its day, on which Richard Strauss’ opera is based; and three plays,Lady Windemere’s[sic]Fan,a Woman of No ImportanceandAn Ideal Husband, which give full play to Wilde’s scorn for hypocrisy.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reproduced from an earlier ML printing. Published spring 1980 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60490-3.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray(1917–1934; 1963–1971; 1985–1991)  1",
            "Wilde,Poems(1917–1931)  19",
            "Wilde,Fairy Tales and Poems in Prose(1918–1931)  58",
            "Wilde,Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan(1920–1931)  76",
            "Wilde,Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance(1920–1931)  77",
            "Wilde,Intentions(1921–1928)  93; jacket title of 1925 printing:Pen, Pencil and Poison and Other Essays",
            "Wilde,De Profundis(1926–1934)  122",
            "Wilde,Poems and Fairy Tales(1932–1970)  242",
            "Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray & De Profundis(1934–1963)  1.2b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "242",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "OSCAR WILDE",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE POEMS AND FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 84
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "242a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THE POEMS | AND FAIRY TALES | OF | OSCAR WILDE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [1–2] 3–279 [280]; [1–2] 3–214 [215–222].  [1–16]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]New Modern Library Edition| 1932 | [short double rule]; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–vii CONTENTS [poems]; [viii] CONTENTS [fairy tales and poems in prose]; [1] part title: THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL; [2] blank; 3–279 text; [280] blank; [1] part title: FAIRY TALES; [2] blank; 3–214 text; [215–219] ML list; [220–222] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark purple (224) and black on cream paper with inset portrait of Wilde; borders in dark purple, lettering in black. Signed: SLH. (Fall 1931)",
            "Front flap:",
            "New generations of readers discover inThe Poems and Fairy Tales of Oscar Wildean ever-renewing enchantment. The dream quality of the fairy tales and the burning conviction of the poems set them apart from the other scintillating but artificial writings of Oscar Wilde. It is by these simple and moving fairy tales and by such poems as The Ballad of Reading Gaol that Oscar Wilde has won an abiding place in the hearts of children and their elders throughout the world. (Fall 1933)",
            "Original ML collection combining Wilde’sPoems(19) andFairy Tales and Poems in Prose(58). Poems printed from plates made from a new typesetting with “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” shifted to the beginning; fairy tales (pp. [viii], [1]–214) printed from existing ML plates. Published spring 1932.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "Four other titles by Wilde published in the ML between 1917 and 1926 were combined in the early 1930s to formPlays of Oscar Wilde(241) andPicture of Dorian Gray & De Profundis(1.2b).",
            "Wilde’sPoems and Fairy Talessold 2,312 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "242b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "THE POEMS | AND | FAIRY TALES | OF | OSCAR | WILDE | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 241a.",
            "Contents as 241a except: [2] blank; [ii] publication and manufacturing statements; [220–221] ML Giants list; [222] blank. (Fall 1940)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in dark bluish gray (192) and dark violet (212) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark violet panel; background in dark bluish gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Front flap as 241a. (Fall 1946)",
            "Flap reset with additional paragraph at end:",
            "This volume of almost 500 pages contains ninety long and short poems, nine fairy tales and six poems in prose. (Fall 1964)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A in strong reddish purple (237) and strong purplish red (255) on coated white paper with title and author in reverse on inset strong purplish red panel. Front flap with additional paragraph. (Late 1960s; seen on copy with 1960s binding D)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray(1917–1934; 1963–1971; 1985–1991)  1",
            "Wilde,Poems(1917–1931)  19",
            "Wilde,Fairy Tales and Poems in Prose(1918–1931)  58",
            "Wilde,Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan(1920–1931)  76",
            "Wilde,Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance(1920–1931)  77",
            "Wilde,Intentions(1921–1928)  93; jacket title of 1925 printing:Pen, Pencil and Poison and Other Essays",
            "Wilde,De Profundis(1926–1934)  122",
            "Wilde,Plays of Oscar Wilde(1932–1971; 1980– )  241",
            "Wilde,Picture of Dorian Gray & De Profundis(1934–1963)  1.2b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "243",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GUY DE MAUPASSANT",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  THE BEST STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT.  1940–1945.  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE SHORT STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1939",
            "ML_NUMBER": 98
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "243a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THE SHORT STORIES OF | GUY De [sic] MAUPASSANT | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | MICHAEL MONAHAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORKNote:The preposition in Maupassant’s name should have been printed in full capitals (“DE”) or small capitals (“de”).",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–vi, i–xi [xii], [2], 1–222; 7–251 [252–258].  [1–15]16[16]8",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1911,byORSAMUS TURNER HARRIS |Copyright,1925,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |New Modern Library Edition| 1932; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–vi CONTENTS; i–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: Michael Monahan.; [xii] blank; [1] part title: LOVE AND OTHER | STORIES; [2] blank; 1–222 text; 7–251 text; [252] blank; [253–257] ML list; [258] blank. (Fall 1931)",
            "Contents:Love – Our Letters – For Sale – The Farmer – The Christening – Clochette – The Possessed – The Little Cask – His Wedding Night – The Adoption – The Wolf – The Chair-Mender – Moonlight – The Minuet – A Vendetta – Mother Sauvage – A Fishing Party – A Tragedy of the War – Apparition – Fear – Julie Romain – A Woman’s Hair – Rose – The Prisoner of Monaco – A Legend of Mount St. Michael – Happiness – A Piece of String – Mademoiselle Fifi – The Piece of String – Boule de Suif – Two Little Soldiers – Father Milon – Monsieur Parent – Useless Beauty – The False Gems – The Horla – A Sale – The Story of a Farm Girl – Simon’s Papa – A Coward.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with inset portrait of Maupassant; borders in dark green, lettering in black. Signed: SLH. Jacket title: THE BEST STORIES OF DE MAUPASSANT. (Spring 1932)Note:The jackets (243a and 343b) credit Monahan as the editor of the volume as well as the translator; the title pages credit him as translator only.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The world owes to the unchallenged master of the short story, Guy de Maupassant, an immense and increasing debt for having provided a transcript of life as dynamic as it is real and as true as it is fascinating. The forty tales in this volume represent him in the fullness of his powers, when his vision, style and artistry were at their apex. These stories were chosen and translated by Michael Monahan, whose introduction is a bold commentary and an acute analysis of Maupassant’s work. (Fall 1935)",
            "Original ML collection combining two ML volumes originally published by Boni & Liveright:Love and Other Stories(72) andMademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories(8). Pp. [iii], i–xi, [1], 1–212 printed from plates ofLove and Other Stories; pp. 7–251 printed from plates ofMademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories. Published spring 1932.WR15 October 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded 1945 byThe Best Stories of Guy de Maupassant, ed. Saxe Commins (383).",
            "Despite the statement on the title page Monahan does not appear to be the translator of all the stories in the collection. He was credited as the translator ofLove and Other Stories(1919); the ML edition ofMademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories(1917) did not identify the translator. One story appears twice in the combined volume in different translations. “A Piece of String” (pp. 213–22) was added toLove and Other Storiesby 1930. It was also included (in a different translation) as “The Piece of String” (pp. 23–31) inMademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories.",
            "Maupassant’sBest Storiessold 6,269 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "243b.  Title changed; title page reset (1940)",
            "THE BEST STORIES | OF | GUY DE | MAUPASSANT | TRANSLATED BY | MICHAEL MONAHAN | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 243a.",
            "Contents as 243a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY ORSAMUS TURNER HARRIS | COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Spring 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in medium gray (265) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in dark blue on inset medium gray panel bordered in dark blue; background in cream. Front flap as 243a. (Spring 1940)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Maupassant,Mademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories(1917–1931)  8",
            "Maupassant,Une Vie(1918–1931)  54",
            "Maupassant,Love and Other Stories(1919–1931)  72",
            "Maupassant,Une Vie; Bel Ami(1932–1935)  54.2",
            "Maupassant,Best Stories, ed. Commins(1945–1971)  383",
            "Fall"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 244,
          "METADATA": {
            "TITLE": "THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 201
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "244a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] The Arabian Nights’ | Entertainments | OR THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND | NIGHTS AND A NIGHT | [rule] | A SELECTION OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND REPRE- | SENTATIVE OF THESE TALES FROM THE | PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATIONS | BY | RICHARD F. BURTON | [rule] | THE STORIES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND ARRANGED | BY | BENNETT A. CERF | AND ARE PRINTED COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED | WITH MANY OF BURTON’S NOTES | [rule] |Introductory Essay| BY | BEN RAY REDMAN | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–ii] iii–xiv, 1–823 [824].  [1–26]16[27]4",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright, 1932,byBENNETT A. CERF | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; iii–v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: Ben Ray Redman. |May 1,1932. |New York City.; 1–823 text; [824] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in grayish purplish blue (204) and black on cream paper with inset decorative map of Arabian peninsula, Persia and northwest India; borders in grayish purplish blue, lettering in black. Signed: Witold Gordon. Jacket title: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS | AN ADULT SELECTION. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The perpetual enchantment and all the magical and multi-colored pageantry ofThe Arabian Nightsare offered here in Sir Richard Burton’s rendering for the delectation of adult minds. Shahrazad spins her tales without censorial interruption, and the spell that possessed King Shahryar and since then has possessed mankind is not broken, praise be to Allah, by discreet asterisks and decorous euphemisms. The tales in this volume were chosen because they are the most fascinating and representative ofThe Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. (Fall 1937)",
            "Original ML selection. Published September 1932.WR15 October 1932. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The title page ofThe Arabian Nights’ Entertainmentshad so much text that there was no room for the torchbearer or for Cerf and Klopfer’s names in the imprint.",
            "Cerf selected the stories included in the ML edition. The statement on the title page that the stories were “complete and unabridged” was not strictly true. Cerf explained his editorial approach and interpretation of “unabridged” as follows: “As far as the stories being complete and unabridged is concerned, the only thing that was left out of any of the stories included was long stretches of poetry, and a very occasional phrase that was of no importance whatever to the story. In every sense I believe it thoroughly fair to say that the stories are quite unabridged” (Cerf to Herman Schaff, John W. Luce & Co., 16 November 1932). The ML made three sets of plates, two of which were sold for $950 each to Walter J. Black and Blue Ribbon Books. Black had first rights to the book for mail-order purposes. The ML followed with its edition in September 1932, and Blue Ribbon Books brought out an illustrated edition in November (Cerf to Walter J. Black, 13 January 1932). Grosset & Dunlap borrowed the ML’s plates in 1937 to print a motion picture edition, paying the ML a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to Edward Edelson, Grosset & Dunlap, 28 May 1937).",
            "The Arabian Nightssold 7,578 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling ML titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "244b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "The Arabian Nights’ | Entertainments | OR THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND | NIGHTS AND A NIGHT |A selection of the most famous and representative of|these tales from the plain and literal translations|byRICHARD F. BURTON | THE STORIES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND ARRANGED BY | BENNETT A. CERF and are printed complete | AND UNABRIDGED WITH MANY OF BURTON’S NOTES | introductory essay by BEN RAY REDMAN | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [2], [i–ii] iii–xiv, 1–823 [824–832].  [1–26]16[27]8",
            "Contents as 244a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY BENNETT A. CERF; [825–829] ML list; [830–831] ML Giants list; [832] blank. (Spring 1943)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 244b.  [1]16[2–12]32[13]8[14]32[15]16.  Contents as 244b except: [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY BENNETT A. CERF | COPYRIGHT, 1959, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (Spring 1962)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in light purplish blue (199), dark grayish yellow (91) and black on coated white paper with inset decorative map, closely patterned after map on 244a jacket, in light purplish blue and black with lettering in reverse; background in light purplish blue with title and translator in dark grayish yellow and black. Jacket title as 244a. Front flap as 244a. (Fall 1942) Later printings in light greenish blue (172) instead of light purplish blue; front flap reset with last sentence revised: “The tales in this volume of over 800 pages. . . .” (Fall 1953)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "245",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ALEXANDRE KUPRIN",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "YAMA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1952",
            "ML_NUMBER": 203
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "245a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] YAMA | [within square brackets] THE PIT | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL | RUSSIAN OF | ALEXANDRE KUPRIN | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | FOREWORD BY ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] |“All the horror is in just this,—|that there is no horror. . . .”| [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–x] xi–xvii [xviii–xx], [1–2] 3–442 [443–444].  [1–14]16[15]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1922, 1929, 1932,by| BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [v]AUTHOR’S DEDICATION; [vi]TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; [ix] FOREWORD signed: Arthur Garfield Hays. |New York City,|October 15, 1929.; [x] blank; xi–xvii INTRODUCTION signed p. vii: Bernard Guilbert Guerney. |The Blue Faun Bookshop,|136 W. 23rd St.,New York City.|Autumnof 1931.; [xviii] blank; [xix] TRANSLATOR’S NOTE; [xx] blank; [1] part title: PART ONE; [2] blank; 3–436 text; 437–442 AUTHOR’S POSTSCRIPT; [443–444] blank",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark purplish pink (251) and black on light grayish green paper depicting a large bearded man with his hand on the shoulder of a woman looking up with a fearful expression; borders in dark purplish pink, lettering in black. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Yama the Pitis as sinister and pitiless as the vice it exposes and condemns. It omits nothing and condones nothing of the abominations of the oldest profession in the world. The stark picture of a brothel and the prostitute’s way of life becomes by the artistry of Alexandre Kuprin an indictment more scathing and effective than all the moral indignation of vice crusaders and the periodical revelations of the police.Yamacarries horror to a point beyond horror and into the realm of great realistic literature. (Spring 1938)",
            "Guerney translation originally published (“privately printed”) for subscribers only, 1922. New edition published by Bernard Guilbert Guerney, 1929, with additions, revisions, and corrections by the author, a foreword by Arthur Garfield Hays, and an author’s postscript. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting based on the 1929 edition. Publication scheduled for October 1932 but moved forward to September when Marx’sCapital, The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings(246) was postponed.WR15 October 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1952.",
            "Guerney’s introduction to the 1929 edition was revised for the ML.",
            "The ML paid Guerney a $2,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. The contract specified that royalties were to drop to 9½ cents after the first 20,000 copies. Cerf originally offered Guerney royalties of 9½ cents on all copies but increased the offer following negotiations with Guerney. The $800 cost of making new plates was split between Guerney and the ML. Guerney’s half was to be charged against royalties after sales passed 20,000 copies, and the plates were to remain the property of the ML (Cerf to Guerney, 17 February 1931).",
            "Yamasold 2,700 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "245b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "YAMA | (THE PIT) | TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL | RUSSIAN OF | ALEXANDRE KUPRIN | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | FOREWORD BY | ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS |“All the horror is in just this—that there is no horror. . . .”| [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 245a.",
            "Contents as 245a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1922, 1929, 1932, | BY BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark gray (266) and dark green (146) on cream paper with title in reverse on curved dark green panel at right; background in dark gray with other lettering in reverse. Front flap as 245a. (Spring 1940)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "246",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "KARL MARX",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "CAPITAL, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO AND OTHER WRITINGS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 202
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "246a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] CAPITAL | THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO | AND OTHER WRITINGS | [rule] | BY | KARL MARX | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | MAX EASTMAN | [rule] | WITH AN UNPUBLISHED ESSAY ON MARXISM | BY | LENIN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, 1–429 [430].  [1–14]16[15]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xviii INTRODUCTION signed p. xviii: Max Eastman. | New York, | June, 1932.; xix NOTE signed M. E.; [xx] blank; xxi–xxvi THE THREE SOURCES AND THREE CON- | STITUENT PARTS OF MARXISM signed p. xxvi: Lenin.; 1–429 text; [430] blank.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, 1–429 [430–438].  [1–14]16[15]8. Contents as 246a except: [431–435] ML list; [436–437] ML Giants list; [438] blank. (Fall 1939)",
            "Contents:Part I. Outlines of a Future Society.FromThe German Ideology, translated by Max Eastman –FromThe Poverty of Philosophy –FromThe Criticism of the Gotha Program.  Part II. Analysis of the Materials.FromThe German Ideology, translated by Max Eastman –Fromthe introduction to Critique of Political Economy, translated by Max Eastman – Capital (selections), translated by Stephen L. Trask – The Theory of Crises, by Julian Borchardt.  Part III. The Method and the Call to Action. The Communist Manifesto –FromCriticism of the Gotha Program – Address of the Central Authority to the Communist League, translated by Max Eastman – The Civil War in France.",
            "JacketA:Uniform philosophy jacket in deep red (13), dark gray (266) and black on cream paper; borders in deep red, lettering in black. Jacket title on front panel of jacket A and all subsequent jackets: CAPITAL AND OTHER WRITINGS. Signed: WC. (Fall 1932)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting Marx with marching workers in background; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With one-sixth of the habitable world governed by Marxian doctrines and with the rest of the world facing the possibility of a Communist social order, the writings of Karl Marx become more a modern revelation and prophecy than a mere economic interpretation of history. HisCapital and Other Writings, judiciously and discriminatingly edited by Max Eastman, is the contemporary Bible of a newly emerged society, and as such it has an eminent place on the shelf of the Modern Library. (Fall 1935)",
            "Original ML collection. The abridgment of the three volumes ofCapitaland Borchardt’s essay, “The Theory of Crises” (pp. 13–314) are a reprint ofThe People’s Marx: Abridged Popular Edition of the Three Volumes of “Capital,”edited by Julian Borchardt and translated by Stephen L. Trask (London: International Bookshops, 1921). Publication of the ML edition originally scheduled for September 1932 but postponed until October because of additions to the manuscript.WR12 November 1932. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "The People’s Marxdoes not appear to have been copyrighted in theU.S. The ML reprinted it with the permission of the translator, Stephen L. Trask. Eastman notes, “This book itself has almost become a classic, and it seems to me a better way to get acquainted with Marx’s economic theories than merely to read through the first volume and stop, as is usually done” (p. xix). The selections fromThe German IdeologyandCritique of Political Economyin Part II were added by the ML.",
            "Cerf was responsible for the inclusion of the essay by Lenin which was prominently noted on the title page and dust jacket. At the time he was compiling the volume Eastman referred to it as “that rather heavy encyclopedia-article of Lenin’s” and wanted to omit it so that more of Marx’s own writings could be included (Eastman to Cerf, 6 May 1932). Cerf responded, “I do want to leave in the Lenin article . . . since his name may add materially to the sale of the volume.” He indicated that he would cut it only if Eastman insisted (Cerf to Eastman, 9 May 1932). The Lenin essay that was included, “The Three Sources and Three Constituent Parts of Marxism,” may have been different from the one originally projected. Eastman states in the volume: “I have translated an introduction to Marxism written by Lenin in 1913 and published in a Russian magazine calledEducation. To this very orthodox statement by Lenin it might be well—in view of my own proposals—to add another remark made by him: ‘In no sense do we regard the Marxist theory as something complete and unassailable. On the contrary, we are convinced that this theory is only the corner-stone of that science which socialists must advance in all directions if they do not wish to fall behind life” (p. xix).",
            "Shortly after the publication ofCapital, The Communist Manifesto, and Other Writings, Klopfer invited Eastman to translate a volume of Lenin’s writings for the ML. Eastman signed a contract to translate and edit the book, but other work got in the way and the contract was cancelled eighteen months later. See “Titles Sought, Suggested, Declined” under 1933 for more information.",
            "M. Lincoln Schuster of Simon and Schuster wrote to Cerf about the lack of an indextoCapital, The Communist Manifesto, and Other Writings: “I think it is an outrage to publish DAS KAPITAL by Karl Marx without an index. On what page, for example, is the letter of instruction which Karl Marx wrote from London in 1850 to the Communist League? Remember your obligation to scholarship, Bennett: you’re publishing Karl not Groucho” (Schuster to Cerf, 7 February 1933). Klopfer replied that Schuster should blame Eastman, who never suggested an index (Klopfer to Schuster, 8 February 1933).",
            "Sales figures from the 1930s are not available.Capital, The Communist Manifesto and Other Writingssold 4,391 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It rose to the first quarter of ML and Giant titles during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 with sales of 4,530 copies. In 1954 Eastman noted thatCapital, The Communist Manifesto and Other Writingshad sold nearly 4,000 copies in the past six months (Eastman to Cerf, 19 August 1954).",
            "The ML published an unabridged edition of the first volume of Marx’sCapital(G24) in the Giants series in 1936. The Giant sold 8,854 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 and 4,333 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles at both periods.",
            "246b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "CAPITAL | THE COMMUNIST | MANIFESTO |AND OTHER WRITINGS| BY KARL MARX |Edited, with an introduction, byMAX EASTMAN |With an essay on Marxism byV. I. LENIN | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 246a variant.",
            "Contents as 246a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [431–436] ML list; [437–438] ML Giants list. (Spring 1946)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 246a variant.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]8[8]32[9]16. Contents as 246b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, AND RENEWED 1959, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [430–436] ML list; [437–438] ML Giants list. (Spring 1964)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset deep red panel bordered in black; background in cream with other lettering in black and torchbearer in very deep red below inset panel. Front flap as 246a. (Spring 1946)",
            "Front flap revised:",
            "Entire nations and even a continent have come under the dominance of the ideas taught by Karl Marx. His major work,Capital, is accepted in a large part of the world as revealed truth and its doctrines are looked upon as more than the economic interpretation of history the book attempted to offer.The Communist Manifesto, written in collaboration with Friedrich Engels, framed the fiery slogans now familiar to the world. This volume of Karl Marx’s principal writings, edited by Max Eastman, includes the most important chapters formCapital, the entireCommunist Manifesto, Marx’s conception of history and an essay by Lenin. (Fall 1954)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A on coated white paper with moderate yellow green (120) and brilliant greenish blue (169) instead of very deep red and black. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (Fall 1963)",
            "Jacket C:As jacket A on coated white paper with very deep purplish red (257) and brilliant greenish blue (169) instead of very deep red and black. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (Fall 1964)",
            "246c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1965)",
            "Title completely reset. Transcription as 246b through line 7; lines 8–10: [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 246a variant.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9]16",
            "Contents as 246b variant except: [430] blank; [431–438] ML list. (Fall 1965)",
            "Jacket:As 246b jacket C.",
            "Printed from offset plates photographically reproduced from an earlier ML printing.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Marx,Capital(Giant, 1936– )  G24"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "247",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "CHARLES DICKENS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1970",
            "ML_NUMBER": 204
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "247.1a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS | OF THE | PICKWICK CLUB | [rule] | BY | CHARLES DICKENS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, 1–855 [856–860].  [1–27]16[28]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]First Modern Library Edition| 1932 | [short double rule]; v–ix PREFACE; [x] blank; xi–xvii CONTENTS; [xviii] blank; xix–xx CHARACTERS; 1–855 text; [856–860] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate bluish green (164) and black on cream paper depicting Pickwick with Mrs. Bardell limp in his arms as her son pulls on the tail of Pickwick’s waistcoat; borders in moderate bluish green, lettering in black. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "WhenPickwick Papersfirst appeared, the world-wide reputation of Charles Dickens was made. Today, exactly a century later, this book has multiplied its enthusiastic readers by millions. It will always stand as the symbol of kindness, simplicity and almost farcical gallantry. Mr. Pickwick’s adventures remain to all generations of readers the whimsical exploits of a man beloved for his eccentricities and his deep humanity. (Fall 1938)",
            "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1932.WR12 November 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
            "When the ML edition was published Cerf sent a letter to book review editors in which he pointed out that the plates were brand new. He stated, “I expect the book to be one of the most popular in our series year in and year out” (Cerf to Laurence Stallings, c/o The New York Sun, 24 October 1932). It sold 7,325 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it at the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 3,299 copies, making it one-hundredth out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.",
            "247.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "THE POSTHUMOUS | PAPERS OF THE | PICKWICK | CLUB | BY | CHARLES DICKENS | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 247.1a.",
            "Contents as 247.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements.",
            "Jacket:Not seen but almost certainly the Galdone jacket described under 247.2, which was designed in December 1940.",
            "247.2.  Text reset (1944/45)",
            "THE POSTHUMOUS | PAPERS OF THE | PICKWICK | CLUB | BY | CHARLES DICKENS | [torchbearer D3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [2], 1–817 [818–826].  [1–26]16[27]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; v–ix PREFACE; [x] blank; xi–xvii CONTENTS; [xviii] blank; xix–xx CHARACTERS; [1] fly title: THE PICKWICK PAPERS; [2] blank; 1–817 text; [818] blank; [819–824] ML list; [825–826] ML Giants list. (Fall 1945)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), pale yellowish pink (31), moderate reddish brown (43) and black on coated white paper depicting Pickwick standing on a chair addressing the Pickwick Club; lettering in black with title highlighted in deep reddish orange. Designed by Paul Galdone, December 1940; unsigned. Front flap as 247.1a. (Spring 1946) Front flap reset and slightly revised. (Spring 1960)",
            "Printed from plates made for the Illustrated ML (I4.2) and subsequently used for regular ML printings.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dickens,David Copperfield(1934–1971)  269",
            "Dickens,Tale of Two Cities(1935–1971)  284",
            "Dickens,Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club(Illustrated ML, 1943–1951)  IML 4",
            "Dickens,Our Mutual Friend(1960–1970)  524",
            "Dickens,Bleak House(1985– )  641"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "248",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN DOS PASSOS",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THREE SOLDIERS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1963",
            "ML_NUMBER": 205
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "248a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THREE SOLDIERS | [rule] | BY | JOHN DOS PASSOS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN DOS PASSOS | [rule] | [torchbearer C1] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–471 [472].  [1–14]16[15]16(16+1.2)",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1921,byGEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | [short double rule] |Intro. copyright, 1932,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: John Dos Passos. | Provincetown, | June, 1932.; [x] blank; [xi] CONTENTS; [xii] blank; [1] part title: Part One: MAKING THE MOULD; [2] epigraph from Stendhal; 3–471 text; [472] blank.Note:Pp. 469– [472] are an inserted fold.",
            "Variant:Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–471 [472–476].  [1–15]16[16]4. Contents as 248a except: [iv]Firststatement omitted; [472–476] blank.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in brownish orange (54) and black on pale orange yellow (73) paper depicting three soldiers learning against a ship’s rail with black sea in background; borders in brownish orange, lettering in black. Signed: W.C. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "The years that have passed since the World War have been severe to the literature of that disastrous episode in human history. Only a few books have survived. Of these,Three Soldiersstands pre-eminent. It reveals the cant and manufactured romanticism of war. Through the experiences of three men of the ranks, humanity’s most ghastly venture in mutual destruction stands condemned as criminal and futile.Three Soldiersintroduced a writer who has since become a major figure among American novelists. Upon this first book his reputation rests securely. (Spring 1935)",
            "Originally published by George H. Doran Co., 1921. ML edition printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting; the new plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Publication scheduled for November 1932.WR17 December 1932. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1963.",
            "Eight months before the ML edition was published Cerf wrote Doubleday, Doran, “We think that we ought to have a Dos Passos book in the Modern Library, and we can’t make up our minds between the 42nd Parallel and Three Soldiers.” He asked how many copiesThree Soldiershad sold in the trade edition and the subsequent reprint in Doubleday’s Sun Dial Library (Cerf to Robert de Graff, 9 April 1932). When he discovered that the plates forThree Soldierswere too large for the ML’s format he contacted Harper & Brothers about the comparative sales of Dos Passos’sManhattan TransferandThe 42nd Parallel.Manhattan Transferhad sold 25,000 copies in contrast to 12,000 forThe 42nd Parallel(Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., to Cerf, 12 April 1932), but the plates of those titles were also too large for the ML. In the end Cerf decided to begin withThree Soldiersand addedThe 42nd Parallel(307) to the ML five years later. Since new typesettings were required for both titles, Dos Passos was able to revise the texts for the ML editions.",
            "ForThree Soldiersthe ML paid Doubleday, Doran an advance of $1,250 against royalties of 10 cents a copy. When Dos Passos submitted his corrections and revisions for the ML edition he told Cerf, “Let me know if I made more corrections in theThree Soldierstext than you can handle—I didn’t know if it was going to be reset or if the plates were just going to be photographed down. The text is in awful shape as I was away when it was published and didn’t correct any proofs.” He also asked Cerf to limit changes in his introduction to the ML edition to spelling corrections and to leave word arrangement and punctuation as they were. The introduction, he noted, “turned out a very long job, but while I was doing it I thought I’d better give ’em the works” (Dos Passos to Cerf, undated).",
            "Three Soldierssold 4,102 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. When Houghton Mifflin acquired the publishing rights from Doubleday in 1946, Klopfer noted that sales had averaged about 2,500 copies a year (Klopfer to Lovell Thompson, Houghton Mifflin Co., 20 August 1946).Three Soldiersdid not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "Houghton Mifflin withdrewThree Soldiersand Dos Passos’sU.S.A.(G42) from the ML in June 1961 when the firm launched its quality paperback series, Sentry Editions. Klopfer signed the termination agreement in June and instructed the production department to make no more printings of either title (Klopfer to “Gorgeous Redhead,” 14 June 1961). Houghton Mifflin allowed the ML to sell off its existing stock and asked how long it would take, explaining that they did not want to bring outThree Soldiersuntil the ML stock was exhausted (Hardwick Moseley, Houghton Mifflin, to Klopfer, 21 June 1961). Klopfer indicated that the ML had 3,000 copies ofThree Soldiers, enough to last about a year, and a six- to eight-month supply ofU.S.A.(Klopfer to Moseley, 22 June 1961). Moseley wrote at the beginning of 1964 to inquire ifThree Soldierswas out of stock, and Klopfer replied that it was (Moseley to Klopfer, 15 January 1964; Klopfer to Moseley, 22 January 1964).Three Soldierswas published in Sentry Editions later that year.",
            "Three Soldierswas dropped from separately published ML catalogs after fall 1963, but it continued to be included in lists of ML titles at the end of ML volumes through 1970. Its ML number was reassigned toThe Buddhist Tradition, edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary (613), in spring 1969 after the oversight was discovered.",
            "248b.  Title page reset (c.1940)",
            "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THREE | SOLDIERS | BY | JOHN DOS PASSOS | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–471 [472–484].  [1–15]16[16]8",
            "Contents as 248a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT 1921, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [472–484] blank. (Library copyseenwith April 1941 acquisition date)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 248b.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9–10]16. Contents as 248b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1949, BY JOHN DOS PASSOS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, 1959, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [473–478] ML list; [479–480] ML Giants list; [481–484] blank. (Fall 1961)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse on inset dark red panel bordered in dark blue; background in cream. Front flap as 248a. (Spring 1943)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket A except inset panel in moderate reddish brown (43) instead of dark red. Front flap as 248a with last sentence omitted. (Spring 1961)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dos Passos,42nd Parallel(1937–1940)  307",
            "Dos Passos,U.S.A.(Giant, 1939–1962)  G42"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "249",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "LION FEUCHTWANGER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "POWER",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1945",
            "ML_NUMBER": 206
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "249a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] POWER | [rule] | BY | LION FEUCHTWANGER | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | WILLA and EDWIN MUIR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [6], [1–2] 3–531 [532–538].  [1–17]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] pub. note A6; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1926, BY THE VIKING PRESS | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; [1] part title:Book One| THE PRINCES; [2] blank; 3–531 text; [532] blank; [533–537] ML list; [538] blank. (Fall 1932)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep orange (51) and black on cream paper depicting a condemned man in cart with hands bound behind his back and gallows in background; borders in deep orange, lettering in black. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "An historical and spiritual revelation,Poweris at once an unerring psychological and throbbing physical evocation of a human being and of the whole pageant of mankind. All the hope and frustration, the idealism and iniquity, the sensualism and ascetism [sic] of an epoch come into a magical synthesis on Feuchtwanger’s enormous canvas. Süss, the Jew, becomes more than the central character of an historical novel laid in eighteenth-century Württemberg; he is the core and the symbol of a race whose intellectual and idealistic mission is timeless and unending. (Spring 1934)",
            "Muir translation originally published in U.S. by Viking Press, 1926. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for November 1932.WR17 December 1932. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1946.",
            "The Muir translation of Feuchtwanger’sJudSüßwas published in London under the titleJew Süssand in the U.S. asPower. The Viking plates were too large for the ML’s format. The ML paid Viking Press $800 on publication. Other financial details, including whether Viking Press or the ML paid for the new typesetting, have not been ascertained.",
            "Powersold 2,677 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
            "249b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "[torchbearer E3] | [4-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] POWER | by Lion Feuchtwanger | TRANSLATED BY | WILLA AND EDWIN MUIR | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pagination and collation as 249a.",
            "Contents as 249a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY THE VIKING PRESS.  (Fall 1940)",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in dark green (146) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark green background. Front flap as 249a. (Spring 1941)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "250",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORGE DU MAURIER",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "PETER IBBETSON",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1956",
            "ML_NUMBER": 207
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "250a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] PETER IBBETSON | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HIS COUSIN | LADY **** (“MADGE PLUNKET”) | [rule] | EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED BY | GEORGE DU MAURIER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | DEEMS TAYLOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], vii–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–416 [417–422].  [1–27]8[28]4",
            "[i] half title; [ii] frontispiece; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1891, 1893,byHARPER & BROTHERS |Copyright,1919,byC. C. HOYAR-MILLAR | [short double rule] |Introduction Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; v–vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; [viii] blank; vii–xvINTRODUCTIONsigned p. xv: Deems Taylor. | Hollow Hill, Stamford, Conn. |November, 1932; [xvi] blank; [1] part title: PETER IBBETSON |Part One; [2] blank; 3–416 text; [417–421] ML list; [422] blank. (Fall 1932)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark yellowish green (137) and black on light orange yellow paper with inset illustration (inspired by Du Maurier’s illustration on p. 245) of a man and woman clasping hands in an arbor; borders in dark yellowish green, title in reverse against inset illustration, other lettering in black. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "Du Maurier’s famous romance has already had four incarnations. Originally, in book form, it achieved a success for its author second only to the furore created by his ownTrilby. Then as a play, it has been, since 1915, a perennial favorite. As an opera, with a score by Deems Taylor, it found a prominent place in the repertory of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and, finally as a cinema, it has reached countless thousands of people. In its original form, it remains a book of enchantment and transcendent beauty. (Spring 1937)",
            "Originally published in U.S. by Harper & Brothers, 1891. New bibliographical edition published by Harper & Brothers with a 1919 copyright date; the new edition was probably published in the 1920s. ML edition (pp. [ii], v–vii, [1]–416) printed from plates of the later Harper edition. Published December 1932.WR31 December 1932. First printing: 7,450 copies. Discontinued fall 1956.",
            "The royalties that the ML paid to Harper & Brothers were based on sales, in contrast to the ML’s usual practice of paying royalties on the number of copies printed.Peter Ibbetsonwas one of the few books in the ML printed on special paper. The heavier paper may have been necessary because of Du Maurier’s illustrations. The paper order for the first printing may have been underestimated; the ML ordered a first printing of 8,000 copies and received 7,450.",
            "When the ML’s printers received the plates, Klopfer informed Harper’s that it might be necessary to trim some of the full-page illustrations and asked if that would be acceptable (Klopfer to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 10 November 1932). The statement is puzzling since the wood-engraved illustrations in the 1891 edition as well as those in the plates used by the ML appear to have been compatible with the ML’s balloon-cloth format.",
            "Peter Ibbetsonsold 2,784 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
            "250b.  Title page reset (1940)",
            "PETER | IBBETSON | BY | GEORGE DU MAURIER | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HIS COUSIN | LADY *** (“MADGE PLUNKET”) | INTRODUCTION BY | DEEMS TAYLOR | ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 250a.",
            "Contents as 250a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, 1893, BY HARPER AND BROTHERS | COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY C. C. HOYAR-MILLAR | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY INC. (Fall 1940)",
            "Variant:Pagination as 250a except: [417–430].  [1–14]16. Contents as 250b except: [417–421] ML list; [422–423] ML Giants list; [424–430] blank. (Spring 1948)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in dark bluish gray (192) and black on coated white paper with enlarged version of 250a jacket illustration; lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Front flap as 250a. (Spring 1943)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": "251",
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "DANTE ALIGHIERI",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE DIVINE COMEDY",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1932–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 208
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "251.1a.  First printing (1932)",
            "[within double rules] THE DIVINE COMEDY | [rule] | OF | DANTE ALIGHIERI | [rule] | THE CARLYLE-WICKSTEED | TRANSLATION | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | PROFESSOR C. H. GRANDGENT | OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv–xvi], [1–2] 3–601 [602–608].  [1–19]16[20]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; v–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: C. H. Grandgent. | Cambridge, Mass. |September,1932.; [xiv] blank; [xv] CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–5 PUBLISHER’S NOTE; [6] blank; [7] part title: INFERNO; [8] blank; 9–11 NOTE ON DANTE’S HELL; 12–14 THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE “INFERNO”; 15–16 diagrams and description of concentric spheres and eight revolving heavens; [17] epigraph in Latin from Seneca; [18] blank; 19–601 text; [602] epigraph from Bernard; [603–607] ML list; [608] blank. (Fall 1932)Note:Firststatement retained on printings through fall 1935.",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in deep yellowish pink (27) and black on cream paper depicting Dante with the inferno, purgatory, and paradise in background represented by flames, souls making their way up a mountain, and sunshine and clouds; borders in deep yellowish pink, lettering in black. Signed: L. (Fall 1932)",
            "Front flap:",
            "How to make available to the contemporary reader all the beauty of thought, language and imagery ofThe Divine Comedyhas been the primary consideration of the editors of the Modern Library in issuing this translated version of Dante’s masterpiece, complete and unabridged. After careful consideration of all the extant English translations and after consultation with the foremost university authorities, the Carlyle-Wicksteed rendering was chosen. It gives the entire scope, substance and spirit ofThe Divine Comedyto those numberless readers who cannot cope with the original. (Fall 1935)",
            "Jacket B:Pictorial in vivid red (11) and strong brown (55) on coated cream paper depicting Dante with an open book standing on a hillside overlooking the walls of a city, viewed through a border of stone portals; background within borders in vivid red with title and statement of responsibility for translation in reverse, other lettering in strong brown. Designed by Paul Galdone, November 1937; unsigned. Front flap as jacket A. (Fall 1937)",
            "Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed translation originally published in England by J. M. Dent & Sons (Temple Classics, 3 vols., around 1900). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1932.WR31 December 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72. Also published in ML Paperbacks, 1955, and subsequently in Vintage Books.",
            "The ML selected the Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed translation on the basis of reports from faculty members at Yale and Columbia and information from Henry C. Moriarty of the Harvard Cooperative Bookstore that it was the translation favored at Harvard. Cerf also sought the advice of Maurice Firuski of the Housatonuc Bookshop in Salisbury, Connecticut, about the translation, introduction, and notes. Cerf wanted an introduction by T. S. Eliot and offered Faber & Faber $60 to reprint Eliot’s essay on Dante. When that offer was rejected Firuski recommended C. H. Grandgent of Harvard University. Cerf still hoped to get Eliot (Cerf to Firuski, 28 June 1932) but wrote Grandgent a month later offering $75 for an introduction, which he indicated was needed by mid-September (Cerf to Grandgent, 25 July 1932). Grandgent sent the introduction in August.",
            "Cerf was pleased with the introduction but asked Grandgent to add a few paragraphs about the translation (Cerf to Grandgent, 18 August 1932). Grandgent replied that he had not read the translation the ML was using and knew nothing of the circumstances surrounding it. He thought the best translation he had read was that of Jefferson B. Fletcher (Macmillan, 1931) and indicated that he wouldn’t want to give it an inferior position (Grandgent to Cerf, 19 August 1932). Cerf sent him the Temple Classics edition, and Grandgent supplied an additional paragraph by the end of August. He wrote: “After careful consideration of all of the English translations of Dante, the work of John Aiken Carlyle, Thomas Okey, and P. H. Wicksteed was chosen. It is a translation that is clear, dignified, and accurate, in simple, idiomatic prose. It can be readily followed without any reference to the original Italian text. Its scholarly notes cover all obscure points more than adequately” (p. xiii).",
            "The Publisher’s Note states: “For this Modern Library edition of Dante’sDivine Comedythe best translations have been followed:Inferno, by John Aiken Carlyle;Purgatorio, by Thomas Okey;Paradisio, by Philip H. Wicksteed. The notes (edited for this edition by Julie Eidesheim) follow, in the main, the excellent notes for theInfernoand thePurgatorioby Dr. H. Oeslsner, and those prepared jointly by Dr. Oeslner and Philip H. Wicksteed for theParadisio” (251.1, p. 3; 251.2, p. xvii).",
            "ML title pages and jackets from 1932 through the early 1960s referred to the translation as the “Carlyle-Wicksteed translation,” overlooking the translator ofPurgatorio. Printings in the Illustrated Modern Library (IML 7) also omitted Okey’s name from the title page. The translations were not fully identified on the title page or jackets of regular ML printings until 1963/64 (251.2c).",
            "Shortly after Jason Epstein joined RH in 1958 he invited Charles S. Singleton of Johns Hopkins University to prepare a new translation ofThe Divine Comedyfor the ML. Singleton indicated that he was working on a prose translation for the Bollingen Foundation, which was scheduled to be published by Princeton University Press in 1965, the seven-hundredth anniversary of Dante’s birth. Epstein secured the approval of the Bollingen Foundation for a ML edition to appear after theirs, and a contract was signed with Singleton, who received advances totaling three thousand dollars between 1959 and 1961. The project took longer than anticipated, however. It was not ready by 1965. Two years later it was still being listed as a future title in ML memoranda. The Bollingen Foundation edition appeared in six volumes between 1970 and 1975 with the text in Italian and English and with extensive commentary. By that time it was too late for a ML edition. The ML had become moribund and had ceased adding new titles.",
            "The Divine Comedysold 8,362 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the first quarter ML and Giant titles. It sold 7,590 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it fifteenth out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML. Sales totaled 151,638 copies by spring 1958.",
            "251.1b.  Title page reset (1941)",
            "The Divine Comedy|of |DANTE ALIGHIERI |TheCARLYLE-WICKSTEEDTranslation|Introduction by| PROFESSOR C. H. GRANDGENT |ofHarvardUniversity| [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pagination and collation as 251.1a.",
            "Contents as 251.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (Fall 1942)",
            "JacketC:Enlarged version of 251.1a jacket B. (Fall 1941)",
            "251.2a.  Text reset; genealogical tables added(1945)",
            "The DIVINE | COMEDY | of Dante Alighieri | THE CARLYLE-WICKSTEED TRANSLATION | INTRODUCTION BY C. H. GRANDGENT OF | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | THE MODERN LIBRARY [torchbearer D5]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–625 [626–636].  [1–20]16[21]8",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xv Introduction signed p. xv: C. H. Grandgent | Cambridge, Mass. | September, 1933. [misprint for 1932]; [xvi] blank; xvii–xix Publisher’s Note; [xx] blank; [1] part title with illustration of Dante and epigraph in Latin from Seneca: INFERNO; [2] blank; 3–5 Note on Dante’s Hell; 6–8 The Chronology of the “Inferno”; 9–10 diagrams and description of concentric spheres and eight revolving heavens; 11–607 text; 608 epigraph from Bernard; [609] part title with illustration of Dante: GENEALOGICAL | TABLES; [610] note; 611–625 genealogical tables; [626] blank; [627–632] ML list; [633–634] ML Giants list; [635–636] blank. (Spring 1945)",
            "Jacket:As 251.1b. (Spring 1945)",
            "Printed from plates made in 1944 for the Illustrated ML edition ofThe Divine Comedy(IML 7) and subsequently used for regular ML printings. Regina Spirito of the RH production department informed the ML’s printers that the new plates should be used for current and future printings of the regular ML edition and sent a new plate for the ML title page (Spirito to William Simon, Parkway Printing Co., 4 October 1944).",
            "251.2b.  Wilkins bibliographyadded (1951)",
            "The DIVINE | COMEDY | of Dante Alighieri |The Carlyle-Wicksteed Translation| INTRODUCTION BY THE LATE C. H. GRANDGENT |Professor of Romance Languages|HarvardUniversity| BIBLIOGRAPHY BY ERNEST H. WILKINS |President Emeritus,OberlinCollege| [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library · New York",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–625 [626–634].  [1–19]16[20]8[21]16",
            "Contents as 251.1a except: [iv]Copyright, 1932, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; vii–xv Introduction | By C. H. GRANDGENT [Grandgent’s name moved from end of introduction totheheading; place and date omitted]; xvii Bibliography signed: E.H.W.; [xviii] blank; xix–xxi Publisher’s Note; [xxii] blank. (Spring 1951)",
            "Jacket:As 251.1b. (Spring 1951)",
            "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Wilkins received $50 for the bibliography (Stein to Wilkins, 27 January 1950).",
            "A memo dated 27 September 1950 instructed that the title-page reference to “Carlyle-Wicksteed Translation” be changed to “Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed Translation.” The change was made in the MLCE title page only. Thirteen years later another memo (28 February 1963) indicated that the jacket and title page of the regular ML edition should read “Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed Translation.”",
            "The following note was added to verso of the title page: “The material included in this volume is taken from Temple Classics.”",
            "251.2c.  Title page revised (c.1964)",
            "Title as 251.2b except line 4:The Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed Translation",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx [xxi–xxii], [1–2] 3–625 [626–634].  [1]16[2–9]32[10]8[11]32[12]16",
            "Contents as 251.1b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |Distributed in Canada | by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto| The material in this volume is taken from Temple Classics.; xix–[xxi] Publisher’s Note; [627–634] ML list. (Fall 1965)Note:Page numeral “xxi” removed from plates.",
            "JacketD:As 251.1b except front panel, backstrip and front flap revised to identify the translation as “Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed.” (Fall 1964)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Dante Alighieri,Divine Comedy(Illus ML, 1944–1947)  IML 7"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "229",
        "THOMAS MANN.  THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.  1932–1938.  (ML 200)229.  First printing (1932)[within double rules] THE | MAGIC MOUNTAIN | [rule] | BY | THOMAS MANN | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | H. T. LOWE-PORTER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK\n\nPp. [12], [1–2] 3–900.  [1–28]16[29]8[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [3] title; [4]Copyright,1927,byALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. |Copyright,1924,byS. FISCHER VERLAG | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [5] TRANSLATOR’S NOTE signed: H. T. L.-P.; [6] blank; [7–9] CONTENTS; [10] blank; [11–12] FOREWORD; [1] part title: CHAPTER I; [2] blank; 3–900 text.Jacket:Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and deep blue (179) on cream paper with inset illustration of Thomas Mann in front of a mountain; borders in moderate greenish blue, lettering in deep blue. Signed: C. (Fall 1931)",
        "Front flap:",
        "The reader who takes up this book for the first time has in store for him one of the rarest thrills that can be afforded by modern literature. The editors of the Modern Library unhesitatingly list it among the greatest novels of all time. That it ranks as one of the five best sellers in the entire series is a tribute to the taste of the American public. That the author is now in exile from his native land is a commentary on the Hitler regime that needs no amplification. (Spring 1934)",
        "Lowe-Porter translation originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ML edition (pp. [5]–900) printed from Knopf plates with table of contents consolidated from vols. 1 and 2, fly title omitted, and page numeral “xi” removed from the foreword. Published January 1932.WR13 February 1932. First printing: 17,000 copies. Discontinued spring 1938.",
        "Cerf approached Knopf about a ML edition ofThe Magic Mountainin 1929, when he offered a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy and indicated that he was willing to use the Plimpton Press rather than the ML’s regular printers so that the Knopf plates would not have to be moved (Cerf to Manley Aaron, Knopf, 19 November 1929). The reprint contract was not signed until May 1931. The agreement Cerf sent Knopf did not limit the ML’s rights to any period of time; Knopf inserted the standard clause granting reprint rights for a period of five years (Knopf, Inc. to Cerf, 14 May 1931). The terms of the final contract have not been ascertained, but the ML appears to have paid royalties of 12 cents a copy. The ML secured quotes from the Plimpton Press but in the end the ML edition was printed by Parkway Printing Co., the ML’s regular printers.",
        "Sales over the first five years totaled 48,004 copies as follows: 13,883 copies (1932); 7,871 copies (1933); 9,053 copies (1934); 9,902 copies (1935); 7,295 copies (1936) (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938).",
        "Knopf declined to renew the reprint contract for a second five-year term. Lewis Miller later explained, “Mr. Knopf has withdrawn THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN from us and plans to reissue it himself in what I imagine will be a $3.00 edition. I believe Mr. Knopf feels that he can get more revenue for himself and for Mr. Mann in that way. We are sorry to have the book go, naturally” (Miller to Ellis Mount, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 18 May 1938). The final printing of the ML edition (10,000 copies in October 1936) was ordered after Knopf served notice that the reprint contract would not be renewed. Knopf appears to have allowed the ML a large final printing before giving up the title. Cerf expressed his appreciation: “Just a line to tell you again how much I appreciate your attitude in THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN matter. We are indebted to you for a lot of things. Some day maybe we will be able to square the account” (Cerf to Knopf, 26 October 1936). The ML edition was out of print by May 1938.",
        "Cerf never accepted the loss ofThe Magic Mountainand tried repeatedly to get it back. The following exchange of letters is typical. In 1942, after Mann’sBuddenbrooks(285) had also been withdrawn from the ML, Cerf offered a $5,000 advance against royalties of 15 cents a copy “or to work out any other set of details that might satisfy you” for permission to publishThe Magic Mountainas a Giant. He added, “Quite frankly, we get letters every week in the year demanding to know why this title is no longer in the series, and I’d rather have it back than any other book in print” (Cerf to Joseph C. Lesser, Knopf, 20 July 1942). Lesser replied that he wished he could say yes. “The title is just too good a back-list item for us to be willing to part with it on any arrangement whatsoever. As a trade publisher you must appreciate the necessity of our position” (Lesser to Cerf, 21 July 1942). Cerf replied: “I was afraid that your answer was going to be no on THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.” He then asked if Knopf could be persuaded to allowBuddenbrooksinto the Giants. “We really ought to have a Thomas Mann title somewhere along the line in a series that is supposed to represent the best in modern literature” (Cerf to Lesser, 22 July 1942).",
        "The Magic Mountainwas included in MLCE in the 1960s after RH’s acquisition of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. It was restored to the regular ML in 1992 as part of Random House’s “relaunch” of the series.",
        "Also in the Modern Library",
        "Mann,Buddenbrooks(1935–1940)  285",
        "Mann, Thomas,Stories of Three Decades(Giant, 1961–1973; 1979–1986)  G97",
        "Mann,Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man(1965–1971)  577",
        "Mann,Doctor Faustus(1966– )  582",
        "230",
        "THEODORE DREISER.  SISTER CARRIE.  1932–1971.  (ML 8)230a.  First printing (1932)[within double rules] SISTER CARRIE | [rule] | BY | THEODORE DREISER | [rule] | WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK\n\nPp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [2], [1] 2–557 [558–566].  [1–18]166⅞ x 4⅜ in. (175 x 110 mm)",
        "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1900,byHARPER AND BROTHERS |Copyright, 1917, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; v–vii THE EARLY ADVENTURES OF | SISTER CARRIE signed p. vii: Theodore Dreiser.; vii (cont.) A PUBLISHER’S NOTE | ON THE MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | OF “SISTER CARRIE”; [viii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [1]–557 text; [558] blank; [559–563] ML list; [564–566] blank. (Spring 1932)Note:To accommodate Dreiser’s plates the ML edition was ¼ inch taller than the ML’s standard format; later printings in the balloon cloth format were also ¼ inch wider. See the note directly below under 230a variant.",
        "Variant:Wider format with binding measuring 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (175 x 117 mm). Pagination and collation as 230a. Contents as 230a except p. [iv] entirely reset with transcription as 230a except first comma in line 2 in italic andFirststatement omitted; [564–565] ML Giants list; [566] blank. (Fall 1939)Note:The wider format may have been introduced well before 1939. The wider format allowed more generous inside and outer margins. It also meant that the endpapers extended beyond Kent’s endpaper design, leaving a white border of more than ⅛ inch at the fore-edge of the free endpapers.",
        "Jacket:Pictorial in moderate reddish purple (258) and black on cream paper depicting a woman’s head and shoulders in left profile; borders in moderate reddish purple, lettering in black. Signed C. (Spring 1932)",
        "Front flap:",
        "The story of the vicissitudes attendant upon the publisher’s suppression, in 1901, ofSister Carrieis the history of America’s emergence from the fog of suspicion and fear of realism in the novel. On the score of his uncompromising fight, Theodore Dreiser must be regarded a pioneer and liberator. HisSister Carriepointed the tendency in American fiction for twenty-five years, and today it remains a monumental achievement, embodying all the sympathy, tenderness and unremitting naturalness for which its author has grown internationally famous. (Fall 1933)",
        "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. Dreiser acquired the Doubleday, Page plates in 1906 and authorized printings by B. W. Dodge & Co., 1907; Grosset & Dunlap, 1908; Harper & Bros., 1912; and Boni & Liveright, 1917. ML edition (pp. [1]–557) printed from Dreiser’s plates. Published February 1932.WR12 March 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72.",
        "Dreiser’s account of the original publication ofSister Carrie, “The Early Adventures of Sister Carrie” (ML ed., pp. v–vii) indicates that it was rejected by Harper & Brothers before it was accepted by Doubleday, Page at the recommendation of the novelist Frank Norris, who was a reader for Doubleday. After the book was printed, Dreiser continues:",
        "“Mrs. Frank Doubleday read the manuscript and was horrified by its frankness. She was a social worker and active in moral reform, and because of her strong dislike for the book and insistence that it be withdrawn from publication, Doubleday, Page decided not to put it in circulation. However, Frank Norris remained firm in his belief that the book should come before the American public, and persuaded me to insist on the publishers carrying out the contract. Their legal adviser—one Thomas McKee, who afterwards personally narrated to me his share in all this—was called in, and he advised the firm that it was legally obliged to go on with the publication, it having signed a contract to do so, but that this did not necessarily includeselling; in short, the books, after publication, might be thrown in the cellar! I believe his advice was followed to the letter, because no copies were ever sold. But Frank Norris, as he himself told me, did manage to send out some copies to book reviewers, probably a hundred of them. (p. vi)",
        "James L. W. West III notes:",
        "Frank Doubleday, the senior partner, returned in July 1900 from a vacation and read Sister Carrie in typescript. Perhaps his wife read the novel as well, though this has never been firmly established. For whatever reason, Doubleday expressed a strong dislike for the narrative, calling it “immoral” and urging that his firm not publish it. Working through Page, he attempted to persuade Dreiser to withdraw the book, but Dreiser . . . stood firm and demanded publication. Doubleday sought legal advice and found that indeed he was committed to putting Sister Carrie into print, but that he was under no obligation to market it strongly (West, “The Composition and Publication of Sister Carrie”, Dreiser Web Source, University of Pennsylvania Library, 2000).",
        "Doubleday, Page printed 1,008 copies ofSister Carrieand left 450 unbound. Norris sent out 127 review copies.Sister Carriesold 456 copies between its publication on 8 November 1900 and February 1902, and Dreiser received royalties of $68.40 (Lehan, p. 1159). Dreiser indicates that the Doubleday, Page plates along with some bound and unbound copies ofSister Carriewere bought by the rare book dealer J. F. Taylor & Company (“The Early Adventures of Sister Carrie,” p. vi). Dreiser later purchased the plates and books from them. Subsequent reprints ofSister Carrie, including the Modern Library’s, were arranged with Dreiser.",
        "The ML negotiated its edition directly with Dreiser. Dreiser received a $2,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He paid $500 of the advance to Horace Liveright, Inc., probably for the use of the plates which had been licensed to Liveright. All of the royalties were credited to Dreiser’s account; Liveright received no further income from the ML edition (Dreiser Papers, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania. Dreiser to Horace Liveright, Inc., 27 October 1931). When a ML printing was required, Klopfer wrote to Dreiser asking him to give instructions for the plates to be delivered to the ML’s printers. After Dreiser’s death the ML acquired world rights on a non-exclusive basis (Dreiser Papers. E. E. Harper to Mrs. Theodore Dreiser, 1 April 1948).",
        "Dreiser’s foreword, “The Early Adventures of Sister Carrie,” was originally published inThe Colophon, pt. 5 (1931). The “Publisher’s Note on the Modern Library Edition of ‘Sister Carrie’” (p.vii) states:",
        "One of the very first books mentioned for inclusion in the Modern Library series was Sister Carrie. This was back in 1918. This book, as much as any written by an American, we felt, expressed the trend and spirit of the literature we wanted in our series. Mr. Dreiser, however, very reasonably kept one eye cocked on the royalty statements covering the two-fifty edition [the trade edition published by Boni & Liveright in 1917], and it was only in February, 1932, after more attempts than we care to think about, that we persuaded him to let us do the book.\n\tWe are proud to have Sister Carrie on our list.",
        "Sister Carriewas not one of the ML’s best-selling titles in the 1930s. Sales reached 9,984 copies by the end of 1934 and 18,635 copies by the end of 1939, when Dreiser’s account showed an unearned balance of $636.50 (Dreiser Papers. RH file).Sister Carriesold 5,637 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 7,097 copies, placing it solidly in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
        "230b.  Title page reset (c.1941)",
        "[torchbearer E3] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] SISTER | CARRIE | BY | THEODORE | DREISER | WITH A NEW FOREWORD | BY THE AUTHOR | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
        "Pagination and collation as 230a.",
        "Contents as 230a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY HARPER AND BROTHERS | COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. (Spring 1942)Note:The copyright statements were corrected in later printings; see 230b variant.",
        "Variant:Pagination and collation as 230a. Contents as 230b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. | RENEWED, 1927, BY THEODORE DREISER; [559–564] ML list; [565–566] ML Giants list. (Fall 1954)",
        "Jacket A:Non-pictorial in strong orange yellow (68) and dark gray (266) on cream paper with title and author in dark gray on inset cream panel; series and torchbearer in reverse above inset panel, all against strong orange yellow background. Probably designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 230a. (Spring 1942)",
        "JacketB:As jacket A except in deep reddish orange (36) instead of strong orange yellow. Front flap as 230a. (Spring 1951)",
        "Jacket C:As jacket B except on coated white paper.",
        "Front flap reset and revised:",
        "The history of the vicissitudes attending upon the suppression, in 1901, ofSister Carrieis part of the history of America’s emergence from the then prevailing atmosphere of prudery and suspicion. Fear of realism in the novel prompted the campaign against writers who dared challenge the romantic tradition. On the score of his uncompromising fight against censorship and for the new and rising school of American naturalism, Theodore Dreiser earned the right to be regarded as a pioneer and liberator. HisSister Carriewas the forerunner of a tendency in American fiction for at least a quarter of a century and even today it remains a monumental achievement as a novel of great sympathy, tenderness and unremitting naturalness. For these qualities alone Theodore Dreiser became internationally famous. (Spring 1954)",
        "Jacket D:Pictorial in moderate bluish green (164), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with drawing of a woman’s face and shoulders in black and white with lettering in black below neckline; spine and background at left in moderate bluish green, background at right in vivid red. Signed: Giusti. Front flap as jacket C. (Spring 1957)",
        "Also in the Modern Library",
        "Dreiser,Free and Other Stories(1924–1931)  106",
        "Dreiser,Twelve Men(1928–1934)  159",
        "Dreiser,An American Tragedy(Giant, 1956–1968)  G89",
        "231",
        "BRAM STOKER.  DRACULA.  1932–1990.  (ML 31)231a.  First printing (1932)[within double rules] DRACULA | [rule] | BY | BRAM STOKER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK\n\nPp. [2], [i–vii] viii–ix [x], [2], 1–418.  [1–13]16[14]8[1] half title; [2] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]Copyright,1897,byBRAM STOKER | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; [v] note; [vi] blank; [vii]–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–418 text.Jacket:Pictorial in strong red (12) and black on brilliant yellow paper depicting Dracula in top hat, bat-like cape and cane; borders and title in strong red, other lettering in black; adapted from the Sun Dial Library jacket. (Spring 1932)Note:The 231a jacket is one of most ML’s most striking jackets of the balloon cloth era. The image of Dracula is from the Sun Dial Library jacket; the lettering and brilliant yellow background are original to the ML. Designer unknown.",
        "Front flap:\nMention of any thriller immediately brings a comparison toDracula, the model toward which writers of the macabre strive. As a novel it has provided chills and nightmares for countless readers; on the stage and as a cinema it has aroused terror in the hearts of vast audiences. The monstrous figure of Dracula, half human, half bat, the “human vampire,” is as original and forbidding a creature as the literature of horror has ever created. His sinister deeds grip you with an icy fear and hold you spellbound. (Fall 1935)",
        "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, McClure & Co., 1899. ML edition printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting; the plates appear to have been made for the ML’s exclusive use. Published February 1932.WR12 March 1932. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1990.Draculawas one of eleven Sun Dial Library titles added to the ML after Cerf and Klopfer bought the Doubleday series in 1930.Draculahad been the Sun Dial Library’s best-selling title with total sales of 10,953 copies to February 1930.",
        "The plates forDracula, along with new plates for Maugham’sOf Human Bondage(199) and Bennett’sOld Wives’ Tale(207), were ready in July 1930 (Doubleday, Doran to Klopfer, 14 July 1930). The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy. Klopfer suggested a reduction in the royalty rate afterDraculaentered the public domain but indicated that the ML would agree to whatever Doubleday decided (Klopfer to Mina Turner, Doubleday, 17 April 1958). By 1965 the ML was paying royalties of 5 cents a copy.",
        "Draculasold 5,052 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
        "231b.  Title page reset (1941)[torchbearer D5] | [3-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] DRACULA | BY | BRAM STOKER | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK\n\nPagination and collation as 231a.",
        "Contents as 231a except: [2] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY BRAM STOKER.Jacket:Pictorial in black, strong yellowish green (131), deep purple (219) and light gray (264) on coated white paper with inset panel depicting Dracula’s face distinguished from black background with right forehead and cheekbone highlighted in strong yellowish green and light gray, eyes in deep purple, and strands of hair, tip of nose and nostril, mustache, teeth and lower lip in reverse shaded in light gray; title in reverse above skull, author and series in light gray and reverse at lower right with black background shaded in deep purple; background outside panel in white. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer/40. Front flap as 231a. (Spring 1941) Front flap reset with additional sentence at end: “Dracula is a tale of terror out of a nightmare world to keep you frightened and fascinated from beginning to end.” (Spring 1958)231c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1967)Dracula |byBRAM STOKER | The Modern Library |New York[torchbearer J]\n\nPp. [2], [i–ix] x–xi [xii], [2], 1–417 [418–432].  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16[1–2] blank; [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1897, by Bram Stoker; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] note; [viii] blank; [ix]–xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 1–[418] text; [419–426] ML list; [427–428] ML Giants list; [429–432] blank. (Fall 1966)Note:Table of contents repaginated and page numeral “418” removed.Jacket:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in black and vivid red (11) on coated white paper; title in ornamented vivid red letters, other lettering and ornamentation in reverse except rules above and below author in red, all against black background.",
        "Front flap:",
        "Mention of any thriller immediately brings to mind a comparison withDracula, the model of the macabre tale. Since its publication in 1897, the spellbinding story of the human vampire Dracula, half human, half bat, has ranked as one of the masterpieces of its genre.",
        "Note:Late printings of the jacket have the ISBN 0-394-60031-2 on the back panel.",
        "231d.  Reissue format (1978)",
        "Title as 231c through line 2; lines 3–5: [torchbearer M] | The Modern Library |New YorkPagination as 231c.  Perfect bound.",
        "Contents as 231c except: [419–432] blank.",
        "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish red and torchbearer in brown. Designed by R. D. Scudellari.",
        "First sentence of front flap as 231c with remainder revised as follows:",
        "Since the book’s first publication in 1897, the spellbinding figure of Count Dracula, the urbane vampire, has chilled the hearts of countless readers and vast audiences of film and theater goers. All other vampires owe their inspiration to him.",
        "Published spring 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60447-4.",
        "232",
        "ANTONCHEKHOV.  THE STORIES OF ANTON TCHEKOV.  1932–1956.THE STORIES OF ANTON CHEKHOV.  1957–1963.THE SHORT STORIES OF ANTON CHEKHOV.  1964–.  (ML 50)232a.  First printing (1932)[within double rules] THE STORIES OF | ANTON TCHEKOV | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | ROBERT N. LINSCOTT | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK\n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–x, 1–437 [438].  [1–14]16[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright,1932,byTHE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |First Modern Library Edition| 1932; [v] acknowledgment; [vi] blank; vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–x introduction headed: ANTON TCHEKOV | 1860–1904 signed p. x: Robert Linscott. | Boston, Mass. |September,1931; 1–437 text; [438] blank.Contents:A Day in the Country, translated by Constance Garnett – Old Age, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – Kashtanka, translated by Constance Garnett – Enemies, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – On the Way, translated by R. E. C. Long – Vanka, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye – La Cigale, translated by R. E. C. Long – Grief, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye – An Inadvertence, translated by Constance Garnett – The Black Monk, translated by R. E. C. Long – The Kiss, translated by R. E. C. Long – In Exile – A Work of Art – Dreams, translated by Marian Fell – A Woman’s Kingdom, translated by Constance Garnett – The Doctor, translated by Constance Garnett – A Trifling Occurrence, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – The Hollow, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye – After the Theatre, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – The Runaway, translated by R. E. C. Long – Vierochka, translated by R. E. C. Long – The Steppe, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye.Jacket:Uniform typographic jacket D. Jacket title: THE SHORT STORIES OF ANTON TCHEKOV. (Fall 1931)",
        "Original ML collection. Publication announced for February 1932.WR9 April 1932. First printing: Not ascertained.The Stories of Anton Tchekovsuperseded Chekhov’sRothschild’s Fiddle and Other Stories(27) which had been in the ML since 1917. Cerf had discussed a revision of the earlier volume with Linscott and wrote him in 1930, “I have been awaiting some word from you in regard to the volume of Tchekov’s Short Stories. The more I think about this the more advisable it seems to scrap our entire volume and get out the best possible new collection that we can. If you want to undertake this task, you will be elected with due eclat” (Cerf to Linscott, 15 October 1930). Eight of the fourteen stories inRothschild’s Fiddlewere retained in Linscott’s collection. “Rothschild’s Fiddle” was added in later printings (232b).",
        "The ML used the spelling “Chekhov” from 1917 through 1929 and the spelling “Tchekov” from 1930 through spring 1956. Eva Le Gallienne’s use of “Tchekov” in the typescript of her preface toThe Plays of Anton Tchekov(1930: 193)was probably responsible for the ML’s adoption of that spelling (RH box 89, Eva Le Gallienne file). The ML reverted to “Chekhov” in fall 1956 with the Stark Young translation ofBest Plays.",
        "The Stories of Anton Tchekovsold 5,642 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 3,429 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it eighty-ninth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML.232b.Rothschild’s Fiddleadded (1936?)Title as 232a.\n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–x, 1–448 [449–454].  [1–14]16[15]8",
        "Contents as 232a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]Firststatement omitted; 1–448 text; [449–453] ML list; [454] ML Giants list. (Spring 1936)Note:“Rothschild’s Fiddle” (in the R. E. C. Long translation fromRothschild’s Fiddle and Other Stories) is added on pp. 438–48.Jacket A:Uniform typographic jacket D.",
        "Front flap:",
        "Supreme among the world’s short-story writers, Anton Tchekov is here represented by twenty-two [sic] of his most characteristic tales. For their range and variety, for their acuteness of observation and for their simple humanity, these stories reveal the fullest powers of his genius. Tchekov’s unfailing insight into the lives of ordinary people, his ability to dramatize the most commonplace situations and his gentle humor made him not only one of the greatest of short-story writers but also one of the most beloved. (Spring 1936)",
        "Jacket B:Pictorial in brownish orange (54), black and gold on coated white paper with drawing of Russian city with bridge over a river on inset brownish orange panel; lettering on panel in black except author in reverse, background in black lined in gold. Jacket title: THE SHORT STORIESof ANTON TCHEKOV. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1937; unsigned. Front flap as jacket A. (Fall 1938)232c.  Title page reset (c.1940)THE STORIES OF | ANTON TCHEKOV |Edited, with an introduction, by| ROBERT N. LINSCOTT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]\n\nPagination and collation as 232b.",
        "Contents as 232b except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [454] blank. (Spring 1941)Jacket:Enlarged version of 232b jacket B. (Spring 1941)232d.  Spellingof author’s namechanged to Chekhov (1957)Title as 232c except lines 1–2 reset: THE STORIES OF | ANTON CHEKHOV.\nPagination as 232b.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]8[9]16",
        "Contents as 232c except: ix–x introduction headed: ANTON CHEKHOV; [449–454] ML list. (Spring 1957)Jacket:As 232c with “Chekhov” in place of “Tchekov.” (Spring 1957)",
        "The ML reverted to the spelling “Chekhov” in fall 1956 with the publication of Chekhov’sBest Plays, translated by Stark Young (487). The ML’s fall 1956 catalogues and lists enter both ML volumes by this author under “Chekhov.”232e.  Title changed (1964)THE SHORT STORIES OF | ANTON CHEKHOV |Edited, with an introduction, by|ROBERT N. LINSCOTT| [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK\n\nPagination as 232b.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]8[8]32[9]16",
        "Contents as 232d except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1932, 1959, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [449–450] ML Giants list; [451–454] blank. (Spring 1964)Jacket:As 232d. (Fall 1963)232f.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;7½ inch format(1969/70)Title as 232e except line 5: [torchbearer K].\n\nPagination as 232b.  [1]16[2–6]32[7]8[8]32[9]16",
        "Contents as 232e. (Spring 1967)Jacket:Enlarged version of 232d with Fujita “ml” symbol at lower right and Fujita torchbearer on spine.",
        "Also in the Modern Library",
        "Chekhov,Rothschild’s Fiddle and Other Stories(1917–1931)  27",
        "Tchekov,Plays of Anton Tchekov(1930–1956)  193*",
        "Chekhov,Best Plays, trans. Stark Young (1956–1986)  487",
        "*The ML used the spelling “Tchekov” between 1930 and 1956."
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    "TEI": {
      "TITLE": "Modern Library 1953",
      "HEAD": [
        1953,
        "Spring",
        "Fall"
      ],
      "GENERAL": {
        "HEAD": "General",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Three new series directed at the juvenile market were launched in 1953:  Landmark Books, Allabout Books, and Gateway Books. The Landmark Books were phenomenally successful. By 1956 their sales reached 6,000,000 copies. They became a staple of the juvenile market, much as the Modern Library was a staple of the adult trade. In 1954, Cerf commented, “Our business gross continues to be fine, but more and more it’s the staples and Modern Library and Landmarks. The new novels are simply not selling at all” (Cerf to Klopfer, 15 September 1954).",
          "Saxe Commins, officially the editor-in-chief for the Modern Library, suffered a heart attack in August 1953 and had little involvement with the Modern Library thereafter.  Jess Stein was placed in charge of the Modern Library during Commins’s illness and he remained in charge after Commins’s return. Responsibility for the series was added to his existing oversight for the Modern Library College Editions."
        ]
      },
      "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Number of titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Nine titles were added, four titles were discontinued, and one title was superseded.  Titles in the list now numbered 295."
      },
      "FORMAT": {
        "HEAD": "Format",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Beginning in fall 1953, ML jacket flaps were printed in sans serif type; the back panel of the jacket was also redesigned using sans serif type. The first title with jacket flap text in sans serif type was Shaw,Four Plays(458)."
      },
      "PRICE": {
        "HEAD": "Price",
        "PARAGRAPH": "$1.25."
      },
      "DATING_KEYS": {
        "HEAD": "Dating keys",
        "PARAGRAPH": "(Spring) Gunther,Death Be Not ProudxShaw,Four Plays; Giants through G76 (=fall 1952); jackets: 365. (Fall) Shaw,Four PlaysxByron,Selected Poetry; Giants through G77; jackets: 367.Note:Several fall 1953 titles were published in jackets with spring 1953 lists."
      },
      "TITLES_S_S_D": {
        "HEAD": "Titles sought, suggested, declined",
        "PARAGRAPH": "Cerf wanted to publish a ML edition of Alan Paton’sCry, the Beloved Countryand offered Scribner’s a $5,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy, but the offer was declined (Whitney Darrow, Scribner’s, to Cerf, 5 May 1953). He also expressed interest in a volume of Frank O’Connor short stories (Cerf to O’Connor, 25 May 1953). Joseph Prescott suggested Faulkner’sIntruder in the Dustfor the ML (Prescott to ML, 20 February 1953). Gordon S. Haight of Yale University repeated his suggestion forMiddlemarch, writing, “You would be amazed at the English opinion of the book—men like Basil Willey, V. Pritchett, etc. rank it besideWar and Peace” (Haight to Stein, 5 November 1953).Middlemarch(636) was not added to the ML until 1984, thirty-one years later."
      },
      "NEW_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "New titles",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Hadas, ed.,Greek Poets(1953)  454",
          "Mead,Coming of Age in Samoa(1953)  455",
          "O’Hara,Appointment in Samarra(1953)  456",
          "Gunther,Death Be Not Proud(1953)  457",
          "Shaw,Four Plays(1953)  458",
          "Warren,All the King’s Men(1953)  459",
          "Hegel,Philosophy of Hegel(1953)  460",
          "Blake,Selected Poetry and Prose of William Blake(1953)  461",
          "Restoration Plays(1953)  462",
          "Poe,Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe(1953)  463"
        ]
      },
      "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": {
        "HEAD": "Discontinued",
        "PARAGRAPH": [
          "Hemingway,Farewell to Arms(1932)*",
          "Hemingway,Sun Also Rises(1930)*",
          "Lewis,Arrowsmith(1933)"
        ]
      },
      "UNASSIGNED": [
        "Poe,Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe(1924)**",
        "Snow,Red Star Over China(1944)",
        "*Scribner’s withdrew Hemingway’s works from the ML when it launched its quality paperback series The Scribner Library, which drew its titles from the Scribner backlist.",
        "**Superseded by Poe,Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by T. O. Mabbott (1953: 463)."
      ],
      "BOOK": [
        {
          "NUMBER": 454,
          "METADATA": {
            "EDITOR": "MOSES HADAS",
            "TEXT": [
              ", ed.",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "THE GREEK POETS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–1969",
            "ML_NUMBER": 203
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "454.  First printing (1953)",
            "THE | GREEK | POETS | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | MOSES HADASAssociate Professor of Greek and Latin| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–426.  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1953, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition,1953; v–viii PREFACE signed p. viii: MOSES HADAS |Columbia University|25 June, 1952; [ix]–xii CONTENTS; xiii–xxii INTRODUCTION | by Moses Hadas; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–421 text; 422–426 INDEX | of Authors and Translators.",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in deep yellowish pink (27) and black on cream paper with decorative illustration of reclining male and female figures separated by a lyre; title in reverse, other lettering in black.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The literature of ancient Greece has had a most pervasive influence on the culture of the Western world. It has therefore long been the purpose of the editors of the Modern Library to provide general readers with the widest possible selection from the works of Homer, Pindar, Sappho and other great poets of antiquity, in the best available prose or verse translations. This volume preserves the rich heritage of Greek song and revives the legends of the great warriors and lovers who inspired them. (Fall 1952)",
            "Original ML anthology. Publication announced for fall 1952; published spring 1953.WR4 April 1953. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969.",
            "Hadas received a flat fee of $1,000 for his editorial work and paid the cost of permissions and secretarial services out of his fee. The contract was signed 24 January 1952; the manuscript (except for the introduction) was delivered three months later. Kenneth Rexroth disliked the volume. He told the RH editor David McDowell: “Honest—that ML Greek Poets is awful. ‘Dedicated to proving the proposition that Western European literature is founded on the work of a number of vulgar sentimentalists who wrote illiterate doggerel.’ As somebody once said. Don’t these classics professors haveanytaste at all?” (Rexroth to McDowell, 1 May 1953).",
            "Sales totaled 12,984 copies by spring 1958.",
            "An internal RH memo indicated in 1968 thatThe Greek Poetscould not be shifted to Vintage Books, RH’s quality paperback series, because of permissions problems. A decision was made at that time to retain it in the ML but to reprint in as small a quantity as economically feasible (Berenice Hoffman to Don Singer, 19 November 1968)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 455,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "MARGARET MEAD",
            "TEXT": [
              ".",
              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–1958",
            "ML_NUMBER": 126
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "455.  First printing (1953)",
            "COMING OF AGE | IN SAMOA | A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF PRIMITIVE | YOUTH FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION | BY MARGARET MEAD | WITH A FOREWORD BYFranz Boas| AND A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [16], 1–304.  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1928, by William Morrow & Company|Copyright, 1953,by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1953|Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 53–5340| [8-line dedication]; [5–6] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS signed p. [6]: M. M. |The American Museum of Natural History,|March, 1928.; [7–8] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [9–12] PREFACE dated p. [12]: NEW YORK | DECEMBER, 1952; [13–15] FOREWORD signed p. [15]: Franz Boas.; [16] blank; 1–248 text; 249–294 appendices I–V; 295–304 INDEX AND GLOSSARY.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on cream paper with lettering in moderate reddish brown (182) and decorations in moderate blue (182), deep yellow green (118), and moderate reddish brown.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Margaret Mead’s study of adolescence in a primitive civilization has become one of the classics of modern anthropological research. Even more than a scientific observer of folkways, Margaret Mead was an actual participant in the communal life of a Samoa untouched by Western culture. This record of the psycho-sexual development of pagan youth is an intimate and fascinating contribution to anthropology, ethnography, sociology and psychology. By her comparisons between primitive and modern attitudes toward eroticism, the emotional differences in two remote social and cultural orders are brilliantly illuminated.Coming of Age in Samoais a book of enduring scientific and literary importance. (Spring 1953)",
            "Originally published by William Morrow & Co., 1928. ML edition (pp. [5–8], [13–15], 1–294) printed from Morrow plates with illustrations omitted, page numerals removed from preliminaries, dedication shifted to p. [4], and Index and Glossary added in place of 3-page Glossary of Native Terms. Published spring 1953.WR4 April 1953. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1958.",
            "Mead was invited to select one of her books for inclusion in the ML. Her reasons for choosingComing of Age in Samoaare discussed in the preface to the ML edition. She writes:",
            "My reasons are by no means simple. It is the first book of its kind, and so it seems appropriate to choose it for inclusion in a library I have not previously entered. My father once told me that I would never write as good a book again, because, he said, “You know too much now.” I dissent as strenuously as possible from this dismal prophecy, but it contained an element of truth. The descriptions of Samoan life are less compromised by considerations of theory, by consciousness of aim, by involved speculations and experiments with a process we have come to call communication, than are the descriptions I have written of the way of life of other primitive peoples. Also, as the special problems to which an anthropologist addresses his research change with the years, the more complicated problems are likely to become dated very fast. The chief themes of anthropological work—the exploration of the limits human nature sets to human social inventions, and the potentialities of human nature not yet trapped by human social invention—are far less likely to seem dated. (p. [10])"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 456,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN O’HARA",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
              ".  (ML",
              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "APPOINTMENT IN  SAMARRA",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–1971",
            "ML_NUMBER": 42
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "456.  First printing (1953)",
            "APPOINTMENT | IN SAMARRA | BY JOHN O’HARA | WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [12], [1–2] 3–301 [302–308].  [1–10]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] DEATH SPEAKS signed: W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM [quotation from Maugham’s playSheppey]; [3] title; [4] Copyright, 1934, 1953, by John O’Hara | [3-line rights statement] | First Modern Library Edition, 1953; [5] dedication; [6] blank; [7–11] FOREWORD | BY JOHN O’HARA dated p. [11]: Princeton, New Jersey, 1952; [12] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–301 text; [302] blank; [303–308] ML list. (Spring 1953)",
            "Variant:Pagination and collation as 456. Contents as 456 except: [4] COPYRIGHT, 1934, 1953, BY JOHN O’HARA | [2-line rights statement]; [302–308] ML list. (Spring 1964)",
            "Jacket A:Pictorial in black, brilliant yellow (83) and strong red (12) on coated white paper with multicolor illustration at foot of a man at the wheel of a car, viewed from behind with a house visible through the windshield; author at top in brilliant yellow, title in reverse, series in strong red, all against black background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "With his first book, John O’Hara emphatically made his presence felt among the foremost writers of America. The appearance ofAppointment in Samarrawas the signal for unanimous praise from the critics and the unqualified enthusiasm of readers everywhere. Upon the foundation of this first book, John O’Hara has built his reputation through subsequent novels and collections of short stories until today his position in the front ranks of contemporary novelists is unchallenged. For the Modern Library edition ofAppointment in Samarra, John O’Hara contributes a revealing Foreword, setting forth with rare insight and candor the circumstances under which his novel was written and the personal meanings it has for him. (Spring 1953)",
            "Jacket B:Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) on coated white paper with title and series in reverse, author in brilliant yellow (83). Front flap as jacket A. (Fall 1963)",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1934. ML edition (pp. [5], [1]–301) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates with Maugham quotation reset and moved from the title page to p. [2]. Published spring 1953.WR4 April 1953. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1971/72. Reissued in Vintage Books, August 1982.",
            "There were nine ML printings between April 1953 and April 1964 (Bruccoli,John O’Hara: A Descriptive Bibliography, p. 8). The ML paid royalties of 10 percent of the retail price.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "O’Hara,Selected Short Stories(1956–1971; 1980–1990)  489",
            "O’Hara,Butterfield 8(1961–1971)",
            "O’Hara,49 Stories(Giant, 1963–1971)  G101"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 457,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "JOHN GUNTHER",
            "TEXT": [
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              ".",
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            ],
            "TITLE": "DEATH BE NOT PROUD",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–1990",
            "ML_NUMBER": 286
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "457a.  First printing (1953)",
            "DEATH | BE NOT | PROUD |A MemoirBY JOHN GUNTHER |With an Introduction by the Author| [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York| [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–x] xi–xxii, [1–2] 3–261 [262–266].  [1–9]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, 1953, BY JOHN GUNTHER | [6-line rights statement] | First MODERN LIBRARY Edition, 1953; [v] In Memoriam | [short double rule] | JOHN GUNTHER JUNIOR | 1929–1947 | [short double rule] | [sonnet beginning “Death be not proud . . .” by John Donne]; [vi] blank; [vii] acknowledgment; [viii] blank; [ix]CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xxiiIntroduction| BY JOHN GUNTHER; [1] part title:PART ONE; [2] blank; 3–261 text; [262–266] blank.",
            "Jacket:Typographic in medium gray (265), dark red (16), and black on cream paper; lettering in black and dark red on inset cream panel bordered in dark red, against medium gray background.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Countless afflicted and sorrowing people from every part of the world have found solace and inspiration in this testament to the heroism of young John Gunther who died at the age of seventeen after a gallant but losing fight against the ravages of a brain tumor. The record of his brief life, so tenderly and poignantly portrayed, is the story not so much of suffering and death, but of courage and consideration and selflessness. Besides being one of the rare consolatory books in the world’s literature, it has become immeasurably influential in the campaign to combat cancer. For this edition ofDeath Be Not Proud, John Gunther writes a new and profoundly moving account of the influences this memoir has had on the fortunate as well as the sorely stricken everywhere. (Spring 1953)",
            "Originally published by Harper & Bros., 1949. ML edition (pp. [v–ix], [1]–261) printed from Harper plates with frontispiece portrait omitted. Published spring 1953.WR4 April 1953. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1990.",
            "The ML paid royalties to Harper & Bros. of 10 cents a copy. By 1971 the royalties had risen to 15 cents.",
            "457b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 457a through line 5; lines 6–7: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY ·New York.",
            "Pagination and collation as 457a.",
            "Contents as 457a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1949, 1953, BY JOHN GUNTHER | [4-line rights statement]; [262] blank; [263–264] ML Giants list; [265–266] blank. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 457a jacket except on coated white paper and Fujita “ml” symbol on front panel. Front flap as 457a except last sentence omitted.",
            "457c.  Reissue format; offset printing (1979)",
            "Title as 457b.",
            "Pagination as 457a.  Perfect bound.",
            "Contents as 457a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1953 | COPYRIGHT, 1949, 1953, BY JOHN GUNTHER | [5-line rights statement].",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56).",
            "Front flap:",
            "In the years since it was first published, countless people from every part of the world have found solace and inspiration in this poignant record of the brief life of Johnny Gunther, who died at the age of seventeen after a gallant but losing battle against the ravages of a brain tumor.",
            "As John Gunther writes in his introduction, “Death Be Not Proudis a story not merely of suffering, harrowing as that suffering was, but of courage. Most readers, I have found, think of it not so much as the account of a brilliantly promising boy’s untimely death, but of plain, simple, primal courage—heroism would not be too strong a word.”",
            "Published spring 1979 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60469-5."
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 458,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "BERNARD SHAW",
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              ".",
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              ")"
            ],
            "TITLE": "FOUR PLAYS",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 19
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "458.  First printing (1953)",
            "FOUR PLAYS BY | BERNARD SHAW | CANDIDA | CÆSAR AND CLEOPATRA | PYGMALION | HEARTBREAK HOUSE | INTRODUCTION BY | LOUIS KRONENBERGER | [torchbearer E1] | [thin rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [thick rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–473 [474–484].  [1–14]16[15]8[16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] [8 lines of copyright notices] |Copyright, 1953, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1953; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiiIntroduction| BY LOUIS KRONENBERGER dated p. xii: NEW YORK | JULY, 1953; [1] part title:Candida| 1895; [2] blank; 3–473 text; [474] blank; [475–480] ML list; [481–482] ML Giants list; [483–484] blank. (Fall 1953)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in black, vivid red (11) and brilliant yellow (83) on coated white paper with black-and-white photograph of Shaw; lettering in vivid red and brilliant yellow except series in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For many years the editors of the Modern Library sought to include in the series a representative collection of plays by Bernard Shaw. Until now all their efforts were in vain because the author was adamant in his determination that no selection from his works could be issued during his lifetime in a reprint series. Finally, by special arrangement with Bernard Shaw’s American publishers (Dodd, Mead & Co.) and his estate, we are able to fulfill the twenty-five-year hope and offer in a single volume four of the major plays, with the famous prefaces complete and unabridged. An Introduction by Louis Kronenberger matches the brilliance and perception of the Shavian plays. (Fall 1953)",
            "Original ML collection. Published fall 1953.WR24 October 1953. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Stein prepared a list of six of Shaw’s plays that he considered desirable for a ML collection:Arms and the Man,Candida,Major Barbara,Pygmalion,Heartbreak House, andSaint Joan. The only important play omitted, he told Cerf, wasMan and Supermanwhich had a very long preface (Stein memo to Cerf, 24 December 1952). The final selection, including the addition ofCaesar and Cleopatra, was probably made by Cerf. Kronenberger received $200 for his introduction (Cerf to Kronenberger, 2 June 1953).",
            "It was only after Shaw’s death in 1950 that the ML was able to secure permission to include his plays. During his lifetime he retained tight control over his copyrights and refused to allow inexpensive editions of his plays. In 1946, toward the end of his life, he relaxed his opposition to cheap reprints and allowed Penguin Books to publish a million copies of his plays—ten volumes in printings of 100,000 copies each—on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday. The ML was able to publish two volumes of his plays in the 1950s,Four PlaysandSaint Joan, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion(1956: 484). The only other volume by Shaw in the ML was his early novelAn Unsocial Socialist(15), published in the series in fall 1917. Originally published in 1887, four years before the United States extended the possibility of U.S. copyright to works by foreign authors, it was in the U.S. public domain.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Shaw,An Unsocial Socialist(1917)  15",
            "Shaw,Saint Joan, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion(1956)  484"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 459,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "ROBERT PENN WARREN",
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            "TITLE": "ALL THE KING’S MEN",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 170
          },
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            "459a.  First printing (1953)",
            "ALL | THE KING’S | MEN |byROBERT PENN WARREN | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR |Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde.| LA DIVINA COMMEDIA, PURGATORIO, III | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [4], i–vi, [1–2] 3–464 [465–470].  [1–15]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]Copyright, 1946, by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.|Copyright, 1953, by Random House, Inc.| [3-line rights statement] |Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 53–7891|First Modern Library Edition, 1953; i–viIntroductionsigned p. vi: ROBERT PENN WARREN | New York City, March, 1953.; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–464 text; [465–470] ML list. (Fall 1953)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial on coated white paper with black-and-white photograph of faces in a crowd at head and foot separated by wide black band with title in strong red (12), author and series in moderate blue (182), other lettering in reverse.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The novel by which Robert Penn Warren compelled immediate national attention and for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 has already established itself as one of the notable books in all American fiction. His story of Willie Stark, the power-impelled, back-country demagogue, driven and corrupted by success, is a drama of many strands. Interwoven among them all is the central figure of a rogue strong and charming and ruthless enough to seduce either a close friend or an unruly mob. For intensity of action, for an unfailing ear for native colloquialism and for insight into the character and motivations of a man drunk with the compulsion to power, there is no comparable American novel. (Spring 1953)",
            "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1946. ML edition (pp. [1]–464) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Harcourt, Brace edition with the dedication omitted from 459a. Published 1 September 1953.WR19 September 1953. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1973/74.",
            "The Harcourt, Brace plates were too large for the ML’s format. The ML made its own set of offset plates from the Harcourt, Brace edition and paid royalties of 12 cents a copy. Cerf thanked Edward Hodge of Harcourt, Brace for a royalty concession that made it possible to include the book in the ML at “a cost within reason” (Cerf to Hodge, 15 January 1953). The ML edition sold well despite competition from a Bantam paperback. There were eighteen ML impressions between September 1953 and April 1971 for a total of 113,000 copies (Grimshaw,Robert Penn Warren: A Descriptive Bibliography, 1922–79, p. 38; total number of copies corrected by GBN).",
            "Warren’s introduction was written for the ML but also appeared as “A Note toAll the King’s Men” (Sewanee Review61, Summer 1953, pp. 476–80) where it was identified as “An introduction to the forthcoming Modern Library edition.”",
            "459b.  Title page with reset torchbearer; printed from a new set of offset plates (1964/65)",
            "Title as 459a through line 7; lines 8–10: [torchbearer J] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
            "Pp. [2], [i–iv] v–ix [x], [1–2] 3–464 [465–468].  [1–15]16",
            "[1] half title; [2] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY ROBERT PENN WARREN | COPYRIGHT, 1953, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–[x]Introductionsigned p. [x]: ROBERT PENN WARREN |New York City, March, 1953; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–464 text; [465–466] ML Giants list; [467–468] blank. (Fall 1964)",
            "Jacket:As 459a.",
            "Printed from a new set of offset plates photographically reduced from the Harcourt, Brace edition. The text pages are slightly smaller than 459a. The introduction has been reset to conform to the reduced size of the text page.",
            "459c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer (1970/71)",
            "Title as 459b except line 8: [torchbearer K].",
            "Pagination, collation and contents as 459b.",
            "Jacket:As 459a."
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        {
          "NUMBER": 460,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL",
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            "TITLE": "THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEGEL",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–",
            "ML_NUMBER": 239
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "460a.  First printing (1953)",
            "THE PHILOSOPHY | of HEGEL | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | CARL J. FRIEDRICH | PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–lxiv, [1–2] 3–552 [553–560].  [1–18]16[19]8[20]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1953, by Random House, Inc.|Library of Congress CardNumber: 52–9775|First Modern Library Edition, 1953; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: Carl J. Friedrich | Cambridge, Mass. | April, 1953; [xii] blank; xiii–lxiv INTRODUCTION | by Carl J. Friedrich; [1] part title:Selections from| THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY | Translated by | Robert S. Hartman (in part), | Paul W. and Carl J. Friedrich | Connecting comments by C.J.F.; [2]Note; 3–545 text; 546–550 NOTES FOR INTRODUCTION; 551–552 BIBLIOGRAPHY; [553–558] ML list; [559–560] ML Giants list. (Fall 1953)",
            "Contents:The Philosophy of History (selections), [460a] translated by Robert S. Hartman (in part), Paul W. and Carl J. Friedrich; connecting comments by C.J.F.; [460b–c] translated by Carl J. and Paul W. Friedrich – The History of Philosophy (selections), translated by Carl J. Friedrich – The Science of Logic (selections), translated by W. H. Johnson and L. G. Struthers – Philosophy of Right and Law (selections), translated by J. M. Sterrett and Carl J. Friedrich; connecting summaries by Friedrich – Lectures on Aesthetics (selections), translated by W. M. Bryant (in part), Bernard Bosanquet – The Phenomenology of the Spirit (selections), translated by J. B. Baillie, revised by C. J. Friedrich – Political Essays: The Internal Affairs of Württemberg, The Constitution of Germany, Concerning the English Reform Bill, translated by Carl J. Friedrich.",
            "Jacket:Predominantly non-pictorial in light greenish gray (154) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black except “HEGEL” in title and torchbearer in reverse; decorative drawing of branches of leaves below title.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The enormous influence Hegel has exercised on modern politics and philosophy, on social science, anthropology and psychology demands an examination and evaluation of his most important works, so presented and annotated as to make them comprehensible in themselves and in their relationship to the contemporary world. The essence of Hegelian thought is offered in this volume, with the clarification of Professor Friedrich’s interpretation, so that Hegel’s conceptions of history, philosophy, logic, politics, aesthetics, law and justice are faithfully and conveniently set forth for the scholar and general reader.The Philosophy of Hegelbecomes another addition to the Modern Library program of books of the basic writings of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spinoza, Nietzsche and many others. (Fall 1953)",
            "Original ML collection. Published fall 1953.WR24 October 1953. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Friedrich received an advance of $750 against royalties of 5 cents a copy. He had suggested the volume shortly after the publication of his edition ofThe Philosophy of Kant(422) (Friedrich to Commins, 14 December 1950). Linscott endorsed Friedrich as “the best man for the job” and reminded Cerf that they had once talked about adding Hegel to the ML. Cerf responded, “I like this idea, but then, of course, as a devout disciple of Hegel, I am prejudiced. What does our Lowbrow Dept. think of the notion?” (Cerf memo to Linscott, undated but probably late 1950). After asking several professors of philosophy about Hegel, nearly all of whom thought a ML collection was needed but had reservations about its sales possibilities, Commins told Friedrich to go ahead (Commins to Friedrich, 10 January 1951).",
            "Friedrich initially expected the volume to consist primarily of selections fromThe Philosophy of Historyand about fifty pages ofLectures on AestheticsandPhilosophy of Right and Law. The translation of the main part ofThe Philosophy of Historyis based on the John Sibree translation originally published in the Bohn Library in 1852 (Friedrich to Commins, 23 March 1951). Friedrich noted in 1952 that he was having to do more work on the translations than he originally hoped (Friedrich to Commins, 29 May 1952).",
            "In the first printing the selections from the Introduction toThePhilosophy of History(460a, pp. [1]–43) are from “a translation made by R. S. Hartman and revised by Schrecker, as well as the editor, and published by the Liberal Arts Library (Oscar Piest, editor)” (“Note,” p. [2]). Beginning with the second printing the selections from the Introduction (460b, pp. [1]–43) are “translated by Carl J. Friedrich from Georg Lasson’s second edition (1920), for which the kind permission of Felix Meiner Verlag was granted” (“Note on the Text,” p. [2]). The reason for dropping the translation used in the first printing and resetting pp. [1]–42 has not been ascertained.",
            "Friedrich remarked in 1960 that both the Kant and Hegel volumes sold reasonably well. “I have been amused to watch the race between them and gratified to note that Kant outdoes Hegel every time” (Friedrich to Klopfer, 18 January 1960).",
            "460b.  Introduction toThe Philosophy of Historynewly translated; pp. 3–42 reset (1954)",
            "Title as 460a.",
            "Pagination and collation as 460a.",
            "Contents as 460a except: [iv]Copyright, 1953, 1954, by Random House, Inc.; [1] part title:Selections from| THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY | Translated by Carl J. and Paul W. Friedrich; [2]Note on the Text. (Fall 1954)",
            "Jacket A:As 460a. (Spring 1954)",
            "Jacket B:As jacket 460a in moderate yellowish pink (29) and black on coated white paper. (Spring 1959)",
            "The last four lines of Hegel’s Introduction toThe Philosophy of Historyare on p. 43 in 460a; the newly translated Introduction in 460b ends in the middle of p. 42. The space thus made available on p. 43 above the heading “THE ORIENTAL WORLD” is partially filled by the addition of the following:",
            "THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY",
            "[main part]",
            "460c.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)",
            "Title as 460a through line 5; lines 6–7: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK.",
            "Pagination as 460a.  [1]16[2–8]32[9]24[10]32[11]16",
            "Contents as 460b except: [553–560] ML list. (Spring 1967)",
            "Jacket:Enlarged version of 460a in deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with Fujita “ml” symbol replacing torchbearer on front panel. Front flap as 460a except third sentence omitted and “with the clarification of Professor Friedrich’s interpretation” omitted from second sentence."
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 461,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "WILLIAM BLAKE",
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            "TITLE": "SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE OF WILLIAM BLAKE",
            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–1973",
            "ML_NUMBER": 285
          },
          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "461.  First printing (1953)",
            "SELECTED | Poetry and Prose | OF | William Blake | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY |Northrop FryePROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, | VICTORIA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | [torchbearer D3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxx, [1–2] 3–475 [476–482]; 8 pp. of plates on coated paper bound in between pp. 226–227.  [1–16]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1953, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1953; v–xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; xiii–xxviii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxviii: Northrop Frye; xxix–xxx BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; [1] part title: PART ONE |LYRICAL POEMS; [2] blank; 3–458 text; 459–465 NOTES; [466] blank; 467–475 INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES; [476] blank; [477–482] ML list. (Fall 1953)",
            "Jacket:Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel surrounded by illustrations by Blake in reverse against strong reddish brown background. Signed: W Blake.",
            "Front flap:",
            "The figure of William Blake, poet and prophet, visionary and romantic, exerts a perennial fascination for all lovers of literature. Now, to join its ever-growing representation of the great English poets, the Modern Library makes available a distinguished volume of Blake’s work, including some of his illustrations, chosen by Northrop Frye of the University of Toronto. In addition to selections from the lyrics and shorter poems, from the “prophetic books” such asThe Four Zoas,MiltonandJerusalem, there is a generous section of prose which includes letters and some epigrammatic and revealing marginalia. Professor Frye’s Introduction provides a commentary which illuminates both the simplicity of the lyrics and the difficult but consistent symbolism of the prophecies. (Spring 1953)",
            "Original ML collection. Publication originally announced for spring 1953; published fall 1953.WR19 September 1953. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1973/74; retained in MLCE.",
            "“The definitive edition is that of Geoffrey Keynes,The Writings of William Blake(3 vols., 1925), reprinted in one volume asThe Poetry and Prose of William Blake(4th ed., 1948). The present text, with some rearrangement, reproduces Keynes’s text” (p. xxx).",
            "Frye received a flat fee of $350 for writing the introduction and selecting the contents (Stein to Frye, 16 May 1952; 29 May 1952).",
            "Frye made a series of extracts fromThe Four Zoas,Milton, andJerusalem. He told Stein, “I have a strong personal repugnance to bits-and-pieces anthologizing, and do this only because I don’t at the moment see anything better to do” (Frye to Stein, 27 September 1952). So little of Blake’s poetry was omitted that Stein suggested trying to get it all in, but Frye replied that he thought it best not to put all the shorter poems in and that he had deliberately left out some of the early prose-poems and later unpublished doggerel on the grounds that they belonged only in a complete edition. Twenty pages of Blake’s marginalia were included at Stein’s request (Stein to Frye, 21 October 1952; Frye to Stein, 5 December 1952). Frye suggested the inclusion of the illustrations (Frye to Stein, 9 June 1952). The original plan was to use ten illustrations, but the number was reduced to eight so they could be bound in as a four-leaf gathering.",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Blake,Poems(1921)  92",
            "Blake,Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne & Complete Poetry of William Blake(Giant, 1946)  G71"
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 462,
          "METADATA": {
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            "ML_NUMBER": 287
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          "PARAGRAPH": [
            "462.  First printing (1953)",
            "Restoration |Plays| WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | BRICE HARRIS | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xx, [1–2] 3–674 [675–684].  [1–22]6",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1953, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1953; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xviii INTRODUCTION | By Brice Harris; xix–xx SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–674 text; [675–680] ML list; [681–682] ML Giants list; [683–684] blank. (Fall 1953)Note:Firststatement seen on printings through spring 1959.",
            "Contents:The Rehearsal, by George Villiers – The Country Wife, by William Wycherley – The Man of Mode, by Sir George Etherege – All for Love, by John Dryden – Venice Preserved, by Thomas Otway – The Relapse, by Sir John Vanbrugh – The Way of the World, by William Congreve – The Beaux’ Stratagem, by George Farquhar.",
            "Jacket:Non-pictorial in deep blue (179) and vivid red (11) on coated white paper with spine and left quarter of front panel in deep blue with title on front in reverse running from foot to top; remainder of front panel in white with titles of individual plays in deep blue, authors and torchbearer in vivid red.",
            "Front flap:",
            "Nowhere is the brilliant, brittle world of Restoration England more faithfully mirrored than in the dramas of that period. In this new volume—for the same enjoyment now that others found then—are the best plays of those colorful years. Here are not only the deeply moving tragedies of Dryden and Otway, but, more importantly perhaps, the ageless comedies of Etherege, Congreve, Wycherley and Vanbrugh—comedies that captured the fine manners, the shimmering wit and the constant intrigue of the gay aristocratic gallants and their ladies. (Spring 1953)",
            "Original ML anthology. Published fall 1953.WR19 September 1953. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE.",
            "Harris received a flat fee of $200 for writing the introduction and selecting the plays. Stein initially proposed a volume of six or seven plays to be published in MLCE and told Harris, “I do hope we can avoid all but the most imperative annotations, since I should like the impact upon the reader to be such that he will feel that the plays can be read and enjoyed without constant reference to explanatory notes” (Stein to Harris, 27 June 1950; 10 October 1950). Harris proposed seven plays and recommended omittingThe Beaux’ Stratagemif only six could be published. He indicated that for his own class purposes he would like to addThe Rehearsal(Harris to Stein, 25 July 1950); Stein estimated the number of pages required and agreed to its inclusion.",
            "Restoration PlaysandEighteenth-Century Plays(1952: 448) were conceived as companion volumes. Stein and Ricardo Quintana, who selected the plays in the latter volume, agreed to follow “the principle of using the first editions of each play unless there is good reason to believe that a later edition incorporates changes by the author” (Stein to Harris, 28 July 1950). Stein asked Harris if it would be appropriate to setRestoration Playsfrom first editions of all of the plays exceptThe Rehearsal, which was revised by Villiers in the 1675 edition (Stein to Harris, 31 August 1950). Harris approved, and Stein secured photostats of the appropriate editions from Yale University Library. A textual note similar to the one quoted in the entry forEighteenth-Century Playsappears on p. [iv] ofRestoration Plays:",
            "The texts of the plays in this volume are based upon the first editions. The sole exception isThe Rehearsal, which is based upon the third quarto (1675) since it contains, as the title page of that edition indicates, amendments and large additions by the author.",
            "A few emendations have been introduced on the authority of other early editions. For the sake of clarity, a moderate number of changes in spelling and punctuation have been made; for the same reason, a small number of imperative stage directions have been inserted.",
            "Harris submitted the manuscript of his introduction in spring 1951. The volume was originally scheduled for MLCE; after publication in MLCE was twice postponed Harris was informed that it would appear first in the regular ML (Stein to Harris, 15 May 1951; 7 August 1952; Leonore Crary to Harris, 5 May 1953)."
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        },
        {
          "NUMBER": 463,
          "METADATA": {
            "AUTHOR": "EDGAR ALLAN POE",
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            "DATE_RANGE": "1953–",
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            "463.  First printing (1953)",
            "THE SELECTED | POETRY AND PROSE OF | EDGAR ALLAN | POE | edited, with an introduction, by T. O. MABBOTT | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HUNTER COLLEGE | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]",
            "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–428.  [1–14]16",
            "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.|First Modern Library Edition, 1953; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | BY T. O. MABBOTT; xv–xvi BIBLIOGRAPHY; xvi (cont.) NOTE; xvii–xix CONTENTS; [xx] blank; [1] part title: Poems; [2] blank; 3–50 text; [51] part title: Tales; [52] blank; 53–345; [346] blank; [347] part title: Essays and Criticism; [348] blank; 349–405 text; 406–427 NOTES; 428 INDEX OF TITLES OF POEMS.",
            "Variant:Pagination as 463.  [1]16[2–7]32[8]16. Contents as 463 except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION,June 1951| Copyright 1951 by Random House, Inc. (Issued in jacket B)",
            "JacketA:Non-pictorial in dark orange yellow (72) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset black panel; background in dark orange yellow with series in reverse below panel.",
            "Front flap:",
            "For a wide range of haunting moods and of forms of creative expression, turn to this volume of writings by Edgar Allan Poe. At once the master of the lyric poem of incomparable magic and the short story of brilliant inventiveness, Poe has influenced untold numbers of poets and writers, and even today’s science fiction remains greatly in his debt. This selection by Professor Mabbott, who has also provided notes creates a well-balanced picture of Poe as poet, short-story writer, literary critic and essayist. Rarely, indeed, can a single volume devoted to a single author present such memorable achievements in various fields of literary effort. (Fall 1953)",
            "Jacket B:Fujita non-pictorial jacket in moderate olive green (125), moderate brown (58) and black on coated white paper; title in reverse on moderate olive green panel at top, author in large ornamental letters in moderate brown and black, other lettering in reverse on moderate brown panel at foot.",
            "Front and back flaps:",
            "Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most original writers in American letters. His artistic penetration into the heart of things is still being analyzed and discussed with increasing awareness of its depth and complexity. This selection by Professor Mabbott, who has also provided notes, creates a well-balanced picture of Poe as poet, short-story writer, literary critic and essayist. It presents a comprehensive view of the man whose influence on American as well as European literature was profound. The art of the short story in America was significantly advanced by Poe, who also shaped the development of the detective story.",
            "Poe’s ability to blend the macabre and surreal with consummate craftsmanship has remained a memorable contribution to American literature. (Spring/Fall 1968)",
            "Original ML collection supersedingThe Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe(112). Published in MLCE June 1951 and in the regular ML fall 1953.WRnot found. First printing: Not ascertained.",
            "Mabbott received a flat fee of $250 for writing the introduction and selecting the contents. Stein sent him an additional $100 when the collection was published in the regular ML (Stein to Mabbott, 23 June 1953). Mabbott wrote Stein before the final contents had been determined: “I raved in the introduction about HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE but left it out as it includes the word nigger. . . . However, it occurs to me that I might emend the spelling, as I do not pretend we have a scientific text.” He was also concerned about the poemThe Sleeperon the grounds that “most kids are horrified” by the line in the final version of the text, “Soft may the worms about her creep!” He suggested using an earlier version or omitting the poem altogether (Mabbott to Stein, 29 October 1950).",
            "How to Write a Blackwood Articledoes not appear inThe Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe, and Mabbott’s discussion of it in the introduction appears to have been cut.The Sleeperis included in its final text.",
            "“The text of this edition is drawn substantially from James A. Harrison’sComplete Works of Edgar Allan Poeby the kind permission of the publishers, Thomas Y. Crowell Company of New York. I have departed from the Harrison text on a few occasions, notably in the case ofThe Cask of Amontillado, where I am sure Griswold had a later revision. In one or two instances I have preferred versions not absolutely final but preferred by most critics. Poe was a meticulous and thorough reviser of his imaginative works, and instances of unwise revision are exceptionally rare.” (“Note,” p. xvi)",
            "Also in the Modern Library",
            "Poe,Best Tales(1924)  112",
            "Poe,Complete Tales and Poems(Giant, 1938)  G38"
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                "The Modern Library series was founded in May 1917 by Boni & Liveright, a new publishing firm that was created to publish the Modern Library. The series was conceived by Albert Boni, a twenty-five year old Greenwich Village bookseller and occasional publisher. The Modern Library was founded at a time when the United Stated was undergoing an intense cultural upheaval. Boni was in the thick of the cultural upheaval. His Washington Square Bookshop was a favorite gathering place for Village artists and intellectuals. He was one of the founders of the Washington Square Players. As publisher of The Glebe, a little magazine edited by Alfred Kreymborg, he was already active in promoting translations of modern European writers—much to the dismay of Kreymborg, who was interested mainly in discovering and nurturing unknown Americans.",
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                "In May 1925, less than two years after joining Boni & Liveright as vice-president president, Bennett A. Cerf negotiated an agreement to buy the Modern Library from Horace Liveright. He had dreamed of having his own firm from the time he entered publishing, and Liveright, as usual, needed money. The firm had not had a best seller since 1923, Liveright was losing money in the stock market, he was beginning to moonlight as a Broadway producer, and he wanted a divorce. As part of the separation agreement he had to repay large sums that he had borrowed from his wife and father-in-law. Tom Dardis, Liveright’s latest biographer, indicates that the debts to his wife and father-in-law had been repaid at this point and speculates that his primary reason for selling the Modern Library was “the huge amounts he required to continue producing plays on Broadway” (Dardis, Firebrand: The Life of Horace Liveright, p. 228)."
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                "In his unpublished autobiography, written shortly before his death, Liveright indicates    that the meeting at which the sale of the Modern Library was agreed to was preceded by several weeks of conversations and meetings with friends and advisers and with Cerf and his advisers (Autobiography, insert y, p. 2. Komroff Papers, Columbia University Library). Cerf recalls the decision as having been proposed and settled on May 19. Liveright, who took Cerf to a farewell luncheon to celebrate Cerf’s departure that evening for his first trip to Europe, complained about financial pressures. Cerf repeated an offer he had made before to buy the Modern Library. This time, instead of brushing him off, Liveright asked what he would pay for it, and they continued to negotiate at the office that afternoon. By the end of the afternoon a deal had been struck (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", pp. 44–46)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Liveright agreed to a selling price of $200,000. Included in that sum was the $25,000 that Cerf had lent Liveright when he joined the firm and an additional $25,000 he lent him subsequently. Cerf was getting the Modern Library for an additional payment of $150,000. The money was due after Cerf’s return from Europe, with Cerf to assume control of the series on August 1st."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "That evening Cerf sailed on the",
                "Aquitania",
                "for his first trip to Europe. That night he wrote in his diary:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "And so I’m off for bed after the most eventful day of my life. I bought the Modern Library from Boni & Liveright after a whirlwind conference—a step that will alter my entire career (Cerf, Diary, 20 May 1925, Bennet Cerf Papers, Columbia University Library)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "He celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday on his last full day at sea before arriving at Southampton on May 26th."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Many details of the purchase remained to be settled. Cerf’s plans called for Donald S. Klopfer to put up $100,000 and go in with him as equal partner, but Klopfer was not certain at the time Cerf sailed that he would be able to raise the money. The two men had met during the autumn of 1918 at Columbia University, when Cerf was a senior and Klopfer was a freshman. Klopfer transferred to Williams College in the middle of his freshman year, but he and Cerf remained friends. Cerf recalled in his autobiography that after attending a concert at Carnegie Hall they walked “all the way around Central Park – over to Fifth Avenue up to 110th Street, over to Central Park West and down to 59th Street, just talking. And when we finished that walk, we were friends for life” (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", pp. 24–25)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer left college after his sophomore year to work for his stepfather, who held a one-sixth interest in United Diamond Works, a diamond cutting and polishing factory in Newark, New Jersey. His stepfather had since died, leaving Klopfer his interest in the closely held firm. The other owners agreed to buy Klopfer’s interest for 80 percent of the book value, giving him the $100,000 he needed (Klopfer, interview with GBN, 5 July 1978), and he had the money by the time Cerf returned from Europe."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "That gave Cerf and Klopfer enough money to buy the Modern Library, but they lacked working capital to meet operating expenses. At this point Cerf’s uncle, Herbert Wise, came to their aid, lending them 500 shares of Norfolk and Western railroad stock, which was then selling for about $130 a share. They used the stock as collateral for a $50,000 bank loan. They returned the stock to Wise a hundred shares at a time and were able to pay off the entire loan within two years."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "One final hitch came up before the sale of the Modern Library was completed. At the last minute Liveright insisted that Cerf and Klopfer give him a contract as an adviser for five years at five thousand dollars a year. “His advice was the last thing we needed,” Cerf recalled, “but he said if we didn’t agree to it, the deal was off. So we had to give in” (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", p. 54). Shortly after they took over the series they offered Liveright a lump payment of fifteen thousand dollars to cancel the agreement, and Liveright accepted. So the total cost of the Modern Library came to $215,000."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ownership of the Modern Library was transferred to Cerf and Klopfer on 1 August 1925. They acquired the name and good will of the series, reprint rights to copyrighted titles included in it, the plates owned by Boni & Liveright, and the stock of books on hand, most of which were unbound. The value of the plates and books was estimated at $75,000 (Columbia Auditors, C.P.A. to Henry Hoyns, Harper and Bros., 22 July 1925)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The new company was incorporated as The Modern Library, Inc., with Cerf as President and Klopfer as Vice-President. Gustave Cerf (Cerf’s father), who worked on a part-time basis until his death in 1941, was listed as Secretary and Treasurer. They were joined by two Boni & Liveright employees: Emanuel Harper, who soon became the firm’s treasurer, and Helen Berlin, who was Cerf and Klopfer’s secretary from 1925 until 1928. The Modern Library, Inc. opened for business in a two-room office on the ninth floor of 71 West 45th Street. Cerf and Klopfer worked at desks facing each other. After moving to larger quarters they continued to share an office and work at facing desks until Klopfer accepted a commission in the Air Force in May 1942. They shared a secretary until Cerf’s death in 1971."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The sale of the Modern Library was announced in the",
                "New York Times",
                "on 13 July 1925. The following advertisement appeared in",
                "Publishers’ Weekly",
                "(1 August 1925, p. 423; italics in original):"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "News!"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "THE MODERN LIBRARY HAS CHANGED HANDS!"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "ON AUGUST FIRST, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, a new organization will assume publication and distribution of the MODERN LIBRARY."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Its name will be the MODERN LIBRARY, Incorporated."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Its address will be 71 West 45th Street, New York City."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Its sole endeavor will be the further development and exploitation of a series that has grown in eight years to embrace 110 titles, and to be known wherever English books are read."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "The format and general character of THE MODERN LIBRARY books will be absolutely unchanged."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "The American bookseller can count on the generous cooperation of an experienced and strongly fortified organization with",
            "no general publications over which to concern itself",
            ", devoting its entire energies to one project – the growth of the MODERN LIBRARY."
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in the standard format, with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Boni",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "&",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Liveright",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A large portion of the ML stock that Cerf and Klopfer acquired from B&L consisted of folded and sewn sheets with Brodzky endpapers attached to the outer leaves. These were sold in ML, Inc. imitation leather bindings and newly printed ML, Inc. jackets. This hybrid format, with B&L title pages and endpapers and ML, Inc. bindings and jackets, is common for final B&L printings. Bound and jacketed volumes acquired from B&L were sold as they were; a small number of bound B&L titles were provided with newly printed ML, Inc. jackets."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New titles added to the ML in fall 1925 used the title page design inherited from B&L with torchbearer A1 (designed by Lucian Bernhard) replacing the B&L monk device. The title page is enclosed in double rules with each section (title, author, author of the introduction, device, publisher, and place of publication) separated by a horizontal rule. Most B&L titles that were reprinted between fall 1925 and 1939 continued to use existing title-page plates with the B&L device replaced by torchbearer A1. In general, new title-page plates were made for B&L titles only when the text was reset or augmented with new content."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Imitation leather in dark green or brown with spine lettering in gold and Bernhard torchbearer in gold on the front panel. The bindings were identical to those used by B&L except for the use of the torchbearer device in place of the B&L device"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Brodzky endpaper inherited from B&L was used on the first printing of Beebe’s",
                "Jungle Peace",
                "(116) and the earliest ML, Inc. reprints of some B&L titles. Bernhard’s new endpaper incorporating his torchbearer design, printed in light yellowish brown, was used on all subsequent titles and later printings of",
                "Jungle Peace",
                "."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jacket"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Uniform typographic jacket is patterned after late B&L jackets. The Bernhard torchbearer replaces the B&L device on the spine but does not appear on the front panel. Fall 1925 jackets indicate the title and author in capital letters on a deep reddish orange band near the top of the front panel and the series (“The Modern Library” in upper- and lowercase letters) on a deep reddish orange band near the bottom. The jackets include a complete list of ML titles on the flaps and back panel. Both jacket flaps include the publisher’s name and address: the Modern Library, Inc., 71 West 45th St., New York. Some fall 1925 jackets have the statement “New title added monthly” at the bottom of the front flap instead of the publisher’s name and address."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating key"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Fall) Dumas,",
                "Camille",
                "xAnderson,",
                "Poor White",
                "."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Theodore Dreiser was one of the first authors Cerf contacted after buying the ML. Cerf expressed the hope that",
                "Free and Other Stories",
                "(106) would remain in the series for many years to come and that Dreiser would allow the ML to include one of his novels “on a basis that I am sure could be made satisfactory to both of us” (Cerf to Dreiser, 25 July 1925).",
                "Twelve Men",
                "(159) was added in 1928 and",
                "Sister Carrie",
                "(230) followed in 1932.",
                "An American Tragedy",
                "(G89), which B&L published in fall 1925 shortly after Cerf and Klopfer took over the ML, was reprinted as a ML Giant in 1956."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Willa Cather and Edna St. Vincent Millay were among the first authors that Cerf tried to secure for the ML. He wanted Cather’s",
                "Song of the Lark",
                "and a volume of plays by Millay, but the original publishers declined to grant reprint rights.",
                "The Song of the Lark",
                "sold too well for Houghton Mifflin to consider a ML edition (Robert N. Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, to Cerf, 4 September 1925). Cerf offered Appleton a five-year reprint contract with royalties of 8 cents a copy for Millay’s plays “Two Slatterns and a King,” “Aria da Capo,” and “The Lamp and the Bell”, indicating that he wanted to use Appleton plates for a first ML printing of 3,000 copies. Millay’s publisher flatly rejected the offer (John W. Hiltman, Appleton & Co., to Cerf, 14 October 1925)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "After meeting Walter de la Mare during his trip to England in the summer of 1925, Cerf wrote to enlist his support for a ML edition of one of his works: “I am particularly anxious to have a Walter de La [",
                "sic",
                "] Mare title in the library and am writing direct to you because before I proceed to interview any of the American publishers who hold the copyright to your works, I would like to hear from you which one of your books, in your opinion, would fit best in the series” (Cerf to de la Mare, 16 October 1925). De la Mare replied that the decision must be left to his American publishers but indicated that he had asked his agent, James B. Pinker, to take up the matter with them (de la Mare to Cerf, 19 November 1925). Several weeks later Pinker told Cerf that none of de la Mare’s American publishers were willing to authorize a reprint edition (James B. Pinker & Sons to Cerf, 14 December 1925)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf contacted H. L. Mencken in 1926 about adding his",
                "Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche",
                "to the series, but Mencken replied that it was outmoded and in need of revision (Cerf to Mencken, 14 December 1925; Mencken to Cerf, 22 December 1925). Originally published in 1908, Mencken’s study was the first book on Nietzsche in English (Hobson, Fred.",
                "Mencken: A Life",
                ", p. 89). It has been widely reprinted since it entered the public domain, including several reprint editions in the first decade of the twenty-first century."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The New York publisher Charles Renard offered to sell the ML its plates for J. M. Barrie’s",
                "The Little Minister",
                ". Cerf replied that the ML would “have no possible use for the plates . . . for some time to come” but offered $50 for them (Charles Renard Co. to Cerf, 18 November 1925; Cerf to Renard Co., 30 November 1925). He later increased the offer to $200, but this appears to have been much less than Renard wanted."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Discontinued"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Blasco Ibáñez,",
            "The",
            "Cabin",
            "(1920) 73"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Stephens,",
            "Mary, Mary",
            "(1917) 26"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Only a few hundred copies of",
            "Mary, Mary",
            "(26) and",
            "The Cabin",
            "(73) remained in the B&L warehouse when Cerf and Klopfer took over the series. They promptly discontinued them and reassigned their catalogue numbers, ML 30 and 69, to Beebe,",
            "Jungle Peace",
            "and Dumas,",
            "Camille",
            ", the first new titles added in fall 1925."
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                116
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "WILLIAM BEEBE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "JUNGLE PEACE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1925–1940"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    30
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "116.  First printing (1925)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] JUNGLE PEACE | [rule] | BY | WILLIAM BEEBE | [rule] | Foreword by | THEODORE ROOSEVELT | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], [1–2] 3–297 [298–300].  [1–9]",
                16,
                "[10]",
                14
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D3; [i] title; [ii] Copyright, 1918, By | HENRY HOLT & CO. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | 1925; [iii] dedication; [iv] NOTE; v–xi FOREWORD signed p. xi: THEODORE ROOSEVELT.; [xii] blank; [xiii] CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–293 text; [294] blank; 295–297 INDEX; [298–300] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Format:",
                "The first printing has the Brodzky endpaper; the second printing (December 1925) has the Bernhard endpaper."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], [1–2] 3–297 [298–304].  [1–10]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 116 except: [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A4; [298] blank; [299–304] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The second printing retains the copyright and",
                "First",
                "statements on p. [ii]. The fourth printing (September 1927) omits both and only has a manufacturing statement on p. [ii]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A6; [ii]",
                "Copyright, 1920, by",
                "| HENRY HOLT & CO. | [short double rule]; [299–302] ML list; [303–304] blank. (",
                "Fall 1928",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The reason for the 1920 copyright date is unclear. It may have been a printer’s error, like the omission of the copyright date altogether from the 1927 printing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B1."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Mr. Beebe’s volume is one of the rare books which represent a positive addition to the sum total of genuine literature. It is not merely a ‘book of the season’ or ‘book of the year’; it will stand on the shelves of cultivated people, of people whose taste in reading is both wide and good, as long as men and women appreciate charm of form in the writings of men who also combine love of daring adventure with the power to observe and vividly to record the things of strange interest which they have seen. . . . If I had space I would like to give an abstract of the whole book. As it is I merely advise all who love good books, very good books, at once to get this book of Mr. Beebe’s.”  THEODORE ROOSEVELT (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As a trained scientific observer, William Beebe has conducted many expeditions at sea and into the jungle. The wealth of data collected by him and the vivid tales of adventure he has brought back constitute a record unique among books of exploration. In",
                "Jungle Peace",
                "he describes a remote and glamorous segment of the world —Guiana — and creates a picture of tropical splendor and mystery. He tells of birds and beasts, plants and insects with the accuracy of the scientist and the wonder of a born story-teller. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Henry Holt & Co., 1918. ML edition (pp. [iii]–297) printed from Holt plates with illustrations and list of illustrations omitted. Published 25 September 1925.",
                "WR",
                "3 October 1925. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1941."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Roosevelt’s foreword originally appeared as a front-page review in the",
                "New York Times Review of Books",
                "(13 October 1918) and was added as a foreword to later Holt printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There were at least eleven ML printings between fall 1925 and August 1937 totaling 21,000 copies, including a second printing of 2,000 copies in December 1925.",
                "Jungle Peace",
                "sold 1,706 copies during the first half of 1928, placing it fifty-sixth out of 147 ML titles."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                117
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ALEXANDRE DUMAS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ", fils."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "CAMILLE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1925–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    69
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "117a.  First printing (1925)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] CAMILLE | [rule] | BY | ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS | [rule] | Introduction by | EDMUND GOSSE | [rule] | [torchbearer A1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | [rule] | PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [",
                2,
                "], 1–270.  [1–9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D4; [iii] title; [iv] Edmund Gosse’s Introduction | Printed by Permission of D. Appleton & Co. | [short rule] | First Modern Library Edition | 1925; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Edmund Gosse.; xiii–xv BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE signed p. xv: E. G.; [xvi] blank; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–270 text.",
                "Note:",
                "Most later printings have a manufacturing statement only on p. [iv]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B1."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Written by Dumas when he was twenty-five, CAMILLE remains in its combination of freshness and form and of the feeling of the springtime of life, a singular, an astonishing piece of work. The novel and the play have been blown about the world at a fearful rate, but the story has never lost its happy juvenility, a charm that nothing can vulgarize. It is all champagne and tears – fresh perversity, fresh credulity, fresh passion, fresh pain. We have seen the play both well done and ill done – in strange places, in barbarous tongues. But nothing makes any difference – it carries with it an April air: some tender young man and some coughing young woman have only to speak the lines to give it a great place among the love-stories of the world. HENRY JAMES (",
                "Spring 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front abridged from Henry James quotation on jacket A: “A novel and play that have been blown about the world—but nothing can alter it. It is all champagne and tears—fresh passion, fresh pain—one of the great love stories of the world.”  Henry James (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New generations of readers respond as their parents and grandparents did with unashamed tears to the sad plight of the beautiful and doomed Marguerite Gautier.",
                "Camille",
                "retains its fragrance through the years; it is a tale that stirs an unassuageable heartache, and over it there hovers a sentiment forever tender and yearning. It is read now as it was before and as it will be read years hence as the love story of the eternal Magdalene glorified by her passion and misfortune. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "C",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in strong yellowish pink (26), pale blue (185) and black on coated cream paper depicting a woman seated in an open coach driven by a bearded coachman; title in strong yellowish pink with three-dimensional shading in black, other lettering in black. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1939",
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            {
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                "Gosse was editor-in-chief of the French Classical Romances series. His introduction and biographical note are taken from the Appleton edition, where the ML introduction constitutes the last third (pp. xxiii–xxxii) of his longer critical essay, “The Novels of Alexandre Dumas the Younger.” The ML paid Appleton a permissions fee of $25 for their use. The translation appears to have been in the public domain."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "sold 2,340 copies during the first half of 1928, placing it thirty-sixth among 147 ML titles. It ranked in the fourth quarter of ML sales during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943."
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                "| ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS |",
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                "H.M.S. Pinafore – Patience – The Yeomen of the Guard – Ruddigore."
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            {
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                ":",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "If the band of genial and optimistic dramatic critics who have been hailing every twenty-two year old lyricist who negotiates a rhyme with more than one syllable in it as “another Gilbert come to town” ever sees this volume, they’ll simply lock themselves in their room! For a rereading of PINAFORE, PATIENCE, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD and RUDDIGORE, all of them contained in this one volume, will convince them anew that there is only one Gilbert, and that, futhermore [",
                "sic",
                "], his myriad of imitators fade into utter nothingness beside the brilliance and undying sparkle of his famous songs and ballads."
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                "Another Modern Library volume (number 26) contains THE MIKADO, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, IOLANTHE, and THE GONDOLIERS. The two volumes belong in the library of every dramatic critic, musical comedy author, and tired business man in America. (",
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–218 [219–224].  [1–7]",
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                ":",
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                "Spring 1927",
                ")",
                "Note:",
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              ]
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                "B",
                ":",
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            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "If you are a Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiast (and who is not?), here, for your constant delight, are four W. S. Gilbert librettos—those merry, spoofing plays to which you have sung and whistled Sir Arthur Sullivan’s inspired tunes. All the sprightliness, the gay satire and the felicity of rhyme are yours for the reading! This is one of the two volumes of W. S. Gilbert’s plays in the Modern Library; the other (No. 26) contains",
                "The Mikado",
                ",",
                "The Gondoliers",
                ",",
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                "and",
                "Iolanthe",
                ". (",
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                "(1918–1938)  29"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376].  [1–10]",
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                "[11]",
                16,
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                16
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            },
            {
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                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D4; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1925, by | The Modern Library, Inc. | [short rule] | First Edition | December, 1925; v–vii PREFACE signed p. vii: H. M. Kallen.; [viii] blank; [ix] CONTENTS; [x] blank; 1–55 INTRODUCTION | THE MEANING OF WILLIAM JAMES FOR | “US MODERNS” signed p. 55: Horace M. Kallen.; [56] blank; 57–368 text; 369–370 APPENDIX I | DATES AND FAMILY NAMES; 371–375 APPENDIX II | THE WORKS OF WILLIAM JAMES; [376] blank."
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            {
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                "Variant A:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–378].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                18,
                ".  Contents as 119a except: [ii] pub. note D5; [376–378] blank;",
                "First",
                "statement omitted.",
                "Note:",
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                16,
                "[12]",
                16,
                "(16+1.2) has only the manufacturing statement on p. [iv]."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–382].  [1–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                4,
                ".  Contents as 119a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [377–382] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant C:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–390].  [1–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                8,
                ".  Contents as variant B except: [377–381] ML list; [382–383] ML Giants list; [384–390] blank. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Philosophy and the Philosopher – The World We Live In – The Self – How We Know – The Powers and Limitations of Science – The Realities of Religion – The Individual and Society – Education – The American Scene – Death and the Value of Life.",
                "Note:",
                "Kallen organized selections from James’s works into chapters with these titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "A",
                ":",
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "What William James thinks about man, and the world, and man’s place in it, he has said in many books and many scattered papers. These do not present a complete system of philosophy, but rather special and intensive studies of problems Mr. James felt to be momentous and living at the time. The systematic statement of his position which he aimed at in “Some Problems of Philosophy” was denied him; he died before the book was half done."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The selections which make up this book have been chosen with the view of presenting the philosophy of William James systematically in his own words and in the convenient compass, with some approximation to that rounded wholeness he himself would have given it had he lived to complete his work. (",
                "Fall 1925",
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            {
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                "B",
                ":",
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            },
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                ":",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The world recognizes that William James stands pre-eminent among the philosophers of America. His writings have had an influence that has reached beyond the borders of philosophy and into the realms of the social sciences, psychology and religion. In this volume the essence of his contributions to the thought of our day is concentrated. Always the lucid writer and the profound thinker, his good sense and forthright style clear away pretences and obscurities of thought. His is a philosophy that reconciles man to the stream of existence. (",
                "Fall 1934",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection. Published December 1925.",
                "WR",
                "19 December 1925. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kallen received royalties of 10 cents a copy for his editorial work on",
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                "The Philosophy of William James",
                "was published Cerf invited Kallen to edit a similar volume devoted to Bertrand Russell, but Kallen appears to have declined. The ML published",
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                "(147) in October 1927. The volume credits Russell as editor but most of the editorial work appears to have been done by Manuel Komroff. In November 1926 Kallen proposed a companion volume devoted to George Santayana. Cerf was interested and initially told Kallen to go ahead, but he canceled the project three months later, fearing that Charles Scribner’s Sons, which published most of Santayana’s works, would not grant the necessary permissions. Ten years later Scribner’s published its own collection,",
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            },
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "THE PHILOSOPHY | OF | WILLIAM JAMES |",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–390].  [1–12]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 119a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [377–382] ML list; [383–384] ML Giants list; [385–390] blank. (",
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], 1–375 [376–382].  [1–12]",
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                4,
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            },
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                16,
                "[2–5]",
                32,
                "[6]",
                8,
                "[7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 119b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1953, BY HORACE M. KALLEN (",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket",
                ":",
                "Non-pictorial in dark reddish brown (44) and dark blue (183) on tan paper with title in reverse on inset dark reddish brown panel bordered in dark blue, other lettering in dark blue below pane; designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 119a jacket 3. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "may have been withdrawn from the series by Dodd, Mead & Co., which made a new printing of its own in 1924. Two years later Cerf and Klopfer were able to restore it to the series. All families of printings of",
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                "‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ was hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials. The statuary found a granite block on a solitary moor; gazing thereon, he saw how from the crag might be elicited a head, savage, swart, sinister; a form moulded with at least one element of grandeur—power. He wrought with a rude chisel, and from no model but the vision of his meditations. With time and labour, the crag took human shape; and there it stands colossal, dark, and frowning, half statue, half rock; in the former sense, terrible and goblin-like; in the latter, almost beautiful, for its colouring is of mellow grey, and moorland moss clothes it; and heath, with its blooming bells and balmy fragrance, grows faithfully close to the giant’s foot. CHARLOTTE BRONTË"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 72nd out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was solidly in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. The regular ML edition slipped below the first quarter during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. This probably reflects a loss of sales in the academic market following the inclusion of",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "as one of the first titles in Modern Library College Editions, a paperbound series launched in 1950 specifically for classroom use."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "120.1b",
                ".  Title",
                "-page spellings corrected (",
                19,
                "27)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 120.1a except lines 4 and 7: EMILY BRONTË | . . . | . . . | ROSE MACAULAY"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 120.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 120.1a, including",
                "First",
                "statement on p. [iv]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [",
                2,
                "], 1–390 [391–396].  [1–13]",
                16,
                "[14]",
                4,
                ".  Contents as 120.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [391–394] ML list; [395–396] blank. (",
                "Fall 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [",
                2,
                "], 1–390 [391–404].  [1–13]",
                16,
                "[14]",
                8,
                ".  Contents as variant A except: [391–395] ML list; [396–397] ML Giants list; [398–404] blank. (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2 with torchbearer."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ was hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials. The statuary found a granite block on a solitary moor; gazing thereon, he saw how from the crag might be elicited a head, savage, swart, sinister; a form moulded with at least one element of grandeur—power. He wrought with a rude chisel, and from no model but the vision of his meditations. With time and labour, the crag took human shape; and there it stands colossal, dark, and frowning, half statue, half rock; in the former sense, terrible and goblin-like; in the latter, almost beautiful, for its colouring is of mellow grey, and moorland moss clothes it; and heath, with its blooming bells and balmy fragrance, grows faithfully close to the giant’s foot.  CHARLOTTE BRONTË (",
                "Fall 1927",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "C",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on coated cream paper with inset illustration of a house on a moor with dark bluish green sky and stars in reverse; borders in dark bluish green, lettering in black. Signed: Brienza."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Emily Brontë’s brooding imagination evoked as thwarted and tragic a group of human creatures as ever walked the bleak moorlands or had their existence in the dark byways of life. The barren world in which their villanies [",
                "sic",
                "] flourished forms the background for deeds as weird as they are sinister and for passions as fierce as they are persistent.",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "is by common consent one of the most compelling novels in the English language. It is a book compact of beauty and loveliness, hate and cruelty and heartrending pathos. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The misspelling of “villainies” is retained on jacket flaps at least through fall 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "120.1c",
                ".  Title",
                "page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer E3] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] WUTHERING | HEIGHTS | BY | EMILY BRONTË | INTRODUCTION BY | ROSE MACAULAY | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxvi, [",
                2,
                "], 1–390 [391–404].  [1–13]",
                16,
                "[14]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 120.1b variant B except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements. (",
                "Fall 1943; fall 1947",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43), strong green (141), strong reddish orange (35), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper depicting a stone house and yard on a rainy moor; title in reverse with three-dimensional highlighting in black and author in black with three-dimensional highlighting in reverse on inset moderate reddish brown panel simulating parchment with curled edges. Backstrip in strong reddish orange with torchbearer and frame around title in strong green, lettering in reverse. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as 120.1b jacket C. (",
                "Spring 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "As jacket 5 except backstrip in black, torchbearer and title panel in strong pink (2), and lettering in reverse. (",
                "Spring 1947",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "120.2a",
                ".",
                "Text",
                "reset;",
                "Gettmann",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "WUTHERING | HEIGHTS | BY EMILY BRONTË | INTRODUCTION BY | ROYAL A. GETTMANN |",
                "Professor of English",
                "|",
                "University of Illinois",
                "| WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY | FRITZ EICHENBERG | [torchbearer E5] |",
                "THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxii, [1–2] 3–400.  [1–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                8,
                "[14]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
                "; v–xvi Introduction | BY ROYAL A. GETTMANN; xvii Bibliography; [xviii] genealogical table of Linton and Earnshaw families; xix–xxvi Biographical Notice | OF | ELLIS AND ACTON BELL signed p. xxvi: CURRER BELL | [within square brackets] Charlotte Brontë |",
                "September",
                "19, 1850.; xxvii–xxxii Editor’s Preface | TO THE NEW EDITION OF | Wuthering Heights signed p. xxxii: CURRER BELL | [within square brackets]",
                "Charlotte",
                "Brontë",
                "; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–400 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 120.2a.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–5]",
                32,
                "[6]",
                24,
                "[7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 120.2b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "As 120.1c jacket B. (",
                "Fall 1952",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Fujita pictorial jacket in black, deep purplish red (256) and brilliant yellow (83) on coated white paper with silhouette of barren tree and birds in reverse and lettering in deep purplish red, brilliant yellow and in reverse, all against black background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Though",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "was written by a woman who remained a recluse all of her life, it is one of the most powerful and passionate novels in the English language. The romantic story of the destruction caused by the frustrated love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, set against the moors of England, creates a rare blend of violence and beauty."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML. ML edition (pp. xxvii‑xxxii, [1]–400) printed from plates originally made for the Illustrated Modern Library with pagination of the Editor’s Preface revised. In ML and MLCE printings Charlotte Brontë’s Biographical Notice is reset in smaller type to match that of Gettman’s introduction. ML and MLCE printings include Eichenberg’s wood-engraved chapter heads that were made for the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Illustrated Modern Library (IML 18) but not the full-page wood engravings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Illustrated Modern Library edition of",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "(IML 18), published in November 1946, was printed from plates made from a new typesetting. The 1943 Book-of-the-Month Club edition of",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "had a wood-engraved chapter heading for the first chapter only. For the Illustrated Modern Library edition Eichenberg made 20 additional wood engravings for the chapter heads. Since",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "consists of 34 chapters, several of the wood engravings were used twice and one (pp. 38, 141, 248) is used three times."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New plates made for the Illustrated Modern Library were usually used for subsequent printings of the regular ML edition. This appears to have been the intention, since the preliminaries for the regular ML edition of",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                ", including Macaulay’s introduction, were reset to match the rest of the text. However, the original plates were used when the regular ML edition of",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "(120.1c) was reprinted in fall 1947. No regular ML printings with the reset text have been seen prior to 120.2a, when the Illustrated Modern Library plates were used with a new introduction by Royal A. Gettmann."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gettmann received $150 for his introduction (Stein to Gettmann, 24 January 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                120.2,
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                ".  Reissue",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "format",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[wood engraving of rooftop and barren tree] | WUTHERING | HEIGHTS | BY EMILY BRONTË | INTRODUCTION BY | ROYAL A. GETTMANN | WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY | FRITZ EICHENBERG | [torchbearer M] |",
                "THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 120.2a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 120.2a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, AUGUST 1950 | Copyright 1943, 1946, 1950 by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1971, 1974, 1978 by Random House, Inc.; [xvii]",
                "A Selected Bibliography",
                "[revised].",
                "Note:",
                "The three copyright dates apply to Eichenberg’s wood engraving at the head of chapter 1, first used in the 1943 edition of",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "published by Random House for the Book-of-the-Month Club; the 20 additional wood-engraved chapter headings he made for the 1946 Illustrated Modern Library edition; and Gettmann’s introduction."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                ":",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap as 120.2b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1978 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60458-X."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                121,
                {
                  "span": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                  ]
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "POOR WHITE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "121.  First printing (1926)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] POOR WHITE | [rule] | BY | SHERWOOD ANDERSON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–371 [372–380].  [1]",
                18,
                "[2–12]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright",
                "1920,",
                "by",
                "B. W. HUEBSCH, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "Introduction Copyright",
                "1926,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY , INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1926; v–viii INTRODUCTION signed p. viii: Sherwood Anderson. | November 10, 1925.; [1] part title: BOOK I; [2] blank; 3–371 text; [372] pub. note about ML edition of",
                "Winesburg",
                ", Ohio",
                "; [373–378] ML list; [379–380] ML subject index. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Priority with variant A not established."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–371 [372–376].  [1–12]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 121 except: [373–376] incomplete ML list;",
                "First",
                "statement retained on p. [iv]. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Priority with 121 not established. The “first printing” of 8,000 copies noted in RH records may have represented both printings with fall 1925 lists. If so they were probably placed on sale simultaneously."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii [ix–x], [",
                2,
                "], [1–2] 3–371 [372].  [1–12]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 121 except: [ii] pub. note about ML edition of",
                "Winesburg",
                ", Ohio",
                "; [iv] manufacturing statement; [ix] dedication: TO | TENNESSEE MITCHELL ANDERSON; [x] blank; [",
                1,
                "] part title: BOOK I; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [1] fly title; [372] blank.",
                "Note:",
                "Variant B includes the dedication to Tennessee Mitchell Anderson that was omitted from earlier ML printings at Anderson’s request, and the printing described transposes the fly and part titles. Some printings of variant B correct the order with the fly title on p. [",
                1,
                "] and the part title on p. [1]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B1."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "POOR WHITE tells the story of the American power that dots a vast valley with cities overnight, and builds a network of industry, making quick men rich and fearful men poor. The hero works for this force although he doesn’t like or understand it. He is a dreamy, rather stupid “poor white” boy who “piddles around” with little mechanical tricks while he is a bored telegraph operator—until an invention made [",
                "sic",
                "] him suddenly rich and famous. Then comes the “poor white’s” love, and again the forces that twist men make Hugh McVey’s story a wild and terrible one, bigger than the mere story of one man. If, as the critics have said, Anderson’s WINESBURG, OHIO, marks the point of our literary adolescence, POOR WHITE testifies to our artistic majority. It transcends the limitations of his earlier books and develops their latent qualities the promise of his previous work is fulfilled. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As the interpreter of Middle Western life, Sherwood Anderson holds a supreme position among American novelists.",
                "Poor White",
                ", like",
                "Winesburg",
                ", Ohio",
                "(No. 104 in the Modern Library), became immediately upon its appearance the forerunner of a vital school of contemporary writing. This story of new forces, creating cities overnight, making men rich and powerful or poor and rejected, takes its origin directly from our own soil and from the American way of life with all the naturalness and humanity for which Anderson has become world celebrated. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by B. W. Huebsch, 1920; Huebsch merged with Viking Press, August 1925. ML edition (pp. [1]–371) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with the dedication omitted in early printings. Published February 1926.",
                "WR",
                "13 February 1926. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1939."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When Anderson became a B&L author in April 1925, Liveright expressed interest in taking over his earlier books from Huebsch and including",
                "Poor White",
                "in the ML in the fall (Liveright to Anderson, 11 April 1925; Anderson Papers, Newberry Library). A clause in Anderson’s contract with B&L stated: “The publisher further agrees to immediately endeavor to purchase from B. W. Huebsch, if the author so advises in writing, the reprint rights for Poor White for The Modern Library” (contract dated 10 April 1925; Anderson Papers). Liveright sold the ML before",
                "Poor White",
                "could be added to the series. It is not known whether reprint rights for the ML edition were negotiated before or after the sale."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For writing the introduction Anderson received a complete set of ML books instead of the usual $50 fee (Cerf to Anderson, 14 November 1925). He wrote in the introduction: “There is this book, ‘Poor White’—now to be published in The Modern Library, tricked out in a new dress, going to call on new people. The Modern Library is something magnificent. Long rows of names—illustrious names. My book, ‘Poor White,’ feels a little like a countryman going to live in a great modern sophisticated city” (ML ed., p. vi)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The dedication to Tennessee Mitchell Anderson, from whom Anderson was divorced in 1924, was omitted from the ML edition at his request (Anderson to Cerf, undated but before 14 November 1925). The dedication was inadvertently restored in later printings (see variant B)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Poor White",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 85th out of 147 ML titles. Printings of the ML edition totaled 15,000 copies by April 1930, including printings of 4,000 copies (August 1927), 1,000 copies (August 1929), and 2,000 copies (April 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Anderson,",
                "Winesburg",
                ", Ohio",
                "(1921–1973)  96"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                122
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "OSCAR WILDE"
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "DE PROFUNDIS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] DE PROFUNDIS | [rule] | BY | OSCAR WILDE | [rule] | EDITED, WITH A PREFATORY | DEDICATION BY | ROBERT ROSS | [rule] | INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY | FRANK HARRIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                26,
                "], xiii–[xiv], 1–154 [155–164].  [1–6]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A4; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "]",
                "Copyright",
                "1909,",
                "by",
                "G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS | (For Revised Edition) | [short double rule] |",
                "Introduction Copyright",
                "1926,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1926; [",
                5,
                "–",
                15,
                "] INTRODUCTION signed p. [",
                15,
                "]: Frank Harris. | February, 1926.; [",
                16,
                "] blank; [",
                17,
                "–",
                23,
                "] A PREFATORY DEDICATION signed p. [",
                23,
                "]: Robert Ross; [",
                24,
                "] blank; [",
                25,
                "] PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.; [",
                26,
                "] blank; xiii CONTENTS.; [xiv] blank; 1–154 text; [155–160] ML list; [161–164] ML subject index. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Four Letters Written from Reading Prison – De Profundis – Two Letters to the",
                "Daily Chronicle",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pp. [",
                28,
                "], 1–154 [155–164].  [1]",
                16,
                "(±4) [2–6]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 122 except: [",
                26,
                "] repetition of p. [",
                7,
                "]; [",
                27,
                "] CONTENTS.; [",
                28,
                "] blank; [155–158] ML list; [159–163] ML subject index; [164] blank;",
                "First",
                "statement retained on p. [",
                4,
                "]. (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Page numeral “xiii” removed from plates; the plate for p. [",
                7,
                "] was misimposed (and probably transposed with the plate for p. [",
                26,
                "]) resulting in the cancellation and reprinting of the fourth leaf of the first gathering."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pp. [",
                28,
                "], 1–154 [155–156].  [1–5]",
                16,
                "[6]",
                12,
                ".  Contents as variant A except: [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D5; [",
                26,
                "] blank; [155–156] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“De Profundis” and “Papers On Prison Life,” included in this volume, were, with “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” the last writings of Oscar Wilde. The original manuscript consists of eighty close-written pages on blue stamped prison foolscap paper; it was written at intervals during the last six months of the author’s imprisonment, when courage and hope had been crushed from his soul, and his sense of grievance against Lord Alfred Douglas had been fanned to fever heat."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Frank Harris’ illuminating introduction appears exclusively in the Modern Library edition of “De Profundis.” (",
                "Spring 1926",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
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              ]
            },
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              ]
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                "The Maidens of the Rocks",
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                "in the ML. When Cerf and Klopfer took over the series he demanded that they pay advances of $240 against royalties of 8 cents a copy for each title. Cerf and Klopfer acquiesced and paid him $480 with the intention of publishing one title in 1926 and the other the following year (Page to ML, 2 September 1925; ML to Page, 10 September 1925)."
              ]
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                "The Child of Pleasure",
                "and",
                "The Flame of Life",
                "and corresponded with them “in motif and sex appeal.” He described",
                "The Maidens of the Rocks",
                "as “a sweet, pleasant, agreeable enough story, but does not have the same appeal as is expected by the readers of the other D’Annunzio stories. With us it has always run far behind any of the other four books in sales; whereas, THE INTRUDER has always run neck and neck in demand with THE CHILD OF PLEASURE, and almost up to the two leaders—THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH and THE FLAME OF LIFE.” He concluded: “D’Annunzio’s following want sex stuff. THE INTRUDER and the other three volumes are sex novels. D’Annunzio’s following do not want children’s stories. THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS is a childish story” (Page to Cerf, 7 February 1927)."
              ]
            },
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            {
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                ":",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "“In this wild, beautiful romance, Herman Melville seems to have spoken the very secret of the Sea, and to have drawn into his tale all the magic, all the sadness, all the wild joy of many waters. It stands quite alone; it strikes a note no other sea writer has ever struck. It is a work not only unique of its kind, but a great achievement—the expression of an imagination that rises to the highest, and so is amongst the world’s great works of art.” —John Masefield"
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            },
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                "B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1930",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "C",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in strong red (12) and black on cream paper with inset black-and-white illustration by Rockwell Kent of a ship under full sail; title and borders in strong red with title superimposed over Kent illustration, other lettering in black. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Kent’s illustration was created for the 3-volume limited edition of",
                "Moby Dick",
                "published by Lakeside Press in 1930. Later that year Random House published a one-volume trade edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting; the MLG edition (G65) printed from RH plates appeared in 1944. Kent’s illustration appears on p. 81 of RH/MLG printings. The reproduction of the illustration on jacket C is slightly cropped at the foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "Of the comparatively few books in the world’s literature about which it is safe to foretell the verdict of posterity,",
                "Moby Dick",
                "stands in the first rank. Universally recognized as one of the greatest of all tales of the sea, it will live by its own surge and elemental force. This mighty history of the pursuit of the vindictive monster, upon which Herman Melville lavished all the resources of his imagination and Jovian hate, is the symbol and the substance of reckless adventure and indomitable courage. (",
                "Spring",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published June 1926.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Melville was regarded as a minor American author before the 1920s. The Library of Congress classification for American Literature, the PS’s, published in 1915, assigns a range of 49 numbers each to nineteenth-century American authors who were perceived as first rank. Emerson and Hawthorne have ranges of 49 numbers, as does John Greenleaf Whittier. Works by and about Hawthorne are classified within the range PS 1850‑1898, for example. In contrast, Melville is assigned a range of nine numbers (PS 2380‑2388). This reflects Melville’s reputation in 1915, when he was regarded primarily as a minor author of South Sea romances like",
                "Typee",
                "and",
                "Omoo",
                ".",
                "Moby-Dick",
                "sold poorly when it was published in 1851 and was out of print by 1887."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The critical reevaluation of Melville began in the 1920s with the publication of Raymond Weaver’s biography,",
                "Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic",
                "(George H. Doran, 1921), followed by the first publication of",
                "Billy Budd",
                ", a major work that Melville left in semi-final form. Weaver edited the manuscript and published it in",
                "Billy Budd and O",
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                "P",
                "rose",
                "P",
                "ieces",
                "(London: Constable, 1924); a revised version appeared four years later in",
                "Shorter Novels of Herman Melville",
                "(Horace Liveright, 1928)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Weaver had been one of Cerf’s favorite professors at Columbia. His biography of Melville was published a year or two after Cerf graduated with a degree in journalism. In his posthumously published autobiography, based on oral history interviews conducted by Columbia University’s Oral History Office, Cerf states: “Raymond Weaver’s course in Comparative Literature was extraordinary. Inside of three weeks this man had even the athletes reading Dante and Cervantes and Melville . . . and discussing them with deep interest. He was a persuasive teacher and a wonderfully nice man” (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", pp. 17–18)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Weaver wrote introductions to two editions of",
                "Moby-Dick",
                "that were published as the revival of interest in Melville was getting under way. His introduction to the edition published by Albert & Charles Boni in 1925 is completely different from the introduction he wrote the following year for the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML may have tried to position its edition of",
                "Moby-Dick",
                "to appeal both to readers looking for escapist romance and those who appreciated the darker, allegorical aspects of Melville’s work. The quote from Masefield on the front panel of jacket A refers to “this wild, beautiful romance” and to Melville’s having “drawn into his tale all the magic, all the sadness, all the wild joy of many waters.” In contrast, Weaver’s introduction refers to Melville’s having chosen “as a symbol of the malice and terror that he felt at the core of existence . . . a whale of leperous [",
                "sic",
                "] whiteness” and to “Melville’s dark intent” (p. vii)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Moby Dick",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 20th out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942‑October 1943 it was in the middle of the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It ranked 29th out of 360 titles during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. A complete list of ML printings of",
                "Moby Dick",
                "from January 1931 through October 1944 shows a surge of demand following American entry into the Second World War. There were eleven printings between 1931 and 1941 totaling 26,000 copies (an average of 2,360 copies a year) and seven printings between 1942 and 1944 totaling 23,000 copies (an average of 7,660 copies a year)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer used the ML plates for a 1931 printing of",
                "Moby Dick",
                "under the imprint Carlton House, which was used mainly for dollar “specials” intended for sale in department stores. The 1931 Carlton House titles included at least 13 titles printed from ML plates. In a departure from the usual format, the 1931 titles used good quality paper, were bound in green, blue, or maroon leather, had gilt tops, and were sold in black slipcases at a retail price of $2.50. The ML printed 500 copies of each title. The books were placed in leading department stores in major cities as an experiment. Most of the stores did not do well with the books. One of the ML’s sales representatives indicated that they would have been all right before the Crash, but 1931 “was one of those years when even $2.50 was a high priced book” (Carl Smalley to Cerf, 18 August 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Moby Dick",
                "(G65) in 1944 in the Giants series, using plates of the RH edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All ML editions of Melville’s novel, including the Giant, use the spelling “Moby Dick” on the title page and throughout the text instead of the conventional hyphenated spelling “Moby-Dick.” Most editions of the work, including the 1851 first printing and the 1983 Library of America edition, use the hyphen, but there are other reputable editions that omit it."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library paperback edition, published in 2000 from a new typesetting with Kent’s illustrations and an introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick, is inconsistent. The title is",
                "Moby-Dick or, The Whale",
                ", but the biographical note (pp. v–vi) refers to Melville’s novel as",
                "Moby Dick",
                ", without the hyphen. Hardwick’s introduction uses the hyphenated form when referring to the title of the book and the unhyphenated form when referring to the whale. The Library of America edition (1983), which includes",
                "Redburn",
                "and",
                "White-Jacket",
                "as well as",
                "Moby-Dick",
                ", uses the hyphen as part of the title, and the running heads on verso pages (pp. 774–1406) are MOBY-DICK. Running heads on recto pages record chapter titles. Chapter 41 is titled “Moby Dick” without the hyphen, with the result that running heads on recto pages of Chapter 41 (pp. 985–991) are MOBY DICK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "124b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
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            },
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                "Moby Dick | BY | HERMAN MELVILLE |",
                "Introduction by",
                "RAYMOND WEAVER | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 124a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 124a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1926, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [567–570] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182), dark grayish yellow (91) and black on coated white paper with inset black-and-white illustration by Rockwell Kent of Ahab with sextant; reprinted and slightly cropped from the 1930 edition of",
                "Moby Dick",
                "published by RH and reprinted in MLG (p. 715); lettering in reverse against moderate blue background ruled in dark grayish yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone, March 1940; unsigned. Front flap as 124a jacket C. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii], 1–565 [566–576].  [1–19]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
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            {
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                16,
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                32,
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                16,
                "[10]",
                32,
                "[11]",
                16,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "A",
                ":",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the little more than one hundred years since",
                "Moby Dick",
                "was first published, critics have probed its inexhaustible symbolic treasures. The general reader has also found great wealth as he participated in the hunt for the white whale. He encountered an adventure story of magnificent sweep and suspense. From its incomparably effective opening sentence, “Call me Ishmael,” to its dramatic end when the white whale triumphs and all hands, except Ishmael, perish, Melville makes everyone—the reader most of all—share Captain Ahab’s obsessive belief that he alone can destroy the white, evil leviathan.",
                "Moby Dick",
                "is more than a tale of the pursuit of a monster; it is an allegory of relentless hatred and evil redeemed by man’s indomitable courage. (",
                "Fall 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Fujita pictorial jacket in deep blue (179), deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with inset wood engraving of whale destroying a whaling boat; lettering in deep blue, deep reddish orange and black, all against white background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“",
                "Moby Dick",
                "possesses an unusual, if not unique, literary form which cannot be compared to that of the conventional novel, drama or travel book. It is a realistic story of life aboard a whaling vessel, a romance of adventure and strange characters, a drama of heroic determination and conflict and a technical treatise on whaling. . . . Because of its unconventional complexity, it is a disturbing book. . . . Like all great books,",
                "Moby Dick",
                "has the potentiality of enriching itself with the substance of each new reader’s emotions and ideas, and it has grown greater in its implications with the passage of time.”  —from the Introduction by Leon Howard"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published with the Howard introduction in MLCE (1950) and subsequently in the regular ML. Professor Austin Warren of the University of Michigan was originally invited to write the introduction. He agreed to a deadline of 30   March and a $200 fee but withdrew two days before it was due, pleading illness and expressing dissatisfaction with the fee compared to the royalty offered by the competing series Rinehart Editions (Albert Erskine to Warren, 26 January 1950; Warren to Erskine, 28 March 1950). Erskine turned to Leon Howard, then at Northwestern University, who agreed to write the introduction for the $200 fee (Erskine to Howard, 31 March 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Melville,",
                "Moby Dick",
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                },
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            {
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                "[within double rules] A NIGHT IN THE | LUXEMBOURG | [rule] | BY | REMY DE GOURMONT | [rule] | PREFACE AND APPENDIX | BY | ARTHUR RANSOME | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [1–8] 9–215 [216–224].  [1–7]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "This book, at once criticism and romance, is the best introduction to the works of one of the finest intellects of our time. In France and in England it created a sensation, but for every prurient mind that, distorting the book’s intent, greeted it with accusations of indecency and blasphemy, there were a dozen readers who appreciated the depth and the nobility of M. de Gourmont’s philosophy."
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B: Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1928",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Originally published in U.S. by John W. Luce & Co., 1912; new bibliographical edition published by Luce, 1919. ML edition (pp. [5]–215) printed from plates of the 1919 Luce edition. Publication announced for July 1926.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "A Night in the Luxembourg",
                "was listed in 1931 as one of the ML’s worst-selling titles (“Notes on the Modern Library,” RH box 117, Publicity folder)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ransome’s appendix on Remy de Gourmont was originally published in",
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            },
            {
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                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "A Virgin Heart",
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                {
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              ]
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], xxxi–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–2] 3–506 [507–518].  [1–16]",
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                8
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
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                3,
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                4,
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                ",",
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                6,
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                "; [2] blank; 3–[507] text; [508] blank; [509] map of Hardy’s Wessex; [510] blank; [511–516] ML list; [517–518] ML subject index. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The copyright statement on p. [",
                4,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                ":",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In this novel—which the editors of the Modern Library consider one of the greatest in the English language—Thomas Hardy reaches the high water mark of his glorious genius. There are scenes in this book, and characters, that will burn themselves into the memory of the reader, never to be forgotten; passages of writing whose sheer beauty is unsurpassed in all literature. “The Return of the Native” is dominated by the tragic overtones of the Hardy conviction of inevitability—the powerlessness of man before his fate. (",
                "Spring 1926",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Henry Holt & Co., 1878. New bibliographical edition with Hardy’s 1895 Preface and map of Hardy’s Wessex published by Harper & Brothers, 1895; plates used for successive Harper printings, including a 1922 printing in Harper’s Modern Classics. ML edition (pp. [",
                5,
                "]–[509]) printed from Harper plates. Published August 1926.",
                "WR",
                "20 November 1926. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "was the fourth best-selling title in the ML during the first six months of 1928. It ranked low in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 and the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Harper’s royalties of 4 cents a copy. Sales of the ML edition totaled 42,543 copies by December 1930. Printings between August 1931 and November 1939 totaled at least 24,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "126b.  Title page reset (1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE RETURN OF | THE NATIVE | [rule] | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                12,
                "], [1–2] 3–506 [507–508].  [1–16]",
                16,
                "[17]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
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                3,
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                4,
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                5,
                "]",
                "PREFACE",
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                6,
                "] blank; [",
                7,
                "–",
                10,
                "] table of contents; [",
                11,
                "] fly title; [",
                12,
                "] blank; [1]–[508] as 126a.",
                "Note:",
                "Page numerals removed from table of contents, fly title leaf added, map of Hardy’s Wessex omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B. Text on front as 126a. (",
                "Fall 1927",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Pictorial expressionist jacket in light brown (57) and dark gray on tan paper depicting a male figure walking through a stylized landscape; lettering in dark gray. Signed: Hynd. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")",
                "Note:",
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                "Three Great French Romances",
                ",",
                "Three Great Renaissance Romances",
                ", and",
                "Three Great Modern Novels",
                ". Hynd’s jackets for each title in the",
                "Three Great Modern Novels",
                "gift box—Butler,",
                "Way of All Flesh",
                "(13.1d jacket B) and Dostoyevsky,",
                "Brothers Karamazov",
                "(171.1a jacket B) in addition to",
                "The Return of the Native",
                "—were exceptional examples of expressionist graphics. Their use was confined to the 1929 gift box and they were never used on copies of the books sold separately."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "126c.  Preliminaries repaginated; printed from",
                "duplicate",
                "set of plates (1929)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 126b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [",
                2,
                "], [1–2] 3–506 [507–508].  [1–16]",
                16,
                "[17]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
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                "1895.; [vi] blank; vii–[x] CONTENTS; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kinship with nature and tenderness with human frailty characterize Thomas Hardy’s brooding and powerful novel,",
                "The Return of the Native",
                ". He sets his stage on the heaths and in the villages of his beloved Wessex and unfolds a drama that becomes the living symbol for the universal struggle of existence. His characters have the solidity of the landscape against which they enact their tragic fates, and if one stands out above the others, she is Eustacia Vye, as memorable a woman as life or the art of Thomas Hardy could create. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Pictorial, probably a smaller version of 126d jacket. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1938; probably unsigned. (",
                "Not seen",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Harper plates used for ML printings through 1928 had become badly worn and Klopfer decided that the ML could not make another printing from them. He asked Harper’s for their “other set [of plates] so we can do a decent looking job” (Klopfer to Harper & Bros., 16 May 1929). Harper’s promised that a new set of electros would be ready by 21 June (Harper & Bros. to Klopfer, 13 June 1929). The ML went to press later that month with a new printing of 4,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There are minor differences between the two sets of plates in addition to the pagination of the preliminaries. The plates used for 126a–b include signatures, though 126a–b are not printed as signed. The plates used for 126c–d do not have signatures. On p. 146, line 5, “lost their charm” appears correctly in 126a–b and incorrectly as “lost there charm” in 126c–d. On p. 201, lines 24–25, the sentence “Now I’ll wish you good morning” is broken at the end of line 24 after “you” in 126a–b and after “good” in 126c–d. There are probably other differences as well. When a reader in 1931 called the ML’s attention to the error on p. 146, the ML informed Harper’s but the plates were not corrected."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "126d.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Return of | the Native | by Thomas Hardy | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 126c."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 126c except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [",
                2,
                "], [1–2] 3–506 [507–516].  [1–16]",
                16,
                "[17]",
                8,
                ".  Contents as 126d except: [509–514] ML list; [515–516] ML Giants list.",
                "(Spring 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in dark grayish brown (62), medium gray (265) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a stone bridge over a stream; lettering in reverse and black, all against medium gray background and within three dark grayish brown frames. Designed by Paul Galdone; unsigned. Front flap as 126c jacket A. (",
                "Spring 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There were plans in 1950 to include",
                "The Return of the Native",
                "in MLCE. Albert Guerard was invited to write the introduction (ML to Guerard, 30 June 1950), but he declined on the grounds that he had just written an introduction for the competing series Rinehart Editions. The ML then approached Donald Davidson of Vanderbilt University, who initially declined because of other commitments. The ML extended the deadline, and Davidson accepted the assignment. He submitted his introduction in spring 1951 and received the ML’s $150 fee. However,",
                "The Return of the Native",
                "never appeared in MLCE, perhaps because of the competing Rinehart edition. Davidson’s introduction does not appear to have been used in any form."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hardy,",
                "Jude the Obscure",
                "(1927–1990)  145"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hardy,",
                "Mayor of",
                "Casterbridge",
                "(1917–1971)  17"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hardy,",
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "(1932–1971; 1979–1986)  234"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "127.1a.  First printing (1926)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE | FORTUNES and MISFORTUNES | OF THE FAMOUS | MOLL FLANDERS | [rule] | BY | DANIEL DEFOE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–328 [329–342].  [1–11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "| 1926 | [short double rule]; v–ix THE PREFACE; [x] blank; 1–328 text; [329–330] blank; [331–336] ML list; [337–340] ML subject index; [341–342] blank. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–328 [329–334].  [1–10]",
                16,
                "[11]",
                12,
                ".  Contents as 127.1a except: [ii] pub. note A4; [329–332] ML list; [333–334] blank. (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First",
                "statement retained on 1927 printing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Never before had I seen so much candour in print, with the exception of the Bible. So I judged ‘Moll Flanders’ to be a second Bible that all true believers should study with profit and reverence. How much more to be preferred is this simple candour of Defoe’s great novel to the suggestiveness in some of our present-day writings!” —W. H. Davies (",
                "Fall 1926",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(",
                "The Modern Library edition of “Moll Flanders” is complete and unabridged",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1926.",
                "WR",
                "not found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970; reissued 1985–1991."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Moll Flanders",
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 52nd out of 147 ML titles. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling title in the regular ML during November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "127.1b.  Title page reset (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE | FORTUNES and MISFORTUNES | OF THE FAMOUS | MOLL FLANDERS | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, | Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of Threescore Years, | besides her Childhood, was Twelve Years a Whore, five Times a Wife | (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Years a Thief, Eight | Years a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv’d Honest, | and dy’d a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums. . . . | [rule] | BY | DANIEL DEFOE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–328 [329–334].  [1–10]",
                16,
                "[11]",
                8,
                "[12]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 127.1a variant except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [329–334] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1933",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Born with the most rudimentary kind of moral sense, Moll Flanders made a career of harlotry, thievery and penitence. The book of her fortunes and misfortunes, her high misdemeanors and amorous delinquencies, remains today, as it was two hundred years ago, the liveliest and most candid record of a bawd’s progress on the primrose path. The looseness of Moll’s life in folly and wickedness points the moral that the wages of sin need not be punishment and death; sometimes penitence alone redeems the most versatile sinner. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacke",
                "t B",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in grayish yellow green (122), strong orange (50) and black on coated white paper depicting a woman with parasol and a man in background with an eyeglass and walking stick; lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1937; signed. Front flap as jacket A. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
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                "score Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Years a",
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                "|",
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                "] woodcut illustration of a woman reclining on a couch; [",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "Born with the most rudimentary kind of moral sense, Moll Flanders made a flamboyant life of prostitution, thievery and, finally, penitence. This vivid saga of a beautiful, clever woman, her high misdemeanors and delinquencies, her varied careers as a prostitute, a charming and faithful wife, a thief and convict, remains today the liveliest, most candid record of an eighteenth-century woman’s progress through the hypocritical labyrinth of her society ever recorded. This book, written by Defoe under an assumed name, so his readers would think it an accurate journal of one woman’s life, remains a picaresque novel of astonishing vitality."
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            },
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                "(1948–1970)  411"
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                {
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                },
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                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "128a.  First printing (1926)"
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            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] UP STREAM | AN AMERICAN CHRONICLE | [rule] | BY | LUDWIG LEWISOHN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, 1–299 [300–308].  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1926,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1926; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN | LIBRARY EDITION OF UP STREAM signed p. xii: Ludwig Lewisohn. | July 16, 1926.; 1–2 PROLOGUE; 3–299 text; [300] blank; [301–306] ML list; [307] ML subject index: Russian literature in the Modern Library; [308] Distinguished writers who have written introductions to titles in the Modern Library. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ludwig Lewisohn’s “Up Stream” appeared first in the Spring of 1922. The color and charm of the book and the continuous beauty of its prose established it immediately as an important and permanent contribution to American letters. The Modern Library edition, containing a new introduction by the author, and certain revisions that he deemed vital in the text, will undoubtedly win a tremendous new audience for the book. (",
                "Fall 192",
                6,
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1922. The B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format; ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with revisions by the author. Published October 1926.",
                "WR",
                "20 November 1926. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1940."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Up Stream",
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 36th out of 147 ML titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer invited Stephen S. Wise, rabbi of the Free Synagogue of New York, to write the introduction. “Our honorarium for such an introduction is only fifty dollars,” he noted, “but we would really like to have your name among the people who have written introductions to our volumes” (Klopfer to Wise, 18 December 1925). Wise replied that he had not liked",
                "Up Stream",
                "but would be willing to write an introduction to a ML edition of Lewisohn’s",
                "Israel",
                "(Wise to Klopfer, 21 December 1925). In the end Lewisohn wrote his own introduction to the ML edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewisohn took advantage of the new typesetting to revise the text. He informed Klopfer: “The revision of the book is a matter of great moral and literary importance to me . . . I shall write a fairly extended—not too extended—new introduction etc. At all events you shall have the book in such shape as I should wish it to be read in the future” (Lewisohn to Klopfer, 26 June 1926). The passages Lewisohn revised concerned his marriage to Mary Lewisohn, from whom he had recently separated. He removed a number of references to his wife from the ML text and rewrote others. In the B&L edition, for example, after noting that he sold his fourth story to",
                "Uncle Remus’s Magazine",
                "for $125, Lewisohn wrote:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "My father was, characteristically, aglow; he saw visions of grandeur. My mother’s womanly and solitary heart yearned over Mary. So Mary and I were married and we all settled down in an old, roomy house in Queenshaven. The house overlooked the bay and from our study windows Mary and I watched the horned moon float over the silken swell of the dark waters and listened to the tide. . . . (B&L, p. 135; suspension points are in the original of all quoted passages from the B&L and ML texts)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewisohn revised the passage as follows for the ML edition:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "My father was, characteristically, aglow; he saw visions of grandeur. Mary, furthermore, insisted that we must be married to save her honor and her very life. I was a gentleman still and a Southerner. I was sorry, helpless and confused. I tried to hope that my mother would be less lonely. I tried to hope many things to still the fatal monitions within me. . . ."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "We all settled down together in an old house overlooking the bay. I think that, in spite of youth and inexperience and their faults, I tried to make the best of things. But Mary’s responsibilities to her family robbed her of the power, even though she had had the will, to be my wife or—despite her age, the daughter of my parents. It was perhaps not all her fault that she was a burden and unhelpful; it was absurd that, under these circumstances, she had neither humility nor true kindness, but was as exacting as a bride of eighteen. She was a middle-aged woman who had insisted on marrying a man not much older than her oldest child. She acted like Dora Copperfield. . . . Something indomitable must have been in me that I did not go under . . . a strength and a faith. . . . (128a, pp. 159–60)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A complete inventory of changes in the ML text that have been noted are the following, with the page of the 1922 Boni & Liveright edition given first, followed by the corresponding page of the 1926 Modern Library printing:  pp. 131/154; 135–36/159–60; 138/162; 141/167; 145/171; 146/172; 148/175; 150/177; 154/181–82; 177/210; 180/214;  187/222; 188/223; 189/225; 218/263; 221/266."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When Mary Lewisohn saw the revised edition of",
                "Up Stream",
                "she threatened to sue the ML for libel. She specifically objected to the passage: “Mary, furthermore, insisted that we must be married to save her honor and her very life. I was a gentleman still and a Southerner.” Cerf asked Lewisohn to write a long letter giving in detail his reasons for including the sentences. “The entire affair promises to be a dreadful nuisance, but the lady is determined in her course and I suppose we will all have to go through with it. I await a letter from you at your very earliest convenience” (Cerf to Lewisohn, 19 January 1927)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "128b",
                1,
                ".  Second printing, first state (1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 128a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], 1–299 [300–304].  [1–9]",
                16,
                "[10]",
                14
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 128a except: [ii] pub. note A5; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1926,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule]; | vii–xi INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN | LIBRARY EDITION OF UP STREAM signed p. xi: Ludwig Lewisohn. | July 16, 1926.; [xii] blank; [301–304] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Pp. xi and 159–160 are reset; the introduction is a page shorter than in 128a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Two changes were made in the second printing in response to Mary Lewisohn’s objections. The original B&L text was substituted for the passage on pp. 159–60 quoted above, and the following passage was omitted from the introduction:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I say this in all humility and say it in order to record the fact that the general texture of Up Stream remained free, has always been free, of the unveracity that marked a small number of passages now changed or expunged. Why, in my ardent search for the truth of things, did I deliberately falsify",
                "one",
                "element in my life and draw falsely",
                "one",
                "character? Through a mistaken kindliness? Yes. But more through shame—shame of the all but unbelievable physical and moral facts. . . . That blot on the book has now been wiped out. . . . If Up Stream is still worthy of being read; if it is worthy of being remembered—let it be read and remembered in the form in which it is now definitively printed here. . . . (128a, p. xi)"
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 128a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv], 1–299 [300–304].  [1]",
                16,
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                16,
                "[10]",
                14
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 128b",
                1,
                "except: [v]–[xii] cancelled."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Mary Lewisohn was not satisfied with the changes in the second printing. On 29 November 1927, three days after the date of the second printing, the ML agreed to substitute the original B&L text for the revisions supplied by Ludwig Lewisohn and to drop the introduction altogether. The introduction was cancelled in remaining copies of the second printing. The table of contents which listed the introduction is also cancelled in all copies of 128b",
                2,
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "examined."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "128c.  Third printing (1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 128a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi], [",
                2,
                "], 1–299 [300–304].  [1]",
                16,
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                16,
                "[10]",
                14
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 128b",
                1,
                "except: [ii] pub. note A6; [",
                1,
                "] textual note: The Modern Library announces with this de- | finitive edition, the final form of UP STREAM | corrected to correspond with the original text | published by Boni & Liveright, 1922.; [",
                2,
                "] blank. (",
                "Fall 1928",
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                "Note:",
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                "1–2",
                "] are inserted as a replacement leaf."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–vi], [",
                2,
                "], 1–299 [300–308].  [1]",
                16,
                "(-4,5,±6) [2–10]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 128c except: [305–308] blank. (",
                "Fall 1928",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Copies have been seen without the replacement leaf. It appears likely that 128c and 128c variant are two states of the same printing, differing only in the number of leaves in the final gathering."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The third printing (12 July 1928) inadvertently retained Lewisohn’s introduction. The introduction was cancelled, apparently before any copies were distributed, and the textual note required by the ML’s agreement with Mary Lewisohn was inserted as a replacement leaf."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "128d.  Fourth printing (1929)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 128a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                8,
                "], 1–299 [300–304].  [1–9]",
                16,
                "[10]",
                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A6; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1926,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule]; [",
                5,
                "] textual note as 128c; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [",
                7,
                "] CONTENTS; [",
                8,
                "] blank; 1–2 PROLOGUE; 3–299 text; [300] blank; [301–304] ML list. (",
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                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [",
                8,
                "], 1–299 [300–312].  [1–10]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 128d except: [301–305] ML list; [306–312] blank. (",
                "Spring 1932",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The original text complete and unabridged, with a prologue by the author.” (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The Prologue was not new to the ML edition; it had been part of",
                "Up Stream",
                "since its original publication in 1922. The jacket statement somewhat disingenuously covers up the fact that the introduction which Lewisohn wrote for the ML edition was no longer included."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Burning indignation and the will to find a way into a full creative life have been the essence of Ludwig Lewisohn’s writings.",
                "Up Stream",
                "is at once his spiritual autobiography and the lyrical, yet savage, outcry against the forces that stifled him. It is a book of protest and affirmation, honest, unashamed and electrical with fierce passion. In the literature of America’s coming of age,",
                "Up Stream",
                "occupies a unique place; it is the record of a soul’s awakening and its final declaration of creative independence. (",
                "Spring 1935",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The fourth printing was the first to satisfy the requirements of the ML’s agreement with Mary Lewisohn without resorting to cancellation. Lewisohn had made many small changes in the text when he revised",
                "Up Stream",
                "for the ML, and a number of these remained in the ML text after those that Mary Lewisohn objected to had been removed. Cerf wrote to Ludwig Lewisohn in 1936 that",
                "Up Stream",
                "continued to sell at the rate of 1,000 copies or more each year “and considering the length of time that the book has been in print, I regard that as a pretty gratifying record” (Cerf to Lewisohn, 13 November 1936)."
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                "Three other books by Lewisohn appeared in the ML.",
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                "(75), an original ML anthology that he edited, was published in spring 1920 and remained in print through 1936.",
                "The Story of American Literature",
                "(G43), originally published as",
                "Expression in America",
                ", was added to the Giants in spring 1939. Lewisohn began to lobby for the inclusion of his novel",
                "The Island Within",
                "shortly after the Giant was published. Cerf thought that two Lewisohn titles in the series were “more than enough” but suggested that",
                "Up Stream",
                "might be dropped and",
                "The Island Within",
                "published in its place. Lewisohn approved “with all the vociferousness at his command” (Cerf to Cass Canfield, Harper & Bros., 12 October 1939).",
                "The Island Within",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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                {
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                "129.1a.  First printing (1926)"
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                "[within double rules] DUBLINERS | [rule] | BY | JAMES JOYCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION | BY | PADRAIC COLUM | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [5–6] 7–288 [289–294].  [1]",
                16,
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                16,
                "[10]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "|",
                1926,
                "| [short double rule]; v–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: PADRAIC COLUM. | October, 1926. | New Canaan, Conn.; [xiv] blank; [5] CONTENTS; [6] blank; 7–288 text; [289–292] ML list; [293–294] blank. (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The third leaf of the first gathering (pp. v‑vi of the Introduction) has been cancelled and replaced by a newly printed leaf that has been tipped in. All copies of the first printing that have been examined contain the replacement leaf. It is not known what caused the leaf to be  cancelled and replaced."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 129.1a.  [1–9]",
                16,
                "[10]",
                8,
                ".  Contents as 129.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [289–293] ML list; [294] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1937",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE AUTHOR:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James Joyce is the Irish novelist whose epical satire “ULYSSES” has been hailed as the greatest product of the realistic movement in literature."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE BOOK:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“DUBLINERS” was written in 1905, and the author spent the next seven years trying o make his publisher live up to a contract to bring out the book. For the reader who has never sampled Joyce, “DUBLINERS” is an ideal introduction. (",
                "Fall 1926",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “A book of representative stories by the author of ‘Ulysses,’ hailed as the greatest product of the realistic movement in literature.” (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The publication by Random House of James Joyce’s",
                "Ulysses",
                "after the ban had been lifted by Judge John M. Woolsey’s decision, sustained afterward by the Court of Appeals, lends new importance to the Modern Library edition of",
                "Dubliners",
                ". This collection of short stories is definitely related to Joyce’s later work, in that many of its characters figure in the epical satire,",
                "Ulysses",
                ", and the autobiographical novel,",
                "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man",
                "(Modern Library No. 145). By itself,",
                "Dubliners",
                "is a lasting contribution to the literature of the short story. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in London by Grant Richards, 1914; published in U.S. by B. W. Huebsch, 1916, using sheets of the first English edition. First American edition, printed from plates made from a new typesetting, published by Huebsch, April 1917. Huebsch merged with Viking Press in August 1925. ML edition (129.1, pp. [5]–288) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates. Publication announced for 25 November 1926.",
                "WR",
                "1 January 1927. First printing: 5,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Dubliners",
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 84th out of 147 ML titles. There was a second printing of 3,000 copies in April 1927 and a third printing of 2,000 copies in July 1928. By April 1950 there had been twenty-eight printings for a total of 60,000 copies (Slocum and Cahoon, p. 17)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "129.1b.  Title page reset (c. 194",
                1,
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dubliners",
                "|",
                "by",
                "JAMES JOYCE |",
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                "PADRAIC COLUM | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 129.1a.  [1–9]",
                16,
                "[10]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 129.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [289–294] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pp. [i–v] vi–xiii [xiv], [5–6] 7–288 [289–294].  [1–7]",
                16,
                "[8]",
                8,
                "[9–10]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 129.1b except: [iv] Copyright 1926, 1954 by The Modern Library, Inc.; [v]–xiii INTRODUCTION as 129.1a. (",
                "Spring 1955",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Page numeral “v” removed from plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1926, 1954, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [289–290] ML Giants list; [291–294] blank. (",
                "Fall 1964",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in medium gray (265) and black on cream paper with lettering in black (including three lines on a diagonal axis) and torchbearer in reverse, all against medium gray background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 129.1a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark gray (266) and dark green (146) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against dark gray background; rules at top, center and foot in dark green. Front flap as 129.1a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ")."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap revised:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The collection of fifteen stories under the title of",
                "Dubliners",
                "was James Joyce’s first published work in prose. Previously he had issued a book of verse,",
                "Chamber Music",
                ". These initial efforts were followed by",
                "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man",
                "(Modern Library No. 145), the play",
                "Exiles",
                ", the modern epic",
                "Ulysses",
                "(Modern Library Giant G-52) and finally,",
                "Finnegans",
                "Wake",
                ". The tales in",
                "Dubliners",
                "are related to Joyce’s later work both in locale and in many of the characters who have a fuller development in",
                "Ulysses",
                ". By themselves these tales, written by Joyce in his early twenties, are a distinguished contribution to the literature of the short story and are an augury of the master work which was to follow. (",
                "Fall 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "As jacket B except on coated white paper with background in strong blue (178) and rules in strong yellow green (117). Front flap as jacket B revised text. (",
                "Fall 1964",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "129.2a.  Corrected text",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "(1969)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "DUBLINERS | JAMES JOYCE | [torchbearer K] THE MODERN LIBRARY : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "7½ inches.  Pp. [1–4] 5–224.  [1–7]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4] First Modern Library Edition, 1969, with corrected text by | Robert Scholes in consultation with Richard Ellmann | Copyright © 1967 by the Estate of James Joyce; 5–6 A NOTE ON THE TEXT signed p. 6: [at left] October 1967 [at right] —Robert Scholes |",
                "Center for Textual Studies, University of Iowa",
                "; [7] table of contents; [8] blank; 9–224 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Fujita jacket in black, light purple (222) and strong yellowish green (131) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse and light purple and four-leaf clover in strong yellowish green, all against black background. Statement on front: “The Definitive Text restoring Joyce’s manuscript style and his later corrections”. Front flap: First four sentences as 129.1b jacket B revised text except references to ML numbers and words “the modern epic” describing",
                "Ulysses",
                "omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Following text added:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Joyce himself described these stories as a series of chapters in the moral history of his community. By themselves they bear the unmistakable stamp of Joyce’s genius and are an augury of the master works which were to follow."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This definitive edition of",
                "Dubliners",
                "is as near as possible to the version Joyce wanted to see published. The text has been prepared by Robert Scholes of the University of Iowa, in consultation with Richard Ellmann, Joyce’s biographer."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Corrected text originally published by Viking Press, 1967. ML edition (pp. 5–224) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Viking edition. Published spring 1969 at $2.45."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The statement “First Modern Library Edition, 1969, with corrected text . . .” is retained on all printings of 129.2. Among other changes the corrected text follows Joyce’s preference for initial dashes to indicate dialogue in place of quotation marks. The original English edition published by Grant Richards in December 1914 and the first American edition published by Huebsch in 1917—and all subsequent American printings before 1967—used quotation marks."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printings of 129.2a exist in both the 7¼ and 7½ inch formats. The 7½ inch format superseded the 7¼ inch format for newly added ML titles in 1969. Printings of many earlier titles continued to appear in the 7¼ inch format because of the time it took to adapt older jackets to the taller format. The first ML printing of 129.2a, despite being completely redesigned and printed from new plates, appears to have been in the 7¼ inch format. There was at least one early printing in the 7½ inch format. The 7¼ inch format was used for the final printing or printings. The ISBN 394-60124-6 (without the initial 0) was added to the back panel of a 7¼ inch jacket in the early 1970s; jackets for previous printings of 129.2a in both formats lack the ISBN. What is probably the last printing in the 7¼ inch format has been seen in plain endpapers instead of Fujita’s decorated endpaper. Plain endpapers were characteristic of late printings in the 1970s; some copies have the remainder mark of a large reddish purple “H” stamped on the front endpaper. Conclusive evidence in support of the 7¼ or 7½ inch format as the 1969 first printing has not been established, but it is difficult to understand why late printings would switch, perhaps inadvertently, to the 7¼ inch format if all previous printings had been in the larger format."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There appears to have been a gap of several years between the discontinuation of 129.2a and the publication of 129.2b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                129.2,
                "b",
                ".  Reissue format (1978)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "DUBLINERS | JAMES JOYCE | THE MODERN LIBRARY : NEW YORK [torchbearer M]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "7½ inches.  Pagination as 129.2a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 129.2a except: 5–6 A NOTE ON THE TEXT signed p. 6: [at left] October 1967 [at right] –Robert Scholes.",
                "Note:",
                "Scholes’s affiliation omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep purplish blue (197) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap with 129.2a text slightly revised and abridged."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1978 at $4.95. ISBN 0-394-60464-4."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man",
                "(1928–1956)  156"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Ulysses",
                "(Giant, 1940– )  G50"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] NEW GRUB STREET | [rule] | BY | GEORGE GISSING | [rule] | INTRODUCTION | BY | HARRY HANSEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv [xv–xvi], 1–552 [553–560].  [1–18]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A4; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "1926,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1926; v–xii introduction signed p. xii: Harry Hansen. | Bronxville, N. Y. | November, 1926.; xiii–xiv CONTENTS; [xv–xvi] blank; 1–552 text; [553–556] ML list; [557–558] ML subject index; [559–560] blank. (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv [xv–xvi], 1–552.  [1–17]",
                16,
                "[18]",
                12,
                ".  Contents as 130.1a except: [ii] pub. note D5.",
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First",
                "statement retained on at least one printing of variant A."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pagination and collation as 130.1a. Contents as 130.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [553–558] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“New Grub Street” is George Gissing’s book of the heart, a chronicle of characters that he knew through the intimacy of suffering shared and defeats experienced or understood. It is called back to life today because of the insistent determination of a new age to regard Gissing as a stylist second to none, a keen analyst of motives, and an extraordinary literary figure whose inexplicable hardships stir the imagination of an age surfeited with material things. (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The only complete and unabridged edition of this book that exists today”. (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For those who cherish the dream of writing and for those who read and ponder the whole mystery of the anguish and ecstasy of authorship,",
                "New Grub Street",
                "is a book of revelation. Not only does it expose the shifts and subterfuges of meagre talents to provide marketable stuff and the devotion and sacrifice of those who consecrate themselves to the severest of arts, but it lays bare Gissing’s own fierce struggle against vulgarity and the world’s indifference. In that sense, it is a true book of the heart. (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in London by Smith, Elder (3 vols., 1891); originally published in U.S. by C. A. Brewster, 1904, using sheets of the second British edition. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1926.",
                "WR",
                "25 December 1926. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1943; new ML edition published 1985."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf initially asked H. G. Wells to write the introduction. He told Wells that",
                "New Grub Street",
                "was “long out of print in this country, and knowing your enthusiasm for the work, I am wondering whether you will add a short introduction for us.” He offered the ML’s usual $50 fee and reminded Wells that",
                "Ann Veronica",
                "continued to sell very well in the series (Cerf to Wells, 13 January 1926). Wells declined, but six years later he wrote an introduction to the fine press edition of",
                "The Time Machine",
                "published by Random House."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "New Grub Street",
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 91st out of 147 ML titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Coustillas (pp. 565–69) provides a detailed inventory of variant bindings and other details of successive ML printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "130.1b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New Grub Street | BY | GEORGE GISSING | INTRODUCTION BY HARRY HANSEN | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 130.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 130.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [553–557] ML list; [558–559] ML Giants list; [560] blank. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset black panel, background in moderate red, series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Text on front and front flap as 130.1a jacket B. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Coustillas reports two additional printings of 130.1b that can be dated spring 1941 and spring 1942 based on lists of ML titles at the end of the volumes."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "130.2.  Reissue",
                "format",
                "(1985)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "GEORGE GISSING | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] NEW GRUB STREET | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], [1–5] 6–425 [426].  Perfect bound.  8¼ x 5⅝ in. (210 x 140 mm)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "–",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] woodcut illustration of author at writing table; [",
                4,
                "] blank; [",
                5,
                "] title; [",
                6,
                "] first modern library edition April 1985 | Copyright © 1962 by Irving Howe; [1–2] Contents; [3] fly title; [4] blank; [5]–425 text; [426] biographical note."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on kraft paper with inset woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of author at writing table; title in reverse on strong reddish brown panel, other lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New Grub Street",
                ", one of the first exponents of Naturalism in English literature, has been described as a cross between the works of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy, and is much acclaimed for its portrait of the unsuccessful literary life in 19th century London. It is the story of Edward Reardon, a novelist whose valiant and painstaking attempts to maintain the standards of his art in the face of severe financial pressure are opposed by an unsympathetic wife. In sharp contrast to Reardon is his friend Jasper Milvain, an essayist who adjusts himself with shocking ease to currently materialistic ideals. A grimly realistic look at the hardships and compromises of the modern literary world,",
                "New Grub Street",
                "is an underground classic."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bibliographical edition originally published 1962 by Houghton Mifflin Co. in its textbook series Riverside Editions, with an introduction and bibliographical note by Irving Howe. ML edition (pp. [1–2], [5]–425) printed either from Houghton Mifflin letterpress plates or from offset plates made from the Houghton Mifflin edition, with Howe’s introduction and bibliographical note omitted. The Houghton Mifflin edition placed its fly title before the table of contents; when the ML reversed the order it removed the page numeral “4” from the second page of the table of contents. Published April 1985 at $8.95. ISBN 0-394-60525-X."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Coustillas indicates that the printing in the reissue format was remaindered in the year of publication (p. 569)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gissing,",
                "Private Papers of Henry",
                "Ryecroft",
                "(1918–1942)  45"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
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        {
          "TITLE": [
            "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1927"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            {
              "span": []
            },
            1927
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer created Random House as a subsidiary of the Modern Library, Inc., to create and distribute “books of typographic excellence in America” (announcement on Random House letterhead with Rockwell Kent’s newly designed device of a ramshackle house, 24 January 1927). The letter to booksellers appears to be the first time Kent’s device was used. The second appearance was probably Random House’s “Announcement Number One” in February 1927 of seven limited editions from Nonesuch Press (reproduced in Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", p. 66). The officers of the new venture were Cerf, Klopfer, and Elmer Adler of the Pynson Printers. Random House became the exclusive American distributor for books published by Francis Meynell’s Nonesuch Press and the Golden Cockerel Press, the most important English private presses."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The first book published under the Random House imprint was a limited edition of Voltaire’s",
                "Candide",
                "with illustrations by Rockwell Kent. It was printed by Elmer Adler at his Pynson Printers and published in spring 1928. The colophon states: “Of this first book with imprint of Random House 1470 numbered copies are printed on all rag French paper and 95 coloured in the studio by the artist. Hand set in type designed by Lucien Bernhard, paragraph designs by Rockwell Kent; both cast by the Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfort. The composition and press work completed by the Pynson Printers in the month of April MCMXXVIII . . . New York.” Rockwell Kent’s signature appeared between the date and the place of publication."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The market for fine limited editions collapsed after the 1929 stock market crash, and Random House gradually turned toward trade publishing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Two years after Cerf bought the ML from Horace Liveright he approached Liveright about buying the rest of the firm. Richard Simon, a former Boni & Liveright vice-president who co-founded Simon and Schuster in January 1924, also appears to have tried to buy Boni & Liveright around the same time. Liveright wrote to his second cousin and close friend Alfred Wallerstein (3 August 1927):"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Since I saw you last, Bennett Cerf and Dick Simon asked me to put a price on the business, Bennett having offered me $250,000 and I believe that he could be gotten to pay $300,000. I wrestled with my soul a good deal and have come to the definite conclusion that publishing is a pretty fine vocation, that there is lots of chance of doing good in it, and that with proper management, while we won’t make a fortune, I should have a good steady safe income here. I am getting no younger and if I cut adrift from publishing, it might not have a good spiritual effect on my life. I’ve let everyone around the office know this and I’ll see that the publishing world at large knows it too. I’m thinking pretty much now in publishing terms, although, of course, the theatre does occupy some of my time and thoughts (Horace Liveright Papers, University of Pennsylvania Library, box 19, Wallerstein family folder)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer added nineteen new titles and discontinued five titles from the Boni & Liveright period, bringing the total number of active titles to 139."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new ML titles except Lawrence,",
                "The Rainbow",
                "(138) were published in the standard format, with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type, Lucian Bernhard’s torchbearer A2, and the last line of the title page as PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK, all within a double-rule frame. Reprints of earlier titles continued to use their original ML, Inc. title pages."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Imitation leather in dark green, brown, or dark blue; spine lettering in gold and Bernhard’s torchbearer in gold on the front cover."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bernhard endpaper printed in light yellowish brown."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jacket"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in uniform typographic jacket B2 with Bernhard’s torchbearer on the front panel. Uniform typographic jacket B1 continued to be used on reprints of most pre-1926 titles."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Hudson,",
                "Purple Land",
                "xHardy,",
                "Jude the Obscure",
                ". (Fall) Hardy,",
                "Jude the Obscure",
                "xDumas,",
                "Three Musketeers",
                "."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The original American publishers turned down Cerf’s requests for reprint rights to several titles that the ML was able to publish between 1930 and 1933—Ernest Hemingway,",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                "(190)",
                ";",
                "John Dewey,",
                "Human Nature and Conduc",
                "t",
                "(195); Joseph Conrad,",
                "Victory",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "(238); Anatole France,",
                "Penguin Island",
                "(253); and Sinclair Lewis,",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "(254). Scribner’s rejected Cerf’s request to reprint Ring Lardner’s",
                "How to Write Short Stories",
                ". It was not until 1941 that the ML was able to include",
                "Round Up",
                ", a 1929 collection that the ML published under the title",
                "The Collected Short Stories of Ring Lardner",
                "(344)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf pursued other titles that never appeared in the series. Among these were a volume of plays by John Millington Synge, Francis Brett Young’s",
                "Crescent Moon",
                ", Paul Leicester Ford’s",
                "The Honorable Peter Stirling",
                ", Lytton Strachey’s",
                "Landmarks in French Literature",
                ", Lord Charnwood’s",
                "Abraham Lincoln",
                ", O. Henry’s",
                "The Trimmed Lamp",
                ", and William McFee’s",
                "Captain Macedoine’s Daughter",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "William Lyon Phelps at Yale University suggested several titles, including Henry James,",
                "The Turn of the Screw",
                "and",
                "The American",
                "; Santayana,",
                "Soliloquies in England",
                "; Turgenev,",
                "A House",
                "of",
                "Gentlefolk",
                "; Bunyan,",
                "The Holy War",
                "; Swift,",
                "Gulliver’s Travels",
                "; Mill,",
                "On Liberty",
                "; and Wells,",
                "The Wheels of",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Chance",
                "(Phelps to Cerf, 9 February 1927). Of these",
                "The Turn of the Screw",
                "(189) and",
                "Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books",
                "(212) were published in the ML in 1930 and 1931. Mill’s",
                "On Liberty",
                "was included in",
                "The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill",
                "(G45) in 1939 and in",
                "The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill",
                "(537) in 1961."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The literary agency Brandt & Brandt suggested John Dos Passos’s",
                "Manhattan Transfer",
                ", but Cerf thought there was not enough demand to justify a ML edition (Cerf to Bernice Baumgarten, Brandt & Brandt, 26 May 1927). The ML later published three other titles by Dos Passos:",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(248) in 1932,",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                "(307) in 1937, and",
                "U.S.A.",
                "(G42) in 1939. Brandt & Brandt also suggested W. L. George’s",
                "Selected Short Stories",
                "(10 October 1926). Cerf declined, noting that George was well enough represented in the ML by",
                "A Bed of Roses",
                "(Cerf to Brandt & Brandt, 17 October 1927)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer wanted to add Christopher Morley’s novel",
                "Where the Blue Begins",
                ", but Doubleday, Page had assigned reprint rights to Grosset & Dunlap, whose dollar reprints were distributed through a wide variety of retail outlets (Klopfer to Morley, 5 November 1927). In contrast, the ML was sold primarily in bookstores and the book departments of major department stores."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Isador Feinstein (later widely known as the journalist I. F. Stone) offered to translate La Rochefoucauld’s",
                "Maxims and Memoirs",
                "for the ML (Feinstein to ML, 26 August 1927)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cabell,",
                "Cream of the Jest",
                "(1927)  131"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cellini,",
                "Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini",
                "(1927)  132"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hawthorne,",
                "Scarlet Letter",
                "(1927)  133"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hudson,",
                "Purple",
                "Land",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "(1927)  134"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Nietzsche,",
                "Ecce Homo & The Birth of Tragedy",
                "(1927)  135"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Spinoza,",
                "Philosophy",
                "(1927)  136"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Aiken, ed.,",
                "Modern American Poets",
                "(1927‑1940),",
                "Modern American Poetry",
                "(1940–1945),",
                "Twentieth-Century American Poetry",
                "(1945–  )  137"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lawrence,",
                "The Rainbow",
                "(1927)  138"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Brown,",
            "House with the Green Shutters",
            "(1927)  139*"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Hearn,",
            "Some Chinese Ghosts",
            "(1927)  140"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Gourmont,",
            "Virgin Heart",
            "(1927)  141"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Schreiner,",
            "Story of an African Farm",
            "(1927)  142"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Bierce,",
            "In the Midst of Life",
            "(1927)  143"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Meredith,",
            "Ordeal of Richard",
            "Feverel",
            {
              "span": []
            },
            "(1927)  144"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Hardy,",
            "Jude the Obscure",
            "(1927)  145"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Butler,",
            "Erewhon",
            "(1927)  146"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Russell,",
            "Selected Papers",
            "(1927)  147"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Saltus,",
            "Imperial Orgy",
            "(1927)  148"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Renan,",
            "Life of Jesus",
            "(1927)  149"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "*Cerf and Klopfer published",
            "The House with the Green Shutters",
            "under the author’s full name George Douglas Brown rather than his better-known pseudonym George Douglas."
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Atherton,",
                "Rezanov",
                "(1917)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Davidson,",
                "Poems",
                "(1924)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "MacBean,",
                "Marjorie Fleming’s Book",
                "(1921)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ouida,",
                "In a",
                "Winter",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "City",
                "(1923)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sinclair,",
                "The Belfry",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            {
              "span": []
            },
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                131
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "JAMES BRANCH CABELL"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE CREAM OF THE JEST"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1927–1939"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    126
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "131.  First printing (1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE CREAM OF | THE JEST | [rule] | BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | INTRODUCTION | BY | HAROLD WARD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xii [xiii–xvi], [1–2] 3–250 [251–256].  [1–8]",
                16,
                "[9]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1917,",
                "by",
                "| JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [short double rule] |",
                "Eighth Printing",
                "|",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1927; [v] linecut of cryptogrammic seal; [vi] blank; [vii] dedication; [viii] blank; ix–xii",
                "Introduction",
                "signed p. xii: Harold Ward. | New York, |",
                "30 October, 1922",
                ".; [xiii–xv]",
                "Contents",
                "; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] part title: BOOK FIRST; 3–250 text; [251–254] ML subject index; [255–256] blank. (",
                "Fall 1925",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pagination and collation as 131. Contents (including",
                "First",
                "statement) as 131 except: [251–254] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The spring 1927 list has been seen on two subsequent printings: one as variant A except: [ii] pub. note A5; another (with",
                "First",
                "statement omitted) as variant A except: [ii] pub. note A6. It is possible that 131, 131 variant A, and perhaps copies with pub. note A5 were counted as part of the 8,000-copy first printing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pagination and collation as 131. Contents as 131 except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] manufacturing statement; [251–252] blank; [253–256] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant C:",
                "Pagination and collation as 131. Contents as 131 except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1917,",
                "by",
                "| JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [short double rule]; [1] part title: BOOK FIRST; [2] blank; [251–255] ML list; [256] blank. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The part title replaces the fly title used in earlier ML printings, and the verso of the leaf is blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“The Cream of the Jest is in ground plan an attempt to lay bare the secret soul of Felix Kennaston, a successful novelist—not the Bovaryan pseudo-soul visible to his wife and his neighbors, but that esoteric spirit which transcends time and space, and has its adventures in the superworld of the imagination. Outwardly, Kennaston is a discreet and reputable man—a convinced monogamist, a dutiful householder, a docile Presbyterian. But within him there dwells an adventurer who ranges the whole of the visible universe, and a lover who has found his heart’s desire. Upon the framework of this story Mr. Cabell hangs the loot of much intellectual marauding—brilliant bits of irony, penetrating reflections upon faiths and ideas, a whole agnostic philosophy. It would be difficult to match this book in American fiction . . . A thing obviously written",
                "con amore",
                "joyously without regard to markets. The reader it will attract is precisely the reader most worth attracting. It is not a popular novel, not a story, not a mere time-killer: it is a piece of literature.” —",
                "H.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "L. Mencken",
                ". (",
                "Spring 1927",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The charming vagaries of the inhabitants of James Branch Cabell’s mythical world are, like our own, gropings and blunderings toward the illusion of a better way of life. Guided by this sceptical and urbane philosopher, this man of humor and uncanny insight, we explore the enchanted kingdom of Poictesme, following the adventures of Felix Kennaston in quest of the eternal “something else.” Through the allegory of",
                "The Cream of the Jest",
                "we discover something of what is in this world and in the worlds desired by men. (",
                "Spring 1935",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Robert M. McBride & Co., 1917; new bibliographical edition 1922 (the fifth McBride printing) with introduction by Harold Ward added and “slight revisions and additions” (Brussel, p. 55) in the text. ML edition (pp. [v]–250), including Ward’s introduction, printed from plates of the second McBride typesetting with McBride half title used as a fly title in early ML printings. Publication announced for January 1927.",
                "WR",
                "12 March 1927. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1940."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf expressed interest in",
                "The Cream of the Jest",
                "as early as July 1925, but only as a second choice if he was unable to get Cabell’s",
                "Jurgen",
                "for the ML. At that time McBride was thinking about publishing a “cheap edition of all of Cabell’s books, and for that reason we do not want to do anything that would militate against the sale of such an edition” (Guy Holt, McBride, to Cerf, 24 August 1925). The cheap edition never appeared, and McBride authorized a ML edition of",
                "The Cream of the Jest",
                "the following year.",
                "Jurgen",
                "(271) was not included in the ML until 1934."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The first ML printing was in November 1926, unusually early for a title announced for January publication. November 1926 was also the date of the eighth McBride printing, so the ML may have joined the McBride print run. (The verso of the title pages of 131 and 131 variant A state “",
                "Eighth Printing",
                "|",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "|",
                1927,
                "”.) This might explain the inclusion of the outdated subject index in the first ML printing. The ML subject index in 131 and the spring 1927 list in 131 variant A occupy the same number of pages, but plates for the ML’s spring lists usually weren’t available as early as November."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In addition to the first printing of 8,000 copies, the RH archives (which may be incomplete) record printings of 5,000 copies each in August 1927 and September 1928, a printing of 2,000 copies in May 1930, and printings of 1,000 copies each in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, and 1937, for a total of at least 25,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "The Cream of the Jest",
                "during the first six months of 1928 placed it 33rd out of 147 ML titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cabell,",
                "Beyond Life",
                "(1923–1935)  104"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cabell,",
                "Jurgen",
                "(1934–1943)  271"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                132
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "BENVENUTO CELLINI"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI"
                  ]
                },
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                "Spring 1927",
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                "in one volume gains significance by opposite attitudes towards Richard Wagner. The latter work is dedicated to him “as my noble champion,” and the former contains many of Nietzsche’s most virulent attacks on the Master of Bayreuth. (",
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            {
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                "Mr. Ratner remarks that “after having been one of the liberating thinkers of mankind who was read but not honored, Spinoza is fast becoming one of the canonized of mankind who are honored but not read.” This volume with its Life, Introduction, and Selections will immensely assist to get Spinoza read and understood as well as honored. If Mr. Ratner had not actually accomplished the task, I should not have thought it possible to render evident and outstanding the significant ideas of Spinoza, freed from obscuring technicalities; and to do it in such a way as to make clear to the reader their kinship with perplexing religious, moral and intellectual questions of our own day. But Mr. Ratner has had the happy thought to set the extracts from Spinoza’s",
                "Ethics",
                "between selections from his more popular writings on the scriptures, miracles, etc., on one hand, and his views of the state, government, freedom of thought and speech, etc., on the other. This fact alone illuminates the value of Spinoza’s thought for the present in an extraordinary way. I shall be disappointed if Mr. Ratner’s volume does not have a marked influence in bringing Spinoza out of the professional class-room and enabling him to serve as a precious companion to men and women who need the light and leading which he can give.” —John Dewey.  (",
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                "Emily Dickinson (13), Edwin Arlington Robinson (9), Anna Hempstead Branch (2), Amy Lowell (7), Robert Frost (8), Vachel Lindsay (2), Alfred Kreymborg (12), Wallace Stevens (5), William Carlos Williams (1), John Gould Fletcher (6), H. D. (7), T. S. Eliot (6), Conrad Aiken (10), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1), Maxwell Bodenheim (6)."
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                "The revised editions, both of which had 1944 copyright dates, appeared early in 1945 and sold out quickly. The ML hoped to make two additional printings of each anthology for a total of 21,000 copies for the year, but Linscott warned: “In view of the fluctuating paper situation and the possibility that there will be another drastic cut before the end of the year, it is difficult even to speculate on the number of your anthologies which we shall be able to print. . . . Please don’t count too heavily on these two additional printings, as there are so many demands that it may be simply impossible to allocate the necessary paper” (Linscott to Aiken, 19 March 1945)."
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                "). He offered the ML’s highest royalty—12 cents a copy—on any of these books (Cerf to Russell Doubleday, 25 April 1928), but Doubleday, Doran was not receptive. The Modern Library was able to include seven of these titles—",
                "Victory",
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                "Antic Hay",
                ",",
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                ",",
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                ",",
                "Casuals of the Sea",
                ", and",
                "Fortitude",
                "—in the early 1930s as a result of its purchase of the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary. (See the introductory matter for 1930 for more information on the Sun Dial Library purchase.)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Another author Cerf wanted in the ML was Ernest Hemingway. He told Hemingway, “We are very anxious indeed to add a book of yours to our Modern Library series” (Cerf to Hemingway, 29 October 1928). The ML was able to secure reprint rights to",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                "and",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                "in the early 1930s;",
                "The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway",
                "was added to ML Giants in 1942."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When Cerf told Sinclair Lewis that he wanted one if his books in the series, Lewis replied that the decision was up to Harcourt, Brace (Lewis to Cerf, 1928). The ML was able to add",
                "Arrowsmith",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bernice Baumgarten of the literary agency Brandt & Brandt suggested a ML edition of John Dos Passos,",
                "Three Soldiers",
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                "Manhattan Transfer",
                ", replied, “We will not be interested in doing John Dos Passos’ ‘Three Soldiers’ in the Modern Library. I know the book well, and though I think it is an excellent piece of work, I do not feel that Dos Passos quite rates the Modern Library” (Cerf to Baumgarten, 7 March 1928). Cerf later changed his mind. Three books by Dos Passos were published in the ML in the 1930s:",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(1932: 248),",
                "The",
                {
                  "span": []
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                "42nd Parallel",
                "(1937: 307), and",
                "U.S.A.",
                "(1939: G42)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf offered Harcourt, Brace an advance of $1,800 against royalties of 12 cents a copy for reprint rights to Lytton Strachey’s",
                "Queen Victoria",
                ", provided the ML could print from Harcourt plates (Cerf to Harrison Smith, 21 April 1928). Harcourt, Brace declined on the grounds that Strachey’s",
                "Elizabeth and Essex",
                ", published that year, would revive interest in the earlier work (Harrison Smith to Cerf, 11 May 1928). Strachey’s",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "was added to the series in 1933."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf also wanted to include anthologies devoted to American poetry and English poetry. Conrad Aiken’s",
                "American Poetry, 1671",
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                "1928: A Comprehensive Anthology",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer offered a $4,000 advance against a royalty of 12 cents a copy for James Stephens’s",
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                "Red Badge of Courage",
                "(Cerf to John W. Hiltman, Appleton & Co., 12 December 1928). The ML finally secured reprint rights to Crane’s novel fourteen years later."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "E. Clark Stillman suggested a volume of Heinrich Heine’s poems for the ML and offered to do the translations (Stillman to ML, 15 June 1928). A reader suggested a volume of poetry by Alfred Noyes. Cerf replied to the latter suggestion, “. . . the idea is a mighty good one, and we shall investigate it at once” (Cerf to Mrs. R. G. Pattern, 29 October 1928). Nothing came of either suggestion."
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            {
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                "Romance of Leonardo da Vinci",
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                {
                  "span": []
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                "Three Renaissance Romances",
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                "(1928)  151"
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            {
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            {
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–440.  [1–14]",
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                ":",
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Fall 1927",
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            {
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                "B",
                ":",
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            {
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                "WR",
                "7 January 1928. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1936."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML arranged its edition directly with Douglas, who wrote a new introduction and received royalties of 5 cents a copy. The ML edition was the first to be printed in the U.S. Cerf offered to sell duplicate plates to the English publisher Martin Secker for use in his New Adelphi Library, but Secker decided not to include",
                "Old Calabria",
                "in the series (Cerf to Secker, 25 July 1928; Secker to Cerf, 14 August 1928)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There was a second printing of 3,057 copies in March 1931 (Woolf, p. 46)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales during the first six months of 1928 placed",
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                "37th out of 147 ML titles. It was listed in 1931 as one of the ML’s worst-selling titles (“Notes on the Modern Library,” RH box 117, Publicity folder). It was discontinued after returns from booksellers exceeded sales during the last part of 1935."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "[17]",
                12
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A5 without lower thin rule; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "1928,",
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1928; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Ernest Boyd. | New York, |",
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                "Fall 1927",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“NANA”, Zola’s famous story of the theatrical underworld in Paris, is an excellent example of the virtues and faults of the acknowledged founder of the realistic school in modern fiction. “Zola”, writes Burton Rascoe, “was a boorish and heavy handed seducer who urged upon the novel a very raw and potent drink. He showed that life, even in fiction, might be stripped of the enameled exterior of cultural standards and refinements, and the substratum of animality that cannot die be portrayed in its true light.” (",
                "Fall 1927",
                ")"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1928",
                ")"
              ]
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                ": Three French Romances gift box. (1929)"
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            },
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                "D",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in strong yellowish pink (26) and black on light pink paper with inset oval illustration of a woman with parasol and four winged cherubs; lettering in black except title in strong yellowish pink and black, borders in strong yellowish pink. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "E",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in dark yellowish pink (30) and moderate reddish brown (43) on cream paper with head-and-shoulders illustration of a woman glancing to her right; lettering in moderate reddish brown except title in dark yellowish pink outlined in moderate reddish brown, borders in dark yellowish pink. Signed: Newman."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Banned in England in 1888 for its so-called obscenity,",
                "Nana",
                "has since come to be regarded the highest achievement among the novels of the Naturalist school. Its author is now acknowledged as the source from which the English realists and our own Frank Norris and Theodore Dreiser derive their greatest influence. Regardless of the sensational aspects of this work and its niche in literary history,",
                "Nana",
                "lives as a novel by its own vigor and the incomparable skill and fidelity with which it is written. (",
                "Spring 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Plarr translation originally published in a limited edition by the Lutetian Society (London, 1894) and in U.S. by Boni & Liveright, 1924. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published January 1928.",
                "WR",
                "18 February 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library used the Victor Plarr translation without identifying the translator. When a film version produced by Samuel Goldwyn and starring the Russian actress Anna Sten was released in 1934, the ML urged booksellers to stock",
                "Nana",
                "in quantity and distributed copies of the movie poster to major bookstores."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Nana",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 151.1a. Contents as 151.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [519–523] ML list; [524] blank. (",
                "Spring 1943",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38), light reddish brown (42) and black on coated cream paper depicting a woman with parasol and hatbox crossing a street while a man in top hat watches from a passing carriage; lettering in black and dark reddish orange. Front flap as 151.1a jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1943",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–545 [546–548].  [1–16]",
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                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Ernest Boyd | New York, |",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Fall 1955",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printed from plates made from a new typesetting."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The new typesetting, made in 1945, was designed by Stefan Salter to allow for the possible inclusion of",
                "Nana",
                "in the Illustrated Modern Library. Chapter openings were dropped to the center of the page so that illustrations or decorations could be added if desired (Ray Freiman to Salter, Wolff Mfg. Co., 17 July 1945).",
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                "never appeared in the Illustrated Modern Library."
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            }
          ]
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                {
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                },
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                {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–x, 1–332 [333–334].  [1–10]",
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            {
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                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
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            {
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            },
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                "“In ‘The Sea and the Jungle’ we have surely one of the great achievements of maritime narrative. There need be no fatuous comparisons. Sometimes they are useful as a label for the instruction of those who must have things expressed in terms of what they know already. But in speaking of this book, that has earned its right to stand among the most thoughtful of our time, we can be absolute. The author’s own casual phrase will serve, ‘This is a travel book for honest men.’ Beneath the sheer beauty of the writing you will find that plain virtue, that honesty, that fidelity to the ungainly fact.”  —",
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            },
            {
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                "Spring 1930",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "C:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "From the moment H. M. Tomlinson, caught and caged by the city, watched the Putney bus take on a casual passenger, and then the Skipper himself, until the",
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                "The Sea and the Jungle",
                "is more than a travel book or a maritime narrative; it is writing of sheer beauty, unswerving fidelity and scrupulous honesty. (",
                "Fall 1933",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton Co., 1913, using sheets of the English edition published by Duckworth. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1928.",
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            },
            {
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            },
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                "Sales of",
                "The Sea and the Jungle",
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            {
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                "Non-pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on cream paper; lettering in black on inset cream panel, background in dark bluish green with series in reverse. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 152a jacket C. (",
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            {
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                "The Modern Library offers you herewith a complete and unabridged “Three Musketeers” in one volume to slip into your coat pocket or tuck into an accessible corner of your library shelf. For the next time a fit of boredom or weariness assails you, a dose of d’Artagnan and his three musketeers—Porthos, Athos, and Aramis—is confidently prescribed. (",
                "Spring 1928",
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                "Fall 1929",
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                "Pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on cream paper depicting four swords held aloft with a plumed hat perched on one of the swords; lettering in black, borders in vivid red. Signed: Staloff. (",
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            {
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                "] and Aramis, and their fourth comrade in arms and adventure, d’Artagnan, there is a glamorous aura and romantic flourish. They are the progenitors of those “cape and sword” characters whose persistence in fiction is the best tribute to the man who created them in their first and final perfection. (",
                "Spring 1934",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
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              ]
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                4,
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            {
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "INTRODUCTION",
                "signed p. xiii: Jacques Le Clercq; [xiv] blank; xv–xvii",
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                "This brand-new translation of one of the world’s masterpieces of adventure is alive with the excitement that has held generation after generation of readers spellbound. For those three inseparables, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, with their fourth comrade-in-arms, d’Artagnan, there never can be a dull moment. They are the archetypes of the “cape and sword” heroes whose persistence in fiction is the best possible tribute to Alexandre Dumas, the man who created them in their first and final perfection. (",
                "Spring 1950",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Copies of the first printing are most often seen in spring 1950 jackets, but it was not unusual for jackets of new ML titles published in January to have lists from the previous season. Copies of this jacket have been reported with the fall 1949 ML list (MLC 47, April 2004, p. 6)."
              ]
            },
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                "[within double rules] THE ROMANCE OF | LEONARDO DA VINCI | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE | ORIGINAL RUSSIAN OF | DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
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                16,
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            },
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                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1928; [iii] translator’s dedication; [iv] blank; v–xii FOREWORD AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH signed p. xii:",
                "BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY",
                ". |",
                "At the Sign of the Blue Faun,",
                "|",
                "Autumn of",
                "1927.; 1–635 text; 636–637 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [638] blank; [639–642] ML list; [643–644] blank. (",
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                "Note:",
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xiv], 1–637 [638–642].  [1–20]",
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                16,
                "[21]",
                8,
                ". Contents as variant A except: translator’s notes omitted; [636] blank; [637–640] ML list; [641–642] blank. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant C:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xiv], 1–637 [638].  [1–20]",
                16,
                "[21]",
                6,
                ". Contents as variant A except: [ii] pub. note D12; ML list omitted. (",
                "Fall 1934 jacket",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Translator’s notes restored."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket A",
                ": Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski’s trilogy of historical romances, collectively entitled",
                "Christ and Antichrist",
                ", have been translated from the original Russian into every European language.",
                "The Death of the Gods",
                "is the first of the three, and has for its central figure Julian the Apostate;",
                "Leonardo",
                "is the second; and the third is",
                "Peter and Alexis",
                ", which is based on the tragic story of Peter the Great and his son. Despite the fact that",
                "Leonardo da Vinci",
                "has been heretofore available only in very expensive editions in America, its popularity has increased each year. Mr. Guerney’s new and complete translation for the Modern Library brings within the reach of many new thousands of readers the best biography of what was probably the most versatile genius in all history. (",
                "Fall 1927; spring 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial on light yellowish green (135) paper with inset right profile drawing of Leonardo in black; lettering in black without horizontal borders and rules. Signed: M.S. [Max Schwartz]. (",
                "Spring 1928",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Used on copies sold as part of Three Renaissance Romances gift box, Christmas 1928."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket D",
                ": As jacket B except on moderate reddish orange (37) paper.",
                "Note:",
                "Used on copies sold as part of Three Renaissance Romances gift box, Christmas 1929."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "E",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in green and black on cream paper with drawing as jacket B; lettering in black, borders in green. Signed: M.S. (",
                "Spring 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "F",
                ":",
                "Typographic in grayish reddish brown (46) and black on yellow paper with torchbearer omitted from front panel and title (THE | ROMANCE OF | LEONARDO | DA VINCI) and borders in grayish reddish brown; other lettering in black. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ") Later printings in dark purplish gray (234) with front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The insatiable spirit and the unparalleled genius of Leonardo Da [",
                "sic",
                "] Vinci give radiance to this biographical romance. The heroic grandeur of Leonardo’s achievements in art and science, the fecundity of his mind and the illimitable reaches of his imagination are revealed against the glowing background of the Renaissance. Kings and popes and courtiers, artists and philosophers and poets throng the scene. Dominating them all is Leonardo in a portrait that might have been wrought by one of his own contemporaries. (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML translation. Published 1 March 1928.",
                "WR",
                "17 March 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Publication was originally announced for November 1927 on the basis of Guerney’s promise of a finished manuscript by the beginning of September. The translation took longer than expected; the ML did not receive final installment until 13 January 1928 (Cerf to Ronald Wilkinson, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 14 January 1928)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci",
                "sold 12,264 copies during the first six months of 1928, making it the ML’s best-selling title. During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold nearly 76,000 copies during its first five years with annual sales as follows: 23,651 copies (1928); 20,933 copies (1929); 14,447 copies (1930); 9,404 copies (1931); and 7,334 copies (1932) (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938). It was the ML’s best-selling title during the first half of 1928, with sales of 12,264 copies. During the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 it sold 4,736 copies, placing it in the third quarter of ML sales."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "154b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Romance of | LEONARDO | DA VINCI | TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN OF | DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI | BY BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], 1–637 [638–642].  [1–20]",
                16,
                "[21]",
                8,
                ". Contents as 154a variant A except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; v–[xii] as 154a; [638–642] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Page numeral “xii” removed from plates."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 154b.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–9]",
                32,
                "[10]",
                8,
                "[11]",
                32,
                "[12]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 154b except: [iv] line added: COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1955, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [638] blank; [639–640] ML Giants list; [641–642] blank. (",
                "Spring 1964",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial jacket in moderate reddish brown (43), deep green (142) and other     colors on coated white paper depicting Leonardo holding a paint brush with city of Florence in background; title and series in reverse, other lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, June 1940; unsigned. Front flap as 154a jacket E. (",
                "Spring 1942",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski,",
                "Death of the Gods",
                "(1929–1940)  173"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski,",
                "Peter and Alexis",
                "(1931–1940)  227"
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            }
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              "NUMBER": [
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                155
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                {
                  "EDITOR": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ", ed."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "FOURTEEN GREAT DETECTIVE STORIES"
                  ]
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                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1928–1949"
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                },
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                {
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] FOURTEEN GREAT | DETECTIVE STORIES | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | VINCENT STARRETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], 1–400.  [1–13]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright",
                ", 1928,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1928; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: V. S.; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xv OF DETECTIVE LITERATURE signed p. xv: Vincent Starrett. | November, 1927.; [xvi] blank; 1–400 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe – The Red-Headed League, by A. Conan Doyle – The Blue Cross, by G. K. Chesterton – The Stanway Cameo Mystery, by Arthur Morrison – The Case of Oscar Brodski, by R. Austin Freeman – The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage, by Ernest Bramah – In the Fog, by Richard Harding Davis – The Age of Miracles, by Melville Davisson Post – The Absent-Minded Coterie, by Robert Barr – The Fenchurch Street Mystery, by Baroness Orczy – The Problem of Cell 13, by Jacques Futrelle – The One Best Bet, by Samuel Hopkins Adams – The Private Bank Puzzle, by Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg – One Hundred in the Dark, by Owen Johnson."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This anthology includes stories by"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "EDGAR ALLAN POE"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A. CONAN DOYLE"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "G. K. CHESTERTON"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "RICHARD HARDING DAVIS"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ARTHUR MORRISON"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ERNEST BRAMAH"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "MELVILLE DAVISSON POST"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "BARONESS ORCZY"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "OWEN JOHNSON"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "EDWIN BALMER and"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "WILLIAM MACHARG"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ROBERT BARR"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "JACQUES FUTRELLE"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "N. [",
                "sic",
                "] AUSTIN FREEMAN"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There are fourteen stories in all – some of them appearing in an anthology for the first time, all of them notable examples of a type of fiction whose popularity seems to know no bounds. (",
                "Spring 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The ML list on pp. [593–596] is an inserted fold tipped in at the end of the last gathering. Some copies of the first printing lack the ML list. This is the only known example of a ML list that is not printed as part of the final gathering. Cerf and Klopfer may have decided that as long as they were tipping in a leaf of marbled paper they might as well tip in a ML list at the end of the volume."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [",
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                "], 1–270, 281–591 [592].  [1–18]",
                16,
                "[19]",
                8,
                ". Contents as 158.1a except: [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D12; [",
                4,
                "]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted; leaf of marbled paper omitted. (",
                "Spring 1929 jacket",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library edition of Laurence Sterne’s immortal “Tristram Shandy” is complete and unabridged in this one volume—with every one of the author’s most unusual directions to the printer followed in minute detail. (",
                "Spring 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Although the first part of “Tristram Shandy” appeared as long ago as 1760, the editors of the Modern Library feel that they need offer no explanation for its inclusion in a series of latterday classics. Could any writing be more modern in spirit than Laurence Sterne’s—more singularly frank and unconventional? Toby Shandy is a character that will remain universally lovable and admirable for all time. (",
                "1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front as jacket A. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A world deprived of the joyous and audacious spirit of",
                "Tristram",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Shandy",
                "would be unthinkable. For two centuries Laurence Sterne’s irrepressible book has served as an unfailing antidote for dullness and pomposity. Its whimsicality and its gusto, its playful digressions and its quaint irrelevancies have contributed to the world’s gaiety. Because it is a classic that retains all the freshness and buoyancy of temper that the present-day reader demands, the Modern Library fulfils its mission by presenting Sterne’s incomparable work in its complete and unabridged version. (",
                "Spring 1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for April 1928.",
                "WR",
                "9 June 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The leaf of marbled paper mentioned in the text (p. 202) is traditionally included in finer editions. Klopfer thought that its inclusion in the ML edition was “the height of luxury” (Klopfer to R.  H. Wilkinson, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 21 June 1928). It was a luxury the ML abandoned after the first printing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The omission of pp. 271–280 is deliberate. Printings of",
                "Tristam",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Shandy",
                "traditionally skip ten pages between Book IV, Chapters 23 and 25. There is no Chapter 24. The text of Chapter 25 begins, “—No doubt, Sir,—there is a whole chapter wanting here—and a chasm of ten pages made in the book by it . . .” (p. 281)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tristram",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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                "was the 17th best-selling title in the ML during the first six months of 1928. During the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 it ranked high in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "158.1b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[torchbearer D5] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] TRISTRAM | SHANDY | BY | LAURENCE | STERNE | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                4,
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong green (141), light yellowish pink (28) and black on coated white paper depicting a man in spectacles and wig; title and author in reverse with title on diagonal axis, other lettering in black, all against strong green background. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. The figure depicted on the jacket bears some resemblance to Joshua Reynolds’s portrait of Sterne, but it is not clear whether it is meant to be Sterne or Tristram Shandy. Kauffer’s illustration was also used in 1941 on the jacket of the ML Giant edition of",
                "Tristram",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Shandy",
                "& A Sentimental Journey",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Gentleman",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii [viii], [1–2] 3–312, 323–674.  [1–21]",
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            },
            {
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                "Note:",
                "The marbled paper is restored in 158.2, but instead of tipping in a leaf of genuine marbled paper as in the first printing of 158.1a, p. 235 is printed in a black-and-white marbled pattern."
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                {
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                },
                "University",
                "| [short decorative rule] | [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library · New York"
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–312, 323–674 [675–676].  [1–20]",
                16,
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                8,
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                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 158.2a except: [iv] Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.; v–xvii INTRODUCTION | By Bergen Evans; xviii SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xix] dedicatory letter; [xx] blank; xxi CONTENTS; [xxii] blank; [675–676] blank."
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
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                ") Front flap reset with minor revisions. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in regular ML. Evans received $150 for his introduction (Stein to Evans, 3 February 1950)."
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        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                {
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            },
            {
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                    "THEODORE DREISER"
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                {
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                    "."
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "TWELVE MEN"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1928–1934"
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                },
                {
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                {
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "159.  First printing (1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] TWELVE MEN | [rule] | BY | THEODORE DREISER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ROBERT BALLOU | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [",
                2,
                "], 1–360 [361–364].  [1–11]",
                16,
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                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "Boni",
                "&",
                "Liveright",
                "| [short double rule] |",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1928,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1928; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Robert O. Ballou | Chicago, | April, 1928.; [x] blank; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–360 text; [361–364] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Twelve Men” shows, with a few unimportant breaks, a deliberate return to Drieser’s first manner—the manner of pure representation, of searching understanding, of unfailing gusto and contagious wonderment. . . . Here are simply a dozen sketches of character—rotund, brilliantly colored, absolutely alive. The thing is done capitally, and, at its top points, superbly.",
                "H.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "L. Mencken"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In all these portraits there is that same sincere attempt to present the men as they are—the modern Heliogabalus, and the modern ascetic, the section boss, and the village patriarch. Here is wondrous, inscrutable, fascinating life as revealed in the diversity of twelve marionettes of the Great Impressario [",
                "sic",
                "]. It is one of the most unusual books in our literature, and certainly one of the best books that Dreiser has given us.",
                "Burton",
                "Rascoe",
                "(",
                "Spring 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1919. ML edition (pp. [",
                1,
                "]–360) printed from B&L plates with contents page omitted. Publication announced for June 1928.",
                "WR",
                "4 August 1928. First (and only) printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1934."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf negotiated the ML edition directly with Dreiser, who controlled the rights to",
                "Twelve Men",
                ". He initially offered Dreiser an advance of $1,200 against royalties of 12 cents a copy (Cerf to Dreiser, 6 October 1927). The reprint agreement dated 13 October 1927 provided for royalties of 11 cents a copy to Dreiser and 1 cent a copy to B&L for the use of their plates. B&L received $200 for approving the ML reprint; this appears to have been an advance against the plate rental and was deducted from the advance initially offered to Dreiser, who received $1,000 when the contract was signed."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dreiser wanted to use H. L. Mencken’s review in the",
                "New York Sun",
                "(13 April 1919) as an introduction to the ML edition. Cerf offered Mencken $50 for permission to reprint it (Cerf to Mencken, 4 November 1927), but Mencken either declined or did not reply. He then asked Sinclair Lewis to write the introduction. Lewis indicated that he liked",
                "Twelve Men",
                "very much but had no time since he was just beginning a new novel (Cerf to Sinclair Lewis, 13 December 1927; Lewis to Cerf, 3 January 1928). Charles Merz of the",
                "New York World",
                "also declined (Merz to Cerf, 9 February 1928). The introduction was finally written by Robert O. Ballou of the",
                "Chicago Daily News",
                ", who began it with the words, “Dreiser ought to be doing this himself” (p. v)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of the ML edition were disappointing.",
                "Twelve Men",
                "ranked 34th among the best-selling titles in the ML during the first six months of 1928 with sales of 2,358 copies, most of which were advance sales. Sales fell off steadily thereafter. A memo in the RH Papers (Box 77, Dreiser file) indicates a total sale of 9,749 copies as follows: 4,718 copies (1928); 1,837 copies (1929); 1,546 copies (1930); 681 copies (1931); 421 copies (1932); 380 copies (1933); and 166 copies (to October 1934)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Several years after the ML edition was discontinued, Dreiser wrote that",
                "Twelve Men",
                "was no longer available in any edition. “My publishers, Simon and Schuster, have consistently refused, because of my inability to furnish them with a third volume of the Cowperwood Trilogy, to keep my works in print or to distribute them, and since that leaves me without a publisher other than yourself I would like to arrange for, at least, a reprint of this volume” (Dreiser to Cerf, 4 April 1939). Cerf explained why",
                "Twelve Men",
                "had been discontinued and added, “I believe that one of the main reasons that the Modern Library has remained popular all these years is that we have taken out the slow-moving titles each year and allowed the booksellers to return them for full credit, thereby assuring them a fresh stock with a turnover that warrants their keeping the line in a prominent position in their stores” (Cerf to Dreiser, 10 April 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dreiser,",
                "Free and Other Stories",
                "(1924–1931)  106"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dreiser,",
                "Sister Carrie",
                "(1932–1971)  230"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dreiser,",
                "American Tragedy",
                "(Giant, 1956–1968)  G89"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                160
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE HERETIC OF SOANA"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1928–1931"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "160.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing (1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE | HERETIC OF SOANA | [rule] | BY | GERHART HAUPTMANN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HARRY SALPETER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxi [xxxii], [3–4] 5–192 [193–194].  [1–7]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1923,",
                "by",
                "B. W. HUEBSCH, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1928,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1928; v–xxxi INTRODUCTION signed p. xxxi: Harry Salpeter. | New York,",
                "February",
                ", 1928.; [xxxii] blank; [3] fly title; [4] blank; 5–192 text; [193–194] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The world knows Gerhart Hauptmann as dramatist, and, largely because of the nature of some of his dramas, as poet. When, in 1912, Gerhart Hauptmann, then fifty years of age, was awarded the Nobel prize for literature, it was “principally for his rich, versatile and prominent activity in the realm of the drama.” To a world which knows Hauptmann by his “The Sunken Bell,” there is no more convenient way of introducing a work of his which yet is not so widely known as by saying that “The Heretic of Soana” is to Gerhart Hauptmann’s prose fiction what “The Sunken Bell” is to his poetical dramas. (",
                "Spring 1928; F",
                "all 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by B. W. Huebsch, 1923, whose firm merged with Viking Press in 1925. ML edition (pp. [3]–192) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with the Huebsch half title used as a fly title. Published July 1928.",
                "WR",
                "4 August 1928. First (and probably only) printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued April 1931."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML failed to identify the translator, Bayard Quincy Morgan. Viking Press pointed out the oversight, and Klopfer promised to add Morgan’s name to the next printing (Klopfer to Viking Press, 23 July 1930). However,",
                "The Heretic of",
                "Soana",
                "sold poorly, and there does not appear to have been a second printing. Copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder marking of a star stamped on the endpaper."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                161
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "161.  First printing (1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE | ART OF WHISTLER | [rule] | BY | ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL | WITH | JOSEPH PENNELL, | AUTHOR OF “LIFE OF WHISTLER” AND | THE “WHISTLER JOURNAL” | [rule] | WITH THIRTY-TWO REPRODUCTIONS | IN THE AQUATONE PROCESS | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], 1–201 [202].  [1–14]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright",
                ", 1928,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1928; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–viii ILLUSTRATIONS; ix–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: Elizabeth Robins Pennell | New York City – 1927; xv–xxi BIOGRAPHICAL TABLE OF DATES; [xxii] blank; 1–201 text and reproductions; [202] acknowledgment.",
                "Note:",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First",
                "statement seen on copies in balloon cloth binding. It is not known whether these are copies of the first printing or a subsequent printing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket B2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Text on front:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It so happens that this volume, Number 150 in the Modern Library, appears just ten years [",
                "sic",
                "] after the first book in the series—Oscar Wilde’s “Dorian Gray” it was—made its appearance in the shops. The editors feel that they can show their appreciation of the support accorded the entire series by booklovers of America in no more appropriate way than by publishing these reproductions of Whistler’s beautiful art, with an understanding biography by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, at the regular Modern Library price. (",
                "Spring 1928",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “32 Reproductions in the Aquatone Process | With an understanding biography by Elizabeth Robins Pennell”. (",
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                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML publication. Text and illustrations printed by the “aquatone process.” Published August 1928.",
                "WR",
                "8 September 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1936."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s regular printers did letterpress printing only. The verso of the title page states: “",
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                "aquatone process",
                "by",
                "|",
                "Edward Stern & Company, Inc.",
                "”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There were at least two printings of",
                "The Art of Whistler",
                ". The statement “",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1928” appears to have been retained on all ML printings. The “First Modern Library Edition” statement was usually removed from letterpress plates after the first printing; ML books printed by offset processes typically retained such statements on all printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML volume is “essentially a miniature version of the Pennells’ previous biography of the life of Whistler” (Getscher and Marks, p. 97).",
                "The Life of James McNeill Whistler",
                "by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell was originally published in two volumes by J. B. Lippincott (1908) and appeared in a one-volume revised version in 1911. Joseph Pennell died in 1926. Cerf invited Elizabeth Robins Pennell to edit and arrange a short version for the ML, and she prepared the manuscript on her own."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer had vivid memories of the publication of the book. Cerf lost the manuscript that Mrs. Pennell had submitted and insisted on a coin toss to determine which of the two partners would convey the bad news to the author. Cerf won the toss, and Klopfer went to see Mrs. Pennell at her home in Brooklyn to explain what had happened. He was then in his mid-twenties, and the author was in her early seventies. Klopfer struggled to get around to the purpose of the visit; finally Mrs. Pennell said, “Young man, are you trying to tell me you lost the manuscript?”—and produced a back-up copy (Klopfer to Cerf, 20 November 1942; Klopfer interview with GBN, 5 July 1978)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shortly after publication of",
                "The Art of Whistler",
                "Klopfer invited Mrs. Pennell to edit a companion volume,",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer offered Allen Lane, who distributed several ML titles in Britain before he founded Penguin Books in 1935, 1,000 unbound copies of",
                "The Art of Whistler",
                "in sheets at 30 cents a set, which, he noted, “is darn near our actual cost.” He added, “We lose money on this book, but as we don’t sell very many it doesn’t make much difference” (Klopfer to Lane, 11 August 1931). In contrast, Suetonius’s",
                "Lives of the Twelve Caesars",
                "(217), which was 150 pages longer than the Whistler volume but had no illustrations, could be supplied in sheets at 20 cents a set."
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                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–543 [544–548].  [1–17]",
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
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                "The First Book of",
                "|",
                "RABELAIS",
                "| Treating of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings | of Gargantua; [2] blank; 3–543 text; [544] blank; [545–548] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1928",
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            },
            {
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                "Uniform typographic jacket C with rules in moderate green (145). Text on front: “Intelligently condensed into one volume by Prof. Donald Douglas of Columbia University.” (",
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                "The first printing in the imitation leather binding was sold initially in jacket A and subsequently in jacket B."
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            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1928",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The four books of Rabelais remain forever the four gospels of the joyous and irredeemable brotherhood of sinners. Against the weariness of a forbidding morality and the rumbling pretences of its pious advocates, there is always the wholehearted ribaldry and rollicking laughter of Rabelais. His gigantic nonsense and his gay and lecherous love of life give his books the stature and vitality of his own heroes. The Modern Library version, condensed by Professor Donald Douglas, is as faithful in spirit as it is intelligent in its selectiveness. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
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                {
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                "Complete Works",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "of Rabelais",
                "(G66)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "The ML commissioned Douglas to prepare an abridged edition of Rabelais. The manuscript was due in May 1927, but Douglas’s work on it was held up by a succession of bouts with influenza. There were other problems as well. In one letter he told Cerf, “I had worked about six hours a day for a week on Rabelais . . . and then you told me the whole thing must be expurgated” (Douglas to Cerf, 6 October 1927). When he finally submitted the manuscript he exclaimed, “It was the hardest job I ever did in my life” (Douglas to Cerf, 4 January 1928)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Douglas commented on the expurgation in the introduction: “To cleanse Rabelais (as is done in the present edition) is not, as H. G. Wells would say, like cleaning rabbits for the table. It is like cleaning the immense Augean stables. It is like purifying the fertility of the earth or turning the curious and inventive mind into a glass house for fear of stones. By the laws of our own age it has become necessary and obligatory” (pp. ix–x). Douglas’s edition was superseded in 1944 by",
                "The",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Complete Works",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "of Rabelais",
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            {
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                "Pictorial in vivid yellow (82), dark reddish orange (38), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting Pantagruel in left profile; title in black and dark reddish orange, author in reverse, series in gray. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 162a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1941",
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Rabelais,",
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                {
                  "span": []
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            }
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                  ]
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                {
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            },
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                "[within double rules] THE REVOLT | OF THE ANGELS | [rule] | BY | ANATOLE FRANCE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
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            {
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                "Copyright, 1914, by",
                "DODD, MEAD & CO. | [short double rule] |",
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                "The first printing in the imitation leather binding was sold initially in uniform typographic jacket C and subsequently in uniform typographic jacket D."
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "The mighty corridors of heaven and the mean and fashionable streets of Paris provide the scenes for Anatole France’s most fabulous satire. Angels and mortals, seraphim and syndicalists, demiurges and trollops mingle in love and in the daily pursuits of life. This novel, recounting the visitation to earth of the messengers of God and Satan, reveals Anatole France at his impious best as the subtle ironist and the resourceful historian of disillusion.",
                "The Revolt of the Angels",
                "is one of five Anatole France titles in the Modern Library. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "WR",
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                "In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s the ML dealt with situations like this by photographing the original publisher’s edition, reducing the size of the type page photographically, and printing by offset lithography. The quality of printing was inferior to letterpress and printing costs were higher, but offset lithography saved the cost of a new typesetting. Cerf and Klopfer do not appear to have considered offset lithography as an option in the 1920s. Marshall Lee states, “The necessary techniques were developed in the early part of the century, but it was not until the 1920s that any considerable commercial printing was done by this method, and it was not until after World War II that it became a major book printing industry. The method would have had more use in its early days had it been able to deliver a better result, but the skills were not well enough advanced to avoid the gray, flat quality that marked lithography as a ‘cheap’ process” (Lee,",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library’s solution was to print from a duplicate set of Dodd, Mead plates with the running heads removed. The original page numerals were part of the headline, so the Modern Library had to add new page numerals. The added numerals were squeezed uncomfortably close to the first line of text, and they were set in a different font that was smaller and less compatible with the text than the original numerals. Margins on all sides were minimal. The first Modern Library printing was ⅛ inch taller than the series’ standard format; later printings reverted to the standard format with even narrower margins at the foot. The result was the one of worst looking books the Modern Library ever produced."
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            {
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              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
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                {
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE LIFE OF | MICHELANGELO | BUONARROTI | [rule] | BY | JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–viii, [",
                2,
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Fall 1928",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial without horizontal borders or rules with lettering and inset drawing of Michelangelo’s",
                "Moses",
                "in black on moderate reddish orange (37) paper. Signed: Davidson. (",
                "Spring 1928",
                ")  Reprinted",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "spring 1929 on grayish red (19) paper.",
                "Note:",
                "Jacket used on copies sold as part of Three Renaissance Romances gift box, Christmas 1928 and 1929, and possibly as an alternate pictorial jacket on regular ML sales.",
                "The Life of Michelangelo",
                "in the 1928 gift box is bound in green Keratol and in balloon cloth in the 1929 gift box."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Pictorial in strong reddish orange (35) and black on cream paper with inset drawing as jacket B; lettering in black, borders in strong reddish orange. (",
                "Spring 1929",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "John Addington Symond’s [",
                "sic",
                "] biography is more than a study of a unique personality; it is an incarnation of the Renaissance and an evaluation of its most titanic symbol. In the ninety years of Michelangelo’s life, three-quarters of a century was consecrated to a burning sense of beauty, which took form in his colossal plastic figures and the impassioned sonnets. The versatile creator of the Sistine chapel, sculptor of the Medicean tombs, the architect and writer completely embodies the Carlyle-Nietzschean conception of “the hero as artist.” (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893, in 2 volumes. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1928.",
                "WR",
                "3 November 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The",
                "PW",
                "advertisement announcing the publication of",
                "The Life of Michelangelo",
                "Buonarroti",
                "noted that the ML edition was “1/8 the price of other editions!” (",
                "PW",
                ", 4 August 1928, p. 368)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Life of Michelangelo",
                "ranked in the fourth quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "164b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules]",
                "The Life of",
                "|",
                "Michelangelo",
                "|",
                "Buonarroti",
                "| BY | JOHN ADDINGTON | SYMONDS | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 164a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [545–549] ML list; [550] blank. (",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep orange (51), dark brown (59), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper depicting a large hand holding a book; title and author in dark gray with “MICHELANGELO” on a diagonal axis overlapping black sleeve and white background, series in deep orange. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 164a jacket C with placement of apostrophe corrected. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap revised:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Even more than a study of one of the most heroic personalities of history, John Addington Symond’s [",
                "sic",
                "] biography of Michelangelo becomes an evaluation of the Renaissance and its most titanic symbol. Of the ninety years of Michelangelo’s life, three-quarters of a century was consecrated to his great works of art. The unexcelled sculptured figures and the impassioned sonnets suggest two facets of his complex creative personality. The painter of the Sistine Chapel, the sculptor of the Medicean tombs, the architect and the writer indicate the versatility of his gifts and the richness of the heritage he has bestowed upon mankind. (",
                "Fall 1960",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Symonds,",
                "Renaissance in Italy",
                ", 2 vols. (1935–1941)  G19"
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            {
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                {
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            },
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                "[within double rules] THE PHILOSOPHY OF | SCHOPENHAUER | [rule] | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | IRWIN EDMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–376 [377–378].  [1–12]",
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                4
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "First Book",
                "|",
                "THE WORLD AS IDEA",
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            },
            {
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform pictorial jacket in orange and black on yellow paper. Signed: W.C."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 168a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination, collation and contents as 168b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HARCOURT, BRACE & CO. | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (",
                "Fall 1942 jacket",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "2b",
                ":",
                "Enlarged version of 168a jacket 2a. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Woolf,",
                "To the Lighthouse",
                "(1937–1948)  306"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "TEI": [
        {
          "TITLE": [
            "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1929"
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            1929
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "With a few exceptions such as Villon,",
                "Poems",
                "(55) and",
                "Passages from the Diary of Samuel Pepys",
                "(89), the Boni & Liveright series remained true to its name and limited its scope to modern works. Cerf and Klopfer increased the number of older works, but they did so slowly. They added Defoe,",
                "Moll Flanders",
                "(127) in 1926 and",
                "The Autobiography of",
                "Benvenuto",
                "Cellini",
                "(132) the following year. Momentum began to increase in 1928 when Apuleius,",
                "Golden Ass",
                "(167), Sterne,",
                "Tristram",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Shandy",
                "(158), and Rabelais,",
                "Gargantua",
                "and Pantagruel",
                "(162) were added. Five ML titles published in 1929 were older classics: Petronius,",
                "Satyricon",
                "(156), Smollett,",
                "Expedition of Humphry Clinker",
                "(159), Chaucer,",
                "Canterbury Tales",
                "(161), and Homer’s",
                "Iliad",
                "(166) and",
                "Odyssey",
                "(167). Several of these works had been targets of censorship groups such as the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, which was sufficient to redeem them in the eyes of the shallowest modernist."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer were interested in publishing older classics besides those that appealed specifically to modernist readers, but they questioned whether the Modern Library was the appropriate vehicle for them. Responding to a list of suggestions for the ML in 1928, Klopfer commented, “The one that intrigues me most is the ‘Selected Poems of John Donne’, although I am not sure that he would fit into the",
                "Modern",
                "Library” (Klopfer to John W. Gassner, 22 March 1928)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For a time they contemplated starting a separate series of older classics along the lines of Everyman’s Library. They scoured the lists of Everyman’s Library, Loeb Classical Library, and the “100 Best Books” for potential titles. The lists they compiled consisted mainly of standard works of classical and English literature, together with those of the Renaissance and, to a lesser extent, French literature. After considering various names for the series, they seem to have settled tentatively on the name Seven Seas Library; that at least is the name that appears most often in penciled memos from this period. Other names included Phoenix Library, Salamander Library, Pantheon Library, Mercury Library, and Random House Classics."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Another possibility they considered was taking over an existing series of standard classics. In 1929 Cerf wrote to J. M. Dent & Co., the English publishers of Everyman’s Library, offering to distribute the series in the United States. American distribution of the series had been handled since its inception by E. P. Dutton Co. The relationship between the two firms was very close, and Dent had no interest in changing American distribution of the series (Cerf to Hugh R. Dent, 12 December 1929; Dent to Cerf, 1 January 1930). Cerf’s inquiry may have contributed to the soured relations between Dutton and the Modern Library that persisted for many years."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the end Cerf and Klopfer decided not to start a separate series of older classics. Many of the works listed as potential titles for the Seven Seas Library eventually found their way into the Modern Library."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Another change in scope was that the Modern Library gradually lost its European orientation and became a series with neither European nor American authors seemingly outweighing the other. Signs of increased interest in American authors appeared soon after Cerf and Klopfer bought the series. A 1926 advertisement featuring photographs of Modern Library authors showed four Americans—Walt Whitman, Sherwood Anderson, James Branch Cabell, and Eugene O’Neill—and one European, Anatole France (ML advertisement,",
                "New York Herald Tribune Books",
                ", 7 November 1926). The Modern Library catalogue for 1927, announcing publication of",
                "The Scarlet Letter",
                ", stated: “The addition of this splendid novel is consistent with the avowed intention of the publishers to include in the Modern Library as many American authors as possible” (ML catalogue, Spring-Summer 1927)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "American authors were added regularly to the ML after 1925. No year went by without the publication of works by Americans, but the balance was not tipped suddenly in their favor. Of the twelve titles published in 1926, three were by Americans: Anderson,",
                "Poor White",
                "(121), Melville,",
                "Moby-Dick",
                "(124), and Lewisohn,",
                "Up Stream",
                "(128). The greatest concentration of Americans added to the series before 1930 came in 1927, when six out of nineteen new titles were by American authors."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As with the inclusion of older classics, the new emphasis on American works did not become abundantly clear until the 1930s. The stock market crash of October 1929 ended seven years of prosperity, but the ML entered the Depression in a strong position. As Cerf wrote in 1929, “The Modern Library is no longer an experiment; it has become an institution in the book world. . . . These ubiquitous books . . . at one time or another have penetrated into nearly every American home and into the libraries of many readers in other countries” (“The Modern Library,”",
                "Publishers’ Weekly",
                ", 9 February 1929, p. 657; published anonymously but written by Cerf)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer added nineteen titles, bringing the total number of active titles to 167. No titles were discontinued. Minor discrepancies between the number of titles indicated here and on the back panels of ML jackets are due primarily to the ML’s practice of including titles projected for January publication on fall lists."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Format and printing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "All new titles were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and the last line of the title page as PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK, all within a double-rule frame. Adler’s title page was used with two different torchbearers. The six titles published January–March had torchbearer B; the thirteen titles published April-December reverted to Lucian Bernhard’s torchbearer A2."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The imitation leather bindings used since 1917 had never been altogether satisfactory. Castor oil used in manufacturing the imitation leather caused the bindings to emit a fishy odor in warm weather. Cerf and Klopfer began to think seriously about abandoning the imitation leather bindings in 1928. After experimenting with various binding cloths, they discovered a natural finish balloon cloth manufactured by the Siegbert Book Cloth Corporation that seemed to meet their requirements. They prepared samples of the new binding, with semi-flexible covers, and showed them to several leading booksellers and department store buyers. The response was favorable, and they decided to go ahead."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The balloon cloth binding was officially introduced with the Modern Library’s January 1929 publications, Conrad Aiken’s",
                "American Poetry 1671–",
                "1928: A Comprehensive Anthology",
                "(169) and Gustave Flaubert’s",
                "Salammbô",
                "(170). The old spine and cover design continued to be used through March, but this was a temporary expedient. Shortly after they decided to substitute balloon cloth for imitation leather, Cerf and Klopfer asked Rockwell Kent, who had created the Random House device in 1927, to make a “simple . . . but characteristic Kentian design for the back-strip” (Cerf to Kent, 11 December 1928). Kent more than fulfilled his commission. He not only drew a striking new spine for Modern Library book, but redesigned the torchbearer and created new endpapers as well."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kent began with the idea of putting the torchbearer at the base of the spine, but decided that the figure was too attenuated for the space available. Still, he felt that the torch idea should be kept and wanted to use a sizable spot of gold to make the spine distinctive. His first solution was a design incorporating a candle. To Klopfer he wrote:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "After, I assure you, making more designs for that book-back than there are published works in the Modern Library; after considering and rejecting innumerable pictorial designs, nudes, phallic symbols, and so forth, as either inappropriate to book covers or indigestible to middle western and New England patrons of your publications; I have conceived and executed the somewhat trite, but I feel appropriate, device which I enclose, and if you feel that in employing a candle as part of it I have gone as far in suggestion as may be permitted, please realize that I have shown some restraint in not making that candle of the horrid dipped variety, so much in vogue in modern days (Kent to Klopfer, 26 January 1929)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The candle was never used. Cerf had warned Kent that the balloon cloth would not take readily every kind of design, and the candle may have been too detailed to be stamped clearly. At that point Kent decided that nothing could be done with the original design and discarded it."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Three weeks later he sent in an entirely new design. The new design, he noted, “should not only work out better in stamping but . . . in every way pleases me more” (Kent to Klopfer, 16 February 1929). Intended for the base of the spine, it consisted of an elegantly styled grape vine with intertwined branches, leaves, and bunches of grapes. Beneath the roots of the vine the words “Modern Library” were lettered in sans-serif capitals. Kent recommended that the lettering for the title and author at the head of the spine be drawn by hand. “You can get much more satisfactory spacing in that way,” he wrote. “There are innumerable professional letterers, any of whom can do this every month for you, promptly and at little cost” (Kent to Klopfer, 26 January 1929). The ML does not appear to have adopted this suggestion."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For the front cover of the binding Kent redrew Bernhard’s torchbearer. He thought Bernhard’s figure was “good in design, but too grotesque to be in keeping with the serious nature of the Modern Library.” Kent drew a more graceful, floating figure, with the torch, instead of being held aloft, carried in front of the runner with the flare trailing over the runner’s head. He omitted the words “Modern Library” which had encircled Bernhard’s figure on the grounds that it was sufficient to have them on the spine. He also made two other changes in the figure. Bernhard’s figure faced left, toward the spine. Kent thought this a violation of common sense and precedent in book design and turned it around. He also altered its sex. Bernhard’s figure was assumed to be feminine; around the Modern Library office it was known as “a dame running away from Bennett Cerf.” Kent made his version neuter. “I defy you to discover the figure’s sex,” he told Klopfer. “That’s modern enough for you” (ibid)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kent’s binding design was introduced with",
                "The Cabala",
                "by Thornton Wilder, the Modern Library’s April 1929 title. Bernhard’s torchbearer was not completely superseded by Kent’s figure. It never again appeared on the binding or endpaper, but it continued to be used on Modern Library title pages and on many of the jackets."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kent’s work for the Modern Library was a remarkable achievement in book design. The combination of smooth balloon cloth and Kent’s spine and front cover designs produced what were perhaps the handsomest volumes the Modern Library ever published. Unfortunately, Kent’s design appears to have been overly ambitious for books that retailed at ninety-five cents. The extra gold it required increased the Modern Library’s binding costs by half a cent per copy. That half cent doomed the design, and it was used in its complete form for less than two years."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The balloon cloth bindings were available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown. The Modern Library published each title simultaneously in all four bindings."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Two endpaper designs were used in 1929. Lucian Bernhard’s endpaper printed in light yellowish brown remained in use through March. A new endpaper designed by Rockwell Kent was introduced in April in conjunction with his new binding. Copies of the first printing of Thornton Wilder,",
                "The Cabala",
                "(175), which was published in April but probably printed in March, exist with both endpapers. The paste-down and free endpapers both featured Kent’s torchbearer at the center, surrounded by a pattern of open books and the initials “ml”. The conjunct endpapers were identical except that the two torchbearers faced each other. For the first year Kent’s endpapers were available in four different colors—light grayish red (18), dark yellowish pink (30), light reddish brown (42), and pale green (149)—and were color coordinated with the balloon cloth bindings. Red bindings had light grayish red endpapers, blue and green bindings had pale green endpapers, and brown bindings had dark yellowish pink or light reddish brown endpapers."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Beginning in fall 1930 all Kent endpapers were printed in moderate orange (53) and were used with all four binding colors. Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for John Reed,",
                "Ten Days That Shook the World",
                "(1935) and three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper, with the central panels with Kent’s torchbearer unchanged but with the surrounding pattern of open books and the initials “ml” extended to fill the larger space, was introduced in spring 1940."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jacket",
                "s"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All 1929 titles except",
                "The Memoirs of Casanova",
                "(185) were originally published in uniform typographic jacket D. The Casanova jacket has an inset illustration of Casanova in left profile holding a candlestick in one hand and opening a bedroom door with the other while the candle casts a shadow of a satyr on the door.",
                "The Memoirs of Casanova",
                "appears to be the first ML title to have been published initially in a pictorial jacket without the option of a uniform typographic jacket."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An unknown number of ML titles were available in optional pictorial jackets as well as the uniform typographic jacket."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dating keys:",
                "(Spring) Dostoyevsky,",
                "Brothers Karamazov",
                "xChaucer,",
                "Canterbury Tales",
                ". (Fall) Chaucer,",
                "Canterbury Tales",
                "xHemingway,",
                "Sun Also Rises",
                "."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel",
                "All Quiet on the Western Front",
                ", with sales of 300,000 copies in its first year, topped",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "the 1929 best-seller list (Hackett and Burke, p. 107). Cerf offered an advance of $5,000 to $10,000 against royalties of 12 cents a copy to reprint it in the ML, but the offer was a long shot (Cerf to Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 5 August 1929). The reprint edition of",
                "All Quiet on the Western Front",
                "was published by Grosset & Dunlap, which distributed its hardbound reprints through a wide range of retail outlets. In contrast, ML books were distributed primarily through traditional bookstores and the book departments of major department stores."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In another long shot, Cerf offered a $6,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy for a volume of plays by George Bernard Shaw (Cerf to Lowell Brentano, 6 December 1929). Shaw retained tight control over his copyrights and refused to allow his works to appear in inexpensive reprint editions. It was not until the mid-1950s, following Shaw’s death, that the ML was able to publish two collections of his plays."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf sought reprint rights to Paul Leicester Ford’s novel",
                "The Honorable Peter",
                "St",
                "i",
                "rling",
                ", originally published by Henry Holt in 1894, but Grosset & Dunlap was also interested. Holt gave reprint rights to Grosset & Dunlap because they had published an earlier reprint of the book (Gilbert, p. 107). Cerf also expressed interest in a Robert Benchley anthology (Cerf to Herschel Brickell, Holt, 27 August 1929 and 11 December 1929)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hendrik Willem van Loon suggested his own book,",
                "Tolerance",
                "(Boni & Liveright, 1925), noting that it was “the sort of book to appeal to the free-thinkers and the free-thinking community is usually fairly poor” (Van Loon to Cerf, 16 February 1929). George Oppenheimer at Viking Press suggested André Tridon’s",
                "Psychoanalysis",
                ", originally published by B. W. Huebsch in 1919 (Oppenheimer to Klopfer, 22 October 1929). Both suggestions were rejected."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Several months after Edmond Rostand’s",
                "Cyrano de Bergerac",
                "(174) appeared in the ML, Duffield & Co. inquired if the ML would be interested in Rostand’s later play",
                "Chant",
                "e",
                "cl",
                "e",
                "r",
                "or Paul Verlaines’s",
                "Poems",
                ". Cerf declined both suggestions but expressed interest in",
                "The",
                "History of Mr. Polly",
                "by H. G. Wells (Cerf to Ridgely Hunt, Duffield, 24 October 1929)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Albert Mordell sent his book,",
                "The",
                "Erotic Motive in Literature",
                "(Boni & Liveright, 1919), to Cerf for consideration. Cerf replied that it had no place in the ML because its “appeal is special, and many statements that would have sounded revolutionary in 1919 would fall flat today” (Cerf to Mordell, 13 December 1929). Interest in Mordell’s book revived in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was reprinted in a paperback edition by Collier Books and in hardcover for the library market by Octagon Books. Several translations were published in Chinese and Korean between the 1970s and the first decade of the twenty-first century."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Christmas gift boxes"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML produced three Christmas gift boxes in 1929. Each set consisted of three ML titles in a slipcase. The books had specially designed pictorial jackets and were advertised as “specially boxed and bound in gay colors, with picture jackets” (ML ad,",
                "PW",
                "116, 21 September 1929, p. 1265).",
                "Three Great French Romances",
                "and",
                "Three",
                "Great Modern Novels",
                "were new;",
                "Three Great Renaissance Romances",
                "was first offered as a Christmas gift box in 1928. The Keratol bindings used in 1928 were replaced by colored balloon cloth which the ML had introduced as its standard binding earlier in the year. The pictorial jackets used for",
                "Three Great French Romances",
                "and",
                "Three Great Renaissance Romances",
                "were later adapted for use on regular ML printings. Hynd’s pictorial jackets for the",
                "Three Great Modern Novels",
                "gift box were exceptional examples of expressionist graphics but may have been too edgy for the ML’s mainstream audience. Their use was limited to the 1929 gift box; they were never adapted for use on copies of the books sold separately. The retail price of each set was $2.85. The 1929 gift boxes were the last, though unsold boxes continued to be listed in ML catalogs. The three sets were:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "1.",
                "Three Great French Romances",
                ": Zola,",
                "Nana",
                "; Gautier,",
                "Mademoiselle de Maupin",
                "; Flaubert,",
                "Madame Bovary",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "2.",
                "Three Great Renaissance Romance",
                "s:",
                "Cellini,",
                "Autobiography",
                "; Merejkowski,",
                "Romance of Leonardo da Vinci",
                "; Symonds,",
                "Life of Michelangelo",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "3.",
                "Three Great Modern Novels",
                ": Dostoyevsky,",
                "Brothers Karamazov",
                "; Butler,",
                "Way of All Flesh",
                "; Hardy,",
                "Return of the Native",
                "."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Aiken, ed.,",
                "American Poetry 1671",
                "–",
                1928,
                "(1929–1944);",
                "A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry",
                "(1945)  169"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Flaubert,",
                "Salammbô",
                "(1929)  170"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dostoyevsky,",
                "Brothers Karamazov",
                "(1929)  171"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Murphy, ed.,",
                "Outline of Abnormal Psychology",
                "(1929–1954); 172; Murphy and Bachrach, eds.,",
                "Outline of Abnormal Psychology",
                ", rev. ed. (1954)  172"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski,",
                "Death of the Gods",
                "(1929)  173"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rostand,",
                "Cyrano de Bergerac",
                "(1929)  174"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wilder,",
                "Cabala",
                "(1929)  175"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Petronius,",
                "Satyricon",
                "(1929)  176"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stendhal,",
                "Red and the Black",
                "(1929)  177"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Landis, ed.,",
                "Four Famous Greek Plays",
                "(1929)  178"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Smollett,",
                "Expedition of Humphry Clinker",
                "(1929)  179"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ellis,",
                "Dance of Life",
                "(1929)  180"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chaucer,",
                "Canterbury Tales",
                "(1929)  181"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sudermann,",
                "Song of Songs",
                "(1929)  182"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Calverton, ed.,",
                "Anthology of American Negro Literature",
                "(1929)  183"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Van Vechten,",
                "Peter Whiffle",
                "(1929)  184"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Casanova,",
                "Memoirs of Jacques Casanova",
                "(1929)  185"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Homer,",
                "Iliad",
                "(1929)  186"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Homer,",
                "Odyssey",
                "(1929)  187"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "None."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            {
              "span": []
            },
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                169
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
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                "Anne Bradstreet (4), Thomas Godfrey (1), Philip Freneau (3), Richard Henry Dana (1), William Cullen Bryant (4), Edgar Allan Poe (18), Edward Coate Pinkney (2), T. H. Chivers (1), John Greenleaf Whittier (3), Oliver Wendell Holmes (1), James Russell Lowell (3), Maria White Lowell (1), Ralph Waldo Emerson (9), Henry David Thoreau (2), Julia Ward Howe (1), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (5), Walt Whitman (9), Louise Chandler Moulton (1), Richard Realf (1), Emily Dickinson (24), Helen Hunt Jackson (3), Edward Rowland Sill (1), John Townsend Trowbridge (1), George Henry Boker (1), Maurice Thompson (1), John Vance Cheney (1), Stephen Collins Foster (1), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (2), Herman Melville (1), John Burroughs (1), Joaquin Miller (1), Sidney Lanier (1), Henry Augustin Beers (1), John Bannister Tabb (1), Edwin Markham (1), William Vaughn Moody (3), Stephen Crane (1), George Cabot Lodge (1), George Santayana (4), Trumbull Stickney (6), Shaemas O’Sheel (1), Adelaide Crapsey (2), Edwin Arlington Robinson (4), Anna Hempstead Branch (2), Amy Lowell (3), Edgar Lee Masters (4), Vachel Lindsay (2), Robert Frost (10), Carl Sandburg (1), William Ellery Leonard (1), Alfred Kreymborg (1), John Gould Fletcher (3), H. D, (5), Louis Untermeyer (1), T. S. Eliot (6), Wallace Stevens (8), Edna St. Vincent Millay (2), John Hall Wheelock (1), Cale Young Rice (1), Elinor Wylie (5), Ezra Pound (7), E. E. Cummings (1), Archibald MacLeish (4), John Crowe Ransom (3), Marianne Moore (5)."
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            },
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                "Friedrich Nietzsche paid Fyodor Dostoyevsky the supreme compliment of acknowledging him his teacher, for he learned from the Russian that even a great criminal could be a great man. Dostoyevsky’s understanding of every exaltation and humiliation of the human spirit, his profound tenderness and compassion, his intensity and psychological clairvoyance are nowhere so completely realized as in",
                "The Brothers Karamazov",
                ". Here the mystic and the realist at last come into accord and give to the world this crowning achievement of Dostoyevsky’s tormented and almost fabulous life. (",
                "Fall 1933",
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            {
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                "History of Tom Jones",
                "(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5); and Whitman,",
                "Poems",
                "(1921: 94.1), title changed to",
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                "Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose",
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            {
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            {
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “A series of articles by leading specialists on every phase of nervous and mental abnormality. H. L. Hollingworth, William White, Morton Prince, Bernard Hart, and others have contributed chapters.” (",
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                "Non-pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), vivid purplish blue (194) and black on coated white paper with title in reverse on black band with pointed borders in vivid purplish blue; other lettering in reverse at top and foot against strong greenish blue background."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The problems of abnormal psychology are as manifold as the problems of modern life. To understand the origins and manifestations of the psychoses that afflict us, we must come to a better comprehension of the biological and social factors involved. This handbook gives an all–inclusive view of the interrelationship of mental diseases to the forces in modern life which cause them. Here eminent authorities speak in non–technical terms for the layman, that he may better understand the causes and consequences of a maladjusted mental equipment. (",
                "Spring 1939",
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            },
            {
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            },
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                "Cerf asked Everett Dean Martin of the New School for Social Research in 1926 if there was any chance of including his book",
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                "An Outline of Psychoanalysis",
                "(108). Martin replied negatively to both (Cerf to Martin, 21 September 1926; Martin to Cerf, 28 September 1926)."
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            {
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            {
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                "Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38), dark greenish blue (174) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset black panel separated into upper and lower sections by a dark greenish blue band; background in dark reddish orange. Signed: [Miriam] Woods."
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Abnormality, as Hippocrates suggested centuries ago, is essentially a matter of defect or of exaggeration, and so the line between what is normal behavior and what is abnormal behavior is a thin, shifting one. In the study of the range of human variability lies a key to sympathetic understanding of those who suffer the tragedy of a sick, disturbed mind. In such study, too, lies a key to a greater capacity to understand one’s own emotional and social growth and thus to cope more skillfully with the endless problems, crises, and frustrations of everyday living. In this book, eminent authorities, using non-technical language, introduce the layman to the scope and the new horizons of abnormal psychology. (",
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                "Murphy wrote Cerf in 1953 that a revision of",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein replied four months later that the ML was planning revisions of several titles, including",
                "An Outline of Abnormal Psychology",
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            {
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            },
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                {
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules]",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "[line 1 within square brackets] JULIAN THE APOSTATE | THE DEATH OF | THE GODS | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE | ORIGINAL RUSSIAN OF | DMITIRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–478].  [1–15]",
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            {
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1929; [v] translator’s dedication; [vi] blank, vii–x CRITICAL FOREWORD | By the Translator signed p. x: Bernard Guilbert Guerney. | The Blue Faun Bookshop, | 136 West 23rd St., | New York City.; [1] part title: PART FIRST; [2] blank; 3–470 text; 471–473 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [474] blank; [475–478] ML list. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–486].  [1–15]",
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                "[16]",
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                "First",
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                "Fall 1933",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket E in grayish brown (62) and black on light yellow green paper with 3-line title and borders in grayish brown, other lettering in black. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Merejkowski’s colossal trilogy, collectively entitled",
                "Christ and Anti",
                "-",
                "Christ",
                ", begins with the volume",
                "The Death of the Gods",
                ". It is a historical romance woven around Julian the Apostate, the first Roman emperor to be brought up in the Christian faith. The multi-colored background of the fourth century and the conflict for survival between paganism and Christianity provide Merejkowski with setting and theme for his most resplendent historical novel. (",
                "Spring 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML translation. Published March 1929.",
                "WR",
                "27 April 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski,",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Peter and Alexis",
                "(1931–1940)  227"
              ]
            }
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        },
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                },
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              ]
            },
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                {
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                },
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                },
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                {
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] CYRANO | DE BERGERAC | [rule] | BY | EDMOND ROSTAND | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | BRIAN HOOKER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | CLAYTON HAMILTON | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–322 [323–324].  [1–10]",
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                12
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            },
            {
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1929; [v] dedication; [vi] acts of the play; [vii] THE PERSONS; [viii] blank; ix–xix PREFACE signed p. xix: CLAYTON HAMILTON | NEW YORK CITY: OCTOBER, 1923; [xx] blank; [1] part title: THE FIRST ACT | A PERFORMANCE AT THE HÔTEL DE | BOURGOGNE; [2] blank; 3–322 text; [323–324] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial jacket on blue paper with inset illustration of Cyrano seated while a kneeling Roxane holds his hand, without borders. (",
                "Spring?",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket",
                "C",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in deep blue (179) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of Cyrano seated while a kneeling Roxane holds his hand; lettering in black, borders in deep blue. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Who can withhold a tear for Cyrano de Bergerac as he hides his preposterous nose in the darkness and lets his lyric utterances win the fair Roxane for the handsome but mute Christian de Neuvillette? Who has not been moved to pity by the romantic posturings of the unerring swordsman, this understudy knight of chivalry and ghost-writing maker of sonorous ballades? All the fine bravura of Edmond Rostand’s swaggering drama, all its poetical extravagance and glamor are here in Brian Hooker’s famous translation. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hooker translation originally published by Henry Holt & Co., 1923. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published March 1929.",
                "WR",
                "27 April 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Holt plates were too large for the ML’s format, so the ML reset the text and made new plates for its edition. The ML paid Holt royalties of 10 cents a copy, but Holt agreed to contribute to the cost of the new plates by accepting reduced royalties of 8 cents a copy on the first 30,000 copies. The ML paid Holt a $3,400 advance in December 1928 against royalties on the first 40,000 copies at this sliding scale."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In 1936 Holt considered bringing out a school edition of",
                "Cyrano de Bergerac",
                "at an educational discount, and Richard Thornton, the president of Holt, asked Cerf if the ML would object. Klopfer expressed concern that it would interfere with ML sales to college bookstores, but he acknowledged that Holt had the right to do as it wished. “I’m merely putting in this feeble squawk to see if I can’t get you to change your mind.” Thornton assured Klopfer that the proposed edition was aimed at high schools and wouldn’t affect the college market. “I would not have proposed such a volume if I had felt it would have any serious effect on your own book” (Thornton to Cerf, 17 June 1936; Klopfer to Thornton, 18 June 1936; Thornton to Klopfer, 19 June 1936)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "ranked low in the second quarter of ML sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It was the tenth best-selling ML title during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. Sales may have been stimulated by the 1950 film starring Jose Ferrer."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "174.1b.  Title page reset",
                {
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                },
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            },
            {
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                "CYRANO | DE BERGERAC | BY | EDMOND ROSTAND | TRANSLATED BY | BRIAN HOOKER | INTRODUCTION BY | CLAYTON HAMILTON | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–322 [323–332].  [1–11]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 174.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY; [323–328] ML list; [329–330] ML Giants list; [331–332] blank. (",
                "Spring 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting Cyrano preparing to draw his sword with lettering in vivid reddish orange; spine panel in vivid reddish orange. Front flap as 174.1a. (",
                "Spring 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "174.2.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Text reset (1953/54)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cyrano de Bergerac | BY EDMOND ROSTAND | TRANSLATED BY BRIAN HOOKER | INTRODUCTION BY CLAYTON HAMILTON | [torchbearer D8] | THE MODERN LIBRARY"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xix [xx], 1–300.  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1923, by Henry Holt and Company",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1951, by Doris C. Hooker",
                "; [v] dedication; [vi] acts of the play; [vii] THE PERSONS; [viii] blank; ix–xix PREFACE signed p. xix: CLAYTON HAMILTON |",
                "New York City: October, 1923.",
                "; [xx] blank; 1–300 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "As 174.1b. (",
                "Spring 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A except strong purplish red (255) instead of vivid reddish orange. (",
                "Spring 1963",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacques Le Clercq, whose translations of Rabelais’s",
                "Gargantua",
                "and Pantagruel",
                "(G66) and Dumas’s",
                "Three Musketeers",
                "(153.2) were published in the ML in 1944 and 1950, indicated in 1953 that he was working a rhymed verse translation of",
                "Cyrano de Bergerac",
                "and inquired if the ML would be interested in it. He commented, “Of course, the Hooker job is superb. However, it does not render Rostand’s complete text and, though a perfect transposition, nevertheless lacks the bravura quality that was inherent in Rostand.” Commins replied that the ML couldn’t consider changing the translation, which had “established itself as standard for many college courses” (Le Clercq to Saxe Commins, 4 February 1953; Commins to Le Clercq, 10 February 1953; Commins Papers, Box 5, Princeton University Library). Le Clercq’s translation of",
                "Cyrano de Bergerac",
                "does not appear to have been published."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "By 1953 the ML’s plates were badly worn and Klopfer declared the ML edition “a disgrace.” He wrote Holt that he wanted to keep",
                "Cyrano",
                "in the series but that new plates had to be made. He suggested that Holt accept a 6-cent royalty on the first 25,000 copies printed from new plates, after which the rate would revert to 10 cents a copy. This time Holt declined to share the cost of new plates (Klopfer to Alfred C. Edwards, Holt, 6 May 1953; William E. Buckley, Holt, to Klopfer, 22 May 1953). The ML appears to have reset the text at its own expense. By the mid-1960s the ML was paying royalties of 5 cents a copy."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                175
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "THORNTON WILDER"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1929–1937"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE CABALA | [rule] | BY | THORNTON WILDER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HERBERT GORMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [3–6] 7–230 [231–234].  [1–7]",
                16,
                "[8]",
                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]",
                "Copyright by",
                "A. & C. BONI,",
                1926,
                "| [short double rule] |",
                "Introduction Copyright by",
                "THE MODERN LIBRARY | 1929 | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1929 | [short double rule]; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–xiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xiii: Herbert Gorman. | New York City, |",
                "March,",
                "1929.; [xiv] blank; [3]",
                "Contents",
                "; [4] blank; [5] part title: BOOK ONE: | First Encounters; [6] blank; 7–230 text; [231–234] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Format: The Cabala",
                "was the first ML title published in balloon cloth binding B. Copies with the statement “First Modern Library Edition | 1929” have been seen with the Bernhard endpaper, which was used through March 1929, the month in which the first printing was probably made, and also the Kent endpaper, which began to be used in April, the month in which",
                "The Cabala",
                "was published. The earliest copies sold were almost certainly those in the Bernhard endpaper. Copies examined in jacket B have the Kent endpaper."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 175 except: [231–242].  [1–8]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 175 except: [ii]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted; [231–235] ML list; [236–242] blank. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Text on front: “The first popular priced edition of the book that won for Thornton Wilder overnight a position among America’s leading writers.” (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in black on strong yellowish pink (26) paper with inset illustration of two women and two men seated around a table, casting shadows on an exotically decorated wall; lettering in black. Signed: N.B. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "At this period the ML was making a limited number of titles available in pictorial jackets as an alternative to the uniform typographic jacket. Jackets A and B were superseded by jacket C in fall 1931."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Pictorial in grayish purple (228) and black on light purplish gray paper with inset illustration as jacket B; lettering in black, borders in grayish purple. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                {
                  "span": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The sensational success of",
                "The Bridge of San Luis Rey",
                "obscured for a time the fine lustre of Thornton Wilder’s earlier work,",
                "The Cabala",
                ". But critics and an enthusiastic minority of readers clung to their preference for the calm and suave classicism of the Italian tale in the Henry James tradition. The restraint and the mystical implications of",
                "The Cabala",
                ", the imaginative subtlety with which it is endowed, the firmness of its characterizations, its wit and irony, give it a place of eminence among contemporary novels. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. ML edition (pp. [iii], [3]–230) printed from Boni plates. The heading of the contents page of Boni printings was changed from",
                "The Cabala",
                "to",
                "Contents",
                "at some point between the sixth printing (January 1928) and the tenth printing (August 1928); ML printings use the second version of the contents page. Published April 1929.",
                "WR",
                "11 May 1929. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1937."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf invited Wilder to write a brief foreword to the ML edition. “I know that you have no great liking for doing introductions,” he wrote, “particularly to writings of your own; as a matter of fact it is not an introduction that we want for this book, rather a graceful salaam to send it on its way in its new format. . . . ‘The Cabala,’ at 95¢, is going to sell to a brand new audience that has never been able to afford to buy a book of yours before. In particular this new audience will be made up largely of college students. I am sure that just a few words stating how the book grew in your mind will be a fine thing to have in this edition” (Cerf to Wilder, 11 March 1929). He offered $100, double the ML’s usual fee, but Wilder did not succumb to the invitation. At the last moment Cerf turned to Herbert Gorman, offering him $50 for an introduction to be written within five days (Cerf to Gorman, 21 March 1929). Gorman met the deadline, and the ML edition went to press at the end of March."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Cabala",
                "sold well during its first two or three years in the series. There were two printings of 1,000 copies each in 1930 and another printing of 1,000 copies in 1931. The last printing recorded in the RH archives was for 1,000 copies in 1933."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                176
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "PETRONIUS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE SATYRICON"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1929–1957"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "176a.  First printing (1929)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE SATYRICON | [rule] | OF | PETRONIUS ARBITER | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | WILLIAM BURNABY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | C. K. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–238 [239–242].  [1–8]",
                16,
                "[9]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1929 | [short double rule]; v–xvi ON READING PETRONIUS |",
                "AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG",
                "| GENTLEMAN signed p. xvi: C. K. Scott Moncrieff.; xvii–xviii translator’s dedication signed p. xviii: W. Burnaby.; xix–xxii",
                "THE PREFACE",
                "signed p. xxii:",
                "W.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "B.",
                "; 1–238 text; [239–242] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, 1–238.  [1–7]",
                16,
                "[8]",
                16,
                "(16+1.2). Contents as 176a except: [ii] pub. note D12; [iv] manufacturing statement. (",
                "Fall 1932 jacket",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in deep red (13) and black on cream paper with profile drawing of a young Roman gazing at a bunch of grapes with an expression of satiated dissolution; borders in deep red, lettering in black. Signed: Robert Ball. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Pictorial in strong purplish red (255) and black on cream paper depicting two men and five nude women at a Roman orgy, with a banquet table in the foreground; lettering in black, borders in strong purplish red. Signed: L."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“By his dissolute life he had become as famous as other men by a life of energy, and he was regarded as no ordinary profligate, but as an accomplished voluptuary. . . . He became one of the chosen circle of Nero’s intimates, and was looked upon as an absolute authority on questions of taste in connection with the science of luxurious living.” This estimate of Petronius Arbiter by Tacitus completely characterizes the author of",
                "The",
                "Satyricon",
                "as the cultivated and depraved apotheosis of his uninhibited age. (",
                "Fall 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Abbey Classics edition with Scott Moncrieff introduction originally published in U.S. by Small, Maynard & Co., 1923, using sheets of the English edition. ML edition (pp. v–238) follows the text of the Abbey Classics edition with the substitution of modern typesetting conventions for Burnaby’s 17th-century practice of capitalizing nouns within sentences. Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for May 1929.",
                "WR",
                "13 July 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1957."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The",
                "Satyricon",
                "was written during the reign of Nero. The Burnaby translation, originally published in 1694, was the first in English. Burnaby included supplements to the text, later shown to be spurious, that had been “discovered” in 1688. The first page of the ML text is headed: THE SATYRICON | OF PETRONIUS |",
                "THE SATYR OF",
                "|",
                "TITUS PETRONIUS ARBITER",
                "|",
                "With its Fragments,",
                "recover’d",
                "at Buda, 1688",
                ". (p. 1)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 2,015 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it one of the ML’s ten worst-selling titles. It did not rank among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "176b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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                "For centuries commentators have sought a particular attribute by which Chaucer earned the title of “the father of English poetry.” Now the secret of his genius no longer lies merely in his incomparable narrative powers, nor in his technical mastery. His unfailing vitality and his myriad attachments to reality and imagination reveal the true scope of the man and the poet. The Modern Library edition of",
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                "Fall 1936",
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                "The Canterbury Tales",
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                "[11]",
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Chaucer,",
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            },
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                "Pp. [",
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            },
            {
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                "The path of Lilly Czepanek’s destiny was made radiant and tragic by her own beauty. Her life was consecrated to love. As it was with Shulamite, who inspired Solomon’s Song of Songs, so love had set a seal upon Lilly’s heart. All the denials of poverty, the violences of lechery and the longings of her own dream world only made her more desirable in the eyes of men. Hermann Sudermann’s novel of a woman who walked in sin is a romance in the cause of love beyond purity. (",
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            },
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            },
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                "ML printings do not identify the translator. Huebsch and Viking printings attribute the translation to Thomas Seltzer, but it was actually by his wife Adele Seltzer, who wanted to publicize her husband’s name. Thomas Seltzer’s contribution was typing the manuscript that was submitted to Huebsch (Levin,",
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            },
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                "The ML paid Viking royalties of 8 cents a copy. There were three additional printings of 2,000 copies each between April 1930 and April 1931 and five known printings of 1,000 copies each between November 1932 and April 1941."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with front panel divided into upper section in cream and lower section in deep reddish orange; lettering in black on both, torchbearer in reverse on lower section. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 182a. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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            }
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                "Negro achievement in the arts has kept pace with a change in intellectual conviction. Injustice and discrimination have proven a challenge, and that challenge is being answered with the literature produced by the colored race during the last decade. This anthology gives a comprehensive picture of the struggle of a people to affirm its own genius. It is representative of a new consciousness; it gives evidence of a determination to end the admission of inferiority and to begin to assert the unique and durable qualities of a race. (",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lang-Leaf-Myers translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1883. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1929.",
                "WR",
                "not found. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded fall 1964 by Rees translation (186.2)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML originally planned to use the 17th-century translations of George Chapman for its editions of Homer’s",
                "Iliad",
                "and",
                "Odyssey",
                ". Advance advertising referred to the Chapman translations, as did fall 1929 catalogs and ML lists—including the lists inside first printings of the Homer jackets. The Lang-Leaf-Myers translation of",
                "The Iliad",
                "and the Butcher and Lang translation of",
                "The Odyssey",
                "were substituted at the last moment on the advice of several college professors. “We discovered that we could sell five times as many books in the new translation as we could have had we used the Chapman, since the Lang, Leaf, and Myers one is used in almost all of the colleges” (Cerf to George M. McKanday, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 25 November 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Prefatory Note (p. [",
                5,
                "]) indicates that Books I–IX were translated by Leaf, X–XVI by Lang, and XVII–XXIV by Myers, but that the whole was revised by all three translators."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML hoped to use Macmillan plates, but Macmillan had to secure approval from its parent firm in London and was unable to make a solid offer until the end of October. By that time the ML had begun composition so that the books could be published in December."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Iliad",
                "ranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 and rose into the lower part of the first quarter during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952. Sales totaled 122,292 copies by spring 1958."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "186.1b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                194,
                1,
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE ILIAD | OF | HOMER | DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE | BY | ANDREW LANG  WALTER LEAF | ERNEST MYERS | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], 1–464 [465–474].  [1–15]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 186.1a except: [",
                2,
                "] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [467–472] ML list; [473–474] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark red (16) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark red background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 186.1a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "186.1c.",
                "Highet",
                "introduction added (1950)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE ILIAD | OF HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | ANDREW LANG, WALTER LEAF | AND ERNEST MEYERS [",
                "sic",
                "] | [short swelled rule] | INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT HIGHET | PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–464.  [1–15]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
                "; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | By Gilbert Highet; xv–xvi WORKS IN ENGLISH | ABOUT THE HOMERIC POEMS; 1–464 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv [xv–xvi], 1–464.  Collation as 186.1c.  Contents as 186.1c except: [xv–xvi].",
                "Note:",
                "Page numerals “xv” and “xvi” removed from plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 186.1b. Front flap as 186.1a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1950",
                ") Front flap reset with last sentence slightly revised. (",
                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Highet received $300 for his introductions to",
                "The Iliad",
                "and",
                "The Odyssey",
                "(Stein to Highet, 26 January 1950). The first section of the introductions (“The World of the",
                "Iliad",
                "and the",
                "Odyssey",
                "”) is common to both volumes, as is the bibliography. Highet’s introductions were also included in printings of",
                "The Iliad",
                "and",
                "The Odyssey",
                "in Modern Library College Editions, which were introduced in fall 1950. Most of the introductions written for MLCE appeared first in that series and were subsequently added to regular ML printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Prefatory Note and the poems on pp. [",
                6,
                "] and [465] of 186.1a–b are omitted from 186.1c."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Myers’s name was misspelled on the reset title page. Highet pointed out the error shortly after publication (Highet to Crary, 8 September 1950). There is a memo in the RH Papers ordering the correction on the MLCE title page. The title page of the regular ML edition does not appear to have been corrected."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "186.2.  Rees translation (1964)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | ILIAD | OF | HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–529 [530].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–8]",
                32,
                "[9–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] dedication; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1963, by Ennis Rees; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: ENNIS REES; xiii–xiv SELECTED | BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–516 text; 517–529 INDEX; [530] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in grayish yellowish brown (80), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with line of Greek soldiers in brilliant yellow looming over a stone wall represented by intersecting black lines; lettering in reverse and black, all against grayish yellowish brown background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "With the publication of",
                "The Iliad",
                ", Ennis Rees has completed the monumental work of translating all of Homer into natural, free-flowing verse, and he has fulfilled the promise of his brilliant translation of",
                "The Odyssey",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The tale of heroes and gods who fought the Trojan War is now available in a translation at once faithful to the superb original and extremely accessible to the contemporary reader."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rees translation originally published by Random House, 1963. ML edition",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "(pp. v–529) printed from RH plates with the dedication and title page adapted from the RH printing. Published fall 1964.",
                "WR",
                "16 November 1964. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1982/83."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Epstein wanted to include Richmond Lattimore’s verse translation of",
                "The Iliad",
                "in the ML in 1960, but reprint rights do not appear to have been available (Epstein to Roger Shugg, University of Chicago Press, 6 January 1960). RH published Rees’s verse translation of",
                "The Odyssey",
                "later that year, followed by his verse translation of",
                "The Iliad",
                "in 1963. Rees’s volumes were designed so that the plates could be used for ML printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML title page reproduces the title exactly as it appears in the RH printing, but the statement of responsibility for the translator (TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES) and the imprint are reduced in size, significantly improving the balance and aesthetic appeal of the ML title page. The dedication facing the title page is reduced from four lines in the RH printing (THIS TRANSLATION | IS DEDICATED | TO JEFFREY, AMY, | AND ANDREW) to two lines (TO JEFFREY, AMY, | AND ANDREW) in the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Homer,",
                "The Odyssey",
                "(1929–1971)  187"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Homer,",
                "Complete Works",
                "(1935–1973)  G18"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                187
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
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                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "HOMER"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE ODYSSEY"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1929–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    167
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "187.1a.  First printing (1929)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE | ODYSSEY OF HOMER | [rule] | DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE | BY | S. H. BUTCHER AND A. LANG | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–383 [384].  [1–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                12,
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1929 | [short double rule]; v–ix PREFACE; also on p. ix: PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; [x] poem signed: A. L.; xi–xxiv INTRODUCTION | Composition and Plot of the Odyssey; 1–383 text; also on p. 383: poem signed: A. L.; [384] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "B",
                ":",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on yellow paper with illustration of Odysseus standing at the bow of a boat; title and borders in moderate blue, other lettering in black. Signed: Staloff. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Of the books of antiquity which adorn the Modern Library series, none is in greater favor than Homer’s",
                "The Odyssey",
                "and its companion volume,",
                "The Iliad",
                "(No. 166). The immortal epic of the ten-year wanderings of Ulysses remains as vivid to the contemporary reader as it was when first recited to Homer’s enthralled audience many centuries before the Christian era. The Modern Library edition of the Butcher and Lang prose translation has been adopted by many leading universities as the standard text of this classic. (",
                "Fall 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Butcher and Lang translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1879. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1929.",
                "WR",
                "not found. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded spring 1962 by Rees translation (187.2)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "See 186.1a for information about the selection of the Butcher and Lang translation."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The",
                "Odyssey",
                "ranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943, slightly below",
                "The Iliad",
                ". It was near the top of the second quarter during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, four titles below",
                "The Iliad",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "187.1b.  Title page reset (",
                1941,
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE ODYSSEY | OF HOMER | DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE BY | S. H. BUTCHER AND A. LANG | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–383 [384–392]. [1–13]",
                16,
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 187.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [385–389] ML list; [390–391] ML Giants list; [392] blank. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in very dark bluish green (166) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid very dark bluish green background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 187.1a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "187.1c.",
                "Highet",
                "introduction added (1950)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE ODYSSEY | OF HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | S. H. BUTCHER AND A. LANG | [short swelled rule] | INTRODUCTION BY GILBERT HIGHET | PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, 1–383 [384].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                8,
                "[13]",
                16,
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
                "; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | by Gilbert Highet; xv–xvi WORKS IN ENGLISH | ABOUT THE HOMERIC POEMS; 1–383 text; [384] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 187.1b. (",
                "Fall 1949",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "See 186.1c for notes about Highet’s introductions to",
                "The Iliad",
                "and",
                "The Odyssey",
                ". The front matter on pp. v–xxiv and the poem on p. 383 of 187.1a–b were omitted from 187.1c when Highet’s introduction was added."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "187.2.  Rees translation (1962)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | ODYSSEY | OF | HOMER | TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES | [torchbearer H] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp [i–vi] vii–xviii, [1–2] 3–416 [417–430].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16,
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1960, by Ennis Rees; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–[viii] CONTENTS; ix–xv INTRODUCTION signed p. xv: ENNIS REES; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii SELECTED | BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–409 text; 410–416 INDEX; [417–422] ML list; [423–424] ML Giants list; [425–430] blank. (",
                "Spring 1962",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), moderate greenish yellow (102) and black on coated white paper with a small ship in moderate greenish yellow against sea represented by wavy black lines; lettering in reverse and black, all against strong greenish blue background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This is a completely new translation of the ODYSSEY of Homer. Brilliantly done in natural, free-flowing verse, it is the most readable version available to modern readers."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The successful recapture here of the flavor and meaning of the ODYSSEY will enable the reader to see fully why the epic story of the wanderings of Odysseus has been one of the most treasured legacies of ancient Greece. (",
                "Spring 1962",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rees translation originally published by Random House, 1960. ML edition (pp. vii–416) printed from RH plates, with the title page adapted from the original plates. Published spring 1962.",
                "WR",
                "4 June 1962. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rees’s translation of",
                "The Odyssey",
                "filled the need for a modern verse translation. Richmond Lattimore’s verse translation of",
                "The Odyssey",
                "did not appear until 1967, sixteen years after his translation of",
                "The Iliad",
                ". The Lattimore translation probably would not have been available to the ML in any case.\tRees’s verse translation of",
                "The Iliad",
                "was published in 1963 and was added to the ML the following year (see 186.2). Both of Rees’s volumes were designed so that the plates could be used for ML printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML title page reproduces the title exactly as it appears in the RH printing, but the statement of responsibility for the translator (TRANSLATED BY | ENNIS REES) and the imprint are reduced in size, significantly improving the balance and aesthetic appeal of the ML title page. The 3-line dedication facing the title page in the RH printing, which is identical to that in Rees’s translation of",
                "The Iliad",
                ", is shifted in the ML printing to the recto of the third leaf (p. [v])."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Homer,",
                "The",
                "Iliad",
                "(1929–1982)  186"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Homer,",
                "Complete Works",
                "(1935–1973)  G18"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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          "HEAD": [
            1930
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library’s purchase of the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday, Doran subsidiary that specialized in hard-cover reprints, was announced on 4 April. The Sun Dial Library had been in existence since 1923 and was a reprint series of modern literary works similar in format and scope to the Modern Library. In 1930 it included fifty-three titles that sold for one dollar a copy. The Sun Dial Library had never been a strong rival, but it was the only American series that competed with the Modern Library to any extent and Cerf regarded it as potentially dangerous (Cerf to James L. Crowder, 2 April 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The purchase of the Sun Dial Library gave the Modern Library access to a number of titles that Cerf and Klopfer had tried to secure from Doubleday in the past. The series included major works by Joseph Conrad, Aldous Huxley, W. Somerset Maugham, William McFee, and Christopher Morley, all of whom were Doubleday authors. Other desirable titles in the series included Katherine Mansfield’s",
                "Garden Party",
                ", Bram Stoker’s",
                "Dracula",
                ", and H. G. Wells’s",
                "Tono-Bungay",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As part of the agreement the Modern Library secured reprint rights to four Doubleday titles—Arnold Bennett’s",
                "Old Wives’ Tale",
                ", Aldous Huxley’s",
                "Point Counter Point",
                ", W. Somerset Maugham’s",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                ", and Horace Walpole’s",
                "Fortitude",
                "—that were not part of the Sun Dial Library. Cerf and Klopfer had been trying to secure reprint rights to these titles for several years. The Modern Library agreed to pay Doubleday, Doran royalties of 12 cents a copy for these four titles—two cents more than Cerf and Klopfer were then paying for any other book in the ML with the exception of Dreiser’s",
                "Twelve Men",
                "(159). The four titles were added to the Modern Library between September 1930 and January 1931."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eleven of the 53 titles in the Sun Dial Library were added to the ML between 1931 and 1937: Conrad,",
                "Lord Jim",
                "(210); Mansfield,",
                "The Garden Party",
                "(214); Morley,",
                "Parnassus on Wheels",
                "(213); McFee,",
                "Casuals of the Sea",
                "(223); Wells,",
                "Tono-Bungay",
                "(225); Stoker,",
                "Dracula",
                "(231); Conrad,",
                "Victory",
                "(238); Dos Passos,",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(248); Huxley,",
                "Antic Hay",
                "(233); Maugham,",
                "Moon and Sixpence",
                "(283); and Collins,",
                "The Moonstone",
                "(G31). All of these except",
                "The Moonstone",
                "appear to have been protected by copyright and could not have been included in the ML without the permission of Doubleday, Doran."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The purchase of the Sun Dial Library was a straight cash transaction. The Modern Library acquired the entire stock of Sun Dial Library books, about 87,000 volumes, and got the right for five years to add any title from the series for which Doubleday, Doran controlled the copyright. No plates were involved since Garden City Publishing Co., like other reprint publishers, printed from the original publishers’ plates. The total cost was just under $25,000. This represented the exact manufacturing cost of each volume, a royalty of ten cents a copy, and an additional payment of $5,000."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The books were transferred to the Modern Library’s warehouse at the Wolff Bindery in New York. Cerf estimated that no more than half of the books could be sold at full price. Cerf and Klopfer hoped at first to sell enough books at the regular price to enable them to remainder the rest at the end of the year and still break even (Cerf to Crowder, 10 April 1930). Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, the big New York department stores, placed orders for one thousand copies each and disposed of them at sale prices of about 69 cents a copy. By June the stock was down to 60,000 copies. At that time Klopfer indicated that they had abandoned the idea of remaindering the books (Klopfer to G. E. Rogers, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 3 June 1930). By early 1931 Sun Dial Library books were being offered at discounts ranging from 42 percent on fifty copies to 55 percent on a thousand or more. Salesmen were urged to try to get one big account in each city to take a large selection at these discounts, but Cerf asked them not to press booksellers too hard (Cerf to Carl J. Smalley, 15 January 1931 and 11 June 1931)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Other ways were found to dispose of the weakest titles. Many of them were bartered for Modern Library advertising in college newspapers, and several booksellers agreed to accept Sun Dial Library books as the Modern Library’s contribution toward cooperative advertising. By September 1933 the Sun Dial Library stock was almost gone."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf commented to the ML’s senior sales representative, “Considering the general depression, our Modern Library sales seem to be holding up wonderfully. The new picture jackets help, and the Fall additions should cause general satisfaction, I believe” (Cerf to Crowder, 11 July 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML ordered new typesettings and plates for three of its most popular titles: Maugham,",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "(199), Bennett,",
                "Old Wives Tale",
                "(207), and Stoker,",
                "Dracula",
                "(231)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ernest Hemingway paid tribute to the ML’s format in December 1930. He had shattered his arm in a serious car accident in early November and was recuperating in Key West after spending seven weeks in a Billings, Montana hospital. In a letter to Cerf typed by his wife Pauline he gratefully described Modern Library books as “the proper size for one-handed reading” (Hemingway to Cerf, 26 December 1930)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Nineteen titles were added and four were discontinued, bringing the number of active titles to 182. Minor discrepancies between the number of titles indicated here and on the back panels of ML jackets are due primarily to the ML’s practice of including titles projected for January publication on fall lists. Fall 1930 jackets also list Merejkowski,"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Peter and Alexis",
                "(227), which was originally announced for August 1930 but was delayed until December 1931."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Except for Rockwell Kent’s",
                "Wilderness",
                "(205) all new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and torchbearer A2, A3, or C1 (see individual entries).",
                "Wilderness",
                "had an individually designed title page featuring an illustration by Kent; torchbearer B appears on the verso of the title page."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published in all four bindings. See the illustration of Huysmans,",
                "Against the Grain",
                ", which shows four copies of the fall 1930 first printing, each in a binding of a different color."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent’s B1 binding with the grape vine design at the base of the spine and his torchbearer stamped in gold on the front panel was used in its full form through spring 1930. The additional gold required for the B1 binding increased the ML’s costs by half a cent per volume, and the binding was discontinued after a single season."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The balloon cloth B2 binding was used for the first seven titles published in fall 1930. The B2 binding is identical to B1 except for the torchbearer, which is blind stamped on the front panel. Titles published initially in the B2 binding are Cervantes,",
                "Don Quixote",
                "(197), Mencken,",
                "Selected Prejudices",
                "(198), Maugham,",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "(199), Goethe,",
                "Faust",
                "(200), Walpole,",
                "Fortitude",
                "(201), Young,",
                "The Medici",
                "(202), and Huxley,",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "(203)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth binding C replaced Kent’s original design for the last three titles published in 1930: Plato,",
                "Works",
                "(204), Kent,",
                "Wilderness",
                "(205), and Huysmans,",
                "Against the Grain",
                "(206). Kent’s grape vine design is omitted from the spine, but his torchbearer, reduced in size from 36 to 27 mm, is again stamped in gold on the front panel. Balloon cloth binding C was used through April 1931 and was superseded by balloon cloth binding D in May 1931."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Early in 1930 Klopfer asked H. Wolff, the ML’s bindery, to look into the potential savings of using imitation gold (“oriental tissue”) instead of genuine gold on the bindings, noting that it would have to save at least a penny per book to make the change worthwhile (Klopfer to Bert Wolff, 23 January 1930). Wolff indicated that imitation gold would save .003 per copy or $3.00 per thousand—a savings of $1,500–1,800 a year (Wolff to Klopfer, 20 January 1930). As a test Klopfer asked that the ML’s May title,",
                "Oriental Romances",
                "(196), be stamped in imitation gold. Wolff mistakenly used imitation gold on the ML’s entire current binding order of 118,404 volumes instead of genuine gold as specified in the contract (RH Box 766, Wolff folder). Balloon cloth binding B2 with the torchbearer blind stamped on the front panel appears to have been the solution to the problem."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Library Edition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Twenty-five ML titles were offered in special bindings for the library market. The flexible balloon cloth bindings used for volumes sold in stores did not withstand repeated readings and thus were not well suited to library use. Volumes in the “Library Edition” were bound in sturdy blue buckram over stiff boards with headbands at the head and foot of the spine. Unlike the balloon cloth bindings in the regular ML, the bindings were reinforced with mull, also known as crash—a strip of sturdy starched fabric that was glued over the folded gatherings at the spine, with flaps extending about half an inch on each side that were glued to the inside of the front and back boards. The titles were:"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "American Poetry",
            {
              "span": []
            },
            "1671–1928: A Comprehensive Anthology",
            ", ed. Aiken (169.1)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Beebe,",
            "Jungle Peace",
            "(116)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Best Ghost Stories",
            "(67)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Best Russian Short Stories",
            ", ed. Seltzer (18)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Brontë,",
            "Wuthering Heights",
            "(120)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Carroll,",
            "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, The Hunting of the Snark",
            "(111)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Cellini,",
            "Autobiography",
            "(132)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Dostoyevsky,",
            "Brothers Karamazov",
            "(171)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Douglas,",
            "South Wind",
            "(114)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Fourteen Great Detective Stories",
            ", ed. Starrett",
            {
              "span": []
            },
            "(155)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "France,",
            "Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard",
            "(21)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Hardy,",
            "Return of the Native",
            "(126)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Hudson,",
            "Green Mansions",
            "(90)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Ibsen,",
            "A Doll’s House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People",
            "(6)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Lewisohn,",
            "Up Stream",
            "(128)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Melville,",
            "Moby Dick",
            "(124)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Meredith,",
            "Diana of the Crossways",
            "(14)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Meredith,",
            "Ordeal of Richard Feverel",
            "(144)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Merejkowski,",
            "Romance of Leonardo da Vinci",
            "(154)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Nietzsche,",
            "Thus Spake Zarathustra",
            "(9)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Schreiner,",
            "Story of an African Farm",
            "(142)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Sterne,",
            "Tristram Shandy",
            "(158)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Symonds,",
            "Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti",
            "(164)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Wilde,",
            "Picture of Dorian Gray",
            "(1)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Wilde,",
            "Salomé, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan",
            "(76)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Fifteen of the titles were ones that Cerf and Klopfer added between fall 1925 and 1928; ten had originally appeared in the Boni & Liveright series. The attempt to market ML books to libraries was not a success, probably because the small size of the volumes and the narrow margins did not allow for rebinding."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Buckram bindings for the library market were again made available for many ML titles in the 1960s, more than twenty years after the ML introduced its larger format. This time the optional buckram bindings appear to have been successful."
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent endpapers used in spring 1930 were available in three different colors and were color coordinated with the balloon cloth bindings. Blue and green bindings continued to be paired with pale green (149) endpapers; brown bindings examined had light reddish brown (42) endpapers; and red bindings had endpapers in light orange (52)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Beginning in fall 1930 all Kent endpapers were in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for the oversize volume, John Reed,",
                "Ten Days That Shook the World",
                "(1935: 280) and three spring 1939 titles—Irving Stone,",
                "Lust for Life",
                "(317), Isak Dinesen,",
                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                "(320), and",
                "Six Plays of Clifford Odets",
                "(321) that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jackets"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ten of the 1930 titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Seven appeared in uniform typographic jacket D. Maugham,",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "(199) was published in uniform typographic jacket E; Huxley,",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "(203) had a non-pictorial jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Hemingway,",
                "Sun Also Rises",
                "xGoethe,",
                "Faust",
                ". (Fall) Goethe,",
                "Faust",
                "xConrad,",
                "Lord Jim",
                "."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf wanted to include John Galsworthy’s",
                "Forsyte Saga",
                "in the Modern Library but realized that Scribner’s was unlikely to grant reprint rights. He wrote Maxwell Perkins in 1930, “I eagerly await hearing of Mr. Scribner’s reaction to my suggestion for the",
                "Forsyte Saga",
                ". I hope that I did not move him to physical violence. I am convinced the idea is not as ridiculous as it very likely appears at first blush” (Cerf to Perkins, 4 December 1930). Perkins replied that there was no possibility of granting reprint rights (Perkins to Cerf, 4 December 1930). Nine years later Cerf offered an advance of $7,500 to publish",
                "The Forsyte Saga",
                "as a Giant (Cerf to Perkins, 26 September 1939). Galsworthy’s sequence of three novels and two interludes never appeared in the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf contacted John W. Luce & Co. about rights to a John Millington Synge anthology (Cerf to Mr. Schaff, 23 June 1930). Cerf contacted Longman’s for the rights to H. Rider Haggard’s",
                "She",
                ", J. C. Van Dyke’s",
                "History of Painting",
                ", and G. F. Young’s history from 44 B.C. to 1453 A.D.,",
                "East and West through Fifteen Centuries",
                "(Cerf to J. Ray Beck, 25 September 1930). The only one of these titles that was ever added to the ML was",
                "She",
                "—and that was over 25 years later, when Haggard’s",
                "She & King Solomon’s Mines",
                "(492) appeared in the ML in 1957."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James Crowder, the ML’s sales representative for the Middle West, suggested Goethe’s",
                "Faust",
                "and",
                "The Sayings of Confucius",
                "(Crowder to Cerf, 12 April 1930 and 30 September 1930).",
                "Faust",
                "(200) was published in the ML that fall.",
                "The Wisdom of Confucius",
                "(312) appeared in the ML in 1938 and became one of the ML’s perennial best-selling titles. V. F. Calverton, who edited",
                "An Anthology of American Negro Literature",
                "(183) for the ML in 1929, offered to edit",
                "Tales of E. T. A. Hoffman",
                "for the series; Cerf indicated that the book was a possibility in the future (Cerf to Calverton, 10 December 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML decided not to publish Guillaume Apollinaire’s",
                "La Rome des Borgia",
                "after a reader’s report judged it pornographic and valueless as history. The reader commented, “The whole simply stinks of obscenity and abnormality” (“Ray” to Klopfer, 18 February 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ferris Greenslet urged Cerf to publish a ML edition of Alain-Fournier’s novel",
                "The Wanderer",
                "(",
                "Le Grand Meaulnes",
                "), which was originally published in Paris in 1913 and appeared in an English translation published by Houghton Mifflin in 1928, fourteen years after the young author’s death in action in the First World War. “I hope very much that you are going to feel like doing something about THE WANDERER, both because we would like the business and because I personally have a profound interest in extending the reputation of Alain Fournier” (Greenslet to Cerf, 5 September 1930). Cerf appears to have been skeptical about its sales potential. Roger L. Scaife, who would move from Houghton Mifflin to Little, Brown & Co. a short time later, replied to Cerf: “You may be right about THE WANDERER. The story took hold of us here so strongly that we thought it a gem that should be preserved and sold year after year. Whether that is possible or not, I do not know. Your judgment is understandably better than mine in this case” (Scaife to Cerf, 6 October 1930). A new English translation by Frank Davison was published in 1959 under the title",
                "The Lost Domain",
                "by Oxford University Press in its World’s Classics series and reprinted in Penguin Modern Classics as",
                "Le Grand Meaulnes",
                "in 1966. A third English translation by Robin Buss appeared in Penguin Classics in 2007 under the title",
                "The Lost Estate",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Marxist poet and novelist Isidor Schneider, who was in charge of advertising at Horace Liveright, Inc., and whose wife, Helen Berlin, had been Cerf and Klopfer’s first secretary, recommended Ivan Goncharov’s",
                "Oblomov",
                "for the ML. The Natalie Duddington translation, published by Macmillan the previous year, was the first complete translation in English. Schneider, who later served as literary editor of the",
                "New Masses",
                ", considered",
                "Oblomov",
                "one of the world’s ten best novels (Schneider to Cerf, 1 April 1930; Schneider Special Manuscript Collection, Columbia University Library). The Duddington translation was published in Everyman’s Library in 1932, but",
                "Oblomov",
                "was never added in the ML."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Overton, ed.,",
                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                "(1930)  188"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master",
                "(1930)  189"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Hemingway,",
            "Sun Also Rises",
            "(1930)  190"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Tolstoy,",
            "Anna Karenina",
            "(1930)  191"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Huneker,",
            "Painted Veils",
            "(1930)  192"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Tchekov,",
            "Plays of Anton Tchekov",
            "(1930)  193"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Proust,",
            "Within a Budding Grove",
            "(1930)  194"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Dewey,",
            "Human Nature and Conduct",
            "(1930)  195"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Komroff, ed.,",
            "Oriental Romances",
            "(1930)  196"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Cervantes,",
            "Don Quixote",
            "(1930)  197"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Mencken,",
            "Selected Prejudices",
            "(1930)  198"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Maugham,",
            "Of Human Bondage",
            "(1930)  199"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Goethe,",
            "Faust",
            "(1930)  200"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Walpole,",
            "Fortitude",
            "(1930)  201"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Young,",
            "Medici",
            "(1930)  202"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Huxley,",
            "Point Counter Point",
            "(1930)  203"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Plato,",
            "Works of Plato",
            "(1930)  204"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Kent,",
            "Wilderness",
            "(1930)  205"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Huysmans,",
            "Against the Grain",
            "(1930)  206"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Discontinued"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Dunsany,",
            "Book of Wonder",
            "(1918)  42"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Evolution in Modern Thought",
            "(1918)  35"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Fabre,",
            "Life of the Caterpillar",
            "(1925)  115"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Wilson,",
            "Selected Addresses and Public Papers",
            "(1918)  63"
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                188
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "EDITOR": [
                    "GRANT OVERTON"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ", ed."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "GREAT MODERN SHORT STORIES"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1930–1943"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    168
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "188a.  First printing (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] GREAT MODERN | SHORT STORIES | [rule] | EDITED BY | GRANT OVERTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–371 [372–374].  [1–12]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1930,",
                "by",
                "THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1930 | [short double rule]; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–ix FOREWORD signed p. ix: Grant Overton; [x] blank; [1] part title: HEART OF D    ARKNESS | JOSEPH CONRAD; [2] Copyright, 1903, by Doubleday, Page & Co.; 3–371 text; [372–374] blank.",
                "Note:",
                "The",
                "First",
                "statement is not completely removed from the second printing; lines 4–5 are deleted from p. [iv] but line 3 is retained. Line 3 is deleted in later printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad – The Three-Day Blow, by Ernest Hemingway – The Apple-Tree, by John Galsworthy – Paul’s Case, by Willa Cather – I’m a Fool, by Sherwood Anderson – The Prussian Officer, by D. H. Lawrence – Miss Brill, by Katherine Mansfield – The Runaways, by Glenway Wescott – At Your Age, by F. Scott Fitzgerald – Counterparts, by James Joyce – The Letter, by W. Somerset Maugham."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                "A",
                ":",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on cream paper with inset panel in vivid red divided diagonally into four parts depicting a country village, skyscrapers, a sailing ship, and industrial smokestacks; borders in vivid red, lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Controversies over the merits of favorite short stories are endless. Everyone is staunch in his own preferences and can argue at length in their behalf. The tales collected in this volume support no theory, nor do they follow a pattern intended to emphasize a special set of virtues; they are catholic in choice and represent the most notable works in the short-story form of such masters as Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, Somerset Maugham, Katherine Mansfield, D. H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson and Glenway Westcott. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML anthology. Published January 1930.",
                "WR",
                "8 February 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1943. Superseded 1943 by",
                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                ", ed. Bennett Cerf (361)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most of the stories were selected by Cerf and Klopfer rather than Overton (see 361). Even so, Cerf thought that the anthology contained “glaring defects” and acknowledged, “Copyright difficulties . . . prevented our putting into this volume exactly what we would have liked to include” (Cerf to A. E. Coppard, 6 September 1934)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Overton’s anthology and its successor sold 12,699 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it fourteenth out of 271 ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "188b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] GREAT | MODERN | SHORT | STORIES | EDITED BY | GRANT OVERTON | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 188a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 188a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket 3:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep blue (179), pale yellow (89) and gold on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset deep blue panel and three deep blue bands at foot, all surrounded by pale yellow background with decorations in gold and yellow. Designed by Paul Galdone, March 1940; unsigned.",
                "Note:",
                "The jacket design in different color combinations was also used for",
                "Five Great Modern Irish Plays",
                "(1941: 339),",
                "Collected Short Stories",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "of Ring Lardner",
                "(1941: 344),",
                "Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker",
                "(1942: 353), and four existing ML anthologies:",
                "Best Ghost Stories",
                "(1919: 67b),",
                "Best American Humorous Short Stories",
                "(1920: 80f),",
                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                "(1930: 188b), and",
                "Great German Short Novels and Stories",
                "(1933: 256b) when they appeared in the ML’s larger format in the early 1940s. Front flap as 188a jacket B. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                "(1943)  361"
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            }
          ]
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        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                189
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "HENRY JAMES"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE TURN OF THE SCREW; THE LESSON OF THE MASTER"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    169
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [short rule] | THE LESSON OF THE MASTER | [rule] | BY | HENRY JAMES | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HEYWOOD BROUN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [",
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                "], 1–211 [212].  [17]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1930,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
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                "| 1930 | [short double rule]; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Heywood Broun. | New York, |",
                "January,",
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                "] part title: THE TURN OF THE SCREW; [",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in deep yellow green (118) and black on light grayish green paper with inset illustration of a chair by a window with gloves on the seat cushion, a vase encircled by a hand on the window ledge, and a man with outstretched hand peering through the window into the room; borders in deep yellow green, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For sheer terror, for the spectral power to fasten itself upon the imagination, stirring and tormenting it,",
                "The Turn of the Screw",
                "is the apotheosis of the macabre in literature. Without abatement, it arouses the senses and numbs them, clutches at the heart and makes it beat faster, while it unfolds one of the greatest ghost stories of all time.",
                "The Lesson of the Master",
                "portrays the inevitable penalties imposed on those who cherish a dream of perfection. It reveals Henry James as an incomparable story-teller and stylist. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by the Macmillan Co., 1898",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "(",
                "The Turn of the Screw",
                ") and 1892 (",
                "The Lesson of the Master",
                "). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for January 1930.",
                "WR",
                "8 March 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s original intent was to publish",
                "The Turn of the Screw",
                "only, to print from Macmillan plates, and to pay a $1,000 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy (H. C. Latham, Macmillan Co., to Klopfer, 26 November 1928). Cerf asked Willard Huntington Wright (S. S. Van Dine) to write an introduction, but Wright declined (“Dine” to Cerf, 25 March 1929)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Final publication plans took shape in January 1930, when Macmillan granted permission to add",
                "The Lesson of the Master",
                "for an additional payment of $100 (Latham to ML, 10 January 1930). Broun’s introduction, dated January 1930, makes no reference to",
                "The Lesson of the Master",
                ". The ML also decided to reset both works. These changes delayed publication by a month or so. The royalty was renegotiated after both works entered the public domain. In the 1960s the ML was paying royalties of 2 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master",
                "ranked in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943, just below",
                "The Portrait of a Lady",
                "(291). James’s sales improved significantly by the early 1950s. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952",
                "The Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master",
                "sold 3,734 copies, making it seventy-fourth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML. James’s",
                "Portrait of a Lady",
                "sold 5,345 copies, placing it thirty-ninth."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "189b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE TURN | OF THE SCREW | [diamond ornament] | THE LESSON OF | THE MASTER | [diamond ornament] | By Henry James |",
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                "HEYWOOD BROUN | [torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 189a."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 189a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, 1898, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC."
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                "Pagination and collation as 189b. Contents as 189b except p. [iv] line 2: INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1957. (",
                "Spring 1960 jacket",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark grayish brown (62) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel tilted on a diagonal axis; background in dark grayish brown with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 189a. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "189c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1967",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Turn | of the Screw | The Lesson of | the Master | by HENRY JAMES | Introduction by | Heywood Broun | [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library | New York"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 189a. Contents as 189b except: [iv] Copyright, 1891, 1898 by the Macmillan Company | Introduction Copyright, 1930 and renewed, 1957, | by The Modern Library, Inc."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Non-pictorial in light olive brown (94), strong red (12) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black and strong red on inset light olive brown panel with two rules and ampersand in reverse; background in white."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Turn of the Screw",
                "was first published in 1898 and has remained one of the most hauntingly ambiguous and variously interpreted works in literature."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Lesson of the Master",
                "discloses James’ constant concern with the nature of the artist."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Both titles reveal Henry James as an incomparable storyteller and stylist."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Daisy Miller; An International Episode",
                "(1918–1934)  60"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Portrait of a Lady",
                "(1936–1973; 1983– )  291"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Wings of the Dove",
                "(1946–1969)  389"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Short Stories",
                "(Giant, 1948–1970)  G75"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Washington Square",
                "(1950–1970)  427"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "The Bostonians",
                "(1956–1970)  480"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                190
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ERNEST HEMINGWAY"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE SUN ALSO RISES"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1930–1953"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "190a.  First printing (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE SUN ALSO RISES | [rule] | BY | ERNEST HEMINGWAY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HENRY SEIDEL CANBY | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | rule | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–v] vi–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–259 [260].  [1–8]",
                16,
                "[9]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D8; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1926, by",
                "CHAS. SCRIBNER’S SONS | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1930; [v]–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Henry Seidel Canby. | New York |",
                "January,",
                "1930; [x] blank; [xi] dedication; [xii] epigraphs from Gertrude Stein and",
                "Ecclesiastes",
                "; [1] part title: THE SUN ALSO RISES | [short rule] |",
                "BOOK I",
                "; [2] blank; 3–259 text; [260] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a woman with a glass of wine in the foreground and a bullfighter, a man’s head, and base of the Eiffel Tower in the background; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Instead of beginning his career as a writer of promise, Ernest Hemingway startled the world, and especially his own generation, with",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                ", his first full-length novel. The disinherited and disillusioned survivors of the World War discovered in him their spokesman, a writer free of sentimentality and cant who could summon forth characters true to their own experience and way of life.",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                "is a chronicle of a lost generation drifting, frustrated and demoralized, to its doom. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. ML edition",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "(pp. [xi]–259) printed from Scribner plates. Published February 1930.",
                "WR",
                "8 March 1930. First printing: 15,000 copies. Discontinued 1953."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Scribner’s a $6,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. Cerf had approached Scribner’s about a ML edition as early as 1927, when he offered a $1,200 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy (Cerf to Scribner’s, 17 September 1927). After meeting Cerf in New York Hemingway urged Scribner’s to let the ML have the book. He was pleased that",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                "was to appear in the series. But he declined Cerf’s offer of $200 to write an introduction—four times what F. Scott Fitzgerald received in 1934 for his introduction to the ML edition of",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "—explaining that he couldn’t write an introduction to any book, least of all to one of his own. “I feel to write it would be taking $200 out of some critics [",
                "sic",
                "] pocket—but beside that I swear to you I couldn’t write it if I tried” (Hemingway to Cerf, 4 January 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printings through 1934 were as follows: 5,000 copies (November 1930), 5,000 copies (October 1931), 3,000 copies (July 1933), 2,000 copies (December 1934).",
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                "was the eighteenth best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 7,054 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the second quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales. It sold 5,678 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it thirty-third out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Curiously, the 1949 Bantam paperback edition of",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                ", despite the claim on the front cover that the text is “Complete and Unabridged,’ omits more than twenty references to Robert Cohn being Jewish. The first paragraph of Chapter 1 retains the passage that he learned boxing “to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton” (p. 1) but alters the third paragraph from “Robert Cohn was a member, through his father, of one of the richest Jewish families in New York . . .” to “one of the richest families in New York” (p. 2). Another example comes from Chapter XVIII, where the Scribner/Modern Library text reads “Brett’s got a bull-fighter,” he said. “She had a Jew named Cohn, but he turned out badly” (p. 214). The 1949 Bantam edition reads: “Brett’s got a bull-fighter,” Mike said. “A beautiful, bloody bull fighter” (p. 176)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Scribner’s decided in the early 1950s to promote its backlist more vigorously and terminated the ML’s reprint contracts for all three Hemingway titles in the series (Whitney Darrow, Scribner’s, to Cerf, 29 October 1952). A few months later the ML reported that",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                "would be out of stock soon (ML to Charles Burgess, Jr., Scribner’s, 16 February 1953). Scribner’s published a $3.00 hardbound reprint in April 1953 and a $1.45 paperback in August 1957."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "190b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within single rules] [8-line title and statement of responsibility within second single-rule frame] THE SUN | ALSO | RISES | BY | ERNEST | HEMINGWAY | INTRODUCTION BY | HENRY SEIDEL CANBY | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 190a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 190a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in vivid red (11), vivid yellow (82), yellowish gray (93) and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of a sword draped with a vivid red cloth, suspended against a black sky with vivid yellow sun and over yellowish gray earth; lettering in black and vivid red, background in white. Signed: McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 190a. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hemingway,",
                "Farewell to Arms",
                "(1932–1953)  237"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hemingway,",
                "Short Stories",
                "(Giant, 1942–1954)  G59"
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                191
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "LEO TOLSTOY"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "ANNA KARENINA"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1930–1973"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    37
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "191.1a.  First printing (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] ANNA | KARENINA | [rule] | BY | COUNT LEO TOLSTOY | [rule] | [torchbearer C1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], [1–2] 3–950 [951–954].  [1]",
                16,
                "(±3) [2–30]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "–",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] half title; [",
                4,
                "] pub. note D7; [",
                5,
                "] title; [",
                6,
                "]",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1930 | [short double rule]; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–950 text; [951–954] blank.",
                "Note:",
                "The title leaf (pp. [",
                "5–6",
                "]) was canceled and replaced with a newly printed leaf. It is not known why the original leaf was canceled."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Pagination as 191.1a.  [1–30]",
                16,
                ". Contents (including",
                "First",
                "statement) as 191.1a.",
                "Note:",
                "Priority with 191.1a not established; both were probably counted as part of the first printing of 20,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pp. [",
                4,
                "], [1–2] 3–950 [951–956].  [1–30]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 191.1a except: [",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D7; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "] manufacturing statement; [951–954] ML list; [955–956] blank. (",
                "Spring 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1929",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper depicting a seated woman in a moderate blue costume and a large black hat; borders in moderate blue, title in moderate blue, other lettering in black. Signed: Loederer. (",
                "Spring 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "No estimate of Tolstoy the writer can ignore Tolstoy the man. People of every shade of conviction look upon him as one of the few Christians since Christ, and few dispute his position as one of the most forceful and influential literary figures of the nineteenth century.",
                "Anna Karenina",
                "is considered his greatest novel, and Anna, the protagonist, the most notable character in the vast gallery of his creations. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original U.S. publication of Constance Garnett translation not ascertained",
                ".",
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1930.",
                "WR",
                "8 March 1930. First printing: 20,000 copies. Superseded fall 1965 by revised translation (191.2).\tKlopfer asked the ML’s printer to order enough paper for 20,000 copies of",
                "Anna Karenina",
                "(Klopfer to Mr. Wilkins, H. Wolff Estate, 4 December 1929). The paper was the same stock used for",
                "The Brothers Karamazov",
                "(171.1a)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Anna Karenina",
                "appears to have been the best-selling title in the ML in 1931 and the eighth best-selling title in 1934. It ranked low in the first quarter of ML titles during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943 and moved up a few notches during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "191.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ANNA | KARENINA | BY | COUNT LEO TOLSTOY | TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE GARNETT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                4,
                "], [1–2] 3–950 [951–956].  [1–30]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 191.1a variant B except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                4,
                "] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [951–956] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1945",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C1:",
                "Pictorial in very dark green (147), gold and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of a soldier kissing a lady’s hand; background in very dark green with title and author in reverse, other lettering in black. Signed: Galdone. Adapted from MLG jacket (G21.1 jacket B). Front flap as 191.1a jacket B. (",
                "Fall 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "191.1c.  Troyat introduction added (1950)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ANNA | KARENINA | [short decorative rule] |",
                "By Count Leo Tolstoy",
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                "With an Introduction by",
                "| HENRI TROYAT | [torchbearer E5] |",
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                "No estimate of Tolstoy the writer can be of any meaning if it disregards Tolstoy the man. As a man, he represents the best of nineteenth-century humanitarianism and a generous Christian morality. As a writer, he towers above all the literary figures of his time, and his two great novels—",
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                "—are universally acclaimed as classics. Anna of the latter novel is considered the most notable character in the vast gallery of the great and obscure people who live in the pages of his works. The translation from the Russian by Constance Garnett is complete and unabridged. (",
                "Fall 1952",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Several authors were asked to write the introduction before Troyat accepted the assignment. Stein’s first choice was René Wellek of Yale University. Wellek declined because of other commitments and observed, “Mrs. Garnett for some strange reason . . . chose to call the husband of Anna Karenina also Karenina though this a feminine form and means Mrs. Karenin. He should be Karenin throughout the book” (Wellek to Stein, 28 January 1950). He also noted a few other errors in the ML’s text that were corrected in the plates for the MLCE printing. Stein offered to extend the deadline to enable Wellek to write the introduction. Wellek was willing, but instead of the ML’s $200 fee he wanted a $500 advance against a small royalty, which was the arrangement he had with Rinehart for his introduction to Gogol’s",
                "Dead Souls",
                ". Stein indicated that $200 was all the ML could pay, and Wellek declined a second time (Wellek to Stein, 3 February 1950 and 1 March 1950). Richard G. Salomon of Kenyon College and Vladimir Nabokov, who was then teaching at Cornell University, also declined. Nabokov indicated that he could not write an introduction for a translation he had not checked for errors and that in any case his fee would be $500 (Nabokov telegram to Stein, 17 March 1950)."
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                "[left page of 2-page spread] EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY | LEONARD J. KENT | AND | NINA BERBEROVA | THE CONSTANCE GARNETT TRANSLATION HAS | BEEN REVISED THROUGHOUT BY THE EDITORS | THE MODERN LIBRARY  NEW YORK | [torchbearer J] | [right page of 2-page spread] LEO TOLSTOY | [rule] | [inverted pyramid of 6 ornaments] ANNA [inverted pyramid of 6 ornaments] | KARENINA"
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                "| LEONARD J. KENT |",
                "Quinnipiac College",
                "|",
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                "| NINA BERBEROVA |",
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                "|",
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                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182), brilliant orange yellow (67), dark greenish yellow (103) and black on coated white paper with area below title and author ruled into 3 panels containing illustrations of a man’s head with moderate blue smoke, a woman’s head with moderate blue smoke, and a train emitting moderate blue smoke; lettering in black and moderate blue, all against white background."
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            {
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            {
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                "ANNA KARENINA",
                "was begun in 1873, seven years after the publication of",
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            {
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                "Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova have revised the Constance Garnett translation, in the interests of clarity and accuracy, and, where necessary, to offer a better rendering in English of the sense of the original Russian. They have also provided an Introduction and notes on the text."
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Tolstoy,",
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                "(1964–1969)  564"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tolstoy,",
                "Short Novels",
                ", vol. 1 (1965–1971; 1979– )  571"
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            {
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                "Tolstoy,",
                "Short Stories",
                ", vol. 2",
                {
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            },
            {
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                "Tolstoy,",
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            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [1–12] 13–310 [311–312].  [1–9]",
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            {
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                "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]",
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
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                "|",
                "high tiara from her head . . .",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong red (12), dark gray (266) and black on cream paper depicting a kneeling woman in strong red with her face in her hand, casting a dark gray shadow; borders in strong red, lettering in black. Signed: [Irving] Politzer. (",
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                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A bright constellation of artists, dilettantes and voluptuaries made Bohemian New York a haven for the practitioners of all the deadly sins. Into their midst came Easter Brandès with her operatic ambitions and luminous beauty. A great Isolde, she had the morals of a soprano and the heart of a pawnbroker.",
                "Painted Veils",
                "is the story of her career as a singing harlot in a modern Babylon. It is told with the irrepressible mirth and flavor of that shrewd and ever-fascinating promenader among the seven arts— James Huneker. (",
                "Spring 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1920. New bibliographical edition published by Horace Liveright, 1928. ML edition (pp. [5]–310) printed from 1928 Liveright plates with pp. [5] and [9] transposed. Published March 1930.",
                "WR",
                "12 April 1930. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1942."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Liveright a $5,000 advance.",
                "Painted Veils",
                "was the ML’s best-selling title in 1930, followed by Hemingway’s",
                "Sun Also Rises",
                "(190) and Merejkowski’s",
                "Romance of Leonardo da Vinci",
                "(154). It continued to sell well but did not rank among the ML’s twenty best-selling titles during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in September 1930 and a third printing of 3,000 copies in March 1931. ML printings totaled 26,000 copies by September 1933."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shortly after",
                "Painted Veils",
                "was published, Thomas R. “Tommy” Smith, the editor-in-chief of Boni & Liveright, suggested a ML edition of Huneker’s autobiography",
                "Steeplejack",
                "(Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930). Cerf replied, “We are doing awfully well with Painted Veils, but do you really think that anything else of Huneker’s will sell well? There is no question that Steeplejack is a hell of a lot better book” (Cerf to Smith, 26 February 1931). Five years later Max Perkins of Charles Scribner’s Sons indicated that the ML could add any of the Huneker titles it published, such as",
                "Essays",
                ", selected and introduced by H. L. Mencken (1929) or",
                "Steeplejack",
                ". Cerf replied, “I am afraid Huneker’s glory has faded too much . . . to make him a good bet for the Modern Library (Perkins to Cerf, 10 July 1936; Cerf to Perkins, 15 July 1936). The ML edition of",
                "Painted Veils",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "Pagination and collation as 192a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 192a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY JAMES HUNEKER."
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Non-pictorial in grayish red (19) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset grayish red panel; background in black with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Front flap as 192a. (",
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              ]
            }
          ]
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        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                193
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            {
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                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ANTON TCHEKOV"
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                {
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE PLAYS OF | ANTON TCHEKOV | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | [rule] | PREFACE BY | EVA LE GALLIENNE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–300.  [1–9]",
                16,
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                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D5; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "| 1930 | [short double rule]; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: Eva Le Gallienne. | New York, |",
                "November, 1929",
                ".; [xii] blank; [1] part title: THE SEA-GULL | A Comedy in Four Acts |",
                "First performed at St. Petersburg,",
                "|",
                "October 17, 1896",
                "; [2] CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY; 3–300 text."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–300 [301–308].  [1–10]",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Sea-Gull – The Cherry Orchard – Three Sisters – Uncle Vanya – The Anniversary – On the High Road – The Wedding."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1930",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As eminent among modern dramatists as he is among short-story writers, Anton Tchekov is here represented by seven of his most important plays. For their penetrating revelation of character, for their sharp and poignant situations and for their compassionate understanding, these plays embody the method and the spirit that have made Tchekov world famous. His ability to convert commonplace events into universal experience, his pervasive humor and his unfailing insight make him not only one of the greatest of dramatists, but also one of the most revered. (",
                "Fall 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B1:",
                "Pictorial in vivid red (11), black and gold on coated white paper with drawing of Russian city with bridge over a river on inset vivid red panel; lettering on panel in black except author in reverse, background in black lined in gold. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1937, for",
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                "Spring 1939",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                  "span": []
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                "The Plays of Anton Tchekov",
                "ranked in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML used the spelling “Chekhov” from 1917 through 1929 and the spelling “Tchekov” from 1930 through spring 1956. Eva Le Gallienne’s use of “Tchekov” in the typescript of her preface to",
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                "(1930: 193)",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "was probably responsible for the ML’s adoption of that spelling (RH box 89, Eva Le Gallienne file). The ML reverted to “Chekhov” in fall 1956 with the Stark Young translation of",
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            {
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                "193b.  Title page reset (1940)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE PLAYS | OF | ANTON | TCHEKOV | TRANSLATED BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | PREFACE BY | EVA LE GALLIENNE | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 193a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [306–307] ML Giants list; [308] blank. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Fall 1940",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chekhov,",
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                "(1917–1931)  27"
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                "(1957–1963);",
                "Short Stories of Anton Chekhov",
                "(1964– )  232"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chekhov,",
                "Best Plays",
                ", trans. Stark Young (1956–1986)  487"
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            }
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              "NUMBER": [
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            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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              ]
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            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                2,
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            {
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                6,
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                7,
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                8,
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            },
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                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in pale blue (185) and black on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in reverse on inset scalloped black in black; borders in pale blue, lettering in pale blue and black. Signed: Brienza."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Remembrance of Things Past",
                "is the general title for the life work of Marcel Proust, and one by one, the seven independent novels which comprise the whole are being made available for readers of the Modern Library.",
                "Swann’s Way",
                ", the first novel, is volume No. 59; this is the second novel; the third,",
                "The Guermantes Way",
                ", is No. 213. Other parts will be published later. The novels should be read in their proper order, that their subtlety and depth may be savored to the full. (",
                "Spring 1934",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Scott Moncrieff translation originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Thomas Seltzer, 1924, and Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. ML edition (pp. [",
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                "WR",
                "25 January 1930. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There was a second printing of 3,000 copies in December 1930.",
                "Within a Budding Grove",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "194b.  Title page reset (1940)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Within a Budding Grove | BY MARCEL PROUST | translated by | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
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                "Pagination and collation as 194a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 194a except: [",
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                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 194a.  [1]",
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                4,
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                {
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                "Pictorial in medium gray (265) and dark red (16) on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in dark red against solid medium gray background with lettering in reverse. Front flap as 194a. (",
                "Spring 1940",
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              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap revised:"
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            {
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                "All seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work,",
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                "Fall 1959",
                ")"
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            },
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                "Jacket D:",
                "As jacket A except in strong green (141) and deep yellowish pink (27) on coated white paper. (",
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            {
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                "(1933–1970)  264"
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            {
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                "Proust,",
                "Cities of the Plain",
                "(1938–1970)  316"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
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                "(1941–1970)  340"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Proust,",
                "Sweet Cheat Gone",
                "(1948–1971)  408"
              ]
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            {
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                  ]
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                },
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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            {
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                1,
                ".  First printing, first state (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] HUMAN NATURE | AND CONDUCT | AN INTRODUCTION | TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | [rule] | BY | JOHN DEWEY | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY | JOHN DEWEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–iv] v–vii, 14–336 [337–342].  [1–10]",
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                "[11]",
                12
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
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                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1930,",
                "by",
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                "| 1930; v–ix FOREWORD TO THE MODERN | LIBRARY EDITION signed p. ix: John Dewey. | New York City, | Dec., 1929.; [x] blank; [iii] PREFACE signed: J. D. | February, 1921.; [iv] blank; v–vii CONTENTS; 14–332 text; 333–336 INDEX; [337–340] ML list; [341–342] blank. (",
                "Spring 1930",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Henry Holt & Co., 1922. ML edition (195.1a",
                1,
                ", pp. [iii]–vii, 14–336) printed from corrected Holt plates with the introduction (pp. 1–13) omitted; 195.1a",
                2,
                "and subsequent printings of 195.1 are printed from the same plates and include the introduction. Published April 1930.",
                "WR",
                "not found. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1986/87."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf initially approached Holt about a ML edition in 1927, offering an advance of $560 against royalties of 8 cents a copy (Cerf to Elliot Holt, 1 April 1927). Holt replied that the book continued to sell as a college text and the College Department objected to a ML edition (E. Holt to Cerf, 2 April 1927). Cerf tried again the following year when Herschel Brickell became head of the trade department after a reorganization of the firm. “I wish some day, that you could convince the new bosses that it might be a good thing for them to let us do John Dewey’s ‘Human Nature and Conduct’ in the Modern Library. We pay 10¢ a copy royalty a book, and do a first edition of 7500 copies, with a first payment of $750.00 upon signing of the contract. If you could put that over for us, you would win our undying devotion” (Cerf to Brickell, 13 February 1928)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "By 1929 arrangements for a ML edition were moving forward. Brickell told Cerf that he had written to Dewey for permission to proceed (Brickell to Cerf, 10 September 1929). Three weeks later Cerf asked Dewey to write an introduction to the ML edition, offering him a fee of $100 and suggesting Havelock Ellis’s introduction to",
                "The Dance of Life",
                "(1929:180) as a model (Cerf to Dewey, 1 October 1929). Dewey agreed to write the introduction and sent a list of corrections to the text (Dewey to Cerf, 8 November 1929). Cerf asked Holt to charge the corrections to the ML’s account, but Holt corrected the plates at its own expense. Dewey’s new introduction was titled “Foreword to the Modern Library Edition” since",
                "Human Nature and Conduct",
                "already included a preface and an introduction by Dewey."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Someone appears to have assumed that Dewey’s new foreword superseded his introduction to the original edition, even though the introduction was paginated in Arabic numerals (pp. 1–13) and therefore was clearly part of the text. The first ML printing omitted the introduction. When the mistake was discovered the eighth leaf of the first gathering, with the last page of the contents on its recto and page 14 of Dewey’s text on its verso, was canceled in all remaining copies of the first printing. In its place a newly printed sheet consisting of a sewn gathering of 8 leaves (16 pages) was pasted to the stub of the canceled leaf in all remaining copies, thereby creating the second state of the first printing. The 16-page gathering consisted of p. vii (the last page of the contents with its verso blank), Dewey’s introduction (pp. 1–13), and the first page of Part One of Dewey’s text (p. 14). With the creation of the second state of the first printing (195.1a",
                2,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There was a second printing of 2,000 copies in December 1930 and a third printing of 3,000 copies in August 1931. There were at least nine printings between March 1933 and May 1943 totaling 15,000 copies. A printing of 5,000 copies (March 1945) followed the end of wartime paper rationing."
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                "was low in the third quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It ranked solidly in the second quarter of ML titles by the 12-month period November 1952–October 1953."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                2,
                ".  First printing, second state (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 195.1a",
                1,
                "."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–336 [337–342].  [1]",
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                8,
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                16,
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                12
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            },
            {
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                1,
                "except: [viii] blank; 1–13 INTRODUCTION.",
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                1,
                "has been canceled and replaced by an inserted gathering of eight leaves (pp. vii–14)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
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                1,
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              ]
            },
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                "See the third paragraph of the publishing history notes under 195.1a",
                1,
                "for information about the second state of the first printing."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "195.1b.  Second printing",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 195.1a",
                1,
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–336.  [1–11]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 195.1a",
                2,
                "except: [ii] pub. note D5; [iv]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1932",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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                "The dean of American philosophy gives here the fruit of his lifelong researches in the dynamic interaction between human nature and the social environment. His thesis is the continuity of nature, man and society. Upon this conception he argues for a free and realistic morality and interprets individual and social psychology. The conclusions drawn by Professor Dewey provide a set of values to which the modern mind can subscribe with the fullest accord.",
                "Human Nature and Conduct",
                "is an essential contribution to a better understanding of social relations. (",
                "Spring 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "195.1c.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
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            },
            {
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                "HUMAN NATURE | AND CONDUCT |",
                "An Introduction to Social Psychology",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 191.1b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 195.1b except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC."
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            },
            {
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                "Variant",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [iii–v] vi–vii [viii], 1–336.  [1–11]",
                16,
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              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Pagination and collation as variant A. Contents as variant A except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY JOHN DEWEY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1957, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep purplish blue (197) and dark gray (266) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on deep purplish blue panel at upper left; other lettering in dark gray against cream background. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 195.1b. (",
                "Spring 1940",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "195.2a.  Text reset; offset printing (1967)"
              ]
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                "HUMAN | NATURE AND | CONDUCT [ornament] |",
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                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY ·",
                "New York",
                "| [torchbearer J]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–v] vi–xiv, [1–3] 4–306.  [1–10]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1950, BY JOHN DEWEY | COPYRIGHT, 1930, AND RENEWED, 1957, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [v]–viii",
                "Foreword to",
                "|",
                "the Modern Library Edition",
                "signed p. viii: John Dewey. | New York City, | Dec. 1929.; [ix]",
                "Preface",
                "signed: J. D. | February, 1921.; [x] blank; [xi]–xiv",
                "Contents",
                "; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–13",
                "Introduction",
                "; [14] blank; [15] part title:",
                "PART ONE",
                "| THE PLACE | OF HABIT IN | CONDUCT; [16] blank; [17]–302 text; [303]–306",
                "Index."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket D:",
                "Fujita jacket in deep yellowish green (132), deep brown (56) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black, deep yellowish green and brown and four stick figures in the same colors, all against white background. Front flap as 195.1b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "195.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer (c. 1969)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 195.2a except line 8: [torchbearer K]."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination, collation and contents as 195.2a."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket D a",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "195.2c.  Reissue format (1977)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 195.2a except line 8: [torchbearer M]."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 195.2a.  Perfect bound."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 195.2a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket E:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap slightly revised from 195.1b."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1977 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60439-3."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dewey,",
                "Intelligence in the Modern World",
                "(Giant, 1939–1970)  G41"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dewey,",
                "John Dewey on Education",
                "(1964–1973)  565"
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                {
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                },
                {
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                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], 1–306 [307–310].  [1–10]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Three Deceitful Women – Adventures of Pramati – Baar Danesh or Garden of Knowledge – Lessons in Love – The Three Haschich Eaters – Utpalavarna – Adventures of Mitragupta – The Eta Maiden and the Hatamoto – The Kazi of Ghazni and the Merchant’s Wife – All for a Pansa – How Hind Revenged Herself – The Wisdom of Visakha – The Vampire’s Stories – The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki – The Princess Zelica – Marriage of Avantisundari – How Yunus the Scribe Sold His Slave-Girl – The Faithful Wife of the King’s Attendant – The Lovers Who Died of Love – The Forty-seven Ronins – The Old Pair of Slippers – The Envious Vazir."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136) and black on brilliant yellow (87) paper depicting a couple with parasol crossing a curved footbridge with pagoda in background; borders in moderate yellowish green, lettering in black and moderate yellowish green. Signed: [Irving] Politzer. (",
                "Spring 1930",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML anthology. Published May 1930.",
                "WR",
                "not found. First (and probably only) printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1935."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Komroff began working on",
                "Oriental Romances",
                "in 1926 when he made a trip to London and acquired the source books from which he planned to select the contents (Komroff to Cerf, 15 September 1926). A note in the RH archives indicates that 8,421 copies were bound, so the first printing consisted of at least that many copies."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
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            {
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                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] DON QUIXOTE | [rule] | BY | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES | [rule] | OZELL’S REVISION OF | THE TRANSLATION OF | PETER MOTTEUX | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HERSCHEL BRICKELL | [rule] | [torchbearer C1] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–936.  [1–30]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D7; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "| [short double rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1930; v–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: Herschel Brickell. | New York | May, 1930; xv–xviii AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR; xix–xxiv THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE READER; 1–936 text."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid orange (48) and black on cream paper with drawing of Don Quixote holding a lance; borders in vivid orange, lettering in black. Signed: Wuyts. (",
                "Spring 1930",
                ") Front flap: Not seen."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for June 1930.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Brickell received $75 for his introduction. Cerf indicated that he didn’t have to submit it until the first week of May for a June publication date (Cerf to Brickell, 28 December 1929)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Don Quixote",
                "ranked in the middle of the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was in the first quarter of ML titles during the 12-month period November 1952–October 1953.",
                "Don Quixote",
                "(G14) was also available in MLG; sales of that edition were in the fourth quarter of ML titles during 1942–43."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cervantes was one of four authors who were published in the regular ML, ML Giants, and the Illustrated ML. The other works included in all three series were Dostoyevsky,",
                "Brothers Karamazov",
                "(1929: 171), Giant (1937: G34), Illus ML (1943: IML 2); Fielding,",
                "History of Tom Jones",
                "(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5); and Whitman,",
                "Leaves of Grass",
                "(1921: 94; initially titled",
                "Poems",
                "), Giant (1940: G48); Illus ML (1944: IML 12)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "197.1b.  Title page reset; introduction revised (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "DON | QUIXOTE | BY | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES | OZELL’S REVISION OF THE | TRANSLATION OF PETER MOTTEUX | INTRODUCTION | BY HERSCHEL BRICKELL | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "Contents as 197.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; v–xiv INTRODUCTION signed p. xiv: Herschel Brickell. | New York | May, 1930. | Revised | July, 1938."
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting two lances touching oval target crossed by a broken lance; lettering in reverse, deep reddish orange and medium gray with QUIXOTE in reverse shaded in medium gray, all against black background. Signed: McKnight Kauffer."
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            },
            {
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                "The great French critic Sainte-Beuve called",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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            {
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            {
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                ", the first modern novel, has for three and a half centuries maintained its place in the affections of every generation of readers. Its appeal is universal and inexhaustible—it has been called “the Bible of Humility” by the renowned French critic Saint-Beuve."
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            {
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                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), strong brown (155) and black on coated white paper with ink-and-wash drawing as 197.2a with newly designed lettering in deep reddish orange, strong brown and black, all against white background. Front flap as 197.2a."
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            },
            {
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                6,
                "] blank; [",
                7,
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                8,
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                9,
                "] fly title; [",
                10,
                "] blank; 1–166 text."
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            },
            {
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                "Contents:",
                "High and Ghostly Matters – Bryan – Conrad – Beethoven – Three American Immortals – The Husbandman – The Politician – Totentanz – Birth Control – Lovely Letters – Portrait of an Immortal Soul – Types of Men – Memorial Service – On Living in Baltimore – Catechism."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
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                ")."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The irrepressible H. L. Mencken cuts loose at his favorite",
                "bêtes noires",
                "with diabolical relish. He swings his bludgeon at matters divine and terrestrial, and, in passing, he thwacks the sit-spots of the respected and the revered, or bestows here and there an ungrudging accolade on the few who have attained the stature of titans. Prohibition, politics, pacifism, big business, beauty and birth control are among the targets for his shafts. In all,",
                "Selected Prejudices",
                "is a bristling and mordant commentary on the variegated world we live in. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ML edition (pp. [",
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                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Knopf a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. The first printing was completed 2 July 1930; a second printing of 1,000 copies was ordered in September 1933."
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] OF | HUMAN BONDAGE | [rule] | BY | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], [1] 2–766.  [1–23]",
                16,
                "[24]",
                16,
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
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                4,
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                "Copyright,",
                "1915,",
                "by the",
                "GEORGE F. DORAN CO. | [short double rule] |",
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                "| 1930; [",
                5,
                "] fly title; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [1]–766 text.",
                "Note:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The history of W. Somerset Maugham’s masterpiece is a significant commentary on the changing and maturing taste in fiction. When it appeared in 1915, a few discerning critics hailed it as one of the first important novels of the twentieth century. For several years the public remained apathetic and the book almost suffered the fate of the casual novel. But its loyal champions fought to save it from oblivion. Today, no more popular novel exists in the English language. It has been one of the two best sellers in the entire Modern Library series for the last three years. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A except on coated light yellow (86) paper. (",
                "Fall 1939",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Doran Co., 1915, and from 1927 by Doubleday, Doran & Co. ML edition (pp. [",
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                "WR",
                "18 October 1930. First printing: 15,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer secured reprint rights in spring 1930 to four long-sought Doubleday titles—",
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                ", Walpole’s",
                "Fortitude",
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                "Point Counter Point",
                "(203), and Bennett’s",
                "Old Wives’ Tale",
                "(207)—as part of a deal to buy the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary. The ML paid a $6,000 advance for",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "and agreed to pay royalties of 12 cents a copy for each of the four titles, two cents more than it was then paying for any title with the exception of Dreiser’s",
                "Twelve Men",
                "(159). All four were added to the ML between September 1930 and January 1931. Doubleday’s new plates",
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                "were originally intended for the ML’s exclusive use, but they were used for a printing by Garden City Publishing Co. around 1933."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In April 1968 the royalty increased from 12 cents a copy to 10 percent of the list price, which was then $2.45. Royalties on the Vintage paperback edition increased to 15 percent of the list price. RH paid a $30,000 advance against royalties for both editions. A third of the total was paid on signing, with subsequent payments of $10,000 due on1 January 1969 and 1 January 1970."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Of Human Bondage",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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                "was one of the ML’s perennial best-selling titles. It ranked eighth in terms of sales in 1930 despite its fall publication date, moved up to second place during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file), and appears to have been in first place in 1934. Cerf reported sales for its first five years in the series as follows: 12,281 copies; 15,818 copies; 9,091 copies; 9,974 copies; and 11,277 copies (the figures appear to be for twelve-month periods but not calendar years). He indicated later that over 80,000 copies had been sold by the end of 1938 (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938; Cerf to Robert Lamont, Atlantic Monthly Press, 26 May 1939). During the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943",
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                "sold 18,505 copies, making it the best-selling title in the regular ML and the fourth best-selling title in the series as a whole. It sold 1,500 more copies than Dostoyevsky’s",
                "Crime and Punishment",
                "(228), then the second best-selling title in the regular series. By the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 it was the ML’s best-selling title with sales of 11,563 copies."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                6,
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            {
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            {
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            {
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                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                16,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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                "The plates for",
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                "and Maugham’s",
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx [xxi–xxii], 1–179 [180]; [i] ii–xiv, [1] 2–258 [259–264].  [1–15]",
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            {
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in deep red (13) with black on coated white paper with still-life drawing of hourglass, books, theatrical mask, candlestick, and scythe in black and white; lettering in reverse, all against deep red background. Designed by Paul Galdone, May 1939; unsigned. Front flap as 200a. (",
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                "| [ornament] | INTRODUCTION BY | VICTOR LANGE |",
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                "|",
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                "| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–179 [180]; [i] ii, [1] 2–258.  [1–13]",
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                16
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            },
            {
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                16,
                "[8]",
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            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Goethe,",
                "Sorrows of Young Werther & Novella",
                "(1984– )  638"
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            }
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            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                },
                {
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] FORTITUDE | [rule] | BY | HUGH WALPOLE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HUGH WALPOLE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
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                "], v–x, [7–10] 11–484 [485–490].  [1–15]",
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            },
            {
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                4,
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                5,
                "] dedication; [",
                6,
                "] blank; v–x A PREFACE TO",
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                "| BY | Hugh Walpole signed p. x: Hugh Walpole. | London, 1930.; [7–8] CONTENTS; [9] part title: BOOK I | SCAW HOUSE; [10] blank; 11–484 text; [485–488] ML list; [489–490] blank. (",
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                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark bluish green (165) and black on cream paper with stylized illustration of a face in left profile, a book, a skull, and a figure riding a lion; borders in dark bluish green, lettering in black. Signed: Loeffel. (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Doran Co., 1913, and from 1927 by Doubleday, Doran & Co. ML edition (201.1, pp. [",
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                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Fortitude",
                "was one of four Doubleday titles to which the ML secured reprint rights at the time it purchased the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co. (see 199). The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 12 cents a copy. Cerf told the press agent Lynn Farnol that Walpole received the highest advance against royalties that the ML had ever paid (Cerf to Farnol, 14 May 1941), but the amount was not indicated—and of course the advance would have been paid to Doubleday, Doran, which would have split it with Walpole."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf was unhappy with the appearance of the first printing. The plates, he told Doubleday, “are lousy, and we need some new ones” (Cerf to Robert de Graff, Garden City Pub. Co., 5 November 1930). When he sent a copy of the first printing to Walpole he apologized for its appearance and indicated that Doubleday had promised to supply new plates for subsequent printings (Cerf to Walpole, 26 November 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Fortitude",
                "was in the middle of the fourth quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "201.2a.  Text reset (1931)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 201.1."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–497 [498].  [1–16]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D7; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
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                "FORTITUDE",
                "| BY | Hugh Walpole signed p. xi: Hugh Walpole. | London, 1930.; [xii] blank; xiii–xiv CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK I | SCAW HOUSE; [2] blank; 3–497 text; [498] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the whole imposing list of novels written by Hugh Walpole there is none that has reached and maintained the popularity of",
                "Fortitude",
                ". The absorbing interest of its romantic story, its enthusiasm and its conviction make of it a rare phenomenon among books in an epoch of uncompromising realism. That it is Mr. Walpole’s favorite among all his novels can be readily understood. He says of it: “",
                "Fortitude",
                "is a romance—a fairy-tale about a young man who very naively believed in almost everything.” (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting. The plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. First printing from the new plates: 5,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All subsequent ML printings were from the new plates. The second and third printings from these plates in September 1934 and April 1936 were for 2,000 copies each. Sales declined significantly by the 1960s; 1967 sales were 600 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "201.2b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fortitude | BY HUGH WALPOLE | INTRODUCTION BY HUGH WALPOLE | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 201.2a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 201.2a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1930, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in strong purplish blue (196) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid strong purplish blue background. Front flap as 201.2a. (",
                "Fall 1943",
                ") Front flap slightly revised. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                202
              ]
            },
            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE MEDICI"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1930–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "202a.  First printing (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE MEDICI | [rule] | BY | COLONEL G. F. YOUNG, C.B. | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], [",
                2,
                "], 1–824.  [1–26]",
                16,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "1930,",
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
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                "th October",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong brown (55) and black on coated white paper depicting man with hat in left profile; borders in strong brown (top) and black (foot), lettering in black. Signed: EMcKK (E. McKnight Kauffer). (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by E. P. Dutton (2 vols., 1909). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1930.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In its advertising the ML emphasized, “This book has been available only in two bulky volumes, that sold for ten dollars and over” (",
                "PW",
                "118, 16 August 1930, p. 574)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Shortly after the ML edition appeared Cerf authorized Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday, Doran reprint subsidiary, to make a duplicate set of the ML’s plates for a fee of $1,000. Garden City was planning to publish",
                "The Medici",
                "under its Star Dollar Books imprint (Cerf to Robert de Graff, Garden City, 30 December 1930). No evidence of a printing in Star Dollar Books or any other Doubleday imprint has been found."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Charles Boni used the ML plates in 1930 for a single printing of",
                "The Medici",
                "in the format the ML would adopt the following year for the new ML Giants series. Later that year Cerf and Klopfer bought the remaining stock from A. & C. Boni and sold it along with a printing of",
                "The Education of Henry Adams",
                "that they had produced in a similar format. The books were printed in editions of 1,500 each and were marketed to department stores as dollar “specials.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An illustrated edition of",
                "The Medici",
                "(G8), printed from plates of the regular ML edition, was published in ML Giants, 1933–49."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Medici",
                "was one of several titles that were omitted from a comprehensive ranking of ML sales for the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. The regular ML edition sold 3,300 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the second quarter of ML titles in terms of sales."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "202b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer E3] | [4-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | MEDICI | BY | Col. G. F. Young, C.  B. | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 202a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 202a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [epigraphs from Ovid and Cicero]."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                32,
                "[13]",
                8,
                "[14]",
                32,
                "[15]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 202b except: [iv] copyright statement omitted. (",
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                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Adapted from 202a jacket with borders omitted and author in reverse on strong brown band at foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The legends which have clustered about the most notable family in history are as various as the imaginations and prejudices of historians. Sinister crimes, magnificent liberalities, prodigal sponsorship of the arts, religious and orgiastic excesses have been attributed indiscriminately to the Medicis. It remained for G. F. Young to sift the proven facts from the exaggerations and to present a history so authentic and yet so colorful that its truth is more enthralling than all the fictions the centuries have allowed to accumulate around the most fabulous family of the Renaissance. (",
                "Fall 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Young,",
                "The Medici",
                ", with 32 illustrations reproduced in aquatone (Giant, 1933–1946)  G8"
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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            },
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            {
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                "] half title; [",
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                4,
                "]",
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                "1928,",
                "by",
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                "| 1930; [",
                5,
                "] fly title; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [1]–514 text."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in strong reddish orange (35), moderate greenish blue (173) and black on cream paper with title in ornamental lettering in strong reddish orange, moderate greenish blue and black; borders in moderate greenish blue and strong reddish orange, other lettering in black, all against cream background. Signed: EMcKK (E. McKnight Kauffer). (",
                "Fall 1930",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The rational and the fantastic characters who form a processional across the pages of",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "belong to today’s world. They are modern in their promiscuities and in the refinements of their virtues and their vices; they are always reckless in their spiritual and carnal experiences.",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "is in the staccato tempo of our time, a colorful symphony, full of extravagant and fascinating tonalities, shrewd commentaries and graceful embellishments. It is, above all, a sophisticated novel for a sophisticated age. (",
                "Fall 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
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                "was one of four Doubleday titles to which the ML secured reprint rights at the time it purchased the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co. (see 199). The ML paid Doubleday, Doran a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. Most ML royalties were based on the number of copies printed; the royalties for",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "were based on sales."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in August 1931 and a third printing of 4,000 copies in November 1932.",
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                "was low in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. Sales improved significantly by the early 1950s. During the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "was the 27th best-selling title in the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In 1939 Doubleday, Doran sold its plates and the publishing rights to Huxley’s older books to Harper & Bros. Cerf expressed the hope that",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "and",
                "Antic Hay",
                "could remain in the ML “for a long time to come” (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 27 February 1939). Harper’s considered publishing the titles in full-priced editions at $2.50 and was concerned about the income it could expect from the ML editions. Unless the income was substantial, Hoyns indicated, the ML editions “might turn out to be a very unprofitable arrangement from our point of view” (Hoyns to Klopfer, 17 March 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer and Hoyns met over lunch to discuss the matter. Shortly before the meeting Klopfer wrote directly to Huxley, who was a personal friend: “Help, help, Harper’s are threatening to take POINT COUNTER POINT and ANTIC HAY away from us. These two books belong in the Modern Library and it would be a crime not to have them available in a cheaper edition. . . . Could you influence the Harper office in any way in our favor? I am having lunch with Hoyns later this week, and I hope we can make a deal with him without bothering you, but I do want to make a strong plea to have these books available in the small size inexpensive reprint, rather than just in the $2.50 library, deluxe size” (Klopfer to Huxley, 20 March 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer’s appeal appears to have been successful. Following the lunch Klopfer sent Hoyns new five-year contracts for the books. The",
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                "contract called for the ML to pay a $1,200 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy and included a special clause that allowed Harper’s to cancel the contract if the ML could not undertake a reprint of at least 5,000 copies after three years."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "In 1965 Harper & Row gave six months’ notice that the ML contract was being terminated so that",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "could be included in its own hardbound series, Perennial Classics (Virginia Olson, Harper & Row, to Epstein, 23 July 1965). The ML was allowed to sell out its stock on hand, which consisted of 4,400 copies (Epstein to Olson, 9 August 1965). The ML edition was out of stock by summer 1967."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "203b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within single rules] [6-line title and statement of responsibility within second set of single rules] POINT | COUNTER | POINT | BY | ALDOUS | HUXLEY | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [",
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                "], [1] 2–514 [515–522].  [1–16]",
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                8
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                2,
                "] blank; [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY DOUBLEDAY DORAN & COMPANY; [515–519] ML list; [520–521] ML Giants list; [522] blank. (",
                "Fall 1942",
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              ]
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            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 203a on coated white paper with signature “EMcKK” removed. Front flap as 203a. (",
                "Fall 1940",
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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                "The rational and the irrational characters who form a processional across the pages of",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "belong to today’s frantic world. They are modern in their promiscuities and in the pleasure they take in their vices and their virtues; they are reckless and indifferent to consequences.",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "captures the staccato tempo of our time. It is full of extravagant and fascinating improvisation, shrewd commentaries and graceful ornamentation. It is a sophisticated novel for a sophisticated age and the freshness of its point of view appeals to the young in spirit. (",
                "Spring 1962",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Antic Hay",
                "(1933– )  252"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Brave New World",
                "(1956–1967)  485"
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                204
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                {
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              ]
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            {
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                "204a.  First printing (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THE WORKS OF | PLATO | [rule] | SELECTED AND EDITED | BY | IRWIN EDMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xlviii, [1–2] 3–577 [578–584].  [1–19]",
                16,
                "[20]",
                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D10; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1928, by Simon and Schuster, Inc.",
                "| [short double rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1930; [v] acknowledgment; [vi] blank; vii–viii PREFACE signed p. viii: Irwin Edman. | Columbia University, | September, 1927.; [ix] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xlviii INTRODUCTION | THE DIALOGUES AS PHILOSOPHICAL DRAMA; [1] part title: LYSIS; [2] blank; 3–577 text; [578] blank; [579] part title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; [580] blank; [581] BIBLIOGRAPHY; [582–584] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Lysis – Euthyphro – Apology – Crito – Phaedo – Protagoras – Phaedrus – Symposium – The Republic – Theaetetus."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xlviii, [1–2] 3–577 [578–592].  [1–20]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 204a except: [ii] pub. note A7; [582] blank; [583–587] ML list; [588–589] ML Giants list; [590–592] blank. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Jacket title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO. (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform philosophy jacket.  Jacket title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The philosopher of idealism, Plato remains the spokesman for all those who are perennially young in their love of wisdom and their curiosity about the mysteries of the human soul. The poetic charm and the dramatic suggestiveness of his writings lend persuasion to Plato’s central theme—the clarification and harmonizing of life by reason. Under the brilliant editorship of Irwin Edman, the Modern Library edition of",
                "The Philosophy of Plato",
                ", in the Jewett Translation, is the most comprehensive collection of Plato’s works issued in a single volume. (",
                "Fall 1935",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Pictorial in strong yellowish pink 26), silver and black on coated cream paper with drawing of Plato on inset silver circle and lettering in black, all on panel in strong yellowish pink with borders in silver. Jacket title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO. Statement at foot of front panel: EDITED BY IRWIN EDMAN | The JOWETT Translation, edited and with an | introduction by Irwin Edman. Front flap as jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Edman’s edition of",
                "The Works of Plato",
                "was originally published by Simon and Schuster, 1928. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1930.",
                "WR",
                "29 November 1930. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Edman’s selection included ten dialogues from the third edition of",
                "The Dialogues of Plato",
                ", translated into English with introductions and analyses by B. Jowett (5 vols., Oxford University Press, 1892). Edman omitted Jowett’s lengthy introductions and analyses, but the Simon and Schuster edition retains Jowett’s marginal notes. Fourteen dialogues were omitted. Simon and Schuster used the word “abridged” on the title page; the ML title page, which indicates that the volume was “selected and edited” by Edman, was clearer and more accurate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Simon and Schuster plates were too wide for the ML’s format. The ML reset the entire work, omitting the marginal notes. The ML paid Simon and Schuster royalties of 7 cents a copy, of which Edman appears to have received 5 cents."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Works of Plato",
                "sold 10,848 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the 26th best-selling title in the ML. Sales were even better in the early 1950s. During the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 it was the ML’s eighth best-selling title."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "204b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE WORKS | OF PLATO | SELECTED AND EDITED | BY IRWIN EDMAN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 204a variant."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 204a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. (",
                "Fall 1942",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 204a variant.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–10]",
                32,
                "[11]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 204b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1956, BY META MARKEL; [583–588] ML list; [589–590] ML Giants list; [591] American College Dictionary advertisement; [592] blank. (",
                "Spring 1960",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket D:",
                "Enlarged version of 204a jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
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                "C except statement at foot of front panel revised: THE JOWETT TRANSLATION | Edited and with an introduction by Irwin Edman (",
                "Fall 1945",
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                "The Philosophy of Plato",
                ", in the Jowett Translation, contains in its more than 600 pages ten dialogues and is one of the most comprehensive collections of Plato’s works issued in a single volume.” (",
                "Fall 1955",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "204c.  Title page reset; offset printing (1967)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE WORKS | OF PLATO | Selected and Edited | By Irwin Edman | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 204a variant.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–10]",
                32,
                "[11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 204b except: [iv] Copyright, 1928, by Simon and Schuster, Inc. | Copyright renewed, 1956, by Meta Markel; [583–590] ML list; [591–592] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1966",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket E:",
                "Fujita non-pictorial jacket with lettering in strong green (141) and black on inset deep brown (56) panel on coated white paper. Jacket title:",
                "The Works of Plato",
                ". This was the first 204 jacket to record the title as it appeared on the title page and binding."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“. . . in these writings, unique at once in the history of literature and the history of philosophy, [the reader] meets thought whose medium is not dogma but drama, drama among whose chief excitements are the subtle suspenses of thought. . . . The ‘philosophy’ of Plato is clearly not a philosophy of the schools; his drama is profounder in theme and more comprehensive in range than the constricted little toys of the stage. For those who have not learned with Plato that philosophy is the love of wisdom rather than the pronouncement of truth, there is considerable mystification in a thinker whose thoughts are all suggestions, whose suggestions are often playful, and who will not, despite the attempt of more than one serious critic, be crammed into a neat and lifeless system. The reader is haunted, too, by the perturbed sense that, though these dialogues are full of endless charm as poetic and ironic drama, they are clearly more than the by-play of a gifted writer. The further one reads the more deeply does one come into the presence of the profoundest and most serious issues of human existence. What on its winning surface is the spirited conversation between Socrates and a group of attractive young Athenian aristocrats, closely read, stirs one profoundly to a consideration of the nature of good and evil, of reality, of the paramount mystery of the human soul.”\t—",
                "from the Introduction by Irwin Edman"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 204c except line 5: [torchbearer K]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 204a variant. Collation as 204c."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 204c."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 204c with ISBN 0-394-60181-5 added to back panel."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 204c except line 5: [torchbearer M]."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 204a variant.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 204c except: [582–592] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Jacket title:",
                "The Works of Plato",
                ". Front and back flaps as 204c."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1977 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60420-2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Plato,",
                "The Republic",
                "(1941– )  342"
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            }
          ]
        },
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                205
              ]
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            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "205.  First printing (1930)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] WILDERNESS | A JOURNAL OF QUIET ADVENTURE | IN ALASKA : BY | ROCKWELL KENT | [ornament] | WITH A NEW PREFACE BY | THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [illustration] | [rule] | Bennett A. Cerf & Donald S. Klopfer | THE MODERN LIBRARY, PUBLISHERS | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], 1–243 [244].  [1–7]",
                16,
                "[8]",
                16,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] blank; [",
                2,
                "] frontispiece illustration titled: ROCKWELL | ALASKA MCMXVIII; [i] title; [ii] Copyright 1920 by Rockwell Kent | “A Second Preface” copyright 1930 by | The Modern Library, Inc. | [torchbearer B] | First Modern Library edition | 1930; [iii] dedication; [iv] blank; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: R. K. | Arlington, Vermont, | December, 1919.; vii–viii A SECOND PREFACE | Eleven Years Later signed p. viii: R. K. Ausable Forks, N. Y. 1930; ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; xi–xiii ILLUSTRATIONS; [xiv] blank; 1–243 text; [244] blank.",
                "Note:",
                "Pp. 241–[244] are an inserted fold."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Endpapers:",
                "Pictorial endpapers by Kent headed: Chart of the entrance to RESVRRECTION BAY, ALASKA, Kenai Peninsula. Photographically reduced from the endpapers of the Putnam edition.",
                "Wilderness",
                "was the second ML title to appear in balloon cloth binding C without Kent’s grapevine design on the spine of the binding (see “Binding” in the introductory matter to 1930 entries)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting a man and boy looming above the horizon; borders in black, lettering in deep reddish orange. Designed by Kent; unsigned. (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "More than a record of an adventure in solitude,",
                "Wilderness",
                "is a book that re-creates the wonder and the tranquillity of an untracked world. The hand and heart and mind of a distinguished artist combine, in prose and pictures, to convey the topography and the moods, the changing vistas and the dramatic silences of the sub-Arctic region. Rockwell Kent’s text, embellished by more than fifty pictures from his pen, has the excitement of a quest that attains the nearest paradise man can hope for on earth. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1920, in a volume measuring approximately 11½ x 8 in. (280 x 200 mm). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with revisions by the author and the original introduction by Dorothy Canfield replaced by Kent’s “Second Preface: Eleven Years Later.” The ML also omits p. [v] of the Putnam edition which acknowledges the owners of the illustrations reproduced in the volume. Published December 1930.",
                "WR",
                "27 December 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1939."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Putnam plates were far too large for the ML’s format. The announcement of the ML edition stated, “For the Modern Library Edition, Rockwell Kent has written a new introduction and made important revisions in the text. The volume contains all the Kent illustrations that appear in the six dollar edition” (",
                "PW",
                "118, 16 August 1930, p. 574). Kent notes in his preface to the ML edition that he has restored “two lines of a German folk-song that my original publishers . . . in the fervor of post-war patriotism, secretly deleted, and subsequently would not put back. They appear on page 68, and mean: ‘Good moon, you go so quietly through the evening clouds’” (p. viii). The two lines appear under the heading “Friday, October eighteenth”:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Guter Mond, du gehst so stille"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Durch die Abend Wolken hin.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML typesetting uses a sans-serif typeface that suits the ML’s smaller format and is more attractive than the traditional type of the Putnam edition. However, Kent’s illustrations are reduced in size by about a half, obscuring some of the detail. The ML edition includes all of the illustrations in the Putnam edition. The Kent illustration on the title page of the ML edition appears on the front panel of the Putnam binding."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold a total of 12,960 copies (James Silberman memo to Angus Cameron, 6 December 1965). The ML did not have exclusive reprint rights, and the ML edition was undermined by a full-sized $1.49 reprint published by Blue Ribbon Books in 1936. Kent was unaware that Putnam was planning to discontinue the original edition, and the ML was not consulted about the $1.49 reprint (Cerf to Kent, 2 June 1939). Sales of the ML edition in 1937-38 totaled less than 800 copies (Cerf to Kent, 2 June 1939). Kent bought 240 copies of the discontinued ML edition at twenty-five cents each (Kent to Cerf, 8 June 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Melville,",
                "Moby Dick",
                ", illus. Rockwell Kent (Giant, 1944–1962; 1982–",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                ")  G65"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                206
              ]
            },
            {
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                    "J. K. HUYSMANS"
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "AGAINST THE GRAIN"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1930–1937"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    183
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "206.  First printing (1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [1–4] 5–352.  [1–11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[1] half title; [2] pub. note D5; [3] title; [4]",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1930 | [short double rule]; 5–48 introduction headed HUYSMANS signed p. 48: Havelock Ellis; 49–71 PREFACE |",
                "Written Twenty Years After the Novel",
                "signed p. 71: J. K. Huysmans. | (1903.); [72] blank; [73] fly title; [74] blank; 75–352 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate bluish green (164) and black on cream paper depicting a man holding jewelry in outstretched right hand with candelabrum on wall in background and tropical flowers in foreground; borders in moderate bluish green, lettering in black. Signed: J. L. (",
                "Fall 1930",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Anonymous translation (including the 1903 preface) originally published in Paris by Groves & Michaux, 1926. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published December 1930.",
                "WR",
                "27 December 1930. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1937."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Havelock Ellis’s long essay on Huysmans, used as an introduction to the ML edition of",
                "Against the Grain",
                ", is reprinted from his second collection of biographical essays,",
                "Affirmations",
                "(London: Walter Scott, 1898). The ML had previously added the essay to its edition of Ellis’s",
                "The",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "New Spirit",
                "(85), which was published in 1921 and discontinued two years after",
                "Against the Grain",
                "appeared in the series."
              ]
            }
          ]
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            "MODERN LIBRARY SERIES 1931"
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            1931
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Genera",
                "l"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It took more than two years for the economy to decline to its lowest levels after the stock market crash of 1929. Modern Library sales fluctuated as the economy declined, but on the whole the series appears to have been well suited to the Depression book market. Few mainstream books sold for less than the ML’s retail price of 95 cents. Annual ML sales passed the million copy mark for the first time in 1930; sales for September 1931 were the best of any month in the Modern Library’s history up to that time (Cerf, “The Modern Library and the Price of Books,”",
                "PW",
                ", 7 December 1929, p. 2665;",
                "PW",
                ", 10 October 1931, p. 1649)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Modern Library Giants, a subsidiary series created to enable the ML to include works that were too long to fit into the regular format and to accommodate substantial",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "collections and anthologies, were introduced in fall 1931. The first three titles were Tolstoy,",
                "War and Peace",
                "(G1), Boswell,",
                "Life of Samuel Johnson",
                "(G2), and Hugo,",
                "Les Misérables",
                "(G3). The Giants were full-sized books, measuring 8¼ x 5½ in. (209 x 140 mm) with hard covers and wider margins than regular ML books. Many of the volumes exceeded 1,000 pages in length. The Giants sold initially for one dollar a copy, only five cents more than regular ML books. They were ideally suited to the Depression book market and were an immediate success."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In contrast, the market for the fine limited editions that Cerf and Klopfer distributed and published under the Random House imprint collapsed. Many formerly wealthy collectors began searching for buyers for their collections. One collector, whose library included a large number of Kelmscott Press books, including",
                "The Works of Geoffrey",
                "Chaucer",
                ", together with volumes issued by the Ashendene, Golden Cockerel, Nonesuch, and Shakespeare Head presses and practically everything designed by Bruce Rogers, appealed to one of the RH sales representatives to help find a buyer for his books. When Klopfer was asked for suggestions, he could only reply, “I don’t know a soul who wants to buy a lot of press books today” (Carl Smalley to Cerf and Klopfer, 29 February 1932; Klopfer to Smalley, 4 March 1932). By 1933 Random House was offering overstocked fine press books at a fraction of the original price. The Random House edition of H. G. Wells’s",
                "Time Machine",
                "designed by W. A. Dwiggins ($12.50 list) was available for $2.00; the two-volume Nonesuch Press edition of Montaigne ($42.00 list) was reduced to $10.00; and the two-volume Gregynog Press Euripides ($85.00 list) was $15.00."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer published thirteen titles in the public domain under the Carlton House imprint, which they",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "used mainly for “specials” intended for sale in department stores. The books were printed from ML plates. The 1931 titles were about the size of ML Giants and printed on good quality paper, bound in green, blue, or maroon leather with gilt tops, and were sold in black slip cases at a retail price of $2.50. The venture was regarded as an experiment. Only 500 copies of each title were printed. The books were placed in selected department stores in major cities in time for the Christmas season. Most of the stores did not do well with the books. One of the sales representatives noted that they would have been all right before the Crash, but that 1931 “was one of those years when even $2.50 was a high priced book” (Carl Smalley to Cerf, 18 August 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "RH revived the Carlton House imprint for the 1932 Christmas season, but the books were very different. Fifteen titles were printed from ML plates in print runs of 3,000 copies each, with a retail price of 50 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Twenty-one titles were added to the regular ML in 1931 and five were discontinued, bringing the number of active titles to 198. Minor discrepancies between the number of titles indicated here and on inside panels of ML jackets are due primarily to the ML’s practice of including titles projected for January publication on fall lists. The new ML Giants series was introduced in fall 1931 with three titles: Tolstoy,",
                "War and Peace",
                "(G1), Boswell,",
                "Life of Samuel Johnson",
                "(G2), and Hugo,",
                "Les Misérables",
                "(G3)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles except Conrad,",
                "Lord Jim",
                "(230) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).",
                "Lord Jim",
                "was 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (175 x 117 mm) with the leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4½ in. (171 x 113 mm)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and torchbearer A2, A3, or A6 (see individual entries). Beginning in January 1931 Cerf and Klopfer added their names to the imprint:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The imprints of three 1931 titles—Fielding,",
                "History of Tom Jones",
                "(208), Boccaccio,",
                "Decameron",
                "(209), and Balzac,",
                "Droll Stories",
                "(221)—differed from the standard format.",
                "The History of Tom Jones",
                "had a colon instead of a dot between Cerf and Klopfer’s names;",
                "The Decameron",
                "and",
                "Droll Stories",
                "reverted to the two-line format without Cerf and Klopfer’s names."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth binding C, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and the 2-line imprint MODERN LIBRARY stamped in gold at the base of the spine, was used through April 1931. Balloon cloth binding D, with the front panel as binding C and the stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine, was introduced in May and remained in use through spring 1939."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Siegbert Book Cloth Corporation, which supplied some or all of the ML’s balloon cloth, decided to liquidate. Holliston Mills, Inc., took over Siegbert’s stock, trademarks, and patent rights."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jackets"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Twelve of the 1931 titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Five were published in uniform typographic jacket D and three in uniform typographic jacket E. The individually designed jacket of Wells,",
                "Tono",
                "-",
                "Bungay",
                "(225) features the 2-line title sandwiched between six strong yellow green bands, simulating a barrel labeled TONO BUNGAY."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Conrad,",
                "Lord Jim",
                "xBalzac,",
                "Droll Stories",
                ". (Fall) Balzac,",
                "Droll Stories",
                "xDreiser,",
                "Sister Carrie",
                "; Giants through G3."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf wanted to include Rudyard Kipling’s",
                "Kim",
                "in the ML, possibly as a replacement for",
                "Soldiers",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Three",
                "which was dropped from the series in 1931. The novel",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "was originally published in 1901, but Doubleday, Doran was not ready to grant reprint rights (Daniel Longwell to Cerf, 17 February 1931). He asked again nearly two years later (Cerf to Nelson Doubleday, 3 December 1932) with the same result.",
                "Kim",
                "(433) did not appear in the ML until 1950. Another book Cerf wanted was Henry Adams,",
                "Mont-Saint-",
                "Michel and Chartres",
                ", the trade edition of which was originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1913. He was told that there was very strong opposition at Houghton Mifflin to a moderately priced edition (Roger L. Scaife, Houghton Mifflin, to Cerf, 24 January 1931). Herschel Brickell, head of the trade department at Henry Holt & Co., asked why Gogol’s",
                "Dead Souls",
                "wasn’t in the ML. Klopfer replied, “Dead Souls isn’t in the Modern Library yet because we haven’t got around to it. I think you’re right; it should be there” (Brickell to Cerf, undated; Klopfer to Brickell, 3 March 1931).",
                "Dead Souls",
                "(290) was published in the ML in 1936."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf wanted to include a collection of short stories by Arthur Schnitzler (Cerf to Richard L. Simon, 28 October 1931), perhaps as a potential replacement for Schnitzler’s novel",
                "Bertha Garlan",
                "(38) which was discontinued the following year. Simon and Schuster had published a collection of ten Schnitzler stories under the title",
                "Little Novels",
                "in 1929. It is not clear whether Simon and Schuster rejected the offer or Cerf abandoned it. When Cerf edited the ML anthology",
                "Great German Short Novels and Stories",
                "(256), published in April 1933, he included Schnitzler’s story “The Fate of the Baron” from the Simon and Schuster collection."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf considered including Siegfried Sassoon’s",
                "Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man",
                ", which had been suggested by Tom Coward of Coward-McCann. Cerf was interested at first, but the plates were too large for the ML’s format, and he had reservations about Sassoon’s popularity in the United States. He eventually declined: “Maybe something will come along to increase Sassoon’s popularity in America, and in this case we hope that you will allow us to reopen negotiations on this book” (Cerf to Coward, 10 February 1931; 9 July 1931)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "R. I. Warshow of Greenberg: Publisher suggested",
                "Wolfgang Goethe",
                ", a two-volume biography by the Danish writer Georg Brandes, for the ML Giants series which was being launched in the fall. Cerf replied, “Cheers! What a lousy idea” (Cerf to Warshaw, 24 March 1931; underlining in original)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When M. A. Dominick of Frederick A. Stokes Co. suggested the inclusion of a Louis Bromfield title, Cerf replied, “I have the very definite feeling that ed. & Dunlap have gotten all there is to be gotten out of the reprints of Mr. Bromfield’s books” (Cerf to Dominick, 22 October 1931). Stanley Rinehart of Farrar & Rinehart suggested Floyd Dell’s",
                "Moon-Calf",
                ",",
                "The Briary-Bush",
                ", or",
                "Janet March",
                ", which were then the property of Doubleday, Doran. Cerf responded, “I frankly don’t think that Dell’s old books are read widely enough today to justify their inclusion in a reprint series such as ours. I should think that be belonged with the heroes of yesterday like Cabell and Anderson. Or am I wrong?” (Rinehart to Cerf, 21 December 1931; Cerf to Rinehart, 22 December 1931)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bennett,",
                "Old Wives’ Tale",
                "(1931)  207"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fielding,",
                "History of Tom Jones",
                "(1931)  208"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Boccaccio,",
                "Decameron",
                "(1931)  209"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Conrad,",
                "Lord Jim",
                "(1931)  210"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Adams,",
                "Education of Henry Adams",
                "(1931)  211"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Swift,",
                "Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books",
                "(1931)  212"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Morley,",
                "Parnassus on Wheels",
                "(1931)  213"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Mansfield,",
                "Garden Party",
                "(1931)  214"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Calverton, ed.,",
                "Making of Man: An Outline of Anthropology",
                "(1931)  215"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Gide,",
            "Counterfeiters",
            "(1931-1946)  216.1*"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Suetonius,",
            "Lives of the Twelve Caesars",
            "(1931)  217"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Artzibashev,",
            "Sanine",
            "(1931)  218"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Cather,",
            "Death Comes for the Archbishop",
            "(1931)  219"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Corvo,",
            "History of the Borgias",
            "(1931)  220"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Balzac,",
            "Droll Stories",
            "(1931)  221"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Corneille and Racine,",
            "Six Plays",
            "(1931)  222"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "McFee,",
            "Casuals of the Sea",
            "(1931)  223"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Polo,",
            "Travels of Marco Polo",
            "(1931)  224"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Wells,",
            "Tono-Bungay",
            "(1931)  225"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "McDermott, ed.,",
            "Sex Problem in Modern Society",
            "(1931)  226"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Merejkowski,",
            "Peter and Alexis",
            "(1931)  227"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "*",
            "The Counterfeiters",
            "was discontinued in fall 1946 and restored to the ML in 1962 when it was published in one volume with Gide’s",
            "Journal of The Counterfeiters",
            "."
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Brown,",
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                "(1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Goncourt,",
                "Renée Maupérin",
                "(1919)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hauptmann,",
                "Heretic of Soana",
                "(1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kipling,",
                "Soldiers Three",
                "(1917)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Tales",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "of",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Mean",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Streets",
                "(1921)"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            {
              "span": []
            },
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
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              "NUMBER": [
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            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    184
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "[within double rules] THE OLD WIVES’ TALE | [rule] | BY | ARNOLD BENNETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
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                ":",
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            },
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                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A except borders in light violet (210) instead of grayish reddish purple."
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            },
            {
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                "It is generally conceded by critics, and certainly it is staunchly maintained by hosts of readers, that Arnold Bennett’s most notable literary achievement is",
                "The Old Wives’ Tale",
                ". This chronicle of the Five Towns and France during the Siege of Paris is a project of heroic proportions, accomplished with infinite skill, and of a scope that invites comparison with the greatest novels of the Victorian era. It is a tale of ordinary people during extraordinary times, told with an insight encountered only in the works of the masters of fiction. (",
                "Spring 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Originally published in U.S. by Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. New bibliographical edition with preface by Bennett published by George H. Doran Co., 1911, and subsequently by Doubleday, Doran & Co. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting that Doubleday, Doran appears to have made for the ML’s exclusive use. Published January 1931.",
                "WR",
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                "Cerf and Klopfer secured reprint rights in spring 1930 to four long-sought Doubleday titles—Bennett’s",
                "Old Wives’ Tale",
                ", Maugham’s",
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                "(199), Walpole’s",
                "Fortitude",
                "(201), and Huxley’s",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "(203)—as part of a deal to buy the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary. The ML had exclusive reprint rights to",
                "The Old Wives’ Tale",
                "and paid Doubleday, Doran a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in November 1931, a third printing of 3,000 copies in December 1932, and two printings of 3,000 copies each in 1933. Cerf stated in 1946 that",
                "The Old Wives’ Tale",
                "“remains, year in and year out, one of the most popular novels in the Modern Library” (Cerf, “Trade Winds,”",
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            {
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                "The Old Wives’ Tale",
                "was the third best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 6,816 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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            },
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                "Pictorial in deep yellow green (118), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting a white flower with stem and leaves in deep yellow green on inset black patch; lettering mostly against black patch in reverse and medium gray, all against white background. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer. Front flap as 207a. (",
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            },
            {
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                12
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                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with left profile illustration of Tom Jones holding a walking stick and three-cornered hat; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: ZIM. (",
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            {
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                "It is now almost two hundred years since Henry Fielding developed in",
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                "a new approach and a new field for the novel. Treasured as one of the greatest achievements in the literature of fiction, it retains all the vitality and contemporaneity of the eternally human. Its unrestrained commentaries on the life of the period, its ridicule of the pretensions and its tolerance of the frailties of mankind, its naturalness and its unforgettable characters, assure the permanence of",
                "Tom Jones",
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                "Spring 1934",
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              ]
            },
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            },
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                "(1929: 171), Giant (1937: G34), Illus ML (1943: IML 2); and Fielding,",
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                "(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5); and Whitman,",
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                "Leaves of Grass",
                "(1929: 94); Giant (1940: G48), Illus ML (1944: IML 12)."
              ]
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Non-pictorial on cream paper in very deep red (14) and dark gray (266) with title and author in very deep red on inset cream panel; background in dark gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 208.1a. (",
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              ]
            },
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, 1–885 [886–888].  [1–26]",
                16,
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                8,
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            },
            {
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Printed from plates made in 1944 for the Illustrated ML edition (IML 5.2) and subsequently used for printings in the regular ML. Decorations by Warren Chappell."
              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi [xvii–xxxvi], [",
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            {
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                16,
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            {
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                "Henry Fielding’s story of a foundling is now more than two hundred years old, but still it has the vitality and appeal it had for its readers in the middle of the eighteenth century. Then, with few predecessors, Fielding created his own form and brought forth a pioneer work of English fiction. Now, with countless imitators, his book is read with the kind of appreciation one reserves for a novel that understands the ageless frailties of mankind and forgives them. A book that makes pretensions ridiculous and shows tolerance for weakness is ageless.",
                "Tom Jones",
                "is remembered with affection by readers of every variety for its complete naturalness and for its vivid characters. After two centuries the permanence of Henry Fielding’s novel is assured. (",
                "Fall 1956",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A except on coated white paper with title and author in dark yellow (88) on inset white panel and background in moderate red (15). (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Sherburn received $200 for the introduction (Stein to Sherburn, 24 January 1950). Edmund H. Booth of Dartmouth College pointed out errors in the reset text that were corrected for the MLCE edition (Booth to Cerf, 30 May 1950)."
              ]
            },
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            {
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            },
            {
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                32,
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                16
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Fujita pictorial jacket in brilliant orange yellow (67), deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with drawing of Tom Jones standing between two women and another man; title in deep reddish orange, other lettering in black, all against brilliant orange yellow background."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "Ever since its publication in 1749,",
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                "Tom Jones",
                "ranks in the forefront of world literature."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "format",
                "; text edited by Fredson Bowers (1985)"
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            },
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                2,
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                3,
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                "] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1985 | Copyright © 1975 by Martin C. Battestin and Fredson Bowers; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–8 dedicatory letter signed p. 8: Henry Fielding; [9]–29 contents; [30] blank; [31]–982 text; [983] ABOUT THE AUTHOR; [984–988] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial on kraft paper in strong reddish brown (40) and black with inset woodcut illustration of Tom Jones. Designed by R. D. Scudellari; woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An enormous, exuberant novel of appetite—for food, drink, women, experience—",
                "Tom Jones",
                "is, according to Samuel Coleridge, one of the most nearly perfect plots in the world. A foundling, Tom, is discovered one morning by Squire Allworthy and his squarish sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household until it is time for him to leave and seek not only his fortune but his real identity. Athletic, charismatic, generous, filled with what Fielding called “the glorious lust of doing good” but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one of the first characters in fiction ever to display legitimate sides of good and evil.",
                "Tom Jones",
                ", the novel is one of the first examples of the “novel of incident,” one which develops character along with plot, and a crucial influence upon the development of modern fiction."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bowers edition originally published in two volumes by Wesleyan University Press, 1975, and reprinted in one volume. ML edition (pp. [3]–982) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the one-volume Wesleyan University Press edition with the following material omitted: dedication (“To Ruthe”), table of contents, list of plates, preface signed by Battestin and Bowers, Battestin’s introduction, fly title (a reproduction of the title page of the 1749 edition), and all appendices (chronology of important dates, select bibliography, index to the corrections, abbreviations used in the notes). The illustrations by Warren Chappell (color plates and line drawings) and the color map on the endpapers are also omitted, as is the list of plates.  Published spring 1985 at $10.95. ISBN 0-394-60519-5."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The History of Tom Jones",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lines 3–4 of the title page are doubly flawed: Battestin’s introduction is not included in the ML edition, and Battestin’s name is misspelled."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The full-page color and black-and-white illustrations by Warren Chappell in the one-volume Wesleyan University Press edition were originally created for the Illustrated Modern Library edition of",
                "The History of Tom Jones",
                "(IML 5, 1943). Chappell’s black-and-white vignettes at the head of the dedication, each of the eighteen books, and the end of the Illustrated Modern Library edition are omitted; in their place the Wesleyan University Press substitutes two flourishes and a swelled rule at the head of the introduction, a swelled rule and fluerons below the heading for each book, and a drawing of a couple walking arm-in-arm at the end of the text. All of these illustrations are omitted from the ML edition, which otherwise is a photographic reproduction of pp. [3]–982 of Wesleyan University Press edition, printed by offset lithography with the type page photographically reduced in size."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fielding,",
                "Joseph Andrews",
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "[within double rules] THE DECAMERON | [rule] | OF | GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | JOHN PAYNE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–830 [831–834].  [1–26]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep yellowish pink (27) and black on cream paper depicting a minstrel with lute; borders in deep yellowish pink, lettering in black. Signed: Loederer. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For more than five centuries Giovanni Boccaccio’s",
                "The Decameron",
                "has stood virtually unchallenged in its supremacy as the world’s greatest collection of tales. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats and many other literary immortals found in these Florentine stories a never-failing inspiration and a veritable source book for plot material. To the modern reader,",
                "The Decameron",
                "affords undiminished stimulation and pleasure, despite the strictures and the vain attempts at suppression by hysterical censors. Boccaccio’s lusty book is one of the best-selling titles on the Modern Library list. (",
                "Fall 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Payne translation originally published in London, 1886. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published February 1931.",
                "WR",
                "21 March 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded 1955 by Winwar translation (209.2a)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer took special precautions to insure that",
                "The Decameron",
                "would not invite the attention of censors. It had been the subject of occasional obscenity prosecutions in the 1920s, and the U.S. Treasury Department did not officially rescind the Customs ban against its importation until 1931 (Boyer 2002, p. 237). Working through Edwin A. Falk, the ML’s attorney, they sought the advice of Morris L. Ernst, who indicated that there was little danger unless they planned to include shocking illustrations in the volume (Ernst to Falk, 27 December 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "The ML asked Ernst to write a foreword that was intended as a warning to John S. Sumner, the head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. Ernst’s foreword emphasized the literary significance of",
                "The Decameron",
                ", its inclusion in the curricula of leading American universities, and the failures of previous attempts to suppress it. He stated: “At this time The Decameron is accepted as legal literature” (p. xxii)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Cerf and Klopfer originally planned to publish the foreword anonymously, but Ernst suggested that his name be attached: “. . . if the enclosed foreword is signed with my name, it might deter to a slight degree our friend Mr. Sumner. I have licked him in every case I had so far. I rather think that he, William J. Schieffelin and his other directors, might shy off in case they see my name in the volume” (Ernst to Falk, 27 December 1930). Klopfer put Ernst’s name on the foreword but not on the title page. Ernst received $50 for the foreword and $100 in legal fees. Cerf assured booksellers in an article in",
                "PW",
                "that the Payne translation combined “the advantages of being complete and of satisfying the sometimes unaccountable whims of the governmental guardians of public morals” (Cerf, “The Modern Library and the Price of Books,”",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sumner did not challenge the ML edition, but",
                "The Decameron",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Decameron",
                "was the best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 10,988 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 5,308 copies, retaining its position in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles but ranking a little lower than in the 1940s. Sales totaled 164,904 copies by spring 1958."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "209.1b.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
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            },
            {
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                "THE | DECAMERON | OF | GIOVANNI | BOCCACCIO | TRANSLATED BY | JOHN PAYNE | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–830 [831–842].  [1–27]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 209.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; [831–836] ML list; [837–838] ML Giants list; [839–842] blank. (",
                "Fall 1945",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate violet (211), brilliant yellow (83) and black on textured white paper with illustration of an open book with a heart and arrow on the recto page and a trailing brilliant yellow bookmark; “DECAMERON” in reverse shaded in brilliant yellow, other lettering in black or reverse, all against moderate violet background with white and yellow stars. Front flap as 209.1a. (",
                "Spring 1944",
                ") Front flap slightly revised, with “hysterical censors” replaced by “meddling and squeamish censors.” (",
                "Spring 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "209.2a.",
                {
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            },
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                "THE | DECAMERON | OF | GIOVANNI | BOCCACCIO | TRANSLATED | FROM THE ITALIAN | BY FRANCES WINWAR | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY",
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–v] vi–xxxviii, [1] 2–666.  [1–2]",
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                "Fall 1964 jacket",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on three overlapping panels in strong greenish blue, black and vivid reddish orange; series in strong greenish blue below panels, all against white background. Signed: [George] Salter. Front flap as 209.1b spring 1954 revision with last sentence replaced by following: “The editors to the Modern Library are pleased to present here for the first time in an unlimited edition a new and distinguished translation by Frances Winwar.” (",
                "Spring 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Winwar translation originally published in two volumes by the Limited Editions Club, 1930. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with revisions by the translator. Published summer 1955.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML began to consider a new translation of",
                "The Decameron",
                "in 1953 when Barry Ulanov of Barnard College submitted a six-page sample translation. Stein sent Ulanov’s sample to a number of readers but the response was generally unfavorable. Several readers suggested Frances Winwar’s translation as the best available. Stein wrote Winwar in December to express interest in using her translation (Stein to Winwar, 22 December 1953). She subsequently sent ten pages of revisions that were incorporated into the ML edition."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "209.2b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer;",
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            {
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                "Title as 209.2a except line 9: [torchbearer K]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 209.2a.  [1–11]",
                32
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 209.2a except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1955 | Copyright 1930 by The Limited Editions Club, Inc. | Copyright © 1955 by Random House, Inc."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 209.1b except Salter’s design slightly reduced and white background enlarged. Front flap as 209.1b through “",
                "The Decameron",
                "affords undiminished stimulation and pleasure.” Remainder replaced by a new paragraph: “The distinguished translation by Frances Winwar offers the reader a faithful and highly readable English-language version of Boccaccio’s spirited and original Italian.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printed from offset plates photographically reduced from letterpress printings of 209.2a."
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                {
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                "[within double rules] LORD JIM | [rule] | BY | JOSEPH CONRAD | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | J. DONALD ADAMS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [",
                2,
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                "[14]",
                8,
                ". 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (175 x 117 mm) with the leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4½ in. (171 x 113 mm).",
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                "Later printings of 210a revert to the standard format with smaller margins."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D5; [i] title; [ii]",
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                "Copyright,",
                "1921,",
                "by",
                "Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. |",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1931,",
                "by",
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                "December,",
                "1930.; [viii] blank; [vii]–ix AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. ix: J. C. |",
                "June",
                ", 1917.; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–417 text; [418] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136) and black on cream paper depicting a man with pith helmet and pipe against a background of jungle foliage; borders in moderate yellowish green, lettering in black. Signed: Loederer. (",
                "Spring 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lord Jim",
                "is by all odds the most popular novel by Joseph Conrad, as well as one of the most exciting adventure stories ever written. It is the story of a heroic man victimized by his own integrity. Conrad wrote an admirer “I will have no favorites, but I do not feel grieved that you prefer ‘",
                "Lord Jim",
                "’ to all my other books. I won’t even say that ‘I fail to understand’ . . .” (",
                "Spring 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. New bibliographical edition published in Doubleday, Doran & Co.’s Sun Dial Library (1928),",
                "The Malay Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad",
                "(1929), and possibly elsewhere. ML edition (pp. [iii], [vii]–417) printed from Sun Dial Library/Malay Edition plates with decorations in the Malay Edition omitted from pp. [iii–iv] and [1–2] of ML printings. Published February 1931.",
                "WR",
                "21 March 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1973/74."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Lord Jim",
                "was the first of eleven Sun Dial Library titles added to the ML after Cerf and Klopfer bought the Doubleday series in 1930. The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Doubleday contract authorizing the ML reprint mistakenly included Canadian rights. British publishers normally retained Canadian rights when they sold rights in the U.S. market, as did American publishers when they sold British rights. The ML’s Canadian distributor, the Macmillan Co. of Canada, sold",
                "Lord Jim",
                "for five months before Blackwood and Sons, Conrad’s British publisher, became aware of the transgression. Blackwood’s protested to Doubleday, and the ML stopped selling",
                "Lord Jim",
                "in Canada. But Cerf was irritated; after Canadian sales were halted he wrote, “This should satisfy those English bastards” (Daniel Longwell, Doubleday, Doran to Klopfer, 25 August 1931; Cerf to Longwell, 4 September 1931)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Lord Jim",
                "sold 9,450 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it thirty-ninth out of 281 ML and Giant titles. Conrad’s",
                "Victory",
                "(238) sold 7,335 copies during the same period. Sales of",
                "Lord Jim",
                "totaled 115,000 copies by 1949. By the early 1950s Conrad was one of the best-selling authors in the ML.",
                "Lord Jim",
                "sold 8,669 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it the 11th best-selling title in the regular ML;",
                "Victory",
                "was the 15th best-selling title.",
                "Nostromo",
                "(438), published in November 1951, appears to have lagged behind Conrad’s other titles; it did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML at this period."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "210b.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 210a."
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            },
            {
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                "Contents as 210a except: [",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in grayish blue (186) and dark red (16) on cream paper; title and author in dark red on inset cream panel, background in grayish blue with series and torchbearer in reverse. Front flap as 210a. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap revised:"
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            },
            {
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                "Perhaps the most popular of all his novels,",
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                "is undoubtedly Joseph Conrad’s most exciting adventure story. Its theme of a heroic man victimized by his own integrity and destroyed by his sense of lost honor is one of the most appealing in the literature of idealism. All the powers of a great descriptive artist and a thinker concerned with courage and devotion and the crises of conscience are lavished upon this tale of a man who stakes his life on a high principle and loses. “I will have no favorites,” Conrad wrote to an admirer, “but I do not feel grieved that you prefer",
                "Lord Jim",
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                "Spring 1955",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Non-pictorial in pale orange yellow (73) on coated white paper with lettering and decorations in deep reddish orange (36), moderate greenish blue (173) and black, with “O” in title suggesting a compass; background in pale orange yellow simulating parchment. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "210c.  Title page with reset torchbearer (1964)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 210b through line 3; lines 4–6: [torchbearer I at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
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                "Pp. [",
                2,
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                32,
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                24,
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                32,
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 210b except: [v]–vii INTRODUCTION signed as 210a.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vii] viii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–417 [418–422].  [1]",
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                24,
                "[8]",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printed from offset plates photographically reduced from an earlier ML printing."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Conrad,",
                "Victory",
                "(1932–1971)  238"
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            },
            {
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              ]
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THE EDUCATION | OF HENRY ADAMS | [rule] | BY | HENRY ADAMS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–v] vi–x, [v] vi–x, [1–3] 4–517 [518–520].  [1–16]",
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                "16, 1907; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–505 text; [506] blank; [507] part title: INDEX; [508] blank; [509]–517 INDEX; [518–520] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Typographic in moderate bluish green (164) and black on pale yellow green (121) paper; borders in moderate bluish green, lettering in black. (",
                "Spring 1931",
                ") Also in deep reddish orange (36) with lettering in black on cream paper. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Concededly the most important autobiography that has yet been written in America,",
                "The Education of Henry Adams",
                "has exercised an enormous influence upon a generation now coming into its full maturity. An edition of one hundred copies, printed privately in 1907, had aroused profound admiration among scholars. When it was published in 1918, it immediately won and has since held an assured place among the significant works in American literature. This chronicle of a brilliant career and a constant spiritual quest is one of our great national literary treasures. (",
                "Spring 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), deep red (13) and gold on coated white paper with inset portrait of a young Henry Adams in deep red within a gold frame with city buildings outside frame at left and right; borders in gold, title in reverse on front panel, other lettering in deep red, all against vivid reddish orange background. Designed by Paul Galdone, April 1938; unsigned. Front flap as jacket A. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Privately printed by Adams in an edition of 100 copies, 1907. Trade edition published by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1918, shortly after Adams’s death. New bibliographical edition (“Popular Edition”) published 1927 and reprinted in Houghton Mifflin’s Riverside Library, 1928. ML edition (pp. [v]–517) printed from Popular Edition/Riverside Library plates. Published March 1931.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Education of Henry Adams",
                "was one of the first titles Cerf tried to get after he and Klopfer bought the ML. At that time the original edition was still selling too well for Houghton Mifflin to consider a reprint edition (Robert Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, to Cerf, 25 August 1925). By 1930 Houghton Mifflin was willing to consider a ML reprint. Cerf assumed that the work would have to be reset since the plates of the original edition were far too large for the ML’s format, and he told Houghton Mifflin that the cost of making new plates would have to be taken into account in any reprint agreement (Cerf to Roger L. Scaife, Houghton Mifflin, 1 August 1930). He then learned that Houghton Mifflin had reset the book in a smaller format. After examining it he noted, “It will be a very tight squeeze and will not make a book we can be very proud of” (Cerf to Scaife, 11 August 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "He offered a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy—two cents more, he noted, than any other reprint house paid for nonfiction—and the offer was accepted (Scaife to Cerf, 4 August 1930; Cerf to Scaife, 11 August 1930; Scaife to Cerf, 12 August 1930). Cerf did not realize that the ML would be sharing the market with the one-dollar Riverside Library edition. Two weeks later Houghton Mifflin reduced the advance to $2,500 against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Scaife to Cerf, 27 August 1930). The royalty was increased in the 1950s to 10 percent of the list price. James Truslow Adams received $50 for writing the introduction (Cerf to Adams, 22 October 1930)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Scaife complimented Cerf on the appearance of the Modern Library edition: “You have done remarkably well, considering the size of the plates, in making it an attractive volume” (Scaife to Cerf, 8 April 1931). When the ML switched to printing by offset lithography in the mid 1960s the type page was reduced photographically by about 4 mm."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Later in 1931 Cerf and Klopfer ordered a single printing of",
                "The Education of Henry Adams",
                "in the format of the new ML Giants series. Around the same time they bought the remaining stock of a special printing of Young’s",
                "The Medici",
                "in the same format that had been made for Charles Boni earlier in the year. It was also bound in the style of the first three Giants, except the imprint on the spine identified the publisher as Charles Boni. The books were printed in editions of 1,500 each and were marketed to department stores as dollar “specials.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Education of Henry Adams",
                "was the thirteenth best-selling ML title during the first six months of 1931 (RH box 117, Publicity file). It sold 6,932 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it climbed into the first quarter of ML and Giant titles with sales of 5,782 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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                },
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                "THE EDUCATION | OF | HENRY ADAMS | BY HENRY ADAMS | INTRODUCTION BY | JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–v] vi–x, [v] vi–x, [1–3] 4–517 [518–528].  [1–17]",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 211a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1918, | BY THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY | COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [518] blank; [519–523] ML list; [524–525] ML Giants list; [526–528] blank. (",
                "Spring 1941",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Enlarged version of 211a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ") Front flap reset with third sentence revised: “When it was published for general circulation, in 1918 . . .” (",
                "Fall 1959",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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            {
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            },
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            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 211c except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1931 | Copyright © 1918 by | The Massachusetts Historical Society | Copyright © 1931 by The Modern Library, Inc.; [519–520] ML Giants list; [521–526] ML list with pages out of order; [527–528] blank. (",
                "Fall 1970",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 211b in strong brown (55) in place of vivid reddish orange and black in place of deep red; portrait of Adams on inset gold panel."
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                "“Few books have had so unexpected success as",
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                ". Printing the manuscript privately in 1907 in an edition of one hundred copies only for distribution among his friends, the author declined to allow the book to be published during his lifetime. He bequeathed the copyright, however, to the Massachusetts Historical Society, and in 1918, about six months after his death, the first published edition appeared. Although",
                "The Education",
                "had aroused a deep interest among all those who had been able to have access to one of the original copies, few if any would have predicted for it a great popular success. Yet it has already sold more copies than many ‘best sellers,’ and has won an assured place not only among the significant works in American literature but among those which command a wide and steadily enlarging public. Especially among the younger generation, the influence of the book is markedly increasing.”  — from the Introduction"
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                "5th ed. (1710); [340]–513 text; [514] blank; [515] part title: facsimile title page of",
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            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in pale blue (185), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper with cartoon illustration of Gulliver being fed by stick figures carrying baskets of food to his head on ladders. Signed: RIK. (",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "“No more savage book was ever written,” says Carl Van Doren of",
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                ". Far from being the children’s book that simple-minded people have made it, Swift’s fierce satire burns with hatred and revenge. It is a book for adults who must perceive beyond the record of imaginary travels among pygmies and giants an account of mankind in all its silly, vicious and hypocritical posturings. Included in this volume are Swift’s bitter comedies",
                "A Tale of a Tub",
                "and",
                "The Battle of the Books",
                ". (",
                "Fall 1936",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The text of",
                "Gulliver’s Travels",
                ", according to the Prefatory Note, “is substantially that of the second edition, with the corrections in Ford’s interleaved copy” (p. v). The text of",
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                "and",
                "Battle of the Books",
                "“is based on that of the fifth edition published in 1710. Together with the original notes from this edition are given a few from Hawkesworth’s edition of Swift’s Works (1755–75) and from Sir Walter Scott’s (1814); these are marked respectively with the initial H and S” (p. vi). Van Doren received the ML’s standard $50 fee for writing the introduction."
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            },
            {
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                },
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–3] 4–550 [551–562].  [1–18]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in moderate blue (182) and deep brown (56) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset moderate blue panel; background in cream with series and torchbearer in deep brown above inset panel. Front flap as 212a. (",
                "Spring 1940",
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            },
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            {
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            },
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                16,
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "At whatever age",
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                "A Tale of a Tub",
                "and",
                "The Battle of the Books",
                ". (",
                "Spring 1951",
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              ]
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            {
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                "Pictorial in light greenish blue (172) and deep purple (224) on coated white paper with stylized left profile of Gulliver in deep purple with his eye represented by sailing ship and Lilliputian looking up at him from lower left; lettering in reverse and deep purple, background in light greenish blue. Front flap reverts to 212a text. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                4,
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                1,
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                3,
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                "Note:",
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            },
            {
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                ": Pagination and collation as 213a. Contents as 213a except: [1] dedication; [191–196] ML list. (",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in pale purplish blue (203) and black on coated white paper depicting a horse-drawn caravan; borders and title in reverse, other lettering in black. Signed: J.E.S. (",
                "Spring 1931",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Scratch a book seller and you find an evangelist of literature, a quaint idealist and a grim fighter for the holy cause of enlightenment. And who better embodies all the quixotic zeal of the book missionary than Professor Roger Mifflin as he rides through the countryside with his caravan of culture? Pegasus, hitched to his wagon-load of books, carries him and the liberated Helen McGill to adventures and a romance as charming as any on the shelves of his wandering library. (",
                "Spring 1934",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917. ML edition (pp. [1]–190) printed from Doubleday, Doran (and subsequently Lippincott) plates with Morley’s preface, “A Letter to David Grayson, Esq.,” omitted and the dedication omitted in the first printing. Publication initially announced for August 1931. Published March 1931.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Parnassus on Wheels",
                "was the second of eleven Sun Dial Library titles added to the ML after Cerf and Klopfer bought the Doubleday series in 1930. Cerf and Klopfer planned to include at least one of Morley’s books—",
                "The Haunted Bookshop",
                "was also in the Sun Dial Library—and settled on",
                "Parnassus on Wheels",
                ". Publication was announced for August 1931 but moved forward to March. “The demand for this title has been so great,” Cerf explained, “that there was no point in waiting so long to bring it out, since the plates were already in our possession” (Cerf to Hugh Eayrs, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 21 February 1931). When the ML wrote Doubleday, Doran in December 1937 requesting the plates for a new printing they were informed that the plates and publishing rights had been sold to J. B. Lippincott. Subsequent ML printings were arranged with Lippincott."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Morley’s novel",
                "Kitty Foyle",
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                "Parnassus on Wheels",
                "sold 1,814 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the ML’s second worst-selling title. Morley was the only American among the authors of the ML’s ten worst-selling titles—and he had two books in that category.",
                "Human Being",
                "(334), which lasted just over five years in the series, outsold",
                "Parnassus on Wheels",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                {
                  "span": []
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "10, 1930.; xiii–xv CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; 1–37 INTRODUCTION | Modern Anthropology and the Theory of Cultural | Compulsives |",
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                "I. Fossil and Prehistoric Man. Fossil Men, by Marcelin Boule – The Structure of Prehistoric Man, by Wilson D. Wallis – The Tasmanians, by W. J. Sollas – The Art of the Reindeer Epoch, by Joseph Déchelette – The Peking Man, by J. H. McGregor.  II. Race and Language. The Problem of Race, by Franz Boas – Language, Race, and Culture, by Edward Sapir.  III. Social Organization. Das Mutterrecht, by J. Bachofen – Organization of Society upon the Basis of Sex, by Lewis H. Morgan – Motherright, by E. S. Hartland – Group Marriage and Sexual Communism, by Robert Briffault – Property, by W. H. Rivers – The Solidarity of the Individual with His Group, by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl – Initiation Ceremonies, by Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen – The Coming of the Warriors, by W. J. Perry – Law and Anthropology, by Huntington Cairns – Totemism, by Alexander Goldenweiser – The Influence of Ancient Egyptian Civilization in the East and in America, by G. Elliot Smith – Causality and Culture, by F. Graebner – Banaro Society, by Richard Thurnwald – Technology, by Clark Wissler – Cannibalism, by William Graham Sumner.  IV. Sexual Customs and Social Practice. The Origin of Love, by Robert Briffault – Homosexual Love, by Edward Westermarck – The Relations between the Sexes in Tribal Life, by Bronislaw Malinowski – Formal Sex Relations in Samoa, by Margaret Mead – The Savage’s Dread of Incest, by Sigmund Freud – The Intermediate Type as Prophet or Priest, by Edward Carpenter.  V. Religion. Animism, by Sir Edward B. Taylor – The Conception of Mana, by R. R. Marett – Animism and the Other World, by Geza Róheim – Magic and Religion, by Sir James Frazer – The Growth of a Primitive Religion, by A. L. Kroeber – Woman and Religion, by Robert H. Lowie.  VI. Evolution of Attitudes. Evolution of Human Species, by Robert Briffault – Collective Representation in Primitives’ Perceptions and the Mystical Character of Such, by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl – The Science of Custom, by Ruth Benedict – Concept of Right and Wrong, by Paul Radin – Class Relations, by L. T. Hobhouse."
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            {
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                "All the basic concepts of anthropology have undergone a change in the light of revised evolutionary theories and the findings of modern biology, psychology and the social sciences. The purpose of this volume is to bring together the greatest contemporary authorities in anthropology and thereby effect a unity of thought and principle concerning the nature of primitive man. This compilation provides the lay reader with an accurate as well as an authoritative and easily comprehended outline of the most enlightened views on the general subject of anthropology. (",
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                "Psyche",
                ", vol. 11, no. 2 (October 1930), pp. 42–62. It also appeared under the title “The Compulsive Basis of Social Thought: As Illustrated by the Varying Doctrines as to the Origins of Marriage and the Family” in",
                "American Journal of Sociology",
                ", vol. 36, no. 5 (March 1931), pp. 689–720."
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            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THE | COUNTERFEITERS | (LES FAUX-MONNAYEURS) | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF | ANDRÉ GIDE | [rule] | BY | DOROTHY BUSSY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | RAYMOND WEAVER | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "André Gide combines a rich and supple imagination with a conscience that tolerates no squeamishness in the disclosure of the most personal intimacies. The unspeakable has no existence for him; his service to his own truth is constant and uncompromising. Of the thirty distinguished volumes he has published, many of them rare and unobtainable because of their revelations,",
                "The Counterfeiters",
                "is his only novel, and he has avowed in his Journal: “Without reserve, I want to pour into it everything.” The translation is complete and unexpurgated. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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                ", offering a $700 advance against royalties of 7 cents a copy on the first 10,000 copies with royalties to rise to 10 cents a copy thereafter. The reduced initial royalty (amounting to $300) was intended to cover half of the cost of making new plates (Cerf to Knopf, 18 July 1929). The original Knopf plates were too wide for the ML’s 6½ x 4¼ inch (164 x 107 mm) trim size."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Knopf did not object to a ML edition, but he thought a 1930 publication date was too soon and asked Cerf to take it up with him again the following year. He indicated that the ML could have Gide’s",
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                ", which he described as “an even more amusing book,” in spring 1930, but Cerf preferred to wait for",
                "The Counterfeiters",
                "(Knopf to Cerf, 22 July 1929; Cerf to Knopf, 24 July 1929). The terms of the final reprint contract have not been ascertained but were probably similar to what Cerf proposed in 1929. When the contract came up for renewal in 1939, Cerf indicated that he would like to keep",
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                "in the ML: “This is a book that doesn’t sell in any spectacular fashion, but it is a nice one for us to have” (Cerf to Knopf, 24 October 1939)."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The history of world literature during the first half of the twentieth century is now being written. Among the novels of that era a small handful seem assured of permanence. They are Thomas Mann’s",
                "The Magic Mountain",
                ", James Joyce’s",
                "Ulysses",
                ", Marcel Proust’s",
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            {
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                "WR",
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                "Plays",
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                "Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on deep reddish orange panel at upper left; other lettering in black, background in cream. Front flap as 222a. (",
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            {
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                "Uniform typographic jacket E in vivid purplish blue (194) on light blue paper; borders and title in vivid purplish blue, other lettering in black. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in deep purplish red (256) and black on yellow paper with inset illustration of Marco Polo standing on a hill with Chinese city in distance and other travelers on foot, horseback and camel; borders in deep purplish red, lettering in black with “MARCO POLO” highlighted in reverse."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "After centuries, the derisive phrase “It’s a Marco Polo,” to indicate a gross exaggeration, has been revised to convey the highest tribute for accuracy and veracity. The merchant-traveller from Venice was the first to cross the entire continent of Asia and to open one of the main routes to China. The record of his adventures and explorations is as fabulous as the truth. His is a travel book that time has substantiated. Readers have enjoyed it with a zest worthy of the Venetian nomad himself. (",
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                7,
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Komroff edition originally published by Boni & Liveright, 1926. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with index omitted. Published November 1931.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format. The ML paid royalties of 6 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Travels of Marco Polo",
                "sold 5,700 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among to 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "224b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "|",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 224a variant."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 224a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT 1926, BY BONI AND LIVERIGHT. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pagination as 224b.  [1–11]",
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                16,
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                "Fall 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on cream paper with title in black on inset cream panel; background in moderate greenish blue with series in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 224 jacket B. (",
                "Fall 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "B:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with inset multicolor illustration of three mounted travelers; rule frames in vivid red and lettering in black, all against moderate yellow background. Front flap reset with last sentence expanded as follows: “. . . and have kept it alive by the kind of enthusiasm that always keeps old books fresh and vigorous.” (",
                "Fall 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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                },
                {
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                {
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                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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            {
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                {
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                },
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] TONO-BUNGAY | [rule] | BY | H. G. WELLS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], [1–3] 4–460 [461–466].  [1–14]",
                16,
                "[15]",
                12
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            },
            {
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                "] half title; [",
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                "Copyright,",
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1931; [",
                5,
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                6,
                "] CONTENTS; [1] part title: BOOK THE FIRST | THE DAYS BEFORE TONO-BUNGAY | WAS INVENTED; [2] blank; [3]–460 text; [461–465] ML list; [466] blank. (",
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                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in strong yellow green (117) and black on pale yellow green (121) paper with 2-line title in strong yellow green highlighted in black and sandwiched between six strong yellow green bands, simulating a barrel labeled TONO BUNGAY, the quack cure-all about which the story revolves; borders in strong yellow green, other lettering in black. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Since H. G. Wells wrote",
                "Tono",
                "-",
                "Bungay",
                ", his forays into prophecy and history have made him world famous. Yet it is doubtful whether his later fame was as firmly grounded as the first spontaneous outburst of acclaim given to",
                "Tono",
                "-",
                "Bungay",
                ". With its appearance, H. G. Wells forced immediate recognition as a major figure in contemporary English letters. Neither time nor all the subsequent writings of the prolific and indefatigable Mr. Wells has dimmed the sparkle and vivacity of this chronicle of chicanery and human credulity. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "WR",
                "26 December 1931. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf expressed interest in",
                "Tono",
                "-",
                "Bungay",
                "in 1929 when he offered Duffield & Green a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He indicated that the offer would stand indefinitely, and these appear to be the terms under which the ML edition was published two years later. The plates became the property of Dodd, Mead & Co. when Dodd, Mead bought Duffield & Green in 1934."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "By June 1936 ML printings totaled 12,000 copies and sales totaled 10,675 copies.",
                "Tono",
                "-",
                "Bungay",
                "sold 4,382 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "225.1b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within single rules] [4-line title and statement of responsibility within second single-rule frame] TONO- | BUNGAY | BY | H. G. WELLS | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 225.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 225.1a except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                4,
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                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (183) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark blue panel; background in dark reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 225.1a. (",
                "Spring 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "225.2.  Text reset (1945)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 225.1b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
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                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
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                3,
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An internal RH memo (Regina Spirito to Manny Harper, 5 May 1945) indicates that new plates were being made for",
                "Tono-Bungay",
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                "Of Human Bondage",
                "(199), Buck’s",
                "The Good Earth",
                "(266) and Maugham’s",
                "Moon and Sixpence",
                "(283). By eliminating running heads, printing more text on each page, and beginning new chapters on the same page as the ending of the preceding chapter, the total number of pages of",
                "Tono-Bungay",
                "was reduced from 460 to 400. Although Germany surrendered to the Allies the day before Spirito’s memo was written, the war with Japan continued for another four months. Publishers were subjected to increasingly severe paper rationing during the Second World War, and the crowded typesetting is typical of many books of the period. It is not clear why the table of contents is paginated xix–xii."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The new typesetting of",
                "The Good Earth",
                "was also about 60 pages shorter than the earlier edition.",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "was only 6 pages shorter, and the new typesetting of",
                "Moon and Sixpence",
                "was 27 pages longer."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wells,",
                "War in the Air",
                "(1917–1924)  5"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Ann Veronica",
                "(1917–1934)  24"
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THE SEX PROBLEM | IN MODERN SOCIETY | [rule] | AN ANTHOLOGY | EDITED BY | JOHN FRANCIS McDERMOTT | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xii, [1–2] 3–404.  [1–13]",
                16
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            },
            {
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                "Copyright,",
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                "THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1931; [v] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [vi] blank; vii–ix FOREWORD signed p. ix: John Francis McDermott.; [x] blank; xi–xii CONTENTS; [1] part title: I | THE SEXUAL ETHIC; [2] blank; 3–404 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "I. The Sexual Ethic. Why a Sexual Ethic Is Necessary, by Bertrand Russell – The Discipline of Sex, by Edward Sapir – The New View of Sex, by George Jean Nathan.  II. The Psychology of Sex. The Sex Impulse in Man, by Jacques Fischer – The Freudian Emphasis on Sex, by Samuel D. Schmalhausen – Sex, by Alfred Adler.  III. Love. The Play-Function of Sex, by Havelock Ellis – Is Sexuality Love? by Grace Potter – Sex Love, by Dora Russell.  IV. Marriage. Sex and Marriage, by Robert H. Lowie – The Breakdown of Marriage, by Will Durant – Legislating for the Companionate Marriage, by Ben B. Lindsey and Wainwright Evans – Love, Marriage, and Divorce in Russia, by V. F. Calverton.  V. Eugenics. Heredity and Sex, by Edward M. East – Eugenics, by Franz Boas – Race Consciousness and Eugenics, by André Siegfried.  VI. The Problem of Birth Control. Are Ten Too Many? by Marjorie Wells – Women and Birth Control, by Margaret Sanger – Why the Church Should Champion Birth Control, by Charles F. Potter – Birth Control or War, by Henry K. Norton.  VII. The Adolescent. The Sex Urge, Its Onset and Management, by Joseph Collins – The Sexual and Maternal Instincts of the Adolescent Girl, by Phyllis Blanchard – The Love Problem of the Student, by C. G. Jung.  VIII. Sex in Literature. Contemporary Sex Release in Literature, by V. F. Calverton – Hermaphrodites, by Robert Herrick – Sex Control, by Morris L. Ernst and William Seagle."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The revolutionary change of attitude toward sex within the last two decades has given great impetus to scientific investigation into a subject which had been taboo for centuries. This volume brings together the most modern and enlightened views of men whose knowledge and authority are internationally recognized. Havelock Ellis, Sigmund Freud, Bertrand Russell, C. G. Jung, Franz Boas and Alfred Adler, to name only a few of the contributors, are represented in a symposium as candidly outspoken about sex as it is comprehensive and accurate. (",
                "Spring 1937",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML anthology. Published December 1931.",
                "WR",
                "26 December 1931. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1954."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Sex Problem in Modern Society",
                "sold 3,174 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "226b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "THE | SEX PROBLEM | IN | MODERN | SOCIETY |",
                "An Anthology",
                "| EDITED BY | JOHN FRANCIS McDERMOTT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 226a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 226a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with title and editor in reverse on dark green panel at upper left; other lettering in black. Front flap as 226a. (",
                "Spring 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                227
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "PETER AND ALEXIS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1931–1940"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "227.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing (1931)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] PETER AND ALEXIS | [rule] | BY | DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–vi [vii–viii], 1–591 [592–598].  [1–19]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A6; [i] title; [ii]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1931,",
                "by",
                "THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1931; [iii] translator’s dedication; [iv] blank; v–vi FOREWORD signed p. vi: Bernard Guilbert Guerney. | The Blue Faun Bookshop, | 136 West 23rd Street, | New York City. |",
                "Autumn of 1931",
                ".; [vii] CONTENTS; [viii] blank; 1–586 text; 587–591 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [592] blank; [593–597] ML list; [598] blank. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket E in grayish reddish brown (46) and black on light yellowish pink (28) paper; borders and title in grayish reddish brown, other lettering in black. (",
                "Fall 1931",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski’s famous historical trilogy, collectively entitled",
                "Christ and Anti",
                "-",
                "Christ",
                ", begins with the volume",
                "The Death of the Gods",
                "(No. 153), continues with the biographical novel,",
                "The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci",
                "(No. 138), and comes to a conclusion with",
                "Peter and Alexis",
                ". Each panel of this triptych is complete and self-contained, yet it links together three epochal periods of world history: the 4th century, the Renaissance and 18th century Russia.",
                "Peter and Alexis",
                "becomes the climax of the entire work and thus one of Merejkowski’s most absorbing novels. (",
                "Fall 1935",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. as",
                "The Romance of Peter the Great",
                "by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1906, in a different translation. Guerney’s translation was commissioned and originally published by the ML. Publication originally announced for August 1930. Published December 1931.",
                "WR",
                "not found",
                ".",
                "First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition was published more than a year after its announced publication date. Guerney (as usual) took longer than he anticipated to complete the translation, and Cerf (as usual) expressed frustration and irritation at the delay. Cerf indicated hopefully in February 1931 that the translation was almost finished and that the book should be ready around the first of May (Cerf to Crowder, 11 February 1931). Ten days later he noted, “We have had a lot of trouble having the translation of this book completed” (Cerf to Hugh Eayrs, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 21 February 1931). A letter in June indicated, “. . . at present we do not know when it will be finished and ready for publication” (ML to John D. Rollo, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 9 June 1931)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski,",
                "Romance of Leonardo da Vinci",
                "(1928–1970)  154"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Merejkowski,",
                "Death of the Gods",
                "(1929–1940)  173"
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            }
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            1933
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        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Publishers’ Weekly",
                "reported that the Modern Library’s best-selling books for 1933 showed “a distinct change in the trend of interest of readers. For the first time in years none of the so-called sex titles, like ‘Droll Stories’ or ‘The Decameron,’ was on the list. Most interesting was the popularity of ‘Selected Writings of Karl Marx,’ edited by Max Eastman, which sold for months like a new novel and is still selling at the rate of 200 copies a week.” The ten best sellers for the year were: Hemingway,",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                ", Faulkner,",
                "Sanctuary",
                ", Marx,",
                "Capital, The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings",
                ", Lawrence,",
                "Sons and Lovers",
                ", Maugham,",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                ", Mann,",
                "The Magic Mountain",
                ", Merejkowski,",
                "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci",
                ", Dostoyevsky,",
                "The Brothers Karamazov",
                ", Cather,",
                "Death Comes for the Archbishop",
                ", and Rostand,",
                "Cyrano de Bergerac",
                "(“Modern Library Best Sellers,”",
                "PW",
                ", 13 January 1934, p. 148)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer turned seriously to trade publishing in 1933 after the bankruptcy of Liveright, Inc. The firm had been through many changes since Albert Boni’s departure in July 1918. The name Boni & Liveright was used until fall 1928, three years after Cerf and Klopfer’s purchase of the Modern Library deprived the firm of its most reliable source of income. The change of name to Horace Liveright, Inc., was largely due to confusion with the firm, Albert & Charles Boni, which the Boni brothers established in 1923."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Liveright borrowed money repeatedly from Arthur Pell, the firm’s treasurer, giving him stock in the firm as collateral. By 1930 he had lost control of the firm of which he had been co-founder. When Pell emerged as the firm’s majority shareholder he forced Liveright to leave. Liveright moved to Hollywood where he worked briefly at Paramount and then Pathé Studios before returning to New York in the summer of 1931, where he died two years later at the age of forty-nine. In December 1931 Pell changed the name of the firm to Liveright, Inc. Pell did what he could to avert the slide into bankruptcy, but on 4 May 1933 three of its creditors filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against the firm (Gilmer, pp. 232-33). Other publishers rushed in to sign up the leading Liveright authors. Robinson Jeffers received thirteen telegrams from publishers the day the bankruptcy was announced (Melrich V. Rosenberg to Cerf, 17 September 1933). Even more sought after was Eugene O’Neill, whose plays, Cerf once noted, “sold like novels” (Gelb and Gelb, p. 768). Cerf set out to get both authors, though he thought the odds against getting O’Neill were about fifteen to one (Cerf to Crowder, 23 May 1933)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "O’Neill relied on his friend Saxe Commins, who had recently become his editor at Liveright, to advise him on the choice of a new publisher. After examining the offers, Commins indicated a preference for Cerf and Random House. As he explained later,"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The reason for the choice was that I had known Bennett professionally during the Liveright days and recognized in him the potential of an imaginative, resourceful, adventurous and most trustworthy publisher. From my first meeting with his partner, Donald S. Klopfer, I was impressed by his quiet confidence, his reliability, and his good sense. Subsequently . . . I was to learn of his many attributes, not the least of which is his complete selflessness (Commins, quoted in Dorothy Commins,",
                "What Is an Editor?",
                ", p. 26)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf was invited to fly down to Sea Island, Georgia, to meet with O’Neill and Commins. O’Neill signed with Random House in June; Jeffers signed a day or so later. One of the first acts of the reorganized Liveright Publishing Corporation was to deliver the plates of its books by O’Neill and Jeffers to the ML’s printers (Liveright Publishing, Inc., to the Modern Library, Inc., 9 August 1933; reproduced in Egleston, pp. 107–08)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer also considered trying to get Theodore Dreiser, the most important novelist on the Liveright list. After O’Neill and Jeffers signed with Random House Klopfer composed a letter to Dreiser making an offer, but the letter, dated 20 June 1933, appears never to have been sent. The original as well as the carbon copy remains in the Random House Collection at Columbia University. One can only speculate why Cerf and Klopfer changed their minds. Cerf did not like Dreiser personally, and Dreiser was a notoriously difficult author to deal with. He distrusted publishers in general and Jewish publishers in particular. In the end, over a year after the Liveright bankruptcy, he signed with Simon and Schuster. He completed nothing of importance during the eight acrimonious years he remained with the firm. By 1939 he owed Simon and Schuster over ten thousand dollars in unearned advances and other charges (Madison, p. 108)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In addition to O’Neill and Jeffers, Random House acquired the editorial services of Saxe Commins. One of O’Neill’s conditions for coming to Random House was that his editor come with him. Random House needed a full-time editor if it was to become seriously involved in trade publishing, and Commins was developing into one of the best book editors of his generation. Already the editor of Eugene O’Neill, at Random House he was to become renowned as the editor of William Faulkner and also of W. H. Auden, Isak Dinesen, Sinclair Lewis, James Michener, Budd Schulberg, Irwin Shaw, Stephen Spender, and many others. Commins started at Random House on 9 July 1933 and remained editor-in-chief until his death in 1958, a quarter of a century later."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "After merging two volumes by Maupassant into one and four volumes by Wilde into two in 1932, the ML continued its efforts to make ML books a better value by adding",
                "Erewhon Revisited",
                "to its edition of Samuel Butler’s",
                "Erewhon",
                "(146b)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Thirteen new titles were added and nine were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 211. Five new titles were published in ML Giants series; by the end of 1933 the Giants included eleven titles in twelve volumes."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles except Lewis,",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "(254) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and the leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "was ⅜ inch taller and wider to accommodate the Harcourt, Brace plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; torchbearer A2 was used on all but two new titles. Ludwig,",
                "Napoleon",
                "(255) had torchbearer A7 and Louÿs,",
                "Aphrodite",
                "(257) had torchbearer C2. All new titles had the 3-line imprint that began to be used in January 1931:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The imprint of Louÿs,",
                "Aphrodite",
                "(257) differs from other 1933 titles in the first line of the imprint, which has a colon rather than a dot between Cerf and Klopfer’s names."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939, except for three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML would adopt for all titles beginning that fall. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jackets"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All newly published titles had individually designed pictorial jackets except Gertrude Stein’s",
                "Three Lives",
                "(261) which had a distinctive non-pictorial jacket designed by Ernst Reichl. Reichl was also responsible for designing the Random House edition of Joyce’s",
                "Ulysses",
                ", published in January 1934."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Beginning in August with Brontë,",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "(160), descriptive text about the work replaced generic information about the series on the front jacket flaps of newly published ML titles. The flap text was written by Saxe Commins, who joined the firm as editor in July."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Lewis,",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "xStein,",
                "Three Lives",
                "; Giants through G10.  (Fall) Stein,",
                "Three Lives",
                "xCaldwell,",
                "God’s Little Acre",
                "; Giants through G12; jackets: 225 (=spring, fall 1934)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer wanted to include George Bernard Shaw’s plays in the ML and offered Dodd, Mead a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for a volume consisting of",
                "Man and Superman",
                ",",
                "St. Joan",
                ", and",
                "Androcles and the Lion",
                "(Klopfer to Frank Dodd, 8 February 1933). Shaw opposed inexpensive reprints of his works and kept tight control of his copyrights, and it was only after his death in 1950 that the ML was able to include two volumes of his plays. (Shaw temporarily relaxed his opposition to cheap reprints in 1946, when he allowed Penguin Books to publish a million copies of his plays—ten volumes in printings of 100,000 copies each—on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday.) The only work by Shaw that appeared in the ML during his lifetime was his early novel,",
                "An Unsocial Socialist",
                "(15), which was published before the U.S. extended copyright protection to the works of foreign authors."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Willa Cather was another author who was ambivalent about inexpensive reprints of her works. She allowed",
                "Death Comes to the Archbishop",
                "(219) to be included in the Modern Library in 1931 but subsequently asked Knopf not to renew the reprint contract. When Cerf tried to add Cather’s",
                "My Antonia",
                "to the series in 1933 Houghton Mifflin turned him down, probably at Cather’s request (Dale Warren to Cerf, 30 October 1933)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf contacted Farrar and Rinehart about including Hervey Allen’s",
                "Anthony Adverse",
                "in ML Giants in 1935 or 1936 (Cerf to John Farrar, 11 August 1933). The historical novel sold 300,000 copies in its first six months and led the fiction best-seller list for two years (1933‑1934). Farrar and Rinehart does not appear to have authorized any reprint edition, not even by Grosset & Dunlap, the leading publisher of reprint editions for the mass market before the advent of paperbacks in 1939. Cerf waited for five years and tried again in 1938 (see 1938 Titles sought, suggested, declined)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf expressed interest in reprinting Ogden Nash’s selection from P. G. Wodehouse’s works,",
                "Nothing but Wodehouse",
                "(Doubleday, Doran, 1932), possibly as a Giant—the volume ran to more than 1,000 pages—but Doubleday, Doran was reprinting it in a cheap edition of their own."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "On a different note, Klopfer asked Max Eastman, whose Marx’s",
                "Capital, The Communist Manifesto, and Other Writings",
                "(246) had been published in the ML three months earlier, to translate the complete works of Lenin for the ML, noting that it would be “a perfect follow-up book for the Marx” and “would create a great feeling of ill-will in this country, all of which we are very much for.” Five days later he wrote, “I am waiting with baited breath to hear the length of the complete works of Lenin, when you would be able to do it, and how much you would want to do a new translation” (Klopfer to Eastman, 16 February and 21 February 1933). Eastman replied that a volume of Lenin could be any length. He asked for an advance of five hundred dollars and a fee of one cent per word for the translation. He noted, “Lenin’s style is an extraordinary phenomenon—you can feel the locomotive force of the man’s will in almost every sentence—and it has never been reproduced in English” (Eastman to Klopfer, 16 March 1933). Klopfer responded that the ML would like a book of about 100,000 words (Klopfer to Eastman, 17 March 1933)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eastman received the advance he asked for, but nearly a year went by before he began working on the Lenin book. Cerf wrote in April 1934, “These are times in which that book could sell marvelously well, and it would be a shame to dilly-dally until somebody beats us to the gun. I beseech you to get to work on it” (Cerf to Eastman, 4 April 1934). But Eastman made little progress. Other work got in the way, and in August he wrote to Cerf agreeing to an annulment of the contract. Eastman kept the advance, which they agreed would be regarded as an advance for a future project (Eastman to Cerf, 30 August 1934). Cerf and Klopfer gave up the idea of including a Lenin volume in the ML. The only subsequent book of Eastman’s to be published by Random House was",
                "Love and Revolution: My Journey through an Epoch",
                "(1964)",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Robert de Graff, the president of the Doubleday reprint subsidiary Garden City Publishing Co., suggested Clemence Dane’s novel",
                "Legend",
                "for the ML. Dane was the pseudonym of the English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Winifred Ashton. Cerf replied that he didn’t think she would have much of a sale in the ML (de Graff to Cerf, 27 January 1933; Cerf to de Graff, 30 January 1933). Michael S. Mill, a publisher’s sales representative, suggested a volume of Anthony Trollope; Cerf replied that the ML would get around to it in the next couple of years (Cerf to Mill, 28 July 1933). Trollope’s",
                "The Warden & Barchester Towers",
                "(292) was added to the ML in 1936."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Following the publication of Keats and Shelley’s",
                "Complete Poetical Works",
                "(G4) in the new ML Giants series, Cerf and Klopfer considered a Giant devoted to the complete poems of Lord Byron. Robert Linscott of Houghton Mifflin Co. provided sales figures for the firm’s Cambridge Edition of",
                "The Complete Poetical Works",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "of Lord Byron",
                "(1905). Trade sales for the three-year period 1930–32 totaled 1370 copies. Klopfer thanked him and noted, “I think that that conclusively proves we would not be warranted in making a Giant of a complete Byron” (Klopfer to Linscott, 13 April 1933). The ML published Byron’s",
                "Don Juan",
                "(420) in 1949 and",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "(465) in 1954."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Antic Hay",
                "(1933)  252"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Penguin Island",
                "(1933)  253"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewis,",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "(1933)  254"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ludwig,",
                "Napoleon",
                "(1933)  255"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf, ed.,",
                "Great German Short Novels and Stories",
                "(1933)  256"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Louÿs,",
                "Aphrodite",
                "(1933)  257"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Thackeray,",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "(1933)  258"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Waugh,",
                "Vile Bodies",
                "(1933)  259"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Brontë,",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "(1933)  260"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein,",
                "Three Lives",
                "(1933)  261"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wallace,",
                "Ben-Hur",
                "(1933)  262"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Strachey,",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "(1933)  263"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust",
                ", Guermantes Way",
                "(1933)  264"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Beardsley,",
                "Art of Aubrey Beardsley",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ellis,",
                "New Spirit",
                "(1921)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gourmont,",
                "Virgin Heart",
                "(1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gourmont,",
                "Night in the Luxembourg",
                "(1926)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Paine,",
                "Selected Writings",
                "(1922)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Saltus,",
                "Imperial Orgy",
                "(1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Schnitzler,",
                "Anatol, Living Hours, The Green Cockatoo",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tolstoy,",
                "Death of Ivan Ilyitch",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tolstoy,",
                "Redemption and Two Other Plays",
                "(1919)"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                252
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ALDOUS HUXLEY"
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                {
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                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "252.1a.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] ANTIC HAY | [rule] | BY | ALDOUS HUXLEY | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | LEWIS GANNETT | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [5–6] 7–350 [351–356].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1923,",
                "by",
                "GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933; v–viii INTRODUCTION signed p. viii: Lewis Gannett. |",
                "New York, November,",
                "1932.; [5] fly title; [6] blank; 7–350 text; [351–355] ML list; [356] blank. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong red (12) and black on cream paper depicting six theatrical masks overlapping inset black panel with title in reverse against inset panel except first and last letters extending beyond panel and outlined in black; borders in strong red, other lettering in black. Signed: L. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The modern point of view, contemptuous of all the old canons of Victorian morality, beauty and love, is nowhere more brilliantly championed than in the novels of Aldous Huxley. Full of shrewd commentaries and stinging humor, his books are extravaganzas that satirize the world of today. The two novels by which he is best known,",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "(No. 180) and",
                "Antic Hay",
                ", are in the same temper. Both are as sophisticated as the age they reflect.",
                "Antic Hay",
                "is a novel for the enlightened modern. (",
                "Spring 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by George H. Doran Co., 1923. ML edition (252.1, pp. 7–350) printed from Doubleday, Doran plates. Published January 1933.",
                "WR",
                "4 February 1933. First printing: 6,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy. Cerf invited Lewis Gannett to write an introduction to a forthcoming ML title of his choice. He selected",
                "Antic Hay",
                "as the most appealing but was disappointed with the $50 fee; he had assumed the ML paid more."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Antic Hay",
                "sold 3,427 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. Huxley’s",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "(203) sold 7,733 copies—more than twice as many as",
                "Antic Hay",
                "—during the same period.",
                "Antic Hay",
                "was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Doubleday, Doran sold its plates and publishing rights to Huxley’s older books to Harper & Bros. in 1939. Harper’s considered withdrawing",
                "Antic Hay",
                "and",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "from the ML, but Klopfer was able to negotiate new reprint contracts (see 203). New five-year contracts for the books were sent to Harper’s on 30 March 1939. The",
                "Antic Hay",
                "contract called for the ML to pay a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy and included a special clause that allowed Harper’s to cancel the contract if the ML could not undertake a reprint of at least 2,500 copies after three years."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "252.1b.  Title page reset (1941)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ANTIC HAY | BY ALDOUS HUXLEY |",
                "Introduction by",
                "LEWIS GANNETT | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 252.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 252.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY.  (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel; background in dark green with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Front flap as 252.1a. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "252.2.  New bibliographical edition (1948)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 252.1b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–328.  [1–9]",
                16,
                "[10]",
                8,
                "[11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1923, 1951, BY ALDOUS HUXLEY; v–viii INTRODUCTION as 252.1a; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–328 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 252.1b. Front flap probably as 252.1a. (",
                "Not seen",
                "). Flap text reset with minor revisions. (",
                "Spring 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New bibliographical edition (252.2, pp. 3–328) printed from plates of the English edition published in 1923 by Chatto & Windus. It is not known whether Harper’s acquired the original Chatto & Windus plates or had duplicates made. In 1948 William H. Rose of Harper & Bros. wrote Klopfer that new plates were needed for",
                "Antic Hay",
                "and asked if the ML would share the cost (Rose to Klopfer, 7 June 1948). The plates were being used primarily by the ML, and Klopfer agreed to contribute $500 over a five-year period. During that time the ML paid an extra 2 cents a copy above the regular 10-cent royalty rate; any balance remaining was to be paid at the end of five years. The ML still owed $180 in 1953, so the ML appears to have sold 16,000 copies during that period (Rose to Klopfer, 23 July 1953)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harper’s informed the ML in 1956 that they were planning to add",
                "Antic Hay",
                "to Harper’s Modern Classics but did not ask that the ML edition be withdrawn."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "(1930–1967)  203"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Brave New World",
                "(1956–1967)  485"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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                253
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            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ANATOLE FRANCE"
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                {
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                    "PENGUIN ISLAND"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1933–1970; 1984–"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "253a.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] PENGUIN ISLAND | [rule] | BY | ANATOLE FRANCE | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | PROFESSOR H. R. STEEVES | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, [1–2] 3–295 [296–304].  [1–10]",
                16
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            },
            {
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                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1933,",
                "by",
                "THE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
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                "| 1933; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi: H. R. Steeves. | Columbia University, |",
                "September,",
                "1932.; [1] part title:",
                "BOOK I",
                "| THE BEGINNINGS; [2] blank; 3–295 text; [296] blank; [297–301] ML list; [302–304] blank. (",
                "Fall 1932",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173) and black on light gray paper depicting two penguins on a jagged mound of ice; borders in moderate greenish blue, lettering in black with title highlighted in moderate greenish blue. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A. W. Evans translation originally published in U.S. by John Lane Co., 1909; reprinted by Dodd, Mead & Co. after it acquired the American branch of Lane in 1922. ML edition printed from Dodd, Mead plates made from a new typesetting; the plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published January 1933.",
                "WR",
                "4 February 1933. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71; reissued 1984."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The original Lane/Dodd, Mead plates were too large for the ML’s format. For its edition of France’s",
                "Revolt of the Angels",
                "(163), published in 1928, the ML had made a duplicate set of Dodd, Mead plates, cutting off the running heads and replacing the original page numerals in the headline with smaller numerals placed close to the text. The result was one of the worst looking books the Modern Library ever produced. Cerf considered doing the same for",
                "Penguin Island",
                "(Cerf to Frank Dodd, 4 November 1932), but in the end Dodd, Mead reset the text for the ML. The result was an attractive book of about 310 pages, nearly 50 pages shorter than the Lane/Dodd, Mead edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML used the A. W. Evans translation without identifying the translator. Evans’s renewal of the copyright in 1937—twenty-eight years after the translation was first published—is indicated on the verso of the title page of 253c, published in 1984."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML sold 7,321 copies by June 1936. Sales slowed in the late 1930s (an additional 2,973 copies were sold between July 1936 and June 1939) but picked up in the 1940s.",
                "Penguin Island",
                "sold 4,876 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The publication of",
                "Penguin Island",
                "brought the number of France’s works in the ML to five.",
                "The Queen",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Pédauque",
                "was discontinued at the end of 1933; by the end of 1942",
                "Penguin Island",
                "was the only title by France in the series."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "253b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D5] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] PENGUIN | ISLAND | BY | ANATOLE | FRANCE | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | PROFESSOR H. R. STEEVES | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 253a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 253a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1933, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [297–302] ML list; [303–304] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination and collation as 253a. Contents as 253b except: [iv] 4th line added: RENEWED, 1960, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (",
                "Fall 1962",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in grayish red (19) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with front of jacket divided diagonally into cream panel at top and grayish red panel at foot; title and author in dark blue on cream panel, series and torchbearer in dark blue on grayish red panel."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Devotees of the works of Anatole France agree without a dissenting voice that",
                "Penguin Island",
                "is his most searching and satirical novel. The history of the strutting penguins is the history of mankind, recorded with the gentle but biting irony of the French master.",
                "Penguin Island",
                "is one of the five titles by Anatole France in the Modern Library series. It is prescribed reading for almost every university course in contemporary literature. (",
                "Fall 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap reset with last two sentences rewritten:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Penguin Island",
                "has long held a commanding position among the titles in the Modern Library series. It is prescribed reading for almost every university course in contemporary literature, and a perennial favorite among those who continue to seek pleasure in books for the rest of their lives. (",
                "Fall 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "253c.  Reissue format (1984)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ANATOLE FRANCE | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] PENGUIN ISLAND | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 253a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 253a except: [i] woodcut by Stephen Alcorn of three penguins on shore with monk approaching in boat; [ii] blank; [iv] Copyright 1909 by John Lane Co. | Copyright renewed 1937 by A. W. Evans | [5 lines of rights and publication statements] | This translation originally published by Dodd, | Mead & Co. in 1909 and by The Modern | Library in 1933.; [297] biographical note; [298–304] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on tan paper with inset woodcut illustration of three penguins on shore with monk approaching in boat. Designed by R. D. Scudellari; woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "First published in 1908, and widely regarded as his masterpiece,",
                "Penguin Island",
                "is Anatole France’s most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature, but its characters are penguins in the mythical land of Penguinia. The story of the strutting penguins and their virtues and vices is not merely a burlesque allegory of French history, it is a satire of the history of mankind. With gentle yet biting irony, France challenges the Spencerian belief in the ultimate perfectability [",
                "sic",
                "] of man, though his irony reveals his sympathy for man’s weaknesses and his need for social institutions."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1984 at $6.95. ISBN 0-394-60516-0."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Red Lily",
                "(1917–1937)  7"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard",
                "(1917–1942)  21"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Queen Pédauque",
                "(1923–1933)  100"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Thaïs",
                "(1924–1939)  109"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Revolt of the Angels",
                "(1928–1938)  163"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                254
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "SINCLAIR LEWIS"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "ARROWSMITH"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1933–1952"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    42
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "254.1a.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] ARROWSMITH | [rule] | BY | SINCLAIR LEWIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–x, [",
                2,
                "], 1–448 [449–450].  [1–14]",
                16,
                "[15]",
                8,
                ". 6⅞ x 4⅝ (174 x 115 mm) with leaves trimmed to 6¾ x 4½ in. (170 x 113 mm)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1925,",
                "by",
                "| HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "Copyright,",
                "1924, 1925,",
                "by",
                "| THE DESIGNER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933; [iii] acknowledgment; [iv] blank; v–x INTRODUCTION signed p. x: WILLIAM SOSKIN | New York, | January, 1933.; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–448 text; [449–450] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Format:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper depicting a male doctor looking into a microscope and a woman watching over his shoulder; borders in dark reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: L. (",
                "Spring 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "On one question, at least, critics and readers of Sinclair Lewis’s works are likely to agree—",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "is his greatest novel. In it the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature has created a gallery of characters which, it is safe to predict, will remain unforgettable for generations. Leora, the indomitable comrade and wife; Gottlieb, the incorruptible scientist; Sondelius, the crusader against plagues; and Arrowsmith, the doctor in whom a holy flame is kindled—\tthese are characters who give to the novel its immense power and its blazing indignation. (",
                "Spring 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1925. ML edition (254.1, pp. [iii], 1–448) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published February 1933.",
                "WR",
                "4 March 1933. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition (254.1a) was larger than the standard 6½ x 4¼ inch format so that it could be printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Publication of the ML edition came two years after the release of John Ford’s film version starring Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes and coincided with the appearance of Lewis’s new novel",
                "Ann Vickers.",
                "The ML urged booksellers to feature the two books together in window displays (ML advertisement,",
                "PW",
                ", 14 January 1933, p. 98)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Harcourt, Brace a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Harcourt, Brace secured the approval of Grosset & Dunlap, which also published a reprint edition printed from Harcourt, Brace plates, before authorizing the ML reprint. A later reprint from the original Harcourt, Brace plates was published by P. F. Collier & Son."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Arrowsmith",
                "sold 5,646 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales improved dramatically by the early 1950s. It sold 7,919 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "the thirteenth best-selling title in the regular ML, 153 copies ahead of Hemingway,",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harcourt, Brace decided in 1948 to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, in response to the burgeoning college market. Harcourt, Brace served notice that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts for",
                "Arrowsmith",
                ", Lewis’s",
                "Babbitt",
                ", and seven other titles, including works by E. M. Forster, Katherine Anne Porter, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). The ML’s contract for",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "had four years to run. Harcourt, Brace",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "confirmed its termination in 1952, noting that the firm’s College Dept. wanted exclusive rights for a few years (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to Klopfer, 28 April 1952)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "254.1b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within triple rules] Arrowsmith | BY | Sinclair Lewis | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 254.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 254.1a except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HARCOURT, BRACE & CO., INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1924, 1925, | BY THE DESIGNER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182), pale blue (185) and black on coated cream paper with jacket front divided into inset rectangular panels in moderate blue and bordered in pale blue at top and foot, separated by black band with title in reverse; upper panel with inset circular illustration of a male doctor looking into a microscope and a woman standing with her arm on his shoulder, lower panel with author in reverse and series in black, background in cream. Front flap as 252.1a. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "254.2.  New bibliographical edition; introduction dropped (1946)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 254.1b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], [1–2] 3–464 [465–474].  [1–15]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "] copyright statements as 254.1b; [",
                5,
                "] acknowledgment; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–464 text; [465–470] ML list; [471–472] ML Giants list; [473–474] blank. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 254.1b. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printed from Harcourt, Brace plates made from a new typesetting. The plates were also used for the Harcourt, Brace “Text Edition” (1945), edited by Barbara Grace Spayd with extensive preliminary and back matter that not included in ML printings. Beginning in 1952, shortly after the ML edition was discontinued, Harcourt, Brace used the plates for printings in Harbrace Modern Classics."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The type page in the new edition is taller and wider than the original Harcourt, Brace typesetting used for 254.1 and consists of two fewer lines, resulting in a more open, less densely packed page. In ML printings this is achieved at the cost of significantly narrower margins. The inside margins are about 7 mm each, and the top margin is a mere 6 mm. The lack of a headline in the new typesetting makes the narrow top margin in ML printings particularly noticeable; the transfer of page numerals from the headline to the foot of the page compensates visually for the slightly narrower margin at the foot. The new plates were better suited to the larger format of Harbrace Modern Classics."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewis,",
                "Babbitt",
                "(1942–1948)  348"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewis,",
                "Dodsworth",
                "(1947–1970)  400"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewis,",
                "Cass Timberlane",
                "(1957–1970)  499"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                255
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "EMIL LUDWIG"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "NAPOLEON"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1933–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    95
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "255a.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] NAPOLEON | [rule] | BY | EMIL LUDWIG | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | EDEN AND CEDAR PAUL | [rule] | [torchbearer A7] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xi [xii], [",
                2,
                "], [1] 2–703 [704–706].  [1–21]",
                16,
                "[22]",
                8,
                "[23]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright",
                ",",
                1915,
                "[",
                "sic",
                "],",
                "by",
                "BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First",
                "MODERN LIBRARY",
                "Edition",
                "| 1933; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xi CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE; [xii] blank; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [1]–682 text; 683 AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [684] blank; 685–703 INDEX; [704–706] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper depicting Napoleon with flag and cannon in background; borders in moderate blue, lettering in black. Signed: AH. (",
                "Spring 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Of the vast library of books devoted to the deeds and personality of Napoleon Bonaparte, none has had such an immense popular success as Emil Ludwig’s vibrant biography. The reason is not far to seek. Upon the framework of historical fact, Ludwig has re-created the whole miraculous cycle of Napoleon’s life and has imbued it with the passion and imagination that motivated the career of the little Corsican. It is a book of courage and violence, as vivid and as stirring as Napoleon’s victories and ultimate humiliation. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eden and Cedar Paul translation originally published in U.S. by Boni & Liveright, 1926. ML edition printed from Liveright plates made from a new typesetting which appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published March 1933.",
                "WR",
                "25 March 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The original B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Napoleon",
                "sold 7,309 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it near the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "255b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D5] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] |",
                "Napoleon",
                "| BY | EMIL LUDWIG | TRANSLATED BY | EDEN AND CEDAR PAUL | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 255a."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), bluish gray (191), dark yellow (88) and black on coated white paper depicting Napoleon’s hat, sword and deep reddish orange ribbon against left profile of Napoleon in bluish gray; all against white background with author in black, title in deep reddish orange, and series in bluish gray. Signed: illegible. Front flap as 255a. (",
                "Spring 1941",
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                "Contents:",
                "The Sorrows of Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Orson Falk – The Sport of Destiny, by Johann von Schiller; translated by Marian Klopfer – The History of Krakatuk, by Ernst T. W. Hoffmann; translated by William Makepeace Thackeray – Hansel and Gretel, by Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm – Cinderella, by the Brothers Grimm – Gods in Exile, by Heinrich Heine; translated by M. Fleishman – Immensee, by Theodor W. Storm; translated by C. W. Bell – The Naughty Saint Vitalis, by Gottfried Keller; translated by Martin Wyness – The New Year’s Eve Confession, by Hermann Sudermann – The Fate of the Baron, by Arthur Schnitzler; translated by Eric Sutton – Flagman Thiel, by Gerhart Hauptmann; translated by Adele S. Seltzer – Lukardis, by Jacob Wassermann; translated by Lewis Galantière – Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann; translated by Kenneth Burke – Amok, by Stefan Zweig; translated by Eden and Cedar Paul – The Parcel, by Arnold Zweig; translated by Eric Sutton."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in light blue (181) and black on cream paper with inset illustration of a castle on top of a mountain with black clouds in background; borders in light blue, lettering in black. (",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            {
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                "The anthologist does not live who can compile a collection of short stories and avoid loud protests for his omissions. In the field of the German short story the choice is so wide that an inclusion of all favorites would make a volume of encyclopedic bulk. This anthology puts forth a comprehensive group of short novels and tales, selected primarily because they are representative of the main currents of German literature and those great national figures—Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Hauptmann, Thomas Mann, Zweig and others—who made it the world’s heritage. (",
                "Fall 1934",
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            },
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                "Thomas Seltzer signed a contract in the late 1920s to edit an anthology of German literature for the ML (Klopfer to Pierre Loving, 24 February 1928). Cerf indicates in the Introductory Note how he assumed responsibility for the anthology:"
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It was entrusted originally to a gentleman who once enjoyed a considerable reputation in this town as a publisher and editor. He expressed confidence in his ability to prepare the book, and a contract was duly signed, so long ago, it seems to me, that goats were still roaming around empty lots on Park Avenue when the details were settled. At long last, a manuscript appeared, though a new generation of German authors had flowered in the interim. I was thoroughly dissatisfied with the job. Of the ten stories that this painstaking editor had managed to gather in all these years, I liked only six well enough to publish, and exercising that prerogative which is one of the few privileges left to the publisher in these harrowing days, I threw the others into the wastebasket, and set about compiling an anthology on my own. (p. viii)"
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                ", offering a fee of $200. Knopf replied that they could probably find a Thomas Mann story if Cerf was “content to take one that hasn’t been published in book form by itself” (Knopf to Cerf, 23 August 1932). Knopf had published Kenneth Burke’s translation of",
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                "as a separate volume in 1925 and replaced it in 1930 with the H. T. Lowe-Porter translation. In the end the ML was allowed to use the out-of-print Burke translation. The ML paid a $300 advance against royalties of 3 cents a copy for its use."
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            {
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Great German Short Novels and Stories",
                "sold 4,450 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 3,857 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it at the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xviii, [1–2] 3–264 [265–270].  [1–9]",
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            {
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in moderate red (15) and black on cream paper depicting a scantily clad Aphrodite holding a cape behind her, with flowers and horns of plenty at her feet; borders in moderate red, lettering in black. Signed: George Annand. (",
                "Spring 1933",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in light orange yellow (70), brownish orange (54) and strong greenish blue (169) on coated cream paper with inset illustration of Aphrodite standing by the shore as a Greek boat passes by; background in cream with lettering in strong greenish blue above and below illustration. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1937; unsigned."
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                "To Pierre Louÿs, as it was to the Greeks, love is the most virtuous of human sentiments. His famous story of the courtesan of Alexandria is as unashamedly voluptuous as it is true to the period of antiquity in which it transpires. When",
                "Aphrodite",
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                "Aphrodite",
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                "Spring 1939",
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            },
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                "sold 4,178 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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            },
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 257a jacket B in light orange yellow (70), deep yellowish brown (75), deep red (13) and strong blue (178) on coated cream paper with lettering in deep red and strong blue. (",
                "Spring 1945",
                ")  Front flap reset with “transpires” at the end of the second sentence replaced by “occurs” and “sensual” in the last sentence replaced by “sensuous”. (",
                "Fall 1953",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
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                2,
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) and black on pale yellowish pink paper depicting a woman in bonnet and man in top hat with fair tents in background; borders in moderate reddish brown, lettering in black. (",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Now that Becky Sharp, the heroine of",
                "Vanity Fair",
                ", is to step forth upon the screen, new interest in Thackeray’s masterpiece has been aroused. By bringing to the public the unforgettable experience of reading such a novel, the Modern Library fulfills a function of incalculable value. To be able to offer",
                "Vanity Fair",
                ", with Thackeray’s own pen and pencil sketches, in one complete and reasonably priced volume of 784 pages, is a publishing venture of which we may be pardonably proud. (",
                "Spring 1935",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML bought a duplicate set of plates from Thomas Nelson & Sons for $566.56 (Thomas Nelson & Sons to ML, 29 March 1933)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Vanity Fair",
                "sold 10,067 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the same period Dickens’s",
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                "(269) sold 8,685 copies and Thackeray’s",
                "History of Henry Esmond",
                "(297) sold 4,409 copies.",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "sold 5,390 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles—and still ahead of",
                "David Copperfield",
                "which sold 4,798 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong blue (178), dark orange yellow (72) and black on white paper with illustration of a woman in bonnet and man in top hat against horizontal bands of dark orange yellow and white; title in black and reverse on inset strong blue panel above illustration, author in strong blue on white band below illustration. Designed by Paul Galdone, May 1939, unsigned. Front flap as 258.1a. (",
                "Spring 1947",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxx, [",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                2,
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                "Only one of the three Thackeray illustrations in 258.1 is used in 258.2."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As story alone",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "is read and cherished by each new generation with increased absorption and admiration. One hundred years after its first publication it still retains its original vitality and makes the world in which Becky Sharp and its many other memorable characters lived as meaningful as our own. Few, if any, novels in English give so comprehensive a picture of the structure of its society, ranging from the aristocracy, the gentry, the merchants, the military, the colonials and the bohemians to the lowly and the impecunious.",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "is a panoramic novel that makes a startling commentary on its own times and customs with wit and audacity and perception. It is one of the imperishable classics of English fiction. This volume is embellished by Thackeray’s own pen and pencil sketches. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When it was written over one hundred years ago, Thackeray described",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "as “a novel without a hero.” If it did lack a central protagonist, his great work more than compensated for this deliberate omission with a gallery of memorable characters now known and beloved by readers of every shade of taste and opinion. To be able to issue",
                "Vanity Fair",
                ", with Thackeray’s own pen and pencil sketches, in a single volume of 784 [",
                "sic",
                "] pages, complete and unabridged, fulfills the first aim of the Modern Library: to make available the greatest book treasures of the past and present in a convenient and inexpensive form. (",
                "Fall 1954",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Early in 1950 Stein contacted Gordon S. Ray, chairman of the English department at the University of Illinois and the preeminent Thackeray scholar in the United States, to see if he would be willing to write an introduction to the MLCE edition of",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "instead of Thackeray’s",
                "History of Henry Esmond",
                "(297) as previously arranged. Stein described the conversation in a memo to Haas:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "What came back over the telephone wire was a very blistering attack upon our edition of VANITY FAIR. He said that he uses the edition in his classes with reluctance and that he always apologizes to them for having to use it. His principal points of complaint are:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "1) Our edition is not based on the final text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "2) Our edition does not include Thackeray’s own preface to the book."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "3) Our edition is full of typographic errors."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "4) We do not reproduce Thackeray’s own illustrations."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I am checking into the text of VANITY FAIR to find out exactly what is involved in producing a completely satisfactory book and will let you know within a few days what I turn up. Next Friday Ray will be in town and I have an appointment with him. Naturally I hope that I can at that time assure him that we will put out a completely satisfactory edition. At the moment the principal inexpensive editions of VANITY FAIR that are available are Modern Library, Everyman’s Library, and Great Illustrated Classics (Dodd, Mead, $2.50). Neither Harper nor Rinehart has an edition of VANITY FAIR available right now, but Rinehart does have one in preparation. It seems imperative therefore that we have our edition of VANITY FAIR in improved form available this fall (Stein memo to Haas, 10 February 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ray indicated that the 1864 edition with revisions by Thackeray should be followed. Stein believed that the text of the 1933 ML edition followed Thackeray’s original text as published in parts, 1847–48. At first he hoped that the existing plates could be used for the new ML edition. He told Ray, “Naturally I don’t want our text to be one which does not have scholarly approval. I don’t know yet whether a collation or a resetting is our solution but we will do one or the other to bring the text completely in line with the 1864 version. Because of production costs I am not sure yet that the illustrations, vignettes and initial letters can be included in as moderately priced a book as we plan to have” (Stein to Ray, 28 March 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the end the ML reset the text (Stein to Ray, 20 June 1950) and included eight of Thackeray’s illustrations along with facsimiles of the title page of the first edition and the wrapper of one of the original monthly parts. Earlier ML printings (258.1) included the two facsimiles and three of Thackeray’s illustrations."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ray appears to have declined Stein’s suggestion that he write an introduction to",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "instead of",
                "History of Henry Esmond",
                ", and Stein offered Joseph Warren Beach $200 to write the introduction. Beach replied that he would take on the assignment for $500 but later agreed to accept the amount offered (Stein to Beach, 25 January 1950; Beach to Stein, 27 January 1950; Stein memo to Haas, 27 February 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s goal, Stein told Beach, was to produce “an inviting edition that can be enjoyed by the American student as a novel as readable today as it was a century ago” (Stein to Beach, 23 May 1950). The Note on the Text stated:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The present Modern Library edition of",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "is based on the 1864 edition, which represents the final revisions made by Thackeray, and is preferable to earlier editions as representing what Thackeray considered improvements. Certain obvious misprints in the earlier and later editions have been corrected. In the case of certain doubtful readings we have followed the Oxford edition of",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "edited by Saintsbury in 1908, but we have not always accepted Saintsbury’s emendations. A few of Thackeray’s own full-page illustrations, of which there were some forty in all, have been included—enough to give a notion of the quaint visual aids offered the reader of what Thackeray called “these histories in their gaudy yellow covers”; but considerations of expense make it impossible to include the still more numerous sketches at the head of each chapter or set into the text. (p. xxiii)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Thackeray,",
                "History of Henry Esmond",
                "(1936–1967)  297"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
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          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                259
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, 1–321 [322–326].  [1–10]",
                16,
                "[11]",
                8
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            },
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                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
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                "EVELYN WAUGH | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933 | [short double rule]; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] epigraphs from",
                "Alice Through the Looking Glass",
                "; [viii] blank; ix–x AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. x: E. W.; 1–321 text; [322–326] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong purple (218) and black on cream paper depicting a couple in formal wear on a checkered dance floor viewed from the rear and surrounded by cocktail glasses, streamers, and a musical note; borders in strong purple, lettering in black. Signed: Brienza. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930; publishing rights and plates subsequently acquired by Farrar and Rinehart. ML edition (pp. [v]–321) printed from Cape and Smith/Farrar and Rinehart plates. Published July 1933.",
                "WR",
                "12 August 1933. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1941."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s announcement of its 1933 list stated: “The publication of this book just after",
                "Vanity Fair",
                "and just before",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "is a deliberate move to emphasize the scope and range of the Modern Library series” (",
                "PW",
                ", 14 January 1933, p. 98)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James Crowder, the ML’s senior sales representative, told Cerf and Klopfer that he didn’t expect",
                "Vile Bodies",
                "would sell well—and didn’t expect they did, either.",
                "Vile Bodies",
                "limped along in the series until 1940, when the decision to drop it could be put off no longer. Over thirty-five years later Klopfer still recalled how they hated to let it go (Klopfer, interview with GBN, 1 June 1977)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                260
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "JANE EYRE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1933–"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "260.1a.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] JANE EYRE | [rule] | BY | CHARLOTTE BRONTË | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–486 [487–488].  [1–15]",
                16,
                "[16]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933 | [short double rule]; v–vii PREFACE signed p. vii: CURRER BELL. |",
                "Dec",
                ". 21",
                "st,",
                "1847.; viii NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION signed: CURRER BELL. |",
                "April",
                13,
                "th,",
                "1848.; 1–486 text; [487–488] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid green (139) and black on pale yellowish green paper depicting Jane Eyre holding cut flowers in her arms with a country house in the background; borders in vivid green, lettering in black. Signed: Loederer."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In her introduction to her sister’s novel,",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                ", Charlotte Brontë wrote: “The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something that strangely wills and works for itself.” This observation has an especial application to her own",
                "Jane Eyre",
                ", for it emphasizes the reasons for the vitality and individuality of one of the most highly cherished treasures in our literature. Since it is partially autobiographical, the poignancy of",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "is linked to the deathless interest and the heart rending pathos of the lives of the Brontës. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published August 1933.",
                "WR",
                "2 September 1933. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Jane Eyre",
                "was the first ML book to include descriptive text about the work on the jacket flap. Descriptive text about each ML title appeared on the front panel of the jacket from May 1917 through spring 1928. For the next five years (fall 1928–July 1933) ML jackets included information about the series as a whole on the front flap but nothing specifically about individual works. Saxe Commins, who joined Random House as editor in July 1933, wrote the flap text for",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "and subsequently published ML titles. As jackets of older ML titles were reprinted, he provided flap text about those works as well."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "increased substantially during the Second World War. There were nineteen printings between 1933 and early 1944 for a total of 37,000 copies. Of these, 10,453 copies were sold during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles, just above Thackeray’s",
                "Vanity Fair",
                ". It sold 3,502 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it near the top of the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
                "Vanity Fair",
                ", with sales of 5,390 copies, retained a solid position in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "260.1b.  Title page reset (1941)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jane Eyre | BY | CHARLOTTE BRONTË | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 260.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 260.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) and black on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset moderate reddish brown panel within inset cream panel with series and black and torchbearer in moderate reddish brown; background in moderate reddish brown. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 260.1a. (",
                "Fall 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "260.2a.  Text reset (1944)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within single rules with ornamental rule at head of frame]",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "| BY | CHARLOTTE | BRONTë | THE | MODERN | LIBRARY | [torchbearer E5] | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [1–2] 3–494 [495–504].  [1–16]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; v–vii PREFACE signed p. vii: Currer Bell. | Dec. 21st, 1847.; vii (cont.) NOTE TO THE | THIRD EDITION signed: Currer Bell. | April 13th, 1848.; [viii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–494 text; [495–500] ML list; [501–502] ML Giants list; [503–504] blank. (",
                "Fall 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 260.1b. (",
                "Fall 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML reset the text for the Illustrated ML (IML 8) and subsequently used the plates for regular ML printings. The full page illustrations in Illustrated Modern Library printings are omitted, but two of Edward A. Wilson’s drawings are retained—the decorative vignette of two birds at the beginning of the Preface (p. v) and the illustration of a barren tree at the head of Chapter One (p. 3)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The first word or two of each chapter is set in Lilith, a decorated typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1930. Hutchings describes it as a “twentieth century parody of Victorian decorated typefaces” and “a pastiche of some or the more notable design features of the 1840–50 decade. The collared main-strokes to the capitals, bifurcated terminals, horizontal hatching, and formalized shadow effect are characteristic of the period, although the swash forms of the capitals and the inclusion of lower-case were then exceptional” (",
                "Manual of Decorated Typefaces",
                ", p. 54)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "260.2b.  Peden introduction added (1950)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[ornamental rule] |",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "| BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË | [ornamental rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | WILLIAM PEDEN |",
                "Professor of English,",
                "|",
                "University of Missouri",
                "| [torchbearer E5] |",
                "The Modern Library · New York"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], 3–494.  [1–16]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
                "; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | BY WILLIAM PEDEN; xv–xvi BIBLIOGRAPHY; xvii–xix as 260a, pp. v–vii; [xx] blank; 3–494 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "As 260.2a. (",
                "Fall 1952",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in brilliant blue (177), moderate greenish yellow (102) and black on white paper with illustrations of Rochester on horseback and Jane Eyre in bonnet and muff; title and author in black on moderate greenish yellow band. Signed: FE (Fritz Eichenberg). Front flap reset with revisions. (",
                "Spring 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "JANE EYRE [Lilith decorated type] |",
                "by",
                "CHARLOTTE BRONTE [",
                "sic",
                "] | [ornament] |",
                "Introduction by",
                "| WILLIAM PEDEN |",
                "Professor of English, University of Missouri",
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            },
            {
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                16,
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 260.2b jacket B."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Brontë,",
                "Jane Eyre",
                "(Illustrated ML, 1944–1951)  IML 8"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Brontë, Emily,",
                "Wuthering Heights",
                "(1926–1969; 1978– )  120; Illustrated ML (1946–1950)  IML 18"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                261
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "261.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THREE LIVES | [rule] | BY | GERTRUDE STEIN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | CARL VAN VECHTEN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xvi], [9–10] 11–279 [280].  [1–9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1909,",
                "by",
                "Gertrude Stein | [short double rule] |",
                "Copyright,",
                "1933, by The Modern Library, Inc. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933; v–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: Carl Van Vechten |",
                "New York",
                ", |",
                "July 5",
                ",",
                1933,
                ".; [xii] blank; [xiii] epigraph from Jules Laforgue; [xiv] blank; [xv] CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [9] part title: THE GOOD ANNA; [10] blank; 11–279 text; [280] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep blue (179) and black on cream paper with title repeated in reverse on three overlapping diagonal panels in deep blue; borders and other lettering in black. Signed: [Ernst] Reichl."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“",
                "Three Lives",
                ",” says the Saturday Review, “stands as a massive doorpost in the entrance to the latest and best in American literature.” The book has had a curious history. Readers who were baffled by Gertrude Stein’s later work were afraid to tackle it. Twice it was allowed to go out of print altogether. Each time, however, enthusiastic admirers created sufficient demand to warrant new printings. The emphatic success of Miss Stein’s autobiography must finally win for this splendid book the wide audience that is its due. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Grafton Press, 1909. Reprinted by Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. ML edition (pp. [xiii]–279) printed from Grafton/Boni plates. Published September 1933.",
                "WR",
                "7 October 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "After Harcourt, Brace & Co. published Stein’s",
                "Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas",
                "in 1933, Carl Van Vechten suggested that the ML bring out some of Stein’s earlier work. Cerf cabled Stein in Paris about a ML edition of",
                "Three",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Lives",
                "(Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", p. 101). RH subsequently became Stein’s regular publisher, and a warm friendship developed between Cerf and Stein."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML acquired the plates and full publishing rights to",
                "Three Lives",
                ", and Van Vechten wrote a new introduction for the ML edition. Cerf informed Stein a month after publication that “the book is proving to be a tremendous success for us. It is causing more comment than any new Modern Library title in the past two years. The firm of R. H. Macy & Co., which has probably the largest book department in the world today, has bought the astonishing number of 1300 copies of this little book since publication day less than a month ago. The total sale to date is over 4500 copies” (Cerf to Stein, 23 October 1933)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales appear to have dropped off in the later 1930s, and",
                "Three Lives",
                "was discontinued at the end of 1940. Cerf persuaded James Laughlin of New Directions to add",
                "Three Lives",
                "to their New Classics series in 1941. New Directions used the ML’s plates, including Van Vechten’s introduction, and paid the ML a $250 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Cerf told Stein that she would receive $125 (her half of the advance) from the New Directions edition in the next year alone (Cerf to Stein, 17 September 1941)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein,",
                "Selected Writings",
                "(1962–1971)  547"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein,",
                "Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas",
                "(1980–1986)  623"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                262
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] BEN HUR | A TALE OF THE CHRIST | [rule] | BY | LEW WALLACE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–vii [viii], 1–551 [552–558].  [1–17]",
                16,
                "[18]",
                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A7; [i] title; [ii]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1880, 1901,",
                "by",
                "HARPER & BROS. |",
                "Copyright,",
                "1908, 1920,",
                "by",
                "HENRY L. WALLACE | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933; [iii] dedication; [iv] biographical note and bibliography; v–vii Table of Contents; [viii] blank; 1–[552] text; [553–558] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in grayish blue (186) and black on cream paper depicting Ben-Hur in chariot lashing on four horses; title and borders in grayish blue, other lettering in black. Signed: Lewis Daniel."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Of all the historical romances ever written, none has had such wide popularity as",
                "Ben Hur",
                ". The avidity with which it was read when it was first issued in 1880 has never abated, and new generations of readers, surfeited with less glamorous fare, feast on this chronicle of the first days of Christianity with increasing delight. To them, as to their elders,",
                "Ben Hur",
                "is a fast-moving and absorbing tale, full of the color and pageantry of Rome at the height of its glory, and packed with action and excitement. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1880. New bibliographical edition (“Player’s Edition”) published by Harper & Brothers, 1901. ML edition (pp. [iii], v–[552]) printed from “Player’s Edition” plates with illustrations, running heads, and single-rule borders enclosing each page omitted. Published October 1933.",
                "WR",
                "4 November 1933. First (and probably only) printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1941."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf initially offered Harper & Bros. a $2,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He indicated that he wanted to publish",
                "Ben-Hur",
                "in October 1933 so the ML could have as much time as possible to sell its edition before the work entered the public domain in 1936 (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper’s, 12 May 1933). The advance was reduced to $1,000 in the contract dated 17 May 1933. The small type and dated nineteenth-century typography of the “Player’s Edition” plates made",
                "Ben-Hur",
                "one of the least attractive volumes in the series. The ML edition was not a success; copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder marking of a star stamped on the endpaper."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML omitted the hyphen from the title on the jacket, half title, title page, biographical and bibliographical note, and lists of titles in the series. Ben-Hur is hyphenated throughout the text."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                263
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "LYTTON STRACHEY"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "EMINENT VICTORIANS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1933–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "263a.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] EMINENT | VICTORIANS | CARDINAL MANNING · DR. ARNOLD | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE · GENERAL GORDON | [rule] | BY | LYTTON STRACHEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–342 [343–348].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A7; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright",
                ", 1918,",
                "by",
                "HARCOURT, BRACE & CO. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933; [v] dedication; [vi] biographical note and bibliography; vii–ix PREFACE signed p. ix: L. S.; [x] blank; xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; [1] part title: CARDINAL MANNING; [2] blank; 3–342 text; [343–348] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong blue (178) and dark blue (183) on cream paper depicting an elderly Queen Victoria riding in an open coach; borders in strong blue, lettering in dark blue. Signed: L."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "With the publication of",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "in 1918, the art of biography was given a new impetus. The astonishing brilliance of Lytton Strachey’s portraits illuminated the hidden facets of his subjects as well as the motives and tendencies of the era in which they lived. Modern biographers quickly adopted Lytton Strachey’s graphic and vivacious methods, and the present-day enthusiasm for biographical literature is directly traceable to his innovating technique. Strachey himself considered",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "his finest work. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1918; publishing rights and plates subsequently acquired by Harcourt, Brace & Co. ML edition printed from Harcourt, Brace plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1933.",
                "WR",
                "9 December 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harcourt, Brace acquired the rights to",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "after publishing Strachey’s",
                "Queen Victoria",
                "(1921) and",
                "Elizabeth and Essex",
                "(1928). When Cerf expressed interest in a Strachey title for the ML, Alfred Harcourt replied that neither",
                "Queen Victoria",
                "nor",
                "Elizabeth and Essex",
                "would be available since the firm wanted to promote them as textbooks after a reprint contracts held by Blue Ribbon Books expired. He indicated that the ML could have",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "in June 1933 when the Star Dollar Books edition published by Garden City Publishing Co. would be exhausted (Harcourt to Cerf, 27 September 1932). The following April he reported that the Star edition was out of print and that",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "was available whenever the ML wanted it (Harcourt to Cerf, 21 April 1933). The original plates were too large for the ML’s format and Harcourt, Brace made new plates for the ML edition, for which the ML was billed $500. The ML paid Harcourt, Brace royalties of 10 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "sold 2,967 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "263b.  Title page reset (1939)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "EMINENT | VICTORIANS | CARDINAL MANNING | DR. ARNOLD | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE | GENERAL GORDON | BY | LYTTON STRACHEY | [torchbearer D7 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 263a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 263a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY HARCOURT, BRACE & CO.; [343–347] ML list; [348] blank. (",
                "Fall 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid very deep red background. Front flap as 263a. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap rewritten:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Before the publication of",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "the art of biography had fallen into a decline that made of most lives a journeyman’s compilation of volumes commemorating the dead. To the task of putting an end to this kind of literary abomination, Lytton Strachey brought many special qualifications. Of these, the most notable were his acute sense of the past, a scholarship both accurate and spirited, and a vivid style. Modern biographers quickly adopted Lytton Strachey’s graphic and vitalizing methods, and the current enthusiasm for works of biography is directly traceable to his innovations. By unanimous consent",
                "Eminent Victorians",
                "is his most noteworthy book. In it he evaluates the lives and times of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold of Rugby and General Charles George (Chinese) Gordon. (",
                "Spring 1959",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A except in deep pink (3) on coated white paper. Front flap with rewritten text. (",
                "Fall 1964",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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              "NUMBER": [
                264
              ]
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            {
              "METADATA": [
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                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "MARCEL PROUST"
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                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE GUERMANTES WAY"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "264a.  First printing (1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THE | GUERMANTES WAY | [rule] | BY | MARCEL PROUST | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                12,
                "], 1–428, [",
                2,
                "], 1–395 [396–398].  [1–26]",
                16,
                "[27]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D12; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1925,",
                "by",
                "THOMAS SELTZER | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1933; [",
                5,
                "] biographical note and bibliography; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [",
                7,
                "] AUTHOR’S DEDICATION; [",
                8,
                "] TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION; [",
                9,
                "] CONTENTS; [",
                10,
                "] blank; [",
                11,
                "] part title: PART I; [",
                12,
                "] blank; 1–428 text; [",
                1,
                "] part title: PART II; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–395 text; [396–398] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong blue (178) and black on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in reverse on inset scalloped black panel; borders in strong blue, lettering in strong blue and black. Signed: Brienza."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Remembrance of Things Past",
                "is the general title for the seven magnificent novels of Marcel Proust. One by one, the independent parts are being made available for Modern Library readers, all in the masterful translations of C. K. Scott Moncrieff. . . .",
                "The Guermantes Way",
                "is the third of the series. These novels should be read in their proper order, that their subtlety and depth may be savored to the full. (",
                "Fall 1933",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. in two volumes by Thomas Seltzer, 1925; reprinted 1928 by Albert & Charles Boni. ML edition (pp. [",
                7,
                "–",
                9,
                "], 1–428; 1–395) printed from Seltzer/Boni plates in one volume with part titles added and headings “Part I” and “Part II” added to the table of contents. Published December 1933.",
                "WR",
                "23 December 1933. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fifteen months after the ML edition of",
                "Within a Budding Grove",
                "(194) was published Cerf wrote to Albert Boni about adding",
                "The Guermantes Way",
                "to the series in fall 1931 or spring 1932 (Cerf to Boni, 17 April 1931). Boni needed cash but feared that sales of the complete set of",
                "Remembrance of Things Past",
                "would be undermined if individual volumes appeared in the ML too rapidly. Cerf approached him again a few months later with an offer that he hoped would entice Boni to release the work for publication in spring 1932. He offered an advance of $1,500 payable immediately, or $2,000 with half paid on signing and the balance on publication, against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to Boni, 3 July 1931). The reprint contract was finally signed late the following year and specified that the ML edition could not be published before October 1933. The ML paid Boni a $1,500 advance with $750 payable on signing (Cerf to Boni, 23 November 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Swann’s Way",
                "(166) was the only Proust title to achieve consistently good sales in the ML.",
                "The Guermantes Way",
                "sold 1,997 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the ML’s fifth worst-selling title. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "264b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | GUERMANTES | WAY | BY MARCEL PROUST |",
                "Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff",
                "| [torchbearer D6] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                12,
                "], 1–428; [",
                2,
                "], 1–395 [396–406].  [1–26]",
                16,
                "[27]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 264a except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THOMAS SELTZER; [396] blank; [397–402] ML list; [403–404] ML Giants list; [405–406] blank. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 264b. Contents as 264b except: [",
                4,
                "] line 2 added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (",
                "Fall 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish brown (41) and medium gray (265) on cream paper with silhouette of Proust in medium gray against deep reddish brown background with lettering in reverse. Front flap as 264a. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ")."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap rewritten:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work,",
                "Remembrance of Things Past",
                ", are now available, complete and unabridged, for American readers in the Modern Library series. . . . Each of the seven novels is a separate entity and yet is an integral part of the grand design of Proust’s modern masterpiece. (",
                "Fall 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "Swann’s Way",
                "(1928–1971; 1977–1982)  166"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "Within a Budding Grove",
                "(1930–1970)  194"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "Cities of the Plain",
                "(1938–1970)  316"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "The Captive",
                "(1941–1970)  340"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "Sweet Cheat Gone",
                "(1948–1971)  408"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "Past Recaptured",
                "(1951–1971)  443"
              ]
            }
          ]
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        },
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          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer published the first authorized American edition of James Joyce’s",
                "Ulysses",
                "in January 1934. The book appeared under the Random House imprint, but the U.S. copyright was registered under The Modern Library, Inc., which at this point was still the legal name of the firm. Before 1934 many American visitors to Paris brought back copies of the original edition published in 1922 by Shakespeare and Company, the Paris bookshop established by the American expatriate Sylvia Beach.",
                "Ulysses",
                "was officially banned in the United States and tourists returning to the U.S. ran the risk of having it confiscated at customs."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer wanted to establish the legal right to publish and sell",
                "Ulysses",
                "before they printed their edition. They arranged for a copy of the Shakespeare and Company edition with critical evaluations of the work bound in—thus assuring their admissibility as evidence in court—to be seized at customs. The case was heard in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, with Judge John M. Woolsey presiding and attorneys Morris L. Ernst and Alexander Lindey representing Random House. Judge Woolsey’s decision, rendered 6 December 1933, recognized the literary stature of",
                "Ulysses",
                "and concluded that “nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac.” The prohibition against its importation into the United States was overturned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Random House edition, including Judge Woolsey’s decision, a foreword by Morris Ernst, and a letter from Joyce, was published in January at $3.50. Joyce received royalties of 20 percent of the list price. The RH edition sold nearly 50,000 copies by June 1939, giving Joyce well over $30,000 (Cerf to Dashiell Hammett, 7 June 1939).",
                "Ulysses",
                "(G50) was added to ML Giants in 1940."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Other trade books published in 1934 under the Random House imprint included a four-volume edition of Proust’s",
                "Remembrance of Things Past",
                ", Gertrude Stein’s",
                "Four Saints in Three Acts",
                ", volumes of poetry by W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender, George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s play",
                "Merrily We Roll Along",
                ", and William Saroyan’s",
                "Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printing technologies: letterpress and offset lithography"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All ML books before 1934 appear to have been printed from letterpress plates. Letterpress is a relief technology. The printing surface is raised from the body of individual types cast from molten metal, Linotype slugs cast for an entire line, or metal plates, each of which is cast from a page of composed metal type. The raised printing surface is inked, and ink is transferred to paper in the press. Relief plates cast from pages of standing type began to be widely used in the nineteenth century. Plates were ideal for books that required more than one printing since printers normally could not afford to store pages of standing type against the possibility of subsequent printings. There was a metal plate for each page of a book. Having separate plates for each page allowed the plates to be imposed on the press in different ways, depending on whether a book was being printed with eight, sixteen, or thirty-two pages on each side of the sheet. Most books before the early 1960s were printed letterpress. Books for which a single printing was likely to satisfy demand were usually printed from standing type, thus saving the cost of making plates. Only those for which the publisher anticipated multiple printings were printed from letterpress plates. The ML’s economic model was based on an assumption of multiple printings. All ML books were printed from plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When the ML reprinted copyrighted works it tried whenever possible to use the original publisher’s letterpress plates or duplicates of the original plates. The original plates were usually designed for a full-sized trade edition, not the ML’s compact format. This explains why many ML books printed from the original publisher’s plates had uncomfortably narrow margins. In some cases the only way the ML could print from the original publisher’s plates was to cut off the running heads, as it did with Anatole France’s",
                "Revolt of the Angels",
                "(163). The introduction of the ML’s larger format in 1939 enhanced the appearance of ML books and made it easier to print from original publishers’ plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Offset lithography is a planographic technology where the printing area of a plate is neither raised (as in letterpress printing) nor recessed into the plate (as in intaglio technologies such as engraving and etching). A lithographic plate is smooth to the touch. Lithography is based on the antipathy of oil and water. Printing areas of a lithographic plate are treated to accept greasy printer’s ink; non-printing areas are coated with a thin film of water that repels ink. Offset lithography begins with photographic negatives of the content to be printed on each page. The images can be photographed from a previously published book, photographed from reproduction proofs printed from metal type, or composed directly from photographic images of letterforms and other content. The negatives for one side of a printed sheet are imposed in the same way as relief plates, depending on the number of pages to be printed on each side of the sheet. The negatives are placed against a photosensitized plate and exposed to light. “The plate is then treated with chemicals that affect the exposed parts differently from the rest. This results in a distinction between the printing and nonprinting parts of the plate that makes printing possible” (Marshall Lee,",
                "Bookmaking",
                ", 2d ed., 1979, p. 132). Letterpress printing typically involves a separate plate for each page; offset plates typically print an entire side of a sheet at a time. Modern practice involves storing the negatives and burning new plates for each printing; before offset lithography became the dominant printing methodology, some printers appear to have stored the lithographic plates for reuse in the same way that letterpress plates were stored. Lee notes that the basic techniques of lithographic printing were developed early in the twentieth century “but it was not until the 1920s that any considerable commercial printing was done by this method, and it was not until after World War II that it became a major book-printing industry” (p. 136)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Unlike relief plates, lithographic plates are lightweight and flexible. They are attached to one cylinder of the printing press. The plate is treated so that the printing areas accept greasy printer’s ink and repel water. In the press, the plate is coated with a thin film of water, which prevents ink from adhering to non-printing areas; another roller applies printer’s ink which adheres to the images to be printed."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lithographic printing technologies are known as “offset lithography” or “offset” for short because the inked image on the plate is not printed directly to paper. The inked image is “offset” to a second cylinder covered with a rubber blanket which in turn transfers the image to paper carried by a third cylinder. Lee indicates in",
                "Bookmaking: The Illustrated Guide to Design/Production/Editing",
                "(2nd ed., 1979), “Several advantages are gained by printing on a rubber blanket first instead of directly on paper: (a) the plates last longer, (b) less water comes in contact with the paper, (c) the resilient rubber cylinder permits printing finer copy on rougher paper, and (d) the speed is increased” (p. 137)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Since letterpress printing transfers ink directly from relief plates or standing type to paper, the type surface is wrong reading so that the printed image will be right reading. The extra step in offset lithography means that lithographic plates are right reading and can be read in the same way that a printed page is read. The inked image on the offset cylinder is wrong reading, and the image transferred to paper is right reading."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML occasionally resorted to offset lithography before the 1960s when the original publisher’s letterpress plates were too large for the ML’s format. At that period offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing and the quality was considered to be inferior, but it allowed the ML to avoid the cost of a new typesetting. The ML could photograph the pages of a printed book, reduce the dimensions of the type page photographically, and make offset plates from the negatives."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The first ML book printed by offset lithography appears to have been Frank Norris’s",
                "The Pit",
                "(272), published in August 1934. Parkway Printing Co., the ML’s regular printers, did not have an offset department before 1955, and the ML had the book printed by Polygraphic Printing Co. of America, a New York shop that specialized in offset lithography. Other ML titles printed from offset lithographic plates before the mid-1960s include Newton,",
                "Amenities of Book Collecting",
                "(1935: 287), Malraux,",
                "Man’s Fate",
                "(1936: 294), Whitman,",
                "Leaves of Grass",
                "(1940: G48), Bemelmans,",
                "My War with the United States",
                "(1941: 343), and Thurber,",
                "The Thurber Carnival",
                "(1957: 496). The introduction of the ML’s larger format in 1939 allowed later printings of",
                "Man’s Fate",
                "to be made from the original publisher’s letterpress plates.",
                "Man’s Fate",
                "was the only ML title printed in succession from offset plates, letterpress plates, and then again from offset plates when the ML switched to offset lithographic printing for most of its titles in the mid 1960s."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The cost of printing by offset lithography dropped below that of letterpress printing around 1963. Over the next few years the ML converted most of its books to offset. Today nearly all commercially published books are printed by offset lithography, and letterpress printing is largely confined to small presses that print books in limited editions from handset type."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Several ML books published in the “reissue” format in the 1980s reverted to letterpress printing, presumably to capture price breaks for using idle letterpress equipment after most book publishers had switched to offset lithography. Some of these were printed from letterpress plates that were worn and battered from decades of use; the appearance of these books is distinctly inferior to those printed from offset plates. When the ML switched to offset printing in the mid-1960s, it tried to photograph first ML printings or the earliest printings it could find in order to avoid worn type."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Thirteen new titles were added and twelve were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 212. Five new titles were published in ML Giants; by the end of 1934 the Giants included sixteen titles in seventeen volumes."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in the standard 6½ x 4¼ inch format in balloon cloth binding D with the Kent endpaper in orange. Each title was available in red, blue, green, and brown cloth with the top edge stained the same color as the binding."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
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                "All new titles had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type and torchbearer A2. All new titles had the 3-line imprint that began to be used in January 1931:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The title pages of two fall 1934 titles, Veblen,",
                "Theory of the Leisure Class",
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                "Porgy",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER"
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The imprint for newly published titles reverted to the previous 2-line format in March 1936 after the Modern Library acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, and Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine. \tBalloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with each title published simultaneously in all four bindings."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939 except for Reed,",
                "Ten Days That Shook the World",
                "(1935) and three spring 1939 titles, all of which were published in the larger format that the ML adopted for all titles beginning fall 1939. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding patterns of open books and “ml” initials were extended to fill the larger space."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All but two 1934 titles were published in individually designed pictorial jackets. Veblen,",
                "Theory of the Leisure Class",
                "(274) and Virgil,",
                "Works",
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          ]
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        {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Caldwell,",
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                "xHeyward,",
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                "; Giants through G14; jackets: 225 (=fall 1933, fall 1934).  (Fall) Heyward,",
                "Porgy",
                "xHamsun,",
                "Growth of the Soil",
                "; Giants through G17; jackets: 225 (=fall 1933, spring 1934).",
                "Note:",
                "Titles scheduled for January publication were printed late in the preceding year; ML lists inside the jackets and at the end of the volumes are typically those of the preceding fall."
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf made another attempt to secure James Stephens’s",
                "Crock of Gold",
                "for the ML (Cerf to George Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 19 March 1934). Six years earlier Macmillan had turned down an advance of $4,000 against royalties of 12 cents a copy—more than the ML paid for all but a select handful of titles.",
                "The Crock of Gold",
                "was still selling too well in its original American edition for Macmillan to consider a reprint. It never appeared in the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Little, Brown turned down an offer by Cerf to reprint",
                "Mutiny on the Bounty",
                "by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Alfred R. McIntyre of Little, Brown indicated that he doubted if anyone would be allowed to publish an inexpensive reprint of the book (Cerf to McIntyre, 20 July 1934; McIntyre to Cerf, 23 July 1934). Cerf was undeterred and made offers for the",
                "Bounty",
                "trilogy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf was also beginning to think about a book on Judaism. He wrote to Arnold Zweig soliciting his suggestions for the series and indicated, “In particular, I would like to do some history of the Jews in the Modern Library. Have you any suggestions along this line?” (Cerf to Zweig, 24 July 1934). He repeated his interest two years later in a letter to Harold Guinzburg of Viking Press (Cerf to Guinzburg, 3 March 1936). It took twenty years for this goal to be accomplished. Two books on Judaism compiled for Random House,",
                "The Wisdom of Israel",
                ", edited by Lewis Browne (1945) and",
                "Great Ages and Ideas of the Jewish People",
                ", edited by Leo W. Schwarz (1956) were reprinted in ML Giants in 1956 and 1962."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dale Warren of Houghton Mifflin Co. suggested a ML edition of Dorothy Richardson’s",
                "Pilgrimage",
                ", the lengthy novel sequence published in the U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf. He noted that “the whole stream of consciousness business was really started by Dorothy Richardson” and added, “I should think you could buy the rights for a song, and get some sale—although you would of course be making one of those superb gestures for which the Cerf-Klopfer twins are justly noted” (Warren to Cerf, 30 January 1934). Cerf responded that Klopfer would take up the matter when he was in Boston in September. “My secret hunch is that Houghton Mifflin have a set of plates of this lemon somewhere on the premises and are trying to pawn them off on unsuspecting and naive young lads like ourselves” (Cerf to Warren, 22 August 1934)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Aaron Sussman of Spier & Sussman, the ML’s advertising agency, suggested a complete edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes’s",
                "Breakfast Papers",
                "(Sussman to Cerf, 14 November 1934). Cerf replied, “We steered clear of Holmes and his pals as far as the Modern Library is concerned because we’ve had such rotten luck with Franklin and Longfellow volumes. It makes me believe that people who want this sort of thing are not inclined to look for it in the Modern Library” (Cerf to Sussman, 15 November 1934). Sales of",
                "The Poems of Longfellow",
                "(235) and",
                "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Selections from His Other Writings",
                "(236) improved in the 1940s and 1950s, when Longfellow ranked in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles and Franklin ranked in the second quarter."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1934)  265"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Buck,",
                "Good Earth",
                "(1934)  266"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hammett,",
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                "(1934)  267"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Caldwell,",
                "God’s Little Acre",
                "(1934)  268"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dickens,",
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                "(1934)  269"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Thucydides,",
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                "(1934)  270"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cabell,",
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                "(1934)  271"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Norris,",
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                "(1934)  272"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fitzgerald,",
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                "(1934)  273"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Veblen,",
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                "(1934)  274"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1934)  275"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hémon,",
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                "(1934)  276"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Virgil,",
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              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Andreyev,",
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                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Carpenter,",
                "Love’s Coming of Age",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dostoyevsky,",
                "Poor People",
                "(1917)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dreiser,",
                "Twelve Men",
                "(1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Flaubert,",
                "Temptation of St. Anthony",
                "(1921)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Queen Pédauque",
                "(1923)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "George,",
                "Bed of Roses",
                "(1919)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Daisy Miller; An International Episode",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shaw,",
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                "(1917)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Strindberg,",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Villon,",
                "Poems",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wilde,",
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                "(1926)*"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            "De Profundis",
            "was added to Wilde,",
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        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
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        },
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            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Enormous Room",
                "is a book of immense proportions. Only in a narrow sense is it an indictment of war. The filth and the futility of war are pitilessly revealed, but even more is it a revelation of the debasement and glory of youth. Written with a fiery imagination and the keenest sensitiveness, it is none the less a book of the most spontaneous realism, and as such holds through the years a place by itself among the few important books produced by the World War. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cummings’s bibliographer wrote in 1960: “Cummings’ ‘Introduction’, his father’s ‘Foreword’ and the restoration, under the direct supervision of the author, of the original manuscript text makes the ‘Modern Library’ edition . . . the most authoritative edition issued to date” (Firmage, p. 5)."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "Pagination and collation as 266.1a. Contents as 266.1a except: [ii]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1931,",
                "by",
                "PEARL S. BUCK |",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1933,",
                "by",
                "PEARL S. BUCK |",
                "and Reprinted by Permission of",
                "| THE NEW YORK TIMES | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1934",
                "Note:",
                "The copyright statement for Buck’s introduction was incorrect in the first ML printing. What appears to be the second printing changes the wording from “",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1933,",
                "by",
                "| THE NEW YORK TIMES” to “",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1933, by PEARL S. BUCK |",
                "and Reprinted by Permission of",
                "| THE NEW YORK TIMES”. The first printing with the corrected statement retains the statement “First Modern Library Edition | 1934.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish brown (41) and black on cream paper depicting two Chinese peasants; lettering in black. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It is not without reason that",
                "The Good Earth",
                "has been the most successful book since",
                "Quo Vadis",
                ", 38 years ago. Its immense popularity can be attributed to the humanity of the people who come to life in its pages and to the Biblical simplicity of its writing. It is a book that takes root deep in the heart of mankind.",
                "The Good Earth",
                "is more than a mere portrayal of Oriental life; it is the epic of man’s struggle for existence in any age and in any part of the world. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by John Day Co., 1931. ML edition (266.1, pp. [1]–[375]) printed from Day plates with battered page numeral “375” removed. Published February 1934.",
                "WR",
                "10 February 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1970."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML could not expect to secure exclusive reprint rights to a major best-seller like",
                "The Good Earth",
                ", which headed the best-seller list for two years (1931–32). Grosset & Dunlap, the leading mass-market publisher of hardbound reprint editions, recognized that there was little overlap between its market and the ML’s and sometimes agreed to share reprint rights. When Cerf contacted the John Day Co. at the beginning of 1933 about a ML edition of",
                "The Good Earth",
                ", he was told that it would be many months before a commitment about reprint rights could be made (Cerf to Richard Walsh, John Day Co., 3 January 1933; Walsh to Cerf, 4 January 1933). Arrangements were made later that year for",
                "The Good Earth",
                "to appear first in Grosset & Dunlap’s Novels of Distinction series and shortly thereafter in the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Buck’s introduction to the ML edition (266.1) is a reprint of a long letter that was originally published under the title “Mrs. Buck Replies to Her Chinese Critic” in the",
                "New York Times Book Review",
                "(15 January 1933)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Three months after Pocket Books published",
                "The Good Earth",
                "as a twenty-five-cent paperback, Cerf commented, “I think the sale of this book holds up amazingly well in our edition when you consider how many other editions it comes in, and we are certainly proud to have it in our Modern Library list” (Cerf to Walsh, 30 November 1939). Comparative sales figures for the Grosset & Dunlap, ML, and John Day editions for the eighteen-month period July 1938–December 1939 show the following: Grosset & Dunlap, 24,081 copies; ML, 3,133 copies; Day, 443 copies (RH box 141, folder D1)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of the ML edition more than doubled during the Second World War, reflecting the heightened demand for books in wartime and enhanced interest in China. The ML edition sold 7,383 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Good Earth",
                "was shifted from ML 2 to ML 15 in fall 1943 when the ML published its three-volume Shakespeare as ML 1–3."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s reprint contract for",
                "The Good Earth",
                "was terminated in July 1966, shortly after the ML ordered a final printing of 5,000 copies. Together with 1,600 copies already on hand, it was estimated that the ML stock would last for at least one-and-a-half years."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "266.1b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | GOOD EARTH | BY | PEARL S. BUCK | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 266.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 266.1a except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY PEARL S. BUCK |",
                "Introduction Copyright",
                "1933, by PEARL S. BUCK",
                "and",
                "|",
                "Reprinted by Permission of",
                "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–374 [375–384].  [1–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                8,
                ". Contents as 266.1b except: [377–381] ML list; [382–383] ML Giants list; [384] blank. (",
                "Fall 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136), moderate reddish brown (43) and black on grayish paper depicting two Chinese peasants walking through a field at sunrise; lettering in black on moderate yellowish green bands at top and foot. Front flap as 266.1a. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "266.2.  Text reset; Buck introduction dropped (1946)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 266.1b except line 5: WITH A FOREWORD BY"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], 1–313 [314].  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1931, BY PEARL S. BUCK | COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY PEARL S. BUCK |",
                "Reprinted by arrangement with",
                "THE JOHN DAY COMPANY; [",
                5,
                "] FOREWORD signed:",
                "September, 1944.",
                "Pearl S. Buck; [",
                6,
                "] epigraph from Proust,",
                "Swann’s Way",
                "; 1–313 text; [314] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                ": As 266.1b. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap rewritten:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The great and lasting popularity of",
                "The Good Earth",
                "can be attributed to the simple humanity of the people who come to life in its pages. Written in 1930, this novel brought Pearl S. Buck to the admiring attention of the world and was influential, eighteen years later, in earning for her the Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first and only American woman so to be honored. Author of many books since",
                "The Good Earth",
                ", Pearl S. Buck is almost always identified with and remembered by this epic of the soil. It is a novel that has taken root and has grown in strength with the passage of the years. Far more than a portrayal of Oriental life,",
                "The Good",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Earth",
                "is the ever-heroic story of man’s struggle for existence in any age and in any part of the world. (",
                "Fall 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New bibliographical edition published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1944/45, with a new foreword by the author. ML edition printed from a duplicate set of the plates used for Grosset & Dunlap printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An internal RH memo (Regina Spirito to Manny Harper, 5 May 1945) indicates that new plates were being made for",
                "The Good Earth",
                "along with Maugham’s",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "(199), Well’s",
                "Tono-Bungay",
                "(225), and Maugham’s",
                "Moon and Sixpence",
                "(283). It is not known whether the ML made duplicates of the Grosset & Dunlap plates or whether the two sets of plates were made at the same time."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The new typesetting replaces Buck’s introduction with a one-page foreword by Buck dated September 1944. By eliminating running heads and increasing the lines of text on each page from 31 to 37, the new typesetting reduces the length of for Buck’s text by 61 pages."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML plates are identical to those used by Grosset & Dunlap with the exception of the title page, the addition of the series title and a publisher’s note to the half title, and the addition of the RH device to the verso of the title page along with the following statement within a single-rule frame: “",
                "Random House",
                "is the publisher of | THE MODERN LIBRARY | bennett a. cerf | donald s. klopfer | robert k. haas | Manufactured in the United States of America | Printed by Parkway Printing Company  Bound by H. Wolff”."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1934–1949"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "267a.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing (1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–267 [268–276].  [1–9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "Introduction copyright,",
                "1934 |",
                "by",
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                "| 1934; [v] dedication; [vi] biographical note and bibliography; vii–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: Dashiell Hammett. |",
                "New York",
                ",",
                "January",
                "24, 1934.; [x] blank; [xi–xii]",
                "CONTENTS",
                "; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–267 text; [268] blank; [269–274] ML list; [275–276] blank. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong green (141) and black on cream paper with inset illustration depicting a woman and four men, two of whom are struggling over a gun, with the shadow of a falcon in the background; borders in strong green, title in reverse against inset illustration, other lettering in black. Signed: WC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The selection of a detective story for inclusion in the Modern Library series provided an embarrassment of riches. Yet there was neither hesitation nor reservation in the choice of",
                "The Maltese Falcon",
                ". Its authentic portrayal of the folkways of hard-bitten criminals and sleuths, its mystifying plot and its rogues’ gallery of shady and picturesque characters set it apart from all the neatly contrived and resolutely erudite standard shockers. Carl Van Vechten says: “Dashiell Hammett has raised the detective story to that plane to which Alexandre Dumas raised the historical novel.” (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in book form by Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. ML edition (pp. [v], [xi]–267) printed from Knopf plates. Published March 1934.",
                "WR",
                "31 March 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1949."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hammett’s original introduction to the ML edition describes the people who served as models for many of the characters. “Spade,” he notes, “had no original. He is a dream man in the sense that he is what most of the private detectives I worked with would like to have been and what quite a few of them in their cockier moments thought they approached. For your private detective does not—or did not ten years ago when he was my colleague—want to be an erudite solver of riddles in the Sherlock Holmes manner; he wants to be a hard and shifty fellow, able to take care of himself in any situation, able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact with, whether criminal, innocent bystander or client” (pp. viii–ix)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Maltese Falcon",
                "was originally published as a five-part serial (September 1929–January 1930) in the pulp magazine",
                "Black Mask",
                ". “The book was dramatically revised after serialization, with more than two thousand textual differences between the two versions. Some of the changes were made by copy editors at Knopf but the majority appear to have been made by Hammett himself” (Penzler, p. 105)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There were six Knopf printings between February and November 1930 and fifteen ML printings between February 1934 and August 1943 (",
                "The Maltese Falcon",
                ", Pocket Books edition, second printing, November 1944, title page verso). The sixth ML printing (January 1940) was probably the first in the larger ML format (267b), but a copy of this printing has not been examined."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 7,254 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. The October 1941 release of John Huston’s motion picture version starring Humphrey Bogart may have stimulated ML sales at this period. The 25-cent paperback published by Pocket Books in August 1944 appears to have cut deeply into the ML’s market. The ML edition was discontinued in 1949, leaving 6,200 unsold copies in stock (Emanuel Harper to Joseph C. Lesser, Knopf, 1 June 1950). The ML remaindered 4,774 copies through the Harlem Book Co in 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "267b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer E3] | [8-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | MALTESE | FALCON | BY | DASHIELL | HAMMETT | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 267a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 267a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, 1930, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [269–273] ML list; [274–275] ML Giants list; [276] blank. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in black, deep yellow green (120) and medium gray (265) on coated white paper depicting the head of a falcon, the palm of a hand and a pistol; lettering in deep yellow green except “FALCON” in reverse with “F” and left leg and crossbar of “A” shaded in medium gray, all against black background. Signed: EMcKK [E. McKnight Kauffer]. Front flap as 267a. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                268
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ERSKINE CALDWELL"
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "GOD’S LITTLE ACRE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1934–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    51
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "268.1a.  First printing (1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] GOD’S LITTLE ACRE | [rule] | BY | ERSKINE CALDWELL | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–ix [x], [1–2] 3–303 [304–318].  [1]",
                16,
                "(±4) [2–10]",
                16,
                "[11]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1933,",
                "by",
                "ERSKINE CALDWELL |",
                "Introduction copyright,",
                "1934,",
                "by",
                "THE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
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                "| 1934; [v] dedication; [vi] biographical note and bibliography; vii–ix A Foreword signed p. ix: Erskine Caldwell | Mount Vernon, Maine |",
                "December,",
                "1933.; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–303 text; [304] blank; [305–311] APPENDIX | TO THE FIFTH PRINTING; [312] blank; [313–318] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The fourth leaf of the first gathering (pp. vii–viii) has been cancelled and replaced by a newly printed leaf; the first gathering is normal in later printings. It is not known whether the original leaf was cancelled because of a printer’s error or a last-minute revision by Caldwell."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid orange (48), moderate green (145) and dark grayish brown (62) on cream paper depicting vivid orange sun rising over moderate green fields; borders in vivid orange, title in reverse on three moderate green banners, other lettering in dark grayish brown."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, through its agent, John S. Sumner, brought an action for the suppression of",
                "God’s Little Acre",
                "on an obscenity charge, writers, critics and men and women in public life rallied to its support. Magistrate Benjamin Greenspan, in a memorable opinion, summarily dismissed the case, declaring that the book “was very clearly not a work of pornography.” The Modern Library now adds",
                "God’s Little Acre",
                "to its list as a serious novel of conspicuous literary merit. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Viking Press, 1933. ML edition (268.1, pp. [v], [1]–[311]) printed from Viking plates, which were subsequently owned by Duell, Sloan and Pearce and by Little, Brown & Co. Published April 1934.",
                "WR",
                "28 April 1934. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Caldwell received $50 for writing the foreword to the ML edition (Cerf to Caldwell, 12 October 1933). The foreword concludes:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Some day I hope those for and of whom this story was written will have the opportunity to read it. So far it seems that its readers have mainly been those seeking sensation and pornography. I would willingly trade ten thousand of those for a hundred readers among the boys and girls with whom I walked barefoot to school in snow-crusted Tennessee winters and with whom I sweated through the summer nights in the mills of Georgia. Maybe this Modern Library edition will reach some of them. I hope so. (p. ix)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The hope Caldwell expressed in 1933 in his foreword to the ML edition was realized most fully after the introduction of mass market paperbacks. The paperback edition of",
                "God’s Little Acre",
                ", published in 1946 by the American branch of Penguin Books (and subsequently by Penguin Signet and Signet Books) “sold about two million copies in its first nine months”; sales eventually ranked “among the highest of modern paperback publishing” (Bonn, p. 122, 197). There were almost 60 million copies of Caldwell’s books in Signet editions by 1960 (ibid., p. 197)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The biographical note and bibliography on p. [vi] were updated at Caldwell’s request in the January 1939 printing (Cerf to Caldwell, 27 December 1938). The plates and publishing rights to",
                "God’s Little Acre",
                "were transferred from Viking Press to Duell, Sloan and Pearce in fall 1939 and passed to Little, Brown & Co. by the mid-1950s. The ML arranged its printings with each firm in succession. Little, Brown made one printing under its own imprint from the 268.1 plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy. In 1957 Little, Brown noted that the retail price of ML books had increased several times since 1934 and inquired whether the royalty should be adjusted (Arthur Thornhill, Little, Brown, 17 September 1957). Later that year the ML began paying royalties of 12 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 6,393 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. Total sales of ML printings through spring 1957 were 75,403 copies (Klopfer to James Oliver Brown, James Brown Associates, 24 May 1957)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "268.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D5] | [8-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] GOD’S | LITTLE | ACRE | BY | ERSKINE | CALDWELL | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 268.1a.  [1–10]",
                16,
                "[11]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 268.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY ERSKINE CALDWELL | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [vi] biographical note and bibliography reset and updated. (",
                "Spring 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 268.1a with vivid orange borders omitted. (",
                "Spring 1944",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "268.2.  Text reset; foreword and appendix dropped (1957)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                4,
                "], [1–2] 3–303 [304–316].  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "] Copyright, 1933, by Erskine Caldwell; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–303 text; [304] blank; [305–310] ML list; [311–312] ML Giants list; [313–316] blank. (",
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                ")",
                "Note:",
                "A spring 1957 printing of 268.2 has been reported but has not been examined."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant",
                ": Pagination and collation as 268.2. Contents as 268.2 except: [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1933, AND RENEWED, 1960, | BY ERSKINE CALDWELL; [304–311] ML list; [312–313] ML Giants list; [314–316] blank. (",
                "Fall 1966 list but Spring 1967 format with 1960s binding C, tan Kent endpaper and jacket B",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "David Copperfield",
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                "The world-wide revival of interest in the works of Charles Dickens makes this completely new edition of his own favorite novel an indispensable addition to the Modern Library. For those who have been brought up on the novels of Dickens and those who are fortunate enough to enjoy the adventure of coming upon",
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                "for the first time, this compact edition is a boon. It contains, in addition to the complete and unabridged text, thirty-nine reproductions from the original illustrations by “Phiz,” whose real name was Hablot K. Browne. (",
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                "(1960–1970)  524"
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                "[within double rules] THE COMPLETE WRITINGS | OF | THUCYDIDES | [short swelled rule] | THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR | [rule] | THE UNABRIDGED CRAWLEY TRANSLATION | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | JOSEPH GAVORSE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            {
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                "Twenty-four centuries have witnessed the fulfillment of Thucydides’ intention to make his work “a possession for ever, not the rhetorical triumph of an hour.” Not only to students of history and statecraft, but to enlightened readers of every shade of interest,",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
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            {
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            {
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                "By now the fretful babblings of the prurient over the amatory excursions of Messire Jurgen have subsided. Instead of bothering to discover phallic parables in every casual allusion, adult readers take the keenest delight in the nimble satire of this morality in behalf of monogamy and common-sense.",
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            },
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                "Cream of the Jest",
                "or",
                "The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck",
                "(Cerf to Mr. [Guy] Holt, McBride, 29 July 1925). McBride had authorized a ML edition of",
                "Beyond Life",
                "(104) two years before but in 1925 was unwilling to consider further reprint editions of Cabell’s books. Sales of the original editions remained strong, and McBride was thinking about publishing its own cheap edition of Cabell’s works (Holt to Cerf, 24 August 1925)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "McBride authorized a ML edition of",
                "The Cream of the Jest",
                "(131) in 1927. The following year Klopfer made another offer for",
                "Jurgen",
                ", but the response was still negative, even after he increased the offer to 12 cents a copy. Stuart Rose of McBride wrote that the firm “is loathe to permit any further reprints of Mr. Cabell’s works to appear, at least for the time being. . . . The sales of all of Mr. Cabell’s books, and particularly of JURGEN, in the two dollar and fifty cent edition, are so profitable to us that we hesitate to risk decreasing them in any way – this despite the fact that we have not noticed any falling off in the sale of THE CREAM OF THE JEST” (Rose to Klopfer, 26 March 1928; Klopfer to Rose, 27 March 1928)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Grosset & Dunlap published a reprint edition of",
                "Jurgen",
                "in its Novels of Distinction series in 1929. When Cerf expressed interest in publishing",
                "Jurgen",
                "in the ML in fall 1933 (Cerf to Stanley Walker, McBride, 23 December 1932), McBride indicated that it could be discussed when the Grosset & Dunlap contract expired. Cerf wrote a few months later, “I hope you will bear in mind that we want this book whenever we can get it” (Cerf to Walker, 15 May 1933). He then turned to Grosset & Dunlap and secured its support for a ML edition. Grosset & Dunlap wrote McBride on the ML’s behalf, indicating that “the Modern Library isn’t directly competitive with our Dollar line” (Grosset & Dunlap to McBride & Co., 16 November 1933)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "271b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "JURGEN |",
                "A Comedy of Justice",
                "| BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL |",
                "with an introduction by",
                "THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 271a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 271a except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [369–373] ML list; [374] blank. (",
                "Spring 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Non-pictorial in light bluish green (163) and black on cream paper with lettering in black and torchbearer in reverse against solid light bluish green background. Front flap as 271a. (",
                "Spring 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cabell,",
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                "(1923–1935)  104"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cabell,",
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                "(1927–1939)  131"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Fall"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                272
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "FRANK NORRIS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE PIT"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1934–1940"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    92
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "272.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing (1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE PIT | A STORY OF CHICAGO | [rule] | BY | FRANK NORRIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–vi] vii–x [xi–xii], [",
                2,
                "], 1–403 [404].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                18,
                "[13]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D12; [i] title; [ii]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1902,",
                "by",
                "THE CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. |",
                "Copyright,",
                "1903,",
                "by",
                "DOUBLEDAY",
                ",",
                "PAGE & CO. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1934; [iii] biographical note and bibliography; [iv] blank; [v] dedication; [vi] ACKNOWLEDGMENT; vii–x FOREWORD signed p. x: Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.; [xi] PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS | IN THE NOVEL; [xii] blank; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–403 text; [404] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34) and black on cream paper depicting ticker tape machines towering above a crowd with skyscrapers in background; borders in vivid reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Frank Norris lived to complete only two-thirds of his planned trilogy,",
                "The Epic of Wheat",
                ".",
                "The Pit",
                ", which is the second volume, created a national furor and established Norris as the first and one of the greatest realists in America. Today",
                "The Pit",
                "is not only a startling exposé of the machinations of stock gamblers in the fundamental necessity of life, but also an authentic picture of the frenzied struggle for power that marked the end of American pioneer days and the beginnings of its ventures in world markets. (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. New bibliographical edition with the Tompkins foreword published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928, as part of the 10-volume Argonaut edition of Norris’s works. ML edition (pp. [v]–403) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Argonaut edition. Published August 1934.",
                "WR",
                "25 August 1934. First (and probably only) printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 31 December 1940."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Robert de Graff of Garden City Publishing Co., a Doubleday subsidiary, was inspired by Ernest Peixotto’s article on Norris in",
                "Saturday Review of Literature",
                "(27 May 1933) to suggest that Norris belonged in the ML (de Graff to Cerf, 29 May 1933). Sinclair Lewis had suggested a ML edition of Norris’s",
                "McTeague",
                "or",
                "The",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Octopus",
                "three years earlier (Lewis to Cerf, 14 March 1930). Cerf expressed interest, and de Graff sent copies of",
                "The Pit",
                "and",
                "McTeague",
                "for his consideration. He noted that",
                "The Pit",
                "had sold 189,455 copies in all editions while",
                "McTeague",
                "had sold 67,272 copies and",
                "The Octopus",
                "had sold 59,779 copies (de Graff to Cerf, 14 July 1933). On this basis Cerf decided that",
                "The Pit",
                "“should certainly be the one for us to take” (Cerf to de Graff, 24 July 1933). He appears to have been unaware that",
                "McTeague",
                "(57) was in the ML between 1918 and 1922 but had been discontinued before he joined Boni & Liveright as a vice-president in 1923."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The plates of the 1903 Doubleday edition of",
                "The Pit",
                "were too large for the ML’s format, and Cerf initially assumed that the ML edition would have to be printed from a new typesetting. He hoped that Doubleday would share the cost and asked de Graff, “Can we make some deal, do you think, making some special provision for the cost of the plates?” (ibid.). Meanwhile, Klopfer investigated the possibility of adapting the original plates. He wrote to the ML’s printer: “We might put the book in the Modern Library by chopping off the running head and putting the folios in small numbers at the bottom of each page. The plates are in pretty bad shape, and I would like you to look them over and see whether you think, with a reasonable amount of repair work, you could make a decent looking book out of them” (Klopfer to William Simon, Parkway Printing Co., 29 August 1933)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Publication of the ML edition was announced for May 1934 but postponed until August; Dickens’s",
                "David Copperfield",
                "(269), originally scheduled for August, was moved forward to May. Uncertainty over production of",
                "The Pit",
                "appears to have caused the delay. Klopfer indicated at the end of April, “I am still not sure what method of printing we are going to use” (Klopfer to Allen Lane, 30 April 1934). In the end a decision was made to print from offset plates photographically reduced from the 1928 Argonaut edition.",
                "The Pit",
                "appears to have been the first ML title printed by offset lithography. Offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing at this period and the quality was poorer, but it would have been considerably more expensive to reset the work and make new letterpress plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of the ML edition appear to have been disappointing.",
                "The Pit",
                "was discontinued after less than six-and-a-half years. Copies of the first ML printing have been seen with the remainder mark of a star stamped on the endpaper."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Norris,",
                "McTeague",
                "(1918–1922)  57"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                273
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "F. SCOTT FITZGERALD"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE GREAT GATSBY"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1934–1938"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    117
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "273.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing (1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE | GREAT GATSBY | [rule] | BY | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | [rule] | Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; | If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, | Till she cry “Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, | I must have you!” |  – Thomas Parke D’Invilliers. | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii–xiv], 1–218 [219–226].  [1–7]",
                16,
                "[8]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1934,",
                "by",
                "THE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1934 |",
                "Copyright,",
                "1925,",
                "by",
                "CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS; v biographical note and bibliography; [vi] blank; vii–xi INTRODUCTION signed p. xi: F. Scott Fitzgerald | Baltimore, Md. | August, 1934.; [xii] blank; [xiii] dedication; [xiv] blank; 1–218 text; [219–224] ML list; [225–226] blank. (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and black on cream paper depicting a man and woman in formal dress against a background of skyscrapers and a speeding automobile; borders in moderate blue, title in reverse against illustration, other lettering in black. Signed: Newman."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "is a story of the fabulous 1920s, that incredible period in American history that ended in a crash from which we are all reeling still. The editors of",
                "Time",
                "Magazine report that Gatsby was the “first racketeer in United States fiction.” Countless novels and motion pictures have followed the pattern since, but",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "remains the most brilliant and understanding portrait of the first mad days of the bootleg era. It is by all odds Scott Fitzgerald’s best book, and one that nobody interested in the development of American literature can afford to overlook. (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. ML edition (pp. [xiii]–218) printed from Scribner plates. Published September 1934.",
                "WR",
                "29 September 1934. First (and only) printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1939."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maxwell Perkins, Fitzgerald’s editor at Scribner’s, suggested a ML edition of",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                ". He wrote to Cerf (25 October 1933) to announce the forthcoming publication of",
                "Tender Is the Night",
                ", which appeared initially as a serial in",
                "Scribner’s Magazine",
                ", and added: “If it goes, and the first installment appears in the January number, why don’t you consider issuing ‘The Great Gatsby’ with an introduction by Gertrude Stein?” (Stein was an early supporter of",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "and wrote Fitzgerald shortly after publication of the “genuine pleasure” it had brought her, calling it “a good book” and commenting that he was “creating the contemporary world as much as Thackeray did his”; see Tanselle and Bryer, p. 410). Four months later Cerf wrote that he wanted to publish a ML edition in fall 1934. He offered a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy and indicated that he would pay Fitzgerald $50 for a new introduction (Cerf to Perkins, 27 February 1934). Including his share of the advance, Fitzgerald received a total of $300 from the ML edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fitzgerald was “evidently quite pleased that this book is to go into our series” and telephoned long distance from Baltimore to talk with Cerf about the introduction (Cerf to Perkins, 6 March 1934). He put off writing it, however. After Klopfer wrote on 1 August to remind him of the approaching publication date he promised to submit it within a week. He appears to have met this deadline, and Klopfer sent him galley proofs of the introduction on 17 August. Shortly after Fitzgerald submitted the corrected proofs, he indicated that he was not satisfied with the introduction and asked for the proofs back (Myers, pp. 31–32)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML began the practice of inviting selected authors to write original introductions to ML editions of their works in the late Boni & Liveright era, when Norman Douglas was asked to write an introduction to",
                "South Wind",
                "(114). Virginia Woolf’s introduction to the ML edition of",
                "Mrs. Dalloway",
                "(168), published in 1928, is one of the finest examples of this genre. Fitzgerald’s introduction to",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "was one of the worst. He subsequently expressed a desire to revise it in future printings. When the ML edition was published he wrote: “I do not like the preface. Reading it over it seems to have both flipness and incoherance [",
                "sic",
                "], two qualities which the story that succeeds it manages to avoid” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 15 September 1934). Cerf tried to reassure him that the introduction was “thoroughly O.K.” (Cerf to Fitzgerald, 17 September 1934). The following month Fitzgerald declared, “The preface",
                "is",
                "incoherent. I am not even going to revise it, but simply do it over again” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 10 October 1934)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A 1935 presentation copy of the ML edition to Marion Bristow Greene is inscribed, “With best wishes from F. Scott Fitzgerald to his neighbor in Tryon [North Carolina]” with the additional annotation at the top of p. vii: “Very bad introduction” (Abebooks listing by Peter Harrington, London; accessed Abebooks.co.uk, 5 July 2013). At least one copy of the ML edition—a presentation copy to Elizabeth Lemmon, a close friend of Maxwell Perkins—contains revisions to the introduction in Fitzgerald’s own hand (Roger Lathbury, posting to ML collector’s listserv , 10 November 2011)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tender Is the Night",
                ", Fitzgerald’s last completed novel, was published in April 1934, five months before the ML edition of",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                ". By 1936 Fitzgerald was campaigning for its inclusion in the ML. He sent Cerf a telegram asking if he would consider a ML edition of",
                "Tender Is the Night",
                "if he made “certain changes toward the end which I see now are essential . . .” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 16 May 1936; the correspondence between Fitzgerald and Cerf quoted in this and the preceding paragraph is from Myers, pp. 34–38). Two months later he wrote, “I would like to have another book on your list, not from vanity . . . but simply because I think that two books would be stronger than one in building up a permanent interest among those whose destiny leads them to accept my observation as part of their cosmology” (Fitzgerald to Cerf, 23 July 1936; quoted in Turnbull, pp. 536–37). In 1938 Maxwell Perkins expressed a “secret hope” of publishing",
                "This Side of Paradise,",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Great Gatsby",
                ", and",
                "Tender Is the Night",
                "as an omnibus volume in the ML, but nothing ever came of this (Bruccoli,",
                "Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald",
                ", 2d rev, ed., 2002, p. 439)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales of",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "were disappointing. The ML edition sold about 700 copies a year and was remaindered in 1939 (Klopfer Oral History, p. 39). Cerf stated, “The book is one of my personal enthusiasms, but I am sorry to say that it has been one of the poorest sellers in the whole Modern Library series. . . . I hate to see Scott Fitzgerald’s name being forgotten!” (Cerf to Whitney Darrow, Scribner’s, 31 January 1940). Fitzgerald’s popularity revived after his death. By the early 1960s the Scribner paperback edition of",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "was selling 300,000 copies a year (Klopfer Oral History, p. 39)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There was a second printing of the jacket in fall 1939 after",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                "was discontinued. All of the fall 1939 jackets examined are stamped “DISCONTINUED TITLE” and were used to freshen copies sold as remainders."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                274
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "THORSTEIN VEBLEN"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1934–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "274.1a.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing (1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE THEORY OF | THE LEISURE CLASS | An Economic Study of Institutions | [rule] | BY | THORSTEIN VEBLEN | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY | STUART CHASE | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [",
                2,
                "], 1–404 [405–414].  [1–13]",
                16,
                "[14]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Foreword Copyright,",
                "1934,",
                "by",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| [5-line copyright and printings statement, Macmillan Co.] | [short rule] | [3-line printings statement, B. W. Huebsch] | [short rule] | [6-line printing and rights statement, Viking Press]; v–vi biographical note and bibliography; vii–viii PREFACE; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xv FOREWORD signed p. xv: Stuart Chase.; [xvi] blank; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–400 text; 401–404 INDEX; [405–410] ML list; [411–414] blank. (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First",
                "statement retained on fall 1935 printing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in light purplish blue (199) and dark brown (59) on light orange paper; borders and torchbearer in light purplish blue, lettering in dark brown."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Armed both with science and satiric humor, Veblen exposes, with a ferocity like Swift’s and with incomparably larger understanding, the dominion throughout all our moral and aesthetic world of judgments resting on the rivalrous display of wealth. To my mind the protest against false values contained in this book, is one of the landmarks in the life of reason.”  —MAX EASTMAN. (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by the Macmillan Co., 1899; reprinted with the addition of an index, 1912; subsequently published by B. W. Huebsch, 1918, and Viking Press, 1931. ML edition (274.1, pp. vii–x, 1–404) printed from Macmillan/Huebsch/Viking plates with preliminaries repaginated for the ML edition, last line of p. vii shifted from the second page of the preface, and table of contents revised to reflect the addition of Chase’s foreword. Published September 1934.",
                "WR",
                "29 September 1934. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Theory of the Leisure Class",
                "sold 7,807 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 4,399 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, still in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "274.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Theory of | the Leisure Class | AN ECONOMIC STUDY | OF INSTITUTIONS | by Thorstein Veblen | WITH A FOREWORD BY STUART CHASE | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 274.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 274.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [8 lines of copyright, printing and rights statements for Macmillan, Huebsch and Viking Press printings]; [",
                1,
                "] fly title reset as two lines; [405–409] ML list; [410–411] ML Giants list; [412–414] blank. (",
                "Fall 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43) and black on tan paper with title in reverse on inset moderate reddish brown panel at upper left, other lettering in black and torchbearer in moderate reddish brown below inset panel. Front flap as 274.1a. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap rewritten:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The influence of Thorstein Veblen’s",
                "The Theory of the Leisure Class",
                "has grown immeasurably in the half century since its original publication. Some of its phrases—notably “conspicuous consumption”—have become standard in our national vocabulary. His examination of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life and its emphasis on pecuniary culture is one of the masterly analyses and critiques of our socio-economic development. Its irony, its rich accumulation of evidence and, above all, its boldness of interpretation have kept it a vital work through years of social upheaval, economic disequilibrium and an altogether unstable period of national and world history. (",
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                "The swarming Negro life of Catfish Row in Old Charleston provided Du Bose Heyward with the material for what first became a distinguished American novel, then a highly successful play under the aegis of the Theatre Guild, and now in its final incarnation, simultaneous with its admission to the Modern Library, a truly indigenous opera by the gifted composer, George Gershwin.",
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                "is steeped in the atmosphere of one of the few really individual cities left in the United States. Heywood Broun calls it “the most moving and admirable book about Southern Negroes that I have ever read.” (",
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                ", 11 August 1934, p. 407). The Theatre Guild had hoped that",
                "Porgy and Bess",
                "would be ready for the fall 1934 season (Alpert, p. 78), but the premier was delayed until October 1935, a full year after the appearance of the ML edition."
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), deep blue (179), moderate green (145) and grayish blue (180) on cream paper with inset illustration of a village set in snow-covered hills; borders in vivid reddish orange, lettering in deep blue. Signed: Newman."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maria Chapdelaine",
                "is the kind of story on which the usual publisher’s “blurb” would be strangely out of place. The original publishers wisely issued it in a picture wrapper without a single word of description, and let the public discover its beauties for itself. Canadian in setting, this haunting story, written by a French wanderer, has gone far beyond the boundaries of America, and has become one of the treasures of the world’s narrative literature. Did you enjoy",
                "Green Mansions",
                "? Try",
                "Maria Chapdelaine",
                ", then! (",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Blake translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1921, with large initials in blue at the beginning of each chapter. Reprinted with drawings by Wilfred Jones, 1924, using the original text plates and a second set of plates containing illustrations and different large initials printed in grayish yellow. Reprinted with introduction and notes by Carl Y. Connor in Macmillan’s Modern Readers’ Series, 1929, with large initials from the illustrated edition added to the text plates to allow for one-color printing and illustrations omitted. ML edition (pp. [xix]–288) printed from Modern   Readers’ Series plates with Connor introduction and notes omitted. Published November 1934.",
                "WR",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer offered 8 cents a copy for",
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                "in 1926 with an advance of $400 against the first 5,000 copies, but Macmillan was planning to include it in their Modern Readers series (Klopfer to George Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 5 October 1926). In 1927 Cerf told William Lyon Phelps, “Macmillan’s, who hold the copyright, have turned a deaf ear to all of our proposals. It’s a rotten shame, too, because I think . . . we could sell ten times as many copies of this book as they sell themselves” (Cerf to Phelps, 3 March 1927). Seven years later the ML paid Macmillan a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to 19 March 1934). Hugh Eayrs, who wrote the new introduction, was president of the Macmillan Co. of Canada."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition (276a) has been seen in a Macmillan binding commonly used for Canadian textbook editions, so there appears to have been some arrangement between Cerf and Eayrs for distributing copies of the ML edition in that format (David Mason, Fine & Rare Books, Toronto, to GBN; undated.)"
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "[within double rules] VIRGIL’S | WORKS | [short swelled rule] | THE AENEID, ECLOGUES, GEORGICS | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | J. W. MACKAIL | INTRODUCTION BY | CHARLES L. DURHAM, Ph.D. | PROFESSOR OF LATIN, CORNELL UNIVERSITY | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–352 [353–354].  [1–11]",
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            {
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                "|",
                "Ithaca, New York.",
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            {
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                "Non-pictorial in deep green (142) and greenish gray (155) on very light green paper with lettering in deep green, borders and band in center in greenish gray."
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                "As a companion volume to Homer’s",
                "Iliad",
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                "The Odyssey",
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                "Virgil’s Works",
                "takes a prominent place among the classics of antiquity on the Modern Library shelf. The prose translation by J. W. Mackail of",
                "The Aeneid",
                ",",
                "Eclogues",
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                "Georgics,",
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            },
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            {
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            },
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                "Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with title and statement of responsibility in black on deep reddish orange panel at upper left; series in black and torchbearer in deep reddish orange below panel. Front flap as 277a. (",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Stein wrote to Durham about revising the introduction (Stein to Durham, 27 January 1950) but discovered he had died. He then approached McDermott, who received $150 for the new introduction (Stein to McDermott, 23 February 1950)."
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                "Lectures in America",
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                "(284) had torchbearer C2; Mann,",
                "Buddenbrooks",
                "(285) and Ferber,",
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                "(286) had torchbearer A3. All new titles had the 3-line imprint that began to be used in January 1931:"
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            {
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            {
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                "Front flap:"
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            {
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                "Robinson Jeffers’ position as the writer of the most challenging poetry of our time is now generally conceded. The spiritual tragedies that he sets against the rocky landscape of the Pacific coast reveal all the fierce intensity and overwhelming beauty of his unique gifts. When",
                "Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems",
                "was first published a new and elemental force in our native poetry was acclaimed. Now, in the Modern Library, it wins new adherents for the poet of the dark labyrinths of the human soul. (",
                "Spring 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The original B&L plates were too large for the ML’s format and new plates had to be made for the ML edition. Cerf gave Jeffers an opportunity to revise the text but he declined. In the introduction he stated: “. . . it is a pleasure to write, but after a thing has been written I hate to see it again; poems are the sort of children that it is delightful to beget, dreary to educate. . . . So I made terms with my conscience and my publisher: ‘If you’ll let me off revising I’ll write an introduction instead; that will only take a few hours, the other would take weeks’” (p. vii).",
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            },
            {
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [1–6] 7–314 [315–320].  [1–10]",
                16
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            },
            {
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                "Spring 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong yellow (84), deep green (142) and dark brown (59) on cream paper depicting a South Sea village with mountains in distance; lettering in dark brown against strong yellow background. Signed: Newman."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The fame of W. Somerset Maugham rests securely on two novels. The first,",
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                "The Moon and Sixpence",
                ", now takes its place in the series with the promise of competing for popular favor with its celebrated predecessor. This story of Charles Strickland, driven by the demon of his genius to the South Seas, parallels in many respects the strange life of Paul Gauguin. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy. The ML printed 43,500 copies by August 1944. Sales were about 2,000 copies a year in the late 1930s but increased to about 7,000 copies a year after the United States entered the war (Ray Freiman memo to Robert Haas, 13 November 1944).",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Moon and Sixpence",
                "sold 11,156 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it twenty-first out of 271 ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "283.1b.  Title page reset (c.1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE MOON | AND | SIXPENCE | BY | W. SOMERSET | MAUGHAM | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
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                "Pagination and collation as 283.1a. Contents as 283.1a except: [2] blank; [4] COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY; [315–319] ML list; [320] blank. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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                2,
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "The Moon and Sixpence",
                "at the same time. Freiman contacted Doubleday, Doran to determine whether it was willing to supply new plates or at least pay part of the cost (Freiman memo to Haas, 13 November 1944). Doubleday, Doran agreed to reset and replate both titles at its own expense as long as the ML agreed to keep them in print and promote them aggressively for at least ten years (Cedric R. Crowell, Doubleday, Doran, to Commins, 2 January 1945). The new plates were delivered to the ML’s printers in December 1945. The ML instructed Parkway Printing Co. to dispose of the old plates and use the new ones for all future printings (Regina Spirito to Bill Simon, Parkway Printing, 13 December 1945). The first printing from the new plates (not seen) was for 7,000 copies in April 1946."
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            }
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        {
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            {
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                {
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            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, [1–2] 3–397 [398].  [1–12]",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with inset illustration of a guillotine with upraised arms holding a torch in the foreground; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in dark brown."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The response by Dickens enthusiasts to the two titles already in the Modern Library series . . . persuaded the editors to include the famous historical-imaginative novel,",
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                ", in a completely new edition. In the three-quarters of a century since its first appearance, this story of the French Revolution has maintained its popularity generation after generation with readers the world over. The widespread revival of interest in the works of Charles Dickens made the reissue of",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "(269) sold 8,665 copies and",
                "Pickwick Papers",
                "(247) sold 7,325 copies.",
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                "did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "284b.  Title page reset (c.1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D5] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] A TALE | OF TWO | CITIES | BY | CHARLES | DICKENS | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, [1–2] 3–397 [398–406].  [1–13]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 284a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [399–403] ML list; [404–405] ML Giants list; [406] blank. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Nonpictorial in dark purplish blue (201) and dark bluish gray (192) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark purplish blue panel; background in dark bluish gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Front flap as 284a. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "A Tale of Two Cities",
                "was published, yet it still stands as one of the best of all the historical novels written during that time. New generations of readers have obtained their first understanding of the meaning of the French Revolution as a social cataclysm and a human drama from the pages of this novel. They have participated in its blood-stirring events not by following the career of notable and spectacular personages, but by identifying themselves with Sydney Carton, the Defarges and the other obscure people who lived and died during the reign of terror. (",
                "Fall 1953",
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in light yellowish brown (76) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with inset illustration of a hand holding aloft a book with a crown hovering over it and a German town in the background; borders in light yellowish brown, lettering in dark brown."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature, Thomas Mann, stands pre-eminent among living writers. His fame rests chiefly on two novels,",
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                "and",
                "Buddenbrooks",
                ". For more than three years,",
                "The Magic Mountain",
                "(#200) has maintained its position as one of the five best sellers on the Modern Library list. With the addition of",
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                "to the series, it is safe to predict that it will take rank with its illustrious predecessor as a book of immense popular appeal. (",
                "Fall 1935",
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              ]
            },
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                "WR",
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              ]
            },
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                "The ML paid Knopf royalties of 12 cents a copy. Second and third printings of 4,000 copies each were made in March 1937 and May 1938. The reprint contract expired on 1 July 1938, but Knopf agreed to an eighteen-month extension through 1 January 1940. The ML paid a $1,200 advance for an additional 10,000 copies and agreed to sell any remaining copies on hand within the first three months of 1940. Joseph Lesser of Knopf wrote, “Thus, you have 21 months in which to sell 10,000 copies (or more, I hope)” (Lesser to Klopfer, 17 May 1938). The first printing under the extended contract was for 6,000 copies in October 1938. The ML reported in April 1940 that the last copies had been delivered from the bindery and that",
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                "would be completely out of stock within a few weeks (Emanuel Harper to Lesser, 5 April 1940). The final royalty statement in February 1941 indicated a payment of $70.92, reflecting sales of 591 copies in excess of the 10,000 covered by the advance."
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            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "appeared in the ML the following year and was discontinued five years later. Copies of the first printing have been seen with the remainder mark of a star stamped on the endpaper."
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                "], 205–222, [",
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                "], 307–312, [",
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                "], 313–344, [",
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                "], 345–350, [",
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            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in dark blue (183) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with a facsimile of Newton’s bookplate depicting Temple Bar with a quotation from Samuel Johnson: “Sir, the biographical part of literature is what I love most”; borders in dark blue, lettering in dark brown."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "One need not be an expert to partake with A. Edward Newton in the most fascinating of all pursuits—the endlessly revealing search in every ramification of the merits and oddities of books and authors. A prince among bibliophiles, A. Edward Newton has wisely and wittily recorded his lifelong quest among books. The authority and the informality of",
                "The Amenities of Book-Collecting",
                "made it the unanimous choice of the editors of the Modern Library as the first bibliographical volume to be welcomed into the series. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "WR",
                "14 December 1935. First printing: Probably 7,000 copies. Discontinued 31 December 1940."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf and Klopfer tried to secure reprint rights to",
                "The Amenities of Book-Collecting",
                "when they acquired the ML, but the original edition was still selling too well for Little, Brown to consider a reprint (Cerf to Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 18 August 1925; McIntyre to Cerf, 24 August 1925). Ten years later Klopfer wrote to McIntyre: “I have just returned from a visit to Mr. A. Edward Newton’s home in Paoli where we had a grand evening talking about his projected set of Trollope. At that time I suggested that it might be a good idea to do a Modern Library edition of The Amenities of Book Collecting. He referred the matter to you and I am taking this opportunity of finding out how you feel about it” (Klopfer to McIntyre, 21 February 1935). McIntyre replied that he would be glad to consider the possibility (McIntyre to Klopfer, 25 February 1935)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Little, Brown plates were too large for the ML’s format. Cerf initially proposed resetting the text and making new plates, and he wanted Little, Brown to share the cost. He offered an advance of $750 against royalties of 10 cents a copy but indicated that the ML would pay only 7 cents a copy until the cost of the plates was recovered, after which the plates would become the property of Little, Brown (Cerf to McIntyre, 11 April 1935). McIntyre declined the offer. He didn’t think that Newton should share the cost of the plates and noted, “I figure that every sale we lose of the regular edition must be offset by a sale of at least fifty copies of your edition unless our gross profit on the book is to be lessened.” He suggested photographically reducing the pages and printing by photo-offset (McIntyre to Cerf, 12 April 1935)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf decided that photo-offset was practicable and agreed to pay the $750 advance against a flat 10-cent royalty. He noted that photo-offset “would be more costly than the ordinary job and I am afraid the result may not look as well, but nevertheless the result should be good enough to suit all practical purposes” (Cerf to McIntyre, 18 April 1935). The Polygraphic Co. of America quoted a total price of $792 for making the plates and printing 7,000 copies. This represented $400 for plate work, including all halftones, and $392 for press work. The cost of reprints (make-ready and press work) was quoted as $296 for 5,000 copies or $408 for 7,000 copies (Polygraphic Co. of America to Klopfer, 18 July 1935)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Newton received $50 for his introduction to the ML edition. When Cerf invited him to write it, he noted that such introductions “have meant not only additional interest on the part of the book-buying public, but special attention from the entire reviewing fraternity. In other words, the new introduction gives the critic a reason for doing a brand new review of the book regardless of the fact that it is a reprint” (Cerf to Newton, 25 April 1935)."
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        {
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            {
              "HEAD": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The most important step in Random House’s growth as a trade publisher came in 1936 when Cerf and Klopfer acquired the publishing firm Harrison Smith and Robert K. Haas. Smith and Haas had been in business for just over five years, but both men had solid experience in publishing. Smith had been an editor at Harcourt, Brace & Co., where one of his authors was Sinclair Lewis. Shortly before the Wall Street crash he joined the English publisher Jonathan Cape in establishing the firm Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith in New York. He left that firm in October 1931 to go into business with Haas, who had been a founder of the Book-of-the-Month Club and served as its president for five years. Smith and Haas published many important books, but the early 1930s was a difficult time to launch a new publishing firm and Smith and Haas remained financially insecure. When Cerf and Klopfer suggested a merger with Random House they agreed. Haas recalled the circumstances as follows:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "We had a small, but I think extraordinarily distinguished, list. We did everything but make money. We were not quite in the black, but it was coming; we had been doing better each year. . . . Then one day Bennett Cerf who had been an acquaintance, although not an intimate friend, of mine for some years . . . asked if we would consider merging with them, because they were anxious to get a list of trade books. . . . That appealed to me very much because I thought the Modern Library was the finest list of books of its kind in the whole world (Haas interview, “The Book-of-the-Month Club,” Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, 1954–55, pp. 963–64)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The merger gave Random House a ready-made trade list that included such authors as William Faulkner, Isak Dinesen, André Malraux, Robert Graves, Maurice Hindus, Edgar Snow, and Louis Fischer. It also gave Random House a children’s department under the direction of Louise Bonino and a children’s list that included Jean de Brunhoff’s Babar books."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The firm’s corporate name changed from The Modern Library, Inc., to Random House, Inc. The Modern Library became a subsidiary of its offspring. Haas and Smith joined Cerf and Klopfer as partners of Random House. Cerf was president, Haas was vice-president, Klopfer was treasurer, and Smith was secretary. Cerf described the reorganization in a letter to Gertrude Stein:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The actual structure of the new firm leaves one-third of the business belonging to me, one-third to Donald, and the other one-third to be divided between the two new partners. This means, of course, that in a pinch we will always be running the show. As a matter of fact, however, both of the new partners are not only very charming men, but are extremely competent and highly regarded by the publishing world. I am absolutely sure that everything will work out beautifully (Cerf to Stein, 28 February 1936, Random House Collection)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "The transition is documented in the title leaves of ML books published between January and May 1936. January and February titles include Cerf and Klopfer’s names on the title page as part of the imprint; beginning in March Cerf and Klopfer’s names are omitted from the imprint. Original ML introductions are copyrighted under the name The Modern Library, Inc., through April. Beginning in May 1936 Random House, Inc., becomes the copyright holder, and the names of all four owners are recorded on the verso of the title page (see examples under “Title Page” below)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Smith remained at Random House for less than a year. The firm did not need a fourth partner, and Smith had a flair for forgetting dates and losing manuscripts that Cerf found irritating (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
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                "Saturday Review of Literature",
                ", 18 April 1942, p. 20). When Smith resigned as of 1 January 1937 he commented, “I have discovered that the combined staff of both houses was so completely and fully manned on the editorial side that it did not leave enough active work for me in the future” (Harrison Smith to Fletcher Pratt, 30 December 1936, Random House Collection). He later became the publisher of",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "After Smith’s departure Cerf, Klopfer and Haas each owned one-third of Random House and the Modern Library. Haas, who was eight years older than Cerf and twelve years older than Klopfer, remained an active partner until his retirement in 1956."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The acquisition of Smith and Haas was the second of three events in the 1930s that were of major importance in the development of Random House as a trade publisher. The first was the acquisition of Eugene O’Neill and the hiring of Saxe Commins as editor in 1933 after the bankruptcy of Liveright, Inc. The third was the arrival of Lewis Miller in August 1936."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Miller came to Random House from Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday reprint subsidiary, where he had been sales manager and played an important role in the success of the firm’s full-sized reprints, Star Dollar Books. He moved to Random House to develop a reprint line under the resurrected Carlton House imprint, but that venture was unsuccessful and in January 1938 he became sales manager for Random House and the Modern Library. He was one of the best sales managers in the business and it was in that capacity that he played a major role in the development of Random House. He remained with the firm until his retirement in 1967. Klopfer once stated that Miller was “responsible for Random House being as big a firm as it was” (Klopfer, interview with GBN, 1 June 1977)."
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                "Portrait of a Lady",
                "was ¼ inch taller to accommodate the Houghton, Mifflin plates. All new titles were published in balloon cloth binding D with the Kent endpaper in orange. Each title was available in red, blue, green, and brown cloth with the top edge stained the same color as the binding."
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                "The Possessed",
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            {
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                "(288), James,",
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                "(291), and James,",
                "Varieties of Religious Experience",
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                "Man’s Fate",
                "xGraves,",
                "I, Claudius",
                "; Giants through G30; jackets: 245.",
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            {
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                "Two years after Little, Brown rejected his earlier offer to include",
                "Mutiny on the Bounty",
                "in the ML, Cerf tried again to secure reprint rights to the novel. By this time the second and third volumes of Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall’s Bounty trilogy—",
                "Men Against the Sea",
                "and",
                "Pitcairn’s Island—",
                "had been published, and the motion picture version of",
                "Mutiny on the Bounty",
                "starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable had been released. Cerf offered a $2,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for a ML edition to be published in spring 1937. He wrote, “We have discovered that by putting the first volumes of the Proust set in the Modern Library, we have boosted the sale of the complete set enormously, and I honestly believe that by making",
                "Mutiny on the Bounty",
                "available to a new audience, you would find the sales of the trilogy increased in exactly the same manner” (Cerf to Alfred McIntyre, Little, Brown, 5 October 1936). Little, Brown was not persuaded."
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            {
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                "Another popular book for which the ML was unable to get reprint rights was Ralph Roeder’s",
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            {
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                "Alfred McIntyre of Little, Brown suggested a ML edition of Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s",
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                "Journey to the End of Night",
                "three or four decades later—but in the 1930s offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing, the quality was not as good, and the ML resorted to it reluctantly. Céline’s novel never appeared in the ML."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ross G. Baker of Bobbs-Merrill suggested Robert Nathan’s",
                "Woodcutter’s House",
                ", which the firm had published in 1927. Cerf replied, “We discussed this book several times before . . . and decided that it is not sufficiently popular to warrant its inclusion in the series, despite its obvious merit. It is true that Knopf is doing a great deal of ballyhoo for Nathan these days, but unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be doing very much for his older titles” (Cerf to Baker, 4 August 1936)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Raymond Healy, who had been hired in 1935 as the ML’s sales representative on the West Coast, suggested that the ML publish a cookbook. Cerf replied, “We have thought of putting a cookbook in the Modern Library, but decided that we had better stick more to the literary line . . . and let people like Blue Ribbon and Star Dollar do cookbooks and the like” (Cerf to Healy, 3 April 1936; underlining in original). Around the same time Healy reported that “the trade is now asking us for an Emerson in the Modern Library. Personally, I think the old Gent was a stick in the mud but I relay the request to you anyhow” (Healy to Cerf, 6 April 1936). The ML published Emerson’s",
                "Complete Essays and Other Writings",
                "(334) in 1940."
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            {
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            {
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                "(1936)  294"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "(1936)  295"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "(1936)  296"
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            {
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            {
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                "(1919)"
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1930)"
              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rodin,",
                "Art of Rodin",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sudermann,",
                "Dame Care",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1920)"
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            }
          ]
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                {
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                "[within double rules] THE POSSESSED | [rule] | BY | FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY | CONSTANCE GARNETT | WITH A FOREWORD BY | AVRAHM YARMOLINSKY | AND A TRANSLATION OF THE | HITHERTO-SUPPRESSED CHAPTER | “AT TIHON’S” | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            {
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
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                "July, 1935",
                ".  Avrahm Yarmolinsky; [x] blank; xi epigraphs from Pushkin and Luke 8:32–37; [xii] blank; xiii–xiv CONTENTS; [1] part title: PART ONE; [2] blank; 3–688 text; [689] part title: SUPPLEMENT | AT TIHON’S | STAVROGIN’S CONFESSION; [690] NOTE signed",
                "A. Y.",
                "; 691–730 text; [731] part title: VARIANT READINGS; [732] blank; 733–736 text; [737–738] blank."
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            },
            {
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                ": Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with decorative dot in deep reddish orange and black; borders and three lines of text in deep reddish orange, other lettering in black."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "The third novel by Dostoyevsky to be included in the Modern Library series . . .",
                "The Possessed",
                "has the distinction of appearing as a first American edition, in that it contains a hitherto-suppressed chapter. Avrahm Yarmolinsky, who provides a foreword and the translation of the newly discovered chapter, explains the political reasons for the suppression and the manner in which the original was released from the Russian archives. The translation of the novel is by Constance Garnett. (",
                "Fall 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Garnett translation originally published in U.S. by the Macmillan Co., 1913. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published January 1936.",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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                "sold 5,350 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it at the top of the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. Sales increased significantly by the early 1950s. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 6,218 copies, placing it solidly in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles and twenty-sixth of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML. Sales totaled 95,003 copies by spring 1958."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML sales of other Dostoyevsky titles during the 1951–52 period are as follows:",
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                "(12,124 copies: combined total of regular and ML Giant editions),",
                "Crime and Punishment",
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                "The Idiot",
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                "The Possessed |",
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                "FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY |",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                32,
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                24,
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            {
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with front of jacket divided diagonally with lower portion in dark green; lettering on upper portion in black with title on diagonal axis; lettering and torchbearer in reverse on lower portion with statement of responsibility on diagonal axis. Front flap as 288a. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket C:",
                "Pictorial in greenish gray (155), dark grayish brown (62), moderate green (145), grayish reddish brown (46), moderate reddish brown (43) and black on coated white paper depicting eight faces clutched in a large hand against background in greenish gray and dark grayish brown; title in reverse, other lettering in black. Signed: O’Toole. Front flap as 288a. (",
                "Fall 1951",
                ") Front flap reset with last sentence revised: “The translation of the main text of this searching political and philosophical novel is by Constance Garnett.” (",
                "Fall 1953",
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              ]
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
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            {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Possessed",
                "was written between 1870 and 1872, years in which the just-beginning Russian revolutionary movement first exploded in acts of violence. The actual murder of a member of a revolutionary circle by his fellow conspirators first gave Dostoyevsky the idea for the book in which he turned against the radicals and socialists with whom he had earlier identified. As Avrahm Yarmolinsky observes in his Foreword, “",
                "The Possessed",
                "testifies to the fact that Dostoyevsky was not without some insight into the nature of the upheaval from which he was separated by nearly half a century.” Revolution, however, is not the sole theme of this novel, rich in insight, imaginative power and strongly drawn characters, which ranks with Dostoyevsky’s major works."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1977 at $6.95.  ISBN 0-394-60441-5."
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            },
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Crime and Punishment",
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            {
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                "*All ML editions used the spelling Dostoyevsky except",
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              ]
            }
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            {
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            {
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–746 [747–754].  [1–24]",
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            },
            {
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1936; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: A. EDWARD NEWTON, | Founder of The Trollope Society, | 501 North 19th Street, | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | March 1st, 1936.; [x] blank; xi–xiv CONTENTS; [1] part title: THE WARDEN; [2] blank; 3–199 text; [200] blank; [201] part title: BARCHESTER TOWERS; [202] blank; 203–746 text; [747–751] ML list; [752] ML Giants list; [753–754] blank. (",
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            {
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                "is, by the author’s own intention, inseparable from",
                "The Warden",
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                "Cerf wrote to Newton after the announcement of ML’s spring list: “I am amazed and delighted at the interest that has been evinced at the mere announcement of the first Trollope title in our Modern Library series. We have announced the book for May publication, but it seems if we can get it ready five or six weeks before that time, we may be able to bag a few big school orders for the book. Accordingly, I would esteem it a tremendous personal favor if you could get your foreword over to us in the course of the next two weeks – that is, before the first of February. This would enable us to manufacture the book in time to get all the orders that are floating about” (Cerf to Newton, 14 January 1936). Newton submitted his introduction by 1 February, and the ML edition was published a few weeks before the customary publication date of the 25th of the month."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Trollope Society was dedicated to making Trollope’s novels readily accessible in small, well-printed, inexpensive volumes. Newton hoped that an acknowledgment to the Society could appear on the title page. It appeared instead on the copyright page: “THE WARDEN and BARCHESTER TOWERS are published under the patronage of The Trollope Society” (p. [iv]). Klopfer expressed the hope that the ML edition would be the first of a Trollope Society series (Klopfer to Newton, 12 March 1936). But sales were disappointing and no further works by Trollope were added to the series until",
                "The Way We Live Now",
                "(639) appeared in 1984."
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 292a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1936, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [747–751] ML list; [752–753] ML Giants list; [754] blank. (",
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            },
            {
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                "Enlarged version of 292a in deep yellowish green (132) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse except “Barchester Towers” in black, all against deep yellowish green background. Front flap as 292a. (",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–746 [747–748].  [1–24]",
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            },
            {
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                "Contents as 292a except: [ii] blank; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
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                "Printings with Hatcher introduction originally published 1950 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Hatcher received $150 for the introduction (Stein to Hatcher, 2 February 1950). Stein initially asked Gordon S. Haight of Yale University to write the introduction. Haight declined on the grounds that he didn’t have time, but he strongly urged that George Eliot’s",
                "Middlemarch",
                "be added to the ML and indicated that he would write an introduction to that (Haight to Stein, 26 January 1950). Haight suggested that Stein contact his colleague Chauncey B. Tinker, but Tinker also declined, as did Mary Ellen Chase (Stein to Tinker, 26 January 1950; Tinker to Stein, 27 January 1950; Stein to Chase, 27 January 1950). Hatcher was the fourth person that Stein contacted."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Trollope,",
                "Eustace Diamonds",
                "(1947–1959)  399"
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            },
            {
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                "The Way We Live Now",
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              "NUMBER": [
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            },
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            },
            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "The inclusion of",
                "The Complete Works of Horace",
                "in the Modern Library series carries forward the policy of issuing the classic writers of antiquity, as well as the best works of their successors, including our own contemporaries, in editions that are notable for their completeness and scholarship. This volume contains all the satires, odes, epodes, epistles, hymns and the essay",
                "The Art of Poetry",
                ". The translations were chosen for their fidelity and for their retention of the gay and ebullient spirit of Quintus Horatius Flaccus. (",
                "Spring 1936",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection. Published June 1936.",
                "WR",
                "27 June 1936. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kraemer, a professor at New York University, proposed the Horace volume. He asked for an advance of $100 and royalties at the standard sliding scale for trade books of 10 to 15 percent (Kraemer to Cerf, 20 June 1935). Cerf agreed to the advance but indicated that the ML could only pay royalties of 5 percent (Cerf to Kraemer, 25 June 1935). Kraemer accepted these terms.",
                "The Complete Works of Horace",
                "reprinted 29 pages from",
                "Horace and English Verse",
                "translated by Alexander Murison, which was copyrighted by Longmans, Green & Co. in the British Empire but not in the United States. Cerf requested permission to use the material, but Longmans, Green wanted a fee of twenty guineas. This was more than Cerf was prepared to pay, so the ML used the material without permission. He told Longmans, Green that the ML would confine distribution to the United States and Canada. Longmans, Green asked its Canadian office to stop imports into Canada. T. F. Pike of the Longmans, Green Toronto office wrote to Hugh Eayrs of the Macmillan Co. of Canada, the ML’s Canadian distributors, so that he could “advise London my duty has been done” (Pike to Eayrs, 30 November 1936). Eayrs passed his letter along to Cerf."
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "Non-pictorial in dark purplish blue (201) and dark gray (266) on cream paper with title in reverse on dark purplish blue panel at upper left; other lettering in dark gray. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Front flap as 293a. (",
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            {
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            },
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "This volume contains all the satires, odes, epodes, epistles, hymns, and the essay",
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                ". For centuries, poets and scholars have made new translations of the poems and prose of Horace. The ones in this volume, which include translations by Ben Jonson and Samuel Johnson, were chosen for their fidelity and for their retention of the gay, ebullient spirit of Quintus Horatius Flaccus."
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            },
            {
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            {
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            {
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                "It is both as philosopher and experimental psychologist that William James approached the study of religious phenomena. Conversion, repentance, mysticism, hopes of reward and fears of punishment in the hereafter are studied with boldness, sympathy and the unbiased common sense of science. The result is a book that has become a living force in religious literature, for believer and non-believer alike, and has contributed to maintain William James’s status as the greatest American philosopher. (",
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            },
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            },
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            },
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                "The Varieties of Religious Experience",
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            },
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            },
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                16,
                "[9]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
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            },
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Fujita non-pictorial jacket in strong red (12), strong green (141) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black, Fujita “ml” symbol in strong red and ornaments in strong red and strong green, all against white background. Front flap as 296b with several minor changes in wording and James downgraded in the last sentence from “the greatest American philosopher” to “a great American philosopher.”"
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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                }
              ]
            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark purplish blue (201) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Designed by R. D. Scudellari. Front flap as 296c."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1978 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60463-6."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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            }
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        {
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                "] blank; 1–325 text; [326] blank; [327] part title: APPENDIX; [328] blank; 329–332 APPENDIX signed p. 332: C. K. S. M.; 333–340 FRAGMENT I |",
                "BIRAGUE’S NARRATIVE",
                "; 341–343 FRAGMENT II |",
                "CONTE ZORAFI, THE PRINCE’S",
                "|",
                "“PRESS”",
                "; [344–350] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting Napoleon in silhouette with clouds and deep reddish orange sky in background; borders in deep reddish orange, title in reverse and deep reddish orange on black panel below illustration, other lettering in black. Signed: Cassens."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The foremost authorities of the world are in agreement that",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                "is one of the great works of fiction in the French language. Such writers as Balzac, Nietzsche, Zola, Dowden, André Gide and Lytton Strachey acclaimed it.",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                "finds a distinguished place in the Modern Library series. With",
                "The Red and the Black",
                "(No. 157), Stendhal is now represented by his two chief novels. The translation by C. K. Scott Moncrieff captures the glowing spirit of this nineteenth-century masterpiece. (",
                "Fall 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Scott Moncrieff translation originally published in U.S. by Boni & Liveright, 1925, as vols. 1–2 of",
                "The Works of Stendhal",
                ". ML edition (pp. [v]–290; [",
                1,
                "]–343) printed from B&L plates. Published January 1937.",
                "WR",
                "23 January 1937. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1943."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Arthur Pell, president of the Liveright Publishing Corporation, had to secure the approval of the Stendhal estate before he could sign the reprint contract for the ML edition. Lewis Galantière agreed to write an introduction to the ML edition: “It will make Stendhal sell,” he assured Cerf, “and remember that he has never sold in America” (Galantière to Cerf, 30 October 1936). Galantière missed the deadline;",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                "went to press without an introduction, and sales were disappointing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Total printings of the ML edition were as follows: 5,000 copies (November 1936); 1,000 copies (November 1940); 1,000 copies (March 1941); 1,000 copies (January 1942); 1,000 copies (November 1942). Unsold copies of the first printing, which were in the ML’s balloon cloth format, were remaindered after the November 1940 printing, which was in the larger format that the ML introduced in fall 1939. (Information about Macy’s February 1941 sale of 110,000 balloon cloth volumes appears under “General” in the chapter for 1939.)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wartime paper shortages together with a surge in demand for reading matter in general contributed to the ML’s decision to drop",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                ", which continued to sell poorly in comparison to other titles in the series. The discontinuation of the ML edition in fall 1943 provoked strong protests and damaged the ML’s reputation among academics and intellectuals. The debate began with an open letter by George Mayberry in the",
                "New Republic",
                "(8 November 1943, p. 661):"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An Open Letter"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library, Inc.,"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New York City."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sirs: Reading one of your recent circulars to the trade I was deeply shocked to discover that along with James Branch Cabell’s “Jurgen” and John Strachey’s “The Coming Struggle for Power,” Stendhal’s “The Charterhouse of Parma” was dropped from the Modern Library on August 15, 1943. The demise of the first two books is hardly disturbing, if no one has begrudged their respectively arch and instructive existence in your series. But the passing of Stendhal’s masterpiece in Scott-Moncrieff’s incomparable translation is serious enough for comment."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "One assumes that from time to time the poorest-selling titles are dropped from your list, and as a general procedure this can hardly be quarreled with. Nor is there need to ring the obvious changes on the ironies that Stendhal is surely one of the most “modern” of nineteenth-century writers, that his contemporaneity was recently dramatically invoked when two serious commentators on the Allied invasion of Italy drew parallels between this event and the first chapter of “The Charterhouse of Parma,” that Stendhal looked for no public (nor did he have one) until long after his death, that he somewhat tediously addressed his fiction to “the happy few,” among whom the patrons of your series surely wish to be classed."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "You need not be reminded that “The Charterhouse of Parma” is one of the world’s great novels, that however few copies may have been sold in recent years, its popularity will hardly diminish over a period of time, and that it will be read for centuries to come. Whatever immediate impulse, then, impels you to drop it is the result of commercial as well as esthetic shortsightedness."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "May I urge you, therefore, to reconsider your decision. For this great book, in a translation that matches its greatness, to go out of print will be a serious deprivation for a coming generation of readers, even if a handful are now to profit (one presumes) by picking up remaindered copies at Macy’s."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "George Mayberry"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf’s response ignored the cultural and literary issues raised by Mayberry and focused on sales (“Stendhal and the Modern Library,”",
                "New Republic",
                ", 29 November 1943, pp. 747-48):"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sir: Your issue of November 8 contains an open letter addressed to the Modern Library and signed by George Mayberry, which questions our announced intention of dropping Stendhal’s “The Charterhouse of Parma” from the Modern Library. May I explain why this step was taken?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The total sale of this volume in our series in 1938 was 307 copies; in 1939, 636 copies; in 1940, 544 copies; in 1941, 820 copies. Last year, when the sale of every title in the series was booming, ‘The Charterhouse of Parma’ crept up to 1,083. Of all the 234 titles in the Modern Library, this sales record is one of the worst three. Under present conditions, when every sheet of paper counts, it seemed to us that we had no choice in the matter but to drop such a laggard from the series. It is necessary to print a book of this length in the Modern Library in an edition of 5,000 copies; such a printing would have lasted us in this case, under the most favorable conditions, for somewhere between four and five years. [",
                "This statement was not strictly true. The first printing was for 5,000 copies, but the ML had reprinted it, as noted above, 1,000 copies at a time",
                ".]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "May I explain further that we have frequently been compelled to drop titles from the Modern Library that we should have liked to have kept there but that were obviously standing in the way of the healthy growth of the entire series. We have had examples before of fine reprint series that were damaged beyond repair by the retention of obvious deadwood. Some booksellers have neither the inclination nor the time to check stock carefully on each series; they see on their shelves an ample stock of the titles that do not sell rapidly and quite overlook the fact that they are sold out on the really popular numbers. Gradually the impression grows upon them that the series is losing its popularity and, one fine day, they remove the books from a favorable and accessible position in the front of the store to some dusty shelf in the rear. The fact that this has never happened to the Modern Library, we attribute to our admittedly ruthless policy of eliminating all titles that cannot hold their own after a full trial period in actual sales."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Incidentally, we’d like to point out to Mr. Mayberry that Stendhal’s “The Red and the Black” is still obtainable in the Modern Library. Some day I hope that public demand will warrant the relisting of “The Charterhouse of Parma.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "BENNETT A. CERF"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Mayberry’s response appeared in square brackets following Cerf’s letter:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[I think Mr. Cerf’s explanation was anticipated in my original letter. His “ruthless” commercial candor is a refreshing contrast to the pious highmindedness of most of those engaged in the business of making and selling books, but I still feel that Mr. Cerf could keep “such a laggard” as “The Charterhouse of Parma” on his list without seriously prejudicing the popularity or the financial prospects of the Modern Library.  —G.M.]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Intellectuals were not appeased; the discontinuation of",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                "became a cause célèbre. In 1945 the little magazine",
                "Pharos",
                "published a special issue on Stendhal in which Harry Levin, the future Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard, reprinted Mayberry’s “Open Letter” and charged that “the publishers of The Modern Library committed the cultural outrage against their country of dropping from the Library their edition of Stendhal’s masterpiece",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                "because they thought they were unable to sell it as numerously as such great works of literature as",
                "Life with Father",
                "and",
                "Rebecca",
                "” (",
                "Pharos",
                ", no. 3, Winter 1945, p. 71)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Levin acknowledged in his introductory note to the issue, which consisted primarily of his sixty-four-page essay, “Toward Stendhal”: “. . . it cannot be said that he has been widely discussed in English, in spite of some admirable translations by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff; and in America, with the clairvoyant exceptions of James and Huneker, Stendhal has received little notice and exerted no influence” (ibid., p. 5)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James T. Farrell, writing the following year about the commercialization of publishing, asserted that a study of ML titles added and dropped in recent years showed that its editors were “gradually watering down their stock” (“Will the Commercialization of Literature Destroy Good Writing? Some Observations on the Future of Books,”",
                "New Directions",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When Jason Epstein launched Anchor Books, the first American “quality” or “trade” paperback series, in 1953—a decade after the fact—he staked a claim to the intellectual audience by making",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                "his first title."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In 1999, fifty-six years after",
                "The Charterhouse of Parma",
                "was discontinued, the ML restored it to the series in a new translation by Richard Howard. That edition, in paperback, was in print as of 2016."
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                "298b.  Title page reset (1940)"
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                "THE | CHARTERHOUSE | OF PARMA | BY STENDHAL | (HENRI BEYLE) | WITH A STUDY OF M. BEYLE BY | HONORÉ DE BALZAC | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY | C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 298a."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 298a except: [",
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                "] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.; [344] blank; [345–349] ML list; [350] blank. (",
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                "Note:",
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THE EMPEROR JONES | ANNA CHRISTIE | THE HAIRY APE | [rule] | BY | EUGENE O’NEILL | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | LIONEL TRILLING | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–4] 5–260 [261–268].  [1–8]",
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                "copyright, 1922, by | HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |",
                "The Hairy Ape,",
                "copyright, 1922, by | HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC. |",
                "Introduction,",
                "copyright, 1937, by | RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |",
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                "| 1937; v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xix INTRODUCTION | By Lionel Trilling; [xx] blank; [1] part title: THE EMPEROR JONES; [2] blank; [3] CHARACTERS; [4] blank; 5–260 text; [261–268] blank."
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            },
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in deep blue (179), bluish gray (191) and black on cream paper with drawing of O’Neill at lower left against overlapping panels in deep blue and bluish gray; borders in deep blue, title in reverse against deep blue panel, other lettering in black against gray panel and cream bands at top and foot. Unsigned."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The award of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature to Eugene O’Neill brings new distinction to the foremost playwright of the world. In observance of the event, the Modern Library has the honor to issue three of his best-known plays in a single volume.",
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                "and",
                "The Hairy Ape",
                "represent the work by which Eugene O’Neill first established his reputation, and they are by unanimous consent the plays by which his name will be remembered through the years. (",
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            },
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape",
                "and its predecessor in the ML,",
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                "(157), use the original version of",
                "The Emperor Jones",
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                "(G53) and",
                "The Plays of Eugene O’Neill",
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                "The Emperor Jones; The Straw",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid O’Neill royalties of 5 cents a copy. Shortly before O’Neill was awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature, Cerf asked his permission to replace the ML volume containing",
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                "The Hairy Ape",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape",
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                "The Long Voyage Home",
                "(101) sold 2,457 copies. O’Neill’s sales increased by the early 1950s.",
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                "sold 3,708 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
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                "was in the first quarter with sales of 5,651 copies."
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            },
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            },
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                "THE | EMPEROR JONES | ANNA CHRISTIE | THE HAIRY APE | by Eugene O’Neill | INTRODUCTION BY | LIONEL TRILLING | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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                "Three times winner of the Pulitzer award and in 1936 the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Eugene O’Neill stands pre-eminent among the world’s dramatists. The originality, strength and integrity of his plays have helped bring a new dignity to the American theatre. What he has done for the theatre of the reader’s imagination is equally noteworthy, for his dramas have been treasured by an immense public. The three plays in this volume are representative of the work done by O’Neill at the crest of his creative powers. (",
                "Fall 1954",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket C:",
                "Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), light bluish green (163), yellowish gray (93) and black on coated white paper with title in light bluish green, yellowish gray and brilliant yellow on inset black panel; other lettering in light bluish green and black against yellow panel at top and in reverse against light bluish green panel at foot. Unsigned. Front flap as jacket A, rewritten text. (",
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                "Fujita non-pictorial jacket in strong greenish blue (169), dark yellowish green (132), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with reproductions of three torn theater tickets in dark yellowish green, brilliant yellow, and strong greenish blue; lettering in black and strong greenish blue, all against white background. Front flap as 299b jacket A rewritten text."
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                "[within double rules] IMPERIAL HEARST | A SOCIAL BIOGRAPHY | [rule] | BY | FERDINAND LUNDBERG | [rule] | WITH A PREFACE BY | DR. CHARLES A. BEARD | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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                "Few men during the last half century have exercised more power upon our national destiny than William Randolph Hearst. What are the sources of his power? What are the effects? Ferdinand Lundberg’s factual biography reveals, with unchallengeable documents, the record of a life without parallel in our time. Now his book appears, complete and unabridged, in the Modern Library series, with a new foreword that includes what has occurred between the date of the last edition and the moment of going to press. (",
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            {
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                "Originally published by Equinox Cooperative Press, 1936. ML edition (pp. [v]–x, [xvii–xx], 19–390, 393–406) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Equinox edition with Author’s Foreword reset and appended to Author’s Introduction for the Modern Library Edition, page numerals removed from contents pages, reference to Appendix added to last page of the contents, fly title reset, part title leaf for index (pp. [391–92]) replaced by Appendix (see below), and errata page omitted. Published February 1937.",
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                "Of all the historical novels of recent times, none has found such widespread public response as Robert Grave’s reconstruction of the grandeur and folly and fantastic sensuality of Imperial Rome. The mild Claudius, moving unobtrusively among his sinister relatives and recording their proud and vile history, unfolds a panorama of weird intrigue and startling events. Poison, blasphemy, incest, black magic and unnatural vice flourish with a fine disdain for the good opinion of history. Such worthies as Caligula, Nero and Messalina come to life in a book as historically accurate as it is enthralling. (",
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                "Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 B.C. to A.D. 54. Despised as a weakling and considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the mad Caligula to become emperor in A.D. 41.",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "To judge by the avalanche of biographies, memoirs and critical works which have appeared since his death, no writer of our time has had a more profound influence on his contemporaries than D. H. Lawrence. Among his own novels,",
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                "Originally published in New York by Thomas Seltzer in a “privately printed” edition of 1250 copies for subscribers only, with 50 copies signed by Lawrence, 1920. Trade edition, printed from plates made from a new typesetting, published in U.S. by Seltzer, 1922; publishing rights and plates subsequently acquired by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [xi]–548) printed from Seltzer/Viking plates. Published April 1937.",
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              ]
            },
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            },
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "Although",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
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            },
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            },
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "The Cloister and the Hearth",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
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                "Pictorial in moderate yellowish green (136), pale greenish yellow (104), dark gray (266), black and gold on coated white paper depicting a small figure gazing at a pond under a canopy of towering trees with low mountains and clouds in the distance; title and author in black and reverse on inset gold panel bordered in black, other lettering in black, all against pale greenish yellow background; bands on spine and flaps in strong green",
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                ", an 872-page volume edited by Henry Seidel Canby, if it had known the ML was going ahead. The Houghton Mifflin collection included selections from Thoreau’s journals, which were still protected by copyright and had not been available to the ML. Linscott offered to lease the plates of Canby’s volume to the ML within eighteen months if the ML gave up its volume (Linscott to Klopfer, 7 July 1937). Klopfer replied that the ML had changed its plans as much as it could when the conflict was discovered and expressed the hope that the two books would not interfere with each other (Klopfer to Linscott, 8 July 1937)."
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                "Henry David Thoreau’s vision of personal freedom—the concept that moral law and the dictates of the individual conscience are superior to civil law and governmental statutes—has become part of the American heritage, particularly pertinent to our own times. Thoreau spent his life listening to “a different drummer,” and in following his belief that the individual could lead a life of simplicity and independence apart from social organization and material civilization, he anticipated one of the major themes of contemporary America. His writings communicate his thoughts and offer us his personal vision of life as well as its tranformation [",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The mastery with which Virginia Woolf has achieved such novels and books of essays as",
                "Mrs. Dalloway",
                "(No. 96),",
                "To the Lighthouse",
                ",",
                "The Common Reader",
                "and",
                "A Room of One’s Own",
                "has at last brought her the public tribute of having a national best-seller in",
                "The Years",
                ".",
                "To the Lighthouse",
                "is in Mrs. Woolf’s best vein, quiet [",
                "sic",
                "] evocative, full of the interplay of human emotion. In addition, its autobiographical",
                "note",
                "throws light upon her own family, one of the most illustrious in England. (",
                "Fall 1937",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1927. ML edition (pp. [5]–310) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published September 1937.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "To the Lighthouse",
                "were 38,000 copies (Kirkpatrick,",
                "Virginia Woolf",
                ", p. 31).",
                "To the Lighthouse",
                "sold 3,203 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
                "Mrs. Dalloway",
                "(168) sold 4,271 copies during the same period."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harcourt, Brace decided in 1948 to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, in response to the burgeoning college market. It served notice that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts for",
                "To the Lighthouse",
                ",",
                "Mrs. Dalloway",
                ", and seven other titles, including works by E. M. Forster, Sinclair Lewis, Katherine Anne Porter, and Lytton Strachey (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). At that time the ML had only a few copies of",
                "To the Lighthouse",
                "in stock; Klopfer estimated that it would take two months for the stock to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June and 28 June 1948)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "306b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "TO THE | LIGHTHOUSE | BY | VIRGINIA WOOLF | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | TERENCE HOLLIDAY | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 306a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 306a except: [ii] blank; [iv] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1937, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC."
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            },
            {
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                "Pagination and collation as 306a. Contents as 306b except: [iv] 3rd line added: COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A2:",
                "Enlarged version of 306a. (",
                "Spring 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Woolf,",
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                {
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                {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], v–ix [x], [1–2] 3–415 [416].  [1–13]",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Introductory Note Copyright,",
                "1937,",
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                "| Random House, Inc. | [short double rule] |",
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                "y",
                "John Dos Passos dated p. ix: Provincetown, July, 1937.; [x] blank; v–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–415 text; [416] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with “42” in large black numerals bordered in white, “The” and “nd” in reverse at top, “PARALLEL” in black against red background on upper half of inset diagonal panel overlapping base of numerals, author in black against white background on lower half of inset panel, all against black background ruled horizontally in red. Designed by Paul Galdone, July 1937; unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When the completed trilogy,",
                "U. S. A.",
                ", of which",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                "is the introductory novel, will have been published in the Modern Library, John Dos Passos will have gained the distinction of being represented by four titles in the series.",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(No. 205), his war novel, has been in active demand for years. Following the publication of",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                ",",
                1919,
                "and",
                "The Big Money",
                "will be issued in successive seasons. By this plan, John Dos Passos’ original intention of maintaining the unity of the three novels will be fulfilled. (",
                "Fall 1937",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1930; rights subsequently acquired by Harcourt, Brace & Co. ML edition of",
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                "U.S.A.",
                "published by Harcourt, Brace in January 1938 and reprinted in ML Giants in 1939. Published 10 November 1937.",
                "WR",
                "13 November 1937. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1940 after the ML published",
                "U.S.A.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML signed a contract with Harcourt, Brace to publish",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                ",",
                "Nineteen Nineteen",
                ", and",
                "The Big Money",
                "in the regular ML in the fall seasons of 1937, 1938, and 1939 (Cerf to Dos Passos, 23 June 1937). The ML appears to have offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for each volume. Cerf indicated after signing the reprint contract, “I am really delighted that we are going to have these books in the Modern Library. John Dos Passos is exactly the kind of author that we can sell in this series” (Cerf to Donald Brace, 13 May 1937)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harcourt, Brace reset",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                ", incorporating corrections of a large number of typographical errors submitted by Dos Passos. The ML edition was the first printing from the new typesetting. Dos Passos had also made extensive revisions for the ML edition of",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(248)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf asked Dos Passos to write a short foreword to the ML edition of",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                ", noting that he believed his foreword to the ML edition of",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(248) “materially helped the sale of the book.” He offered the usual $50 fee with the apology that the ML couldn’t afford more but enclosed a ML list and invited Dos Passos to select any books he wanted (Cerf to Dos Passos, ibid.). Dos Passos eventually selected about a hundred titles. He promised to send a short introduction and noted, “I’m not quite sure whether this is the time to spill the fact that the narratives will be collected into a one volume novel under the name of",
                "U.S.A.",
                "or not” (Dos Passos to Cerf, 4 July 1937)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The introduction to the ML edition, dated July 1937, begins:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                "is the first volume of",
                "U. S. A.",
                ", a long narrative which deals with the more or less entangled lives of a number of Americans during the first three decades of the present century. The volumes that follow are called",
                1919,
                "and",
                "The Big Money",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In an effort to take in as much as possible of the broad field of the lives of these times, three separate sequences have been threaded in and out among the stories. Of these",
                "The Camera Eye",
                "aims to indicate the position of the observer and",
                "Newsreel",
                "to give an inkling of the common mind of the epoch. Portraits of a number of real people are interlarded in the pauses in the narrative because their lives seem to embody so well the quality of the soil in which Americans of these generations grew."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This method was used with the idea of coping with the particular job in hand rather than from any generalized theory about novelwriting [",
                "sic",
                "]. In fact I don’t think any such theory holds water. The shape of a piece of work should be imposed, and in a good piece of work always is imposed, by the matter. That’s more or less of a commonplace of a considerable body of literary criticism."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML later renegotiated the reprint contract so that the trilogy could appear as a Giant rather than separate volumes in the regular ML.",
                "U.S.A.",
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                "The 42nd Parallel",
                "was discontinued as a separate volume in fall 1940."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dos Passos,",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(1932–1963)  248"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dos Passos,",
                "U.S.A.",
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              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                308
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "EDITOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                  ]
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "308a.  First printing (1937)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE | MAKING OF SOCIETY | AN OUTLINE OF SOCIOLOGY | [rule] | EDITED BY | V. F. CALVERTON | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xviii, 1–11 [12], [",
                2,
                "], 13–40, [",
                4,
                "], 41–923 [924–928].  [1–29]",
                16,
                "[30]",
                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D18; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: V.F.C.; [xii] blank; xiii–xiv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; xv–xviii CONTENTS; 1–11 INTRODUCTION | THE AMERICAN PATTERN |",
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "V. F. CALVERTON",
                "; [12] blank, [",
                1,
                "] part title: I | RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 13–14",
                "COMMENTARY",
                "; 15–40 text; [",
                1,
                "] part title: II | GREEK THEORIES; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "]",
                "COMMENTARY",
                "; [",
                4,
                "] blank; 41–902 text; [903] part title: BIOGRAPHIES; [904] blank; 905–923 BIOGRAPHIES; [924–928] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "I. Religious and Ethical Contributions. The Ten Commandments – The Sermon on the Mount – The Code of Hammurabi – Selections from the Koran – On Government, by Confucius – On Co-operation, by Lao Tse.  II. Greek Theories. Philosophers as Kings and Kings as Philosophers, by Plato – On Property, by Aristotle.  III. Medieval Concepts. On the Law of Heaven and Earth, by St. Augustine.  IV. The Advance of Modern Sociological Thought. Selections from Scienza Nuova, by Giambattista Vico – The Art of War, by Niccolo Machiavelli – Selections from Two Treatises on Civil Government, by John Locke – On the Natural Condition of Mankind, by Thomas Hobbes – Selections from",
                "The Social Contract",
                ", by Jean Jacques Rousseau – Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession, by Thomas Paine – Of Laws in Relation to the Nature of the Climate, by Baron de Montesquieu – Division of Labor, by Adam Smith.  V. Sociology Comes of Age. An Essay on the Principle of Population, by T. R. Malthus – The Authority of Society over the Individual, by John Stuart Mill – The Action of Positivism upon the Working Classes, by Auguste Comte – Political Economy and Utopian Socialism, by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon – Selections from",
                "The State",
                ", by Michael Bakunin – Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest, by Charles Darwin – Influence of Physical Laws, by Henry Thomas Buckle – The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.  VI. Sociology and Social Conflict. Division of Labor and Social Solidarity, by Emile Durkheim – Selections from",
                "The Outline of Sociology",
                ", by Ludwig Gumplowicz – The Tendency of the Development of the State, by Franz Oppenheimer – Class Society and the State, by Nicolai Lenin – What Is the Permanent Revolution, by Leon Trotsky – On the Expropriation of the Capitalists, by Waclaw Machajaski – The Collectivist Wages System, by Peter Kropotkin – Personality and the Conception of the State, by Adolf Hitler – The Fascist State and the Future, by Benito Mussolini.  VII. Sociology and Culture. The Sociological View of Ethics, by Herbert Spencer – The Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber – Proletariat and Religion and Nationalism, by Werner Sombart – Sociology as a Science, by Vilfredo Pareto – Intellectual Egalitarianism, by Lester Ward – Selections from",
                "Folkways",
                ", by William Graham Sumner – Conspicuous Consumption, by Thorsten Veblen – The Scientific Scrutiny of Societal Facts, by F."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "H. Giddings – The Economics of Genius, by J. M. Robertson.  VIII. Contemporary Sociological Reflections.  Liberal. The Development of Sociology, by Harry Elmer Barnes – Classes of Social Interest, by R. M. MacIver – The Cultural Approach to Sociology, by Malcom M. Willey and Melville S. Herskovits – The Migration of Class Struggle, by Edward A. Ross – The Hypothesis of Cultural Lag, by William Fielding Ogburn – Art, Science, and Society, by C. H. Cooley – Mental Patterns in Relation to Culture, by Wilson D. Wallis – Renascent Liberalism, by John Dewey – Law as a Social Science, by Huntington Cairns – The Idol of the Laboratory, by Graham Wallas – Anglo-Saxonism and Nordicism in America, by F. H. Hankins.  Radical. A Planned Society: Communist Vision, by John Strachey – Technocracy, by Stuart Chase – Marxian Philosophy, by Max Eastman – The Scope of Marxian Theory, by Sidney Hook – Sociological Criticism of Literature, by V. F. Calverton – Masters: Old and New, by Max Nomad – The Applications of Engineering Methods to Finance, by C. H. Douglas."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep blue (179), brilliant green (140) and gold on coated white paper with title in reverse on deep blue band bordered in gold; background in brilliant green with gold decorations and additional lettering in reverse. Designed by Paul Galdone, July 1937; unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A companion volume to",
                "The Making of Man",
                "(No. 149), which is a compilation of the most authoritative views on anthropology,",
                "The Making of Society",
                "is its logical and necessary sequel. In it men of such diverse opinions as Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Mill, Darwin, Pareto, Veblen, Dewey, Strachey, Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Hitler, Mussolini and many others offer their social philosophies. Here the lay reader can find the essential principles upon which society is organized and understand the struggle for power which today engages the thought of the entire world. (",
                "Fall 1937",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML anthology. Published 10 November 1937.",
                "WR",
                "13 November 1937. First printing: Not ascertained. Superseded fall 1959 by a revised edition edited by Robert Bierstedt (514)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Review copies included the following note from Cerf: “ATTENTION, PLEASE! This is an entirely new book, and NOT A REPRINT [underlining in original]. I will appreciate your bearing this fact in mind when you write your review.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Adolf Hitler’s name is misspelled “Adolph” in the table of contents (Part VI) and spelled correctly in the text (p. 454).  all ptintings?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Making of Society",
                "sold 4,911 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter ML and Giant titles. It was not among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "308b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE MAKING | OF SOCIETY |",
                "An Outline of Sociology",
                "|",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 308a except: [924–936].  [1–30]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 308a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [924] blank; [925–930] ML list; [931–932] ML Giants list; [933–936] blank. (",
                "Fall 1949",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Enlarged version of 308a except in deep red (13) and dark gray (266) in place of deep blue and brilliant green. Front flap as 308a. (",
                "Fall 1946",
                ") Front flap reset with last sentence revised: “. . . and understand the conflicts and adjustments in which men in relation to other men are engaged.” (",
                "Fall 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bierstedt, ed.,",
                "Making of Society",
                "(1959– )  514"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Calverton, ed.,",
                "Anthology of American Negro Literature",
                "(1929–1944)  183"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Calverton, ed.,",
                "Making of Man",
                "(1931–1970)  215"
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              "HEAD": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The spring 1938 RH catalogue was indicative of the growing importance of RH’s trade list. It included Isak Dineson’s",
                "Out of Africa",
                ", William Faulkner’s",
                "Unvanquished",
                ", Robert Graves’s",
                "Count Belisarius",
                ", Edgar Snow’s",
                "Red Star Over China",
                ", and John Strachey’s",
                "What is to be Done?",
                "Other titles included",
                "The Public Papers",
                "and",
                "Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt",
                "in five volumes and",
                "The Complete Greek Drama",
                ", a two-volume set in the Lifetime Library, a series of mainly ancient classics that began the previous year with",
                "The Complete Dialogues of Plato",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It was a list that even other publishers found impressive. Albert Knopf wrote to Cerf: “I have just been looking over with admiration and respect your new catalogue. You are publishing a lot of interesting books and building on a solid foundation” (Knopf to Cerf, 26 January 1938).  Philip Van Doren Stern of Simon & Schuster was equally impressed, and perhaps a bit envious (Stern to Cerf, 26 January 1938)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I want to congratulate you on your really magnificent list. It is one of the finest that I have ever seen assembled by an American publisher. You will certainly have a successful year with books like these and you are building up a backlist that will give your house a solid foundation of real honest-to-God titles in the years to come. . . ."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "P.S. This is no Dale Carnegie crap [",
                "How to Win Friends and Influence People",
                ", then enjoying a huge success, was a Simon & Schuster publication.]  I mean every word of it."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eight new titles were added and five were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular ML to 219. Five new titles were published in the Giants series; by the end of 1938 ML Giants included forty titles in forty-two volumes."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles in the regular ML except Walter D. Edmonds,",
                "Rome Haul",
                "(310) were published in the standard format with the binding measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm).",
                "Rome Haul",
                "was ¼ in. taller and wider to accommodate the Little, Brown plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s standard format was enlarged in fall 1939. The new binding measured 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with a trim size of 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles in the regular ML had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; four had torchbearer A2 and four had torchbearer A3. All new titles had the 2-line imprint:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "NEW YORK"
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balloon cloth binding D, with Kent’s torchbearer (1⅛ in.; 27 mm) stamped in gold on the front panel and stylized initials “ML” added in gold above the 2-line imprint on the spine. \tBalloon cloth bindings continued to be available in four colors: red, blue, green, and brown, with the top edge stained the same color as the binding. Each title was published simultaneously in all four bindings."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent endpapers in moderate orange (53). Moderate orange endpapers were used with all balloon cloth bindings from fall 1930 through spring 1939 except for Reed,",
                "Ten Days That Shook the World",
                "(1935) and three spring 1939 titles that were published in the larger format that the ML adopted for all titles beginning in fall 1939. These four titles had blank endpapers. Since endpapers were printed from plates designed for the standard balloon cloth format, titles like Edmonds,",
                "Rome Haul",
                ", which were slightly larger than the standard balloon cloth format had endpapers with unprinted outer edges. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged, but the surrounding pattern of open books and the initials “ml” was extended to fill the larger space."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jackets"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in individually designed jackets. Four had pictorial jackets; Steinbeck,",
                "Of Mice and Men",
                "and",
                "The Wisdom of Confucius",
                "had non-pictorial jackets. Two titles had predominately non-pictorial jackets: the blue background of Canfield,",
                "The Deepening Stream",
                ", was patterned to suggest water currents, and Proust,",
                "Cities of the Plain",
                ", featured a small left-profile silhouette of the author."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
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            {
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            }
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        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Wisdom",
                "xProust,",
                "Cities of the Plain",
                "; Giants through G40; jackets: 257. (Fall) Proust,",
                "Cities of the Plain",
                "xStone,",
                "Lust for Life",
                "; Giants through G42; jackets: 262."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf wanted to add a historical novel to the ML. He wrote Doubleday, Doran about Kenneth Roberts’s",
                "Arundel",
                ", which dealt with Benedict Arnold’s expedition to Quebec during the Revolutionary War. He noted that he understood that Roberts was not keen about having his books in reprint editions but argued that the ML should “be considered in a rather different category than the ordinary reprint. We have got one book or more by almost every important American novelist in the series now” (Cerf to Malcolm Johnson, Doubleday, Doran, 12 May 1938). Cerf then wrote to Roberts himself, offering an advance of $1,500 against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He indicated, “In these days and times, a $1500.00 advance is a heavy one, but I feel so confident that ARUNDEL would sell like blazes in the Modern Library series that I think the advance would be earned in far less than the usual time and that, therefore, the book would sell in the Modern Library series very steadily for many years to come” (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 May 1938). Doubleday, Doran agreed to Cerf’s terms, but Roberts was unconvinced. He indicated that he was not certain that",
                "Arundel",
                "should be available in a cheap edition, and subsequently wrote that he had decided “to wait a while longer before allowing a cheap edition of any of my books” (Roberts to Cerf, 21 November 1938)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shortly thereafter Cerf wrote Hervey Allen about including his historical novel",
                "Anthony Adverse",
                "in ML Giants (Cerf to Hervey Allen, 6 December 1938). He first expressed interest in",
                "Anthony Adverse",
                "five years earlier, shortly after it was published (see 1933 Titles sought, suggested, declined).",
                "Anthony Adverse",
                "sold 300,000 copies in its first six months and led the fiction bestseller lists in 1933 and 1934. Nothing came of Cerf’s initiative. Like Roberts’s",
                "Arundel",
                ",",
                "Anthony Adverse",
                "does not appear to have been published in an inexpensive reprint edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf approached Little, Brown yet again about a ML edition of Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall’s",
                "Bounty",
                "trilogy, but Alfred McIntyre of Little, Brown indicated that the books were still selling too well in their original editions to consider an inexpensive reprint (Cerf to McIntyre, 19 April 1938; McIntyre to Cerf, 20 April 1938). That fall Cerf wrote again:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "What we want at the moment is a real leader or two for our Modern Library list for the next year. We can get all the sound run-of-the-mill titles, but it is a different problem to find another item like our Freud or Jean Christophe to head next year’s list. This brings me around once again to the question of the Bounty trilogy. If we were to offer you $5000.00 cash on signing of the contract for an edition of 50,000 copies of the trilogy, to be published in the Spring of 1939 as a Modern Library Giant at $1.25, would you be inclined to consider the proposal? The understanding would be that after 50,000 copies had been exhausted, we could not print another edition in this format without a brand new contract with you. Frankly, I think this would be a wonderful title for the Modern Library and that it would establish the authors on a higher literary plane than they have ever occupied before (Cerf to McIntyre, 7 September, 1938)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The advance was twice what Cerf had offered in 1936, though the royalty rate remained the same (see 1936 Titles sought, suggested, declined). McIntyre replied that Little, Brown was publishing its own one-volume edition in October for the Christmas season and that it would be withdrawn in January, after which Little, Brown would push the three separate volumes (McIntyre to Cerf, 8 September 1938)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In 1940 Cerf tried again to secure the",
                "Bounty",
                "trilogy for the ML. On that occasion he was told that Little, Brown was publishing a new edition of the trilogy with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth (Cerf to McIntyre, 2 April 1940; McIntyre to Cerf, 6 April 1940). The edition with Wyeth’s illustrations was published in October 1940."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "During a trip to England in fall 1938 Cerf met with George Bernard Shaw, who had always opposed inexpensive reprint editions of his plays. On this occasion Cerf reported in a letter to Random House, “Old boy spryer than ever. All for us doing ‘9 Plays’ as Giant. Gotta get after Dodd, Mead on this soon” (Cerf Papers Box 71, Cerf European trip (1) folder. Cerf to Random House, undated).",
                "Nine Plays",
                "included",
                "Mrs. Warren’s Profession",
                ",",
                "Arms and the Man",
                ",",
                "Candida",
                ",",
                "The Devil’s Disciple",
                ",",
                "Caesar and Cleopatra",
                ",",
                "Man and Superman",
                ",",
                "Fanny’s First Play",
                ",",
                "Androcles and the Lion",
                ", and",
                "Saint Joan",
                ". However, when Cerf contacted Dodd, Mead after his return, he indicated that the two firms would have to find a formula satisfactory to both, given the number of editions of Shaw’s works that Dodd, Mead published. Since Dodd, Mead had no cheap edition of",
                "St. Joan",
                ", he suggested a ML edition of that play with “one or 2 lesser efforts. Perhaps Candida or Caesar & Cleopatra” (Cerf to Howard Lewis, Dodd, Mead & Co., 2 December 1938). There is no further correspondence in the archives about a ML reprint of Shaw’s plays. Shaw may have changed his mind, or Dodd, Mead may have vetoed the idea. It was only after Shaw’s death in 1950 that the ML was able to publish two volumes of his plays:",
                "Four Plays",
                "(1953) and",
                "Saint Joan, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion",
                "(1956)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Henry Hoyns of Harper and Brothers suggested a ML edition of Paul Horgan’s novel",
                "The Fault of Angels",
                ", which had won the Harper Prize when it was published in 1933. Cerf replied that he did not think there would be sufficient sales to justify a ML edition (Hoyns to Cerf, 4 February 1938; Cerf to Hoyns, 17 February 1938)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Edmonds,",
                "Rome Haul",
                "(1938)  310"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Steinbeck,",
                "Of Mice and Men",
                "(1938)  311"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Confucius,",
                "Wisdom of Confucius",
                "(1938)  312"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "George,",
                "Progress and Poverty",
                "(1938)  313"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Webb,",
                "Precious Bane",
                "(1938)  314"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Canfield,",
                "Deepening Stream",
                "(1938)  315"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "Cities of the Plain",
                "(1938)  316"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
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                "(1917)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gilbert,",
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                "(1925)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hecht,",
                "Erik Dorn",
                "(1924)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ibsen,",
                "Master Builder, Pillars of Society, Hedda Gabler",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Mann,",
                "Magic Mountain",
                "(1932)*"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "*The ML’s reprint contract for",
            "The Magic Mountain",
            "(229) was limited to a term of five years. Knopf refused to consider a renewal, but he appears to have allowed the ML to make a final printing of 10,000 copies shortly before the contract expired."
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
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                309
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                    "STUDIES IN MURDER"
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "309a.  First printing (1938)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] STUDIES IN MURDER | [rule] | BY | EDMUND PEARSON | [rule] | I met Murder on the way— | He had a mask like Castlereagh: | Very smooth he looked, yet grim; | Seven bloodhounds followed him: | All were fat; and well they might | Be in admirable plight, | For one by one, and two by two, | He tossed them human hearts to chew. | —The Masque of Anarchy | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                8,
                "], [1–2] 3–346 [347–352].  [1–10]",
                16,
                "[11–12]",
                8,
                "[13]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A7; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1924,",
                "by",
                "THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, | 1933, 1935,",
                "by the",
                "F-R PUBLISHING CORPORA- | TION,",
                "and",
                "1938,",
                "by",
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                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1938; [",
                5,
                "] biographical note; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [",
                7,
                "] CONTENTS; [",
                8,
                "] blank; [1] part title: THE BORDEN CASE; [2] blank; 3–333 text; [334] blank; [335] part title: APPENDIX; [336] blank; 337–346 APPENDIX; [347–351] ML list; [352] blank. (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Borden Case – The Twenty-third Street Murder – “Mate Bram!” – The Hunting Knife – Uncle Amos Dreams a Dream – Malloy the Mighty – Hauptmann and Circumstantial Evidence – Do We Execute Innocent People?"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182), dark blue (183), silver and black on coated white paper depicting a seated man with elongated bony head examining a sheet of paper listing the partial contents of the ML edition; author and title in silver above illustration, other lettering on front panel in black; lettering on spine in silver."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "No criminologist of our time has approached Edmund Pearson for his accuracy in probing into the hidden motives and mysterious circumstances of famous homicides.",
                "Studies in Murder",
                "is the book by which he is best known. Originally, it contained analyses of the weird cases of Lizzie Borden, Benjamin Nathan, Captain Nash, Mabel Page and others. In the Modern Library edition two world-renowned cases are added, those of Bruno Hauptmann and the insurance murder of the almost indestructible Michael Malloy, with an essay, “Do We Execute Innocent People?” (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by the Macmillan Co., 1924. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with illustrations omitted and three chapters added: “Malloy the Mighty,” “Hauptmann and Circumstantial Evidence,” and “Do We Execute Innocent People?” Published February 1938.",
                "WR",
                "12 February 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1950."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The plates of the Macmillan edition were too large for the ML’s format. The added chapters in the ML edition were originally published in",
                "The New Yorker",
                ": “Malloy the Mighty” (23 September 1933), “Hauptmann and Circumstantial Evidence” (9 March 1935), and “Do We Execute Innocent People?” (22 June 1935). The Appendix is reprinted from the Macmillan edition and includes sources and acknowledgments for the first five chapters only."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Studies in Murder",
                "sold 3,713 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "309b.  Title page reset (1941)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "STUDIES IN",
                "| MURDER | BY | EDMUND PEARSON |",
                "I met Murder on the way",
                "— |",
                "He had a mask like Castlereagh:",
                "|",
                "Very smooth he looked, yet grim;",
                "|",
                "Seven bloodhounds followed him:",
                "|",
                "All were fat; and well they might",
                "|",
                "Be in admirable plight,",
                "|",
                "For one by one, and two by two,",
                "|",
                "He tossed them human hearts to chew.",
                "| THE MASQUE OF ANARCHY | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                8,
                "], [1–2] 3–346 [347–360].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 309a except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, | 1933, 1935, BY THE F-R PUBLISHING CORPORATION, | AND 1938, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [352–353] ML Giants list; [354–360] blank. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant A:",
                "Pagination as 309a.  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                4,
                ". Contents as 309b except: [347–351] ML list; [352] blank. (",
                "Fall 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant B:",
                "Pagination as 309b.  [1–10]",
                16,
                "[11–13]",
                8,
                ". Contents as 309b except: [347–348] ML list (first 2 pages); [349–354] ML list (complete 6-page list); [355–356] blank; [357–360] ML list (last 4 pages). (",
                "Fall 1947",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The list of regular ML titles appears twice in the final gathering, with the beginning and end of one list separated by the list on pp. [349‑354] and a blank leaf."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 309a except lettering on spine in reverse with torchbearer and frame around title in silver. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "ROME HAUL"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1938–1945"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "310a.  First printing (1938)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] ROME HAUL | [rule] | BY | WALTER D. EDMONDS | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xvi], [3] 4–347 [348–354].  [1–11]",
                16,
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                8,
                ". 6⅞ x 4⅝ in. (175 x 116 mm)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A7; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1929,",
                "by",
                "WALTER D. EDMONDS; |",
                "Introduction copyright,",
                "1938,",
                "by",
                "RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1938; v biographical note; [vi] blank; vii–xii INTRODUCTION | By Walter D. Edmonds; [xiii] dedication; [xiv] acknowledgment; [xv] CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [3]–347 text; [348] blank; [349–353] ML list; [354] blank. (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial with multicolor illustration depicting of mule-drawn canal boat in strong blue (178), very pale blue (184), moderate yellow green (120), moderate olive green (123), moderate yellow (87), and moderate orange (53) on coated white paper with lettering in black; spine with strong blue bands and lettering in black against white background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Erie Canal, with its roistering boatmen and hard-fisted muleteers, its legends and feuds, comes into its own in",
                "Rome Haul",
                ". Walter D. Edmonds has re-created all its lost glories in a book that is remarkable as a contribution to American folklore and fascinating as a novel of adventure. The dramatized version of",
                "Rome Haul",
                ", under the title of",
                "The Farmer Takes a Wife",
                ", enjoyed great success on the stage and screen. In the Modern Library series it will enlist a new army of enthusiasts. (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Little, Brown & Co., 1929. ML edition (pp. [xiii]–347) printed from Little, Brown plates with fly title and chart of the Erie Canal on Little, Brown endpapers omitted. Published February 1938.",
                "WR",
                "12 February 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1946."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Rome Haul",
                "was ¼ in. taller and wider than the ML’s standard balloon cloth format to accommodate the Little, Brown plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Rome Haul",
                "sold 3,091 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "310b.  Title page reset (1941)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within single rules; 7-line title and statement of responsibility within second set of single rules]",
                "Rome",
                "|",
                "Haul",
                "| BY | WALTER D. | EDMONDS | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [below inner frame: torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 310a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 310a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY WALTER D. EDMONDS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1938, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 310a with foreground in light orange (52) instead of moderate yellow; spine in strong blue (178) with lettering in reverse and torchbearer and frame around title in black. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                311
              ]
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            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "JOHN STEINBECK"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "OF MICE AND MEN"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "311a.  First printing (1938)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] OF MICE AND MEN | [rule] | BY | JOHN STEINBECK | [rule] | With an Introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [5–6] 7–186 [187–192].  [1–6]",
                16,
                "[7]",
                8
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            },
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            {
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                "The close working relationship between Steinbeck and his editor Pascal Covici was comparable to those between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway with Maxwell Perkins at Charles Scribner’s Sons. Covici, Friede failed shortly after",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "Of Mice and Men",
                "is the beautiful and moving story of George Milton and Lennie Small, who live—like the characters in",
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                "[within double rules] THE WISDOM | OF CONFUCIUS | [rule] |",
                "Edited and Translated with Notes | By",
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–290 [291–294].  [1–9]",
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            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Predominantly non-pictorial in deep yellowish pink (27), dark reddish brown (44) and dark grayish yellow (91) on coated white paper with title in reverse against deep yellowish pink panel; other lettering in reverse against dark reddish brown panel with rules and pictorial decorations of trees and pagodas in dark grayish yellow; lettering on spine in reverse against dark reddish brown. Designed by Paul Galdone, December 1937; unsigned."
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            },
            {
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                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For 2,500 years the writings of China’s great sage have represented the moral principles as well as the day-to-day standards of conduct for countless millions of people in the East. Today, as much as ever, his doctrines influence the way of life of the most populous nation on earth. A completely new English text has been prepared for the Modern Library edition of",
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            },
            {
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                "The Wisdom of Confucius",
                "was published Cerf wrote to a publishers’ representative in New Zealand, “I call your particular attention to the Confucius volume, edited by Lin Yutang. I think this will prove one of the most popular titles we have ever had, and we expect about three times the normal advance sale on it” (Cerf to Nash & Kissling, 17 November 1937). Cerf’s prediction was correct.",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "While working on the manuscript Lin Yutang wrote, “I am conceited enough to think that it will be a gorgeous book, the most intelligible on Confucianism. I have gone through the entire material already, and besides the introduction, it will be principally the work of translating. Most of the chapters are not very long and the manuscript will be around two hundred pages” (Lin Yutang to Klopfer, 4 January 1938). The completed manuscript was submitted on 31 January. The ML’s financial arrangements with Lin Yutang have not been ascertained. He received $300 on publication (Emanuel Harper to Lin Yutang, 11 April 1938); it is not known whether this represented partial payment of a flat fee or was an advance against royalties."
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            {
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                "Lin Yutang made a trip to Europe after submitting the manuscript and did not read the proofs. The ML’s rights to some of the material in the collection appears to have been challenged. In 1939 Random House paid $250 for all rights to Miles Menander Dawson’s",
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                "The Wisdom of Confucius",
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            },
            {
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            },
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                "Pictorial Fujita jacket in deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with pattern of Chinese figures and lettering in reverse."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For 2,500 years the writings of China’s great sage have represented the moral principles as well as the day-to-day standards of conduct for countless millions of people in the East. Today, as much as ever, his doctrines influence the way of life of the most populous nation on earth. The English text was prepared for the Modern Library edition under the editorship of Lin Yutang. His Introduction clarifies for the Western reader the great ethical teachings of Confucius."
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            },
            {
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                "In 1945 the word “Jewish” was removed from the following sentence: “[Confucius] could sing and be extremely polite, but he also could hate and sneer with the hatred and contempt of a ‘real man,’ which was shared by Jesus in his hatred of the Jewish scribes” (p. 27, line 16). Freiman asked that the word be eliminated from the plates of both the regular ML and Illustrated ML editions (Freiman to Parkway Printing, 21 May 1945)."
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Confucianism stood for a rationalized social order through the ethical approach, based on personal cultivation. It aimed at political order by laying the basis for it in a moral order, and it sought political harmony by trying to achieve the moral harmony in man himself. . . . Fundamentally, it was a humanist attitude, brushing aside all futile metaphysics and mysticism, interested chiefly in the essential human relationships, and not in the world of spirits or in immortality. The strongest doctrine of this particular type of humanism, which accounts for its great enduring influence, is the doctrine that ‘the measure of man is man,’ a doctrine which makes it possible for the common man to begin somewhere as a follower of Confucianism by merely following the highest instincts of his own human nature, and not by looking for perfection in a divine ideal.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1977 at $4.95. ISBN 0-394-60426-1."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Confucius,",
                "Wisdom of Confucius",
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            },
            {
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                "| 1938 | [short double rule]; [v] dedication; [vi] epigraph from Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; vii–viii FOREWORD | TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION; ix–xii HOW THE BOOK CAME TO BE WRITTEN signed p. xii: Henry George, Jr. | New York, | January 24, 1905.; xiii–xvii PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION signed p. xvii: Henry George. | New York",
                ",",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "November,",
                "1880.; [xviii] epigraphs from Edwin Arnold and Whittier; xix–xx CONTENTS; [1] part title: INTRODUCTORY | THE PROBLEM; [2] epigraph in verse from Mrs. Sigourney; 3–565 text; [566] blank; 567–571 INDEX; [572] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with graph showing economic trends from 1907 to 1937; lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The growing importance of the economics section of the Modern Library is amply confirmed in the demand for such books as Adam Smith’s",
                "The Wealth of Nations",
                "(G32), Karl Marx’s",
                "Capital",
                "(G26), John Strachey’s",
                "The Coming Struggle for Power",
                "(G22), Thorstein Veblen’s",
                "The Theory of the Leisure Class",
                "(No. 63), and others. Now, with the addition of Henry George’s",
                "Progress and Poverty",
                ", complete and unabridged, every school of economic thought is represented and made available to the general reader at a price easily within his reach. (",
                "Spring 1938",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by D. Appleton & Co., 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition published by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. ML edition (pp. [v]–571) printed from Fiftieth Anniversary Edition plates with frontispiece portrait omitted. Published April 1938.",
                "WR",
                "2 April 1938. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Progress and Poverty",
                "sold 2,945 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "313b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "PROGRESS | AND | POVERTY | AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL | DEPRESSIONS AND OF INCREASE OF WANT | WITH INCREASE OF WEALTH | THE REMEDY | BY HENRY GEORGE | [torchbearer D2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Contents as 313a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep reddish brown (41) and bluish gray (191) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on tilted rectangular panel in deep reddish brown; background in bluish gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below tilted panel. Front flap as 313a. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The growing interest in books on economics reflects the demand for enlightenment on means of production and modes of distribution. Knowledge of the needs and capacities of the individual and the society in which he lives are of vital concern to everyone. Such works as Adam Smith’s",
                "The Wealth of Nations",
                "(G-32), Karl Marx’s",
                "Capital",
                "(G-26), Thorstein Veblen’s",
                "The Theory of the Leisure Class",
                "(No. 63),",
                "The Making of Society",
                "(No. 183) and other volumes on economics and sociology make available to the general reader the widest possible range of thought on these subjects. Essential to this library of the world’s great social and economic thinkers is Henry George’s",
                "Progress and Poverty",
                ". The advocate of the single tax here analyzes the causes and effects of industrial depression and their consequences in terms of prosperity and poverty. (",
                "Fall 1956",
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            }
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            },
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                "The Deepening Stream",
                "as the one among all her books of fiction that best represents her unique story-telling gifts. In her favorite novel she brings vividly and memorably to life the drama of a young girl who achieved womanhood through love and suffering. (",
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            },
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                "Remembrance of Things Past",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "(166), which sold 5,017 copies between May 1942 and October 1943, was in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles and the only Proust title at that period to rank above the fourth quarter. By November 1951–October 1952",
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            {
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                "Cities of the Plain",
                "is the fourth of the seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s life work under the general title of",
                "Remembrance of Things Past",
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                "Spring 1956",
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            {
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                "Guermantes Way",
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            },
            {
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            {
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        {
          "HEAD": [
            1939
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        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML underwent a major change in format and design for the second time in its history. The first, in 1929, substituted balloon cloth bindings for imitation leather and introduced Rockwell Kent’s binding and endpaper designs. (Balloon cloth began to be used in January 1929; Kent’s binding and endpaper designs were introduced in April.) The balloon cloth format suffered from two problems. The semi-flexible balloon cloth bindings were attractive but did not stand up to heavy use. And the 6½ x 4¼ inch (165 x 107 mm) page size, retained from Boni & Liveright days, sometimes made it difficult to print from original publishers’ letterpress plates, most of which were designed for a larger format. Many of the volumes printed from original publishers’ plates had uncomfortably narrow margins. Sometimes the original plates were too large to be used by the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s economic model assumed multiple printings, and all ML books were printed from plates. For older titles in the public domain the ML usually ordered new typesettings from which new plates were made. Copyrighted works were printed whenever possible from the original publisher’s plates. In general, the ML expected to pay royalties or typesetting and plate-making costs but tried whenever possible to avoid paying both. Royalties paid by the ML to the original publisher were regarded in part as a plate rental. In this respect the ML operated no differently than Grosset & Dunlap and other publishers of hardbound reprints of current books. Grosset & Dunlap differed from the ML in that its printings were closer in size to the original publishers’ editions, and it rarely had problems using original publishers’ plates."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML had several options when the original publisher’s plates were too large for its format. The most expensive option was to reset the work to fit its format and make new letterpress plates. When the ML did this for copyrighted titles the original publisher occasionally agreed to forego royalties in whole or part until the plates were paid for. A second option was to photograph a clean copy of the original publisher’s edition, reduce the size of the type page photographically, and print by offset lithography. The disadvantage of this approach was that before the 1960s offset lithography was more expensive than letterpress printing and the quality was inferior. Another option when the original publisher’s plates were only slightly too large for the ML’s format was to print from a duplicate set of plates with the headline removed. Finally, the ML could print a given title in a slightly larger format in order to accommodate the original publisher’s plates. The ML resorted to this option on several occasions during the balloon cloth era, and once—for Charles Jackson’s",
                "The",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Lost Weekend",
                "(406), a short-lived title published in 1948—after the introduction of its larger format in fall 1939."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Another problem with the balloon cloth format was that it made it harder to sell ML books to libraries. Many libraries did not buy ML books before the 1940s because the bindings did not stand up to heavy use and the narrow margins made rebinding difficult."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A new format that corrected both faults was introduced in September 1939 with",
                "Six Plays of Clifford Odets",
                "(321) and John Steinbeck,",
                "In Dubious Battle",
                "(322). The page size was increased half an inch to 7 x 4¾ inches (176 x 120 mm). And the balloon cloth binding was replaced with a far more durable binding constructed of stiff boards covered with smooth linen. The new binding, designed by Joseph Blumenthal, is described below. Two spring 1939 titles, Irving Stone,",
                "Lust for Life",
                "(317) and Isak Dinesen,",
                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                "(320), were published in the larger format with balloon cloth bindings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The introduction of the larger format for regular ML volumes meant that existing jackets had to be replaced or redesigned. A few titles received enlarged versions of their existing jackets, but most were outfitted in newly designed jackets. Two designers were responsible for most of the new jackets that were introduced at this period. Joseph Blumenthal created a large number of elegant typographic jackets. The majority of new pictorial jackets were by Paul Galdone, a Hungarian-born illustrator of children’s books who designed his first ML jackets in 1937. Many ML Giants also received new jackets to go with their new bindings, although the size of the Giants remained unchanged."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The introduction of the new format involved reprinting backlist titles at an accelerated pace so the series could regain a uniform appearance as quickly as possible. It also presented the ML with the problem of disposing of balloon cloth volumes that remained in the warehouse. When the first two titles in new format were published in September 1939, over 200 regular ML titles remained in the balloon cloth format. It would be February 1941 before the ML could announce, “Every title in the MODERN LIBRARY (95¢) is now ready",
                "in the new binding!",
                "” (",
                "PW",
                "139, 15 February 1941, pp. 814–15)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An arrangement with the Book-of-the-Month Club, which appears to have begun in fall 1938, may have been conceived in part as a way of reducing the inventory of balloon cloth titles. The Book-of-the-Month Club offered free Modern Library books, all in balloon cloth bindings and 1930s jackets, to members who made advance deposits of $12 or more against future purchases. Two 16-page brochures titled “Free Books” are known to exist. The first is undated, gives the Book-of-the-Month Club’s address as 386 Fourth Avenue, New York, and includes Fitzgerald’s",
                "The Great",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Gatsby",
                "—now one of the most sought-after ML titles (",
                "MLC",
                "46, p. 1). The second catalog, dated 3-39 (March 1939), uses the Club’s new address, 385 Madison Avenue. The March 1939 catalog can be viewed online at http://www.modernlib.com/General/brochures/BOMC/BOMC39.html (accessed 24 August 2017). It lists 103 titles from the regular ML and 42 Giants—half of the titles then in the series—along with books from five other reprint series.",
                "The Great Gatsby",
                ", which had been discontinued at the end of 1938, is not included in the second catalog, although a large number of unsold copies remained in the ML warehouse. Any hint that the offer was essentially a remaindering operation was avoided. Book-of-the-Month Club members were also given the option of buying ML books at the regular price. The arrangement with the Book-of-the-Month Club suggests that the ML planned the transition to the new format well in advance."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most of the 110,000 balloon cloth volumes that remained in the warehouse in early 1941 were disposed of at a widely publicized sale at Macy’s, the New York department store. Macy’s was one of the leading retailers of ML books, and it made a cash offer for the remaining stock of balloon cloth bindings. The sale was announced in a full-page ad in the Sunday",
                "New York Times",
                "(2 February 1941, p. 27). The ad listed 166 titles that were available in quantities of 100 copies or more. Another 50 balloon cloth titles were available in smaller quantities. The sale price for books in the discontinued binding was 33 cents. Three books were 94 cents; the price for twenty was $5.98. The sale began Monday morning at 9:30, and the books sold out in less than a week."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Once the transition to the new format was complete, the ML invited booksellers to return their remaining stock of balloon cloth titles for replacement with volumes in the new format. Booksellers had a one-month window during which balloon cloth volumes could be exchanged. By February 1941, 700 accounts had returned around 160,000 books and received an equal number of volumes in the Blumenthal format at no cost. Two months later Cerf indicated that returns of balloon cloth volumes were expected to run to more than 200,000 copies. At that time the ML had not decided what would be done with the returned books, but the U.S. Government was expected to buy thousands of them for libraries in cantonments where new troops were billeted (",
                "PW",
                "139, 8 February 1941, p. 741; 15 February 1941, pp. 814–15; 5 April 1941, p. 1459)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The year that saw the introduction of the ML’s new format was also the year that the twentieth-century paperback revolution spread to the United States. The paperback revolution in the English-speaking world was launched by Allan Lane, who founded Penguin Books in 1935. Pocket Books, Inc., established in 1939, was the first American publisher of mass-market paperbacks. It operated very differently from the ML. The 6½ x 4⅛ inch (164 x 105 mm) format of mass-market paperbacks was smaller than the ML’s original format. Pocket Books ordered new typesettings for all of its titles, printed its books on high-speed magazine presses in print runs vastly larger than the ML’s, and priced the books at 25 cents. Magazine wholesalers, who distributed the books to mass-market outlets such as drug stores and newsstands, treated paperback books as they did magazines. Newly published titles were distributed monthly. Credit for unsold copies of the previous month’s books was secured by tearing off the front covers and returning the covers. The coverless books were then pulped."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eight new titles were added to the Modern Library and nine were discontinued, reducing the number of titles in the regular series to 218. Six new titles were published in the Giants series; by the end of 1939 ML Giants included forty-six titles in forty-eight volumes."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Format and design"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Two spring titles (Liddell Hart,",
            "The War in Outline",
            "and Walton,",
            "The Compleat Angler",
            ") were published in the ML’s standard balloon cloth format with binding D measuring 6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) and leaves trimmed to 6½ x 4¼ in. (164 x 107 mm). The other two spring titles (Stone,",
            "Lust for Life",
            "and Dinesen,",
            "Seven Gothic Tales",
            ") were in a larger format with balloon cloth bindings measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Fall titles were published in a newly designed binding with stiff boards measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ in. (177 x 120 mm). The larger format remained standard for nearly all titles published in the regular ML from fall 1939 through 1968. In 1969 a taller, slightly slimmer format was introduced with the binding measuring 7½ x 4¾ in. (190 x 120 mm) and a trim size of 7¼ x 4½ in. (182 x 115 mm). All dimensions indicated are approximate."
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Most books through 1954 were printed with 16 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages); by 1956 most books were being printed with 32 pages on each side of the sheet and bound in gatherings of 32 leaves (64 pages)."
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles in the regular ML had the final version of Elmer Adler’s title page with the title in open-face type; three had torchbearer C2 and five had torchbearer A2. All new titles had the 2-line imprint:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "T H E  M O D E R N  L I B R A R Y"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Adler’s title-page design was used for the last time in fall 1939. Beginning in 1940 Modern Library title pages were individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The balloon cloth binding was used for the last time in spring 1939. A new binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal, proprietor of the Spiral Press, was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. Blumenthal’s binding was designed for the ML’s new 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format and used smooth linen over stiff boards. The new bindings were in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover over upon which lettering stamped in gold. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Unlike balloon cloth bindings, where a portion of each printing of a given title was bound in cloth of different colors, each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. Successive printings sometimes had bindings in different color combinations. As Blumenthal recalled it, Cerf and Klopfer accepted the design on the first sketch he submitted (Blumenthal to GBN, 30 June 1978)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the inset panel on the spine. There were two versions of the inset panel on the front cover, both of which employed a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel. The first version of the outer frame, used on the two titles published in September 1939 and all titles published 1940–1962, featured Kent’s torchbearer in gold below the inset panel at the lower right."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Blumenthal appears to have been dissatisfied with the front panel design, and the two October 1939 titles, Fielding,",
                "Joseph Andrews",
                "(323) and Fineman,",
                "Hear, Ye Sons",
                "(324), feature an alternative version. The panel with the title and author is unchanged, but Kent’s torchbearer was omitted, and the outer frame in gold is adjusted so that the top is the same distance (10 mm) from the inner panel as the sides, and the bottom is 12 mm from the inner panel. The omission of the torchbearer gave the front panel of the binding a more classic, uncluttered appearance—but there was nothing on the front panel to identify the series or associate the volume with the ML. All previous ML bindings had included a ML device on the front panel. It is not known whether Blumenthal or Cerf and Klopfer made the decision to revert to Blumenthal’s original front panel design. All subsequent ML books except the first three Giants and titles in the short-lived Illustrated Modern Library series have included a ML device on the front panel of the binding."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in moderate orange was used for one 1939 title, the first printing of Walton,",
                "Complete Angler",
                "(319). The only other 1939 title in the 6⅝ x 4⅜ inch format for which the endpaper had been designed was Liddell Hart,",
                "War in Outline",
                "(318), which used a map from the original edition as the front and back endpaper. The other two spring 1939 titles, Stone,",
                "Lust for Life",
                "and Dinesen,",
                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                ", were published in the larger 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format that would be adopted for all ML titles in fall 1939. The first printings of",
                "Lust for Life",
                "and",
                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                "had plain cream endpapers, as did the four titles published in fall 1939. The only previous ML volume in the 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format, John Reed’s",
                "Ten Days That Shook the World",
                "(1935), also had plain cream endpapers. An enlarged version of Kent’s endpaper was introduced in spring 1940."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jackets"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in individually designed jackets. Four titles (Stone,",
                "Lust for Life",
                "; Liddell Hart,",
                "War in Outline",
                "; Walton,",
                "Compleat Angler",
                "; and Steinbeck,",
                "In Dubious Battle",
                ") had pictorial jackets, and four (Dinesen,",
                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                "; Odets,",
                "Six Plays",
                "; Fielding,",
                "Joseph Andrews",
                "; and Fineman,",
                "Hear, Ye Sons",
                ") had non-pictorial jackets. The jackets for",
                "Joseph Andrews",
                "and",
                "Hear, Ye Sons",
                "may have been designed by Joseph Blumenthal, whose newly designed binding was introduced in fall 1939 and whose individually designed title pages began to be used in 1940. Blumenthal created a large number of non-pictorial jackets for the ML during the 1940s, including many older titles that required new jackets when they were reprinted in the ML’s larger format. None of Blumenthal’s jackets were signed."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Stone,",
                "Lust for Life",
                "xOdets,",
                "Six Plays",
                "; Giants through G45; jackets: 265. (Fall) Odets,",
                "Six Plays",
                "xChaucer,",
                "Troilus and Cressida",
                "; Giants through G48; jackets: 268."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf asked Knopf for permission to publish Thomas Mann’s",
                "The Magic Mountain",
                "as a Giant, adding “we would be willing to make a special royalty deal on this one book, and would pay a whopping advance for it immediately” (Cerf to Knopf, 7 February 1939). Mann’s novel had appeared in the regular ML in 1932, but Knopf declined to renew the five-year reprint contract and the ML edition had been out of print since May 1938. Knopf rejected Cerf’s offer. Several subsequent reprint offers by the ML were also unsuccessful.",
                "The Magic Mountain",
                "was not restored to the regular ML until 1992, after Random House’s “relaunch” of the series. By this time Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., had been a division of Random House for 32 years."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf inquired about the possibility of doing a volume by Edna St. Vincent Millay in the ML (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 27 February 1939). Macmillan rejected an offer for the one-volume edition of Sir James George Frazier’s",
                "The Golden Bough",
                ", originally published in 1922, noting that it still netted the firm between $1,300 and $1,800 a year (George P. Brett, Macmillan, to Cerf, 7 August 1939). Cerf expressed interest in reprinting John Galsworthy’s",
                "The Forsyte Saga",
                "(published in one volume by Scribner’s in 1925) as a Giant, offering an advance of $7,500 (Cerf to Perkins, 26 September 1939), but Scribner’s had no interest in authorizing a reprint edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf also expressed interest in including A. L. Morton,",
                "A People’s History of England",
                "in ML Giants (Cerf to Morton, 9 November 1939), but the book never appeared in the series. The American edition had been published by Random House the previous year. The original edition was published in Britain by Victor Gollancz and had been the May 1938 main selection of Gollancz’s Left Book Club."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Clifford Odets suggested a collection of the best eight, ten, or twelve American plays ever written (Odets to Cerf, 20 September 1939). Howard Mumford Jones suggested a volume by Anthony Trollope (Jones to Cerf, 8 June 1938), but the ML had published",
                "The Warden & Barchester Towers",
                "(292) three years earlier. It would be eight years before Trollope’s",
                "Eustace Diamonds",
                "(399) was added. John Farrar suggested Henry Seidel Canby’s",
                "Age of Confidence",
                ", which Farrar & Rinehart had published five years earlier."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf considered adding Gustavus Myers’s",
                "History of the Supreme Court of the United States",
                "but decided that it did not quite fit into the Modern Library list (Cerf to Kerr & Co., 7 November 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gertrude Stein urged Cerf to add her two autobiographical works,",
                "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas",
                "(Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1933) and",
                "Everybody’s Autobiography",
                "(Random House, 1937) to the ML (Stein to Cerf, undated). Cerf replied that he would love to see them as a Giant but that “public demand for these books is practically non-existent” (Cerf to Stein, 8 August 1939). Stein’s",
                "Three Lives",
                "(261) had been published in the ML in 1933, but sales were disappointing and it was discontinued at the end of 1940. It would be twenty-four years before another book by Stein appeared in the regular ML.",
                "The Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein",
                "(547) was published in 1963, followed by",
                "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas",
                "(623) in 1980. However,",
                "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas",
                "was reprinted in Random House’s quality paperback series, Modern Library Paperbacks, in fall 1955. After Random House acquired Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1960, the Knopf series Vintage Books became the quality paperback imprint for the combined firm, and later paperback printings of",
                "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas",
                "appeared in Vintage Books."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stone,",
                "Lust for Life",
                "(1939)  317"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Liddell Hart,",
                "War in Outline",
                "(1939)  318"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Walton,",
                "Compleat Angler",
                "(1939)  319"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dinesen,",
                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                "(1939)  320"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Odets,",
                "Six Plays",
                "(1939)  321"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Steinbeck,",
                "In Dubious Battle",
                "(1939)  322"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fielding,",
                "Joseph Andrews",
                "(1939)  323"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fineman,",
                "Hear, Ye Sons",
                "(1939)  324"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Anderson,",
                "Poor White",
                "(1926)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fitzgerald,",
                "Great Gatsby",
                "(1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Revolt of the Angels",
                "(1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Thaïs",
                "(1924)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gilbert,",
                "Mikado and Other Plays",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kent,",
                "Wilderness",
                "(1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hearn,",
                "Some Chinese Ghosts",
                "(1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Moore,",
                "Confessions of a Young Man",
                "(1917)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Roberts,",
                "Time of Man",
                "(1935)"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                317
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "LUST FOR LIFE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1939–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    11
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "317a.  First printing (1939)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] LUST FOR LIFE | THE NOVEL OF VINCENT VAN GOGH | [rule] | BY | IRVING STONE | [rule] | WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [v–vi] vii–x, [",
                2,
                "], 1–489 [490–494].  [1–16]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D16; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1934,",
                "by",
                "IRVING STONE |",
                "Foreword Copyright,",
                "1939,",
                "by",
                "RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1939; v–ix FOREWORD signed p. ix:",
                "January, 1939",
                "IRVING STONE; [x] blank; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–x CONTENTS; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–488 text; 489",
                "NOTE",
                "signed",
                "I. S.",
                "|",
                "June 6th,",
                "1934; [490–494] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Format:",
                "7⅛ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and balloon cloth binding D."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial on coated white paper with color reproduction of Van Gogh’s self-portrait dedicated to Paul Gauguin, painted at Arles in 1888, lettering in brilliant yellow (83) and reverse on black upper panel; backstrip in brilliant yellow with lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The turbulent life of Vincent Van Gogh is the basis for Irving Stone’s best-selling novel. Out of the misery of the painter’s struggle for existence and the magnificence he achieved in his art, there is woven his profoundly moving life-story. Van Gogh worked, fought and created with some of the most celebrated men of the century: Gauguin, Zola, Cezanne; and he lived with some of the most abject human beings of his time. In the pages of",
                "Lust for Life",
                ", Van Gogh is vindicated as man and artist. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Longmans, Green & Co., 1934. ML edition (pp. [v]–489) printed from Longmans, Green plates. Published February 1939.",
                "WR",
                "18 February 1939. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Longmans, Green plates were too large for the ML’s 6½ by 4¼ inch format. To avoid resetting the text the ML the published",
                "Lust for Life",
                "in the 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format that would become standard for ML books beginning in fall 1939."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewis Miller, the RH sales manager, liked the larger format. He considered",
                "Lust for Life",
                "the most presentable book the ML had published, “particularly because it is oversize, just like TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD” (Miller to James Crowder, 3 February 1939). He also regarded the jacket as one of the best in the series. The format and appearance of the ML edition were especially important since the ML did not have exclusive reprint rights and shared the market with a dollar reprint published by Grosset & Dunlap (Miller to Rollin B. Fisk, 8 February 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 5,269 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it high in the third quarter of ML titles. It sold 3,576 copies during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it high in the second quarter of ML titles. Adjusted for 18 months, 1951–52 sales exceed those for 1942–43 by fewer than 100 copies; the ranking of",
                "Lust for Life",
                "in the third quarter of ML sales during 1942–43 reflects the increase in demand for books of all kinds during the Second World War."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pocket Books, Inc., published",
                "Lust for Life",
                "as a 25-cent paperback in 1945. The film version of Stone’s novel starring Kirk Douglas, released in 1956, probably led to an increase in sales of the ML edition, but sales figures for the mid-1950s are not available."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "317b.  Title page reset (c. 1941)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "LUST FOR LIFE | THE NOVEL OF",
                "Vincent van Gogh",
                "| BY IRVING STONE |",
                "with a foreword by",
                "THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 317a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 317a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY IRVING STONE | FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1939, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 317a.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–8]",
                32,
                "[9]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 317b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, AND RENEWED, 1962, | BY IRVING STONE | FOREWORD COPYRIGHT, 1939, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [490–491] ML Giants list; [492–494] blank. (",
                "Spring 1964",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 317a. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                "). Front flap reset with last sentence revised as follows: “. . . Van Gogh is vindicated as man and artist, and his tormented career is revealed with understanding and compassion.” (",
                "Spring 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                318
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "BASIL HENRY LIDDELL HART"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE WAR IN OUTLINE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1939–1945"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "318a.  First printing (1939)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] THE WAR | IN OUTLINE | 1914–1918 | [rule] | BY | LIDDELL HART | [rule] | [torchbearer C2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
                "], [i–iv] v–xx, [9–10] 11–285 [286–290].  [1–9]",
                16,
                "[10]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note D16; [i] title; [ii]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1936,",
                "by",
                "RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1939; [iii] biographical note; [iv] blank; v–xiii PREFACE; [xiv] blank; xv–xvi CONTENTS; [xvii] MAPS; [xviii] blank; xix–xx PROLOGUE; [9] part title: THE SPARK AND THE POWDER; [10] blank; 11–275 text; [276] blank; [277] part title: INDEX; [278] blank; 279–285 INDEX; [286–290] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Format:",
                "6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) with map “Battle Fronts of the World War in 1917” on front and back endpapers.  Other ML titles with unique pictorial endpapers include Rockwell Kent,",
                "Wilderness",
                "(1930: 205), Elliot Paul,",
                "Life and Death of a Spanish Town",
                "(1942: 358)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in deep purple (219), pale purple (227), vivid reddish orange (34), and black on coated white paper with illustration depicting soldiers in black silhouette emerging from trench in attack, with sun and faces in vivid reddish orange; title in reverse on deep purple background, author in reverse against black silhouette, other lettering in black on white panel:"
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            {
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                "Captain Liddell Hart, whose",
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                "still holds the field as the most brilliant analysis of the strategy and campaigns of that conflict, has now compressed the complete story into 285 pages, without the slightest sacrifice to accuracy or clarity. Read this little book—refresh your memory—and get a new insight into the present-day maneuvering of Europe’s war barons!"
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            },
            {
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                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The complete story of the World War is here compressed into 285 pages by the greatest military authority of our time. Without the slightest sacrifice of accuracy or clarity, every campaign, every innovation, every change of leadership of the entire conflict on land and sea and in the air is covered completely. This volume is identical with the original edition and includes the unabridged text, with full maps.",
                "The War in Outline",
                "is even more than a history; it is also a prophecy of what may happen during the war now threatening the world. (",
                "Spring 1939",
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            },
            {
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                "Originally published by Random House, 1936. ML edition (pp. v–285) printed from RH plates with list of maps on p. [xvii] revised to reflect the omission of two folded maps and the use of a third map on the endpapers. Published February 1939.",
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                "When the RH edition of",
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                "was entered under “Hart” in ML lists and catalogues."
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            {
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                "The ML edition sold 2,481 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it among the thirty worst-selling titles for that period. Random House offered to sell the plates to Liddell Hart after the ML edition was discontinued (Emanuel Harper to Liddell Hart, 31 October 1947)."
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            {
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            {
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                "[within single rules; 7-line title and statement of responsibility within second set of single rules] THE WAR | IN | OUTLINE | 1914–1918 | by | LIDDELL | HART | [below inner frame: torchbearer D4 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            {
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                "Pagination and collation as 318a."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "] blank; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 318a. (",
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–295 [296–298].  [1–9]",
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            },
            {
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                "Format:",
                "6⅝ x 4⅜ in. (168 x 110 mm) with Kent endpaper in orange."
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong brown (55), brilliant greenish blue (168), and black on linen-finish cream paper depicting a fisherman seated by a stream with trees overhead and a stone bridge and church steeple in the background, all in strong brown with highlights of greenish blue on the river; “COMPLEAT ANGLER” in decorated capitals highlighted in brilliant greenish blue, other lettering in black or brilliant greenish blue. Signed: Galdone, with signature running vertically at right of the riverbank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In response to many urgent requests, the editors of the Modern Library add Izaak Walton’s classic to the series. The great work of the immortal fisherman is given a handsome format in an edition that is well within the purse of the humblest Walton devotee. All the quaint humor and serene wisdom, the lyric moods and the enormous fund of information on the fisherman’s art are here, complete and unabridged.",
                "The Compleat Angler",
                "is a book to be treasured by readers of every age. (",
                "Spring 1939",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Geoffrey Keynes’s “Life of Izaak Walton” is reprinted from the Nonesuch Press edition of Walton’s complete works (",
                "The Compleat Angler, The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson, with Love and Truth & Miscellaneous Writings",
                "), published in 1929 in 1100 copies, 500 of which were distributed in the U.S. by Random House. The ML edition includes none of the illustrations from the Nonesuch Press edition, but both 319a and 319b retain Keynes’s reference to “the portrait by Jacob Huysman, from which the copper-plate in the present work has been engraved” (p. 12); a footnote indicates that the portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery, London. The revised “Life of Izaak Walton” in 319c omits the words, “from which the copper-plate in the present work has been engraved.” Keynes also refers to a pastel portrait of Walton by Edmund Ashfield. A footnote in 319a and 319b states, “Now in the possession of Dr. Samuel Lambert of New York”; the footnote in 319c reads, “Formerly in the possession of the late Dr. Samuel Lambert of New York” (p. 12)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 2,617 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing",
                "The Compleat Angler",
                "in the fourth quarter of ML titles during that 18-month period. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "319b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
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            },
            {
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                "[torchbearer D4] | [5-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | COMPLEAT | ANGLER | BY | IZAAK WALTON | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 319a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 319a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements."
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            },
            {
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            {
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            {
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                "As jacket A in strong green (141) and black on coated white paper with illustration in strong green; “COMPLEAT ANGLER” in black and strong green, other lettering in black or strong green. Galdone’s signature is replaced by curved green line."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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                "All the quaint humor and serene philosophy, the lyrical moods and the enormous fund of information on the angler’s art are here, complete and unabridged, for the devotees of the rod and hook and line, and for all other civilized readers.",
                "The Compleat Angler",
                ", now three hundred years young, is still the fisherman’s guide and companion; it has been through three centuries a source of joy and wisdom to contemplative men. Izaak Walton’s classic is a book to be treasured by readers of every age and inclination—fishermen and nonfishermen. It is the compleat balm for troubled minds and a refuge of quiet in a noisy world. (",
                "Fall 1954",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Keynes’s “The Life of Izaak Walton” (pp. 3–13) was revised and reset in 1948. The printing with the spring 1949 jacket is probably the first from the reset plates. The original introduction stated, “Of Walton’s mother nothing is known, not even her name.” New information allowed Keynes to revise this passage as follows: “His mother, Anne Walton, survived her husband for thirty years, having married Humfrey Burne of Stafford in 1598. She was buried in Stafford in May, 1623” (p. 3). A footnote indicates that the source of the new information was a letter from Arthur M. Coon of Cornell University in",
                "The Times Literary Supplement",
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                2,
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                2,
                "], 217–270, [",
                2,
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                "| 1939; v–x Introduction signed p. x: Dorothy Canfield. |",
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                ".; [xi] Contents; [xii] blank; [",
                1,
                "] part title: The Deluge | at | Norderney; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–79 text; [80] blank; [",
                1,
                "] part title: The | Old Chevalier; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 81–107 text; [108] blank; [",
                1,
                "] part title: The Monkey; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 109–163 text; [164] blank; [",
                1,
                "] part title: The | Roads Round | Pisa; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 165–216 text; [",
                1,
                "] part title: The Supper | at | Elsinore; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 217–270 text; [",
                1,
                "] part title: The Dreamers; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 271–355 text; [356] blank; [",
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                "] part title: The Poet; [",
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                "7¼ x 4⅞ in. (182 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and balloon cloth binding D."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in vivid red (11), black and gold on coated cream paper with title at top in black letters highlighted in red except large initial “S” in red highlighted in gold, all against drawing of an unfurled scroll surrounded by grape vines; author and other lettering in black on smaller white panel bordered in red below scroll, all against black background; spine in red with lettering in reverse."
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            {
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                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
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                "In the few years that have elapsed since the publication of",
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                ", it has established itself among discerning readers as a modern classic. In order to add an increasing number of admirers to those who have been acclaiming this book in its more expensive format, the editors of the Modern Library include it in the series. The felicity of writing, the charm and dramatic power of these tales, their dignity and beauty, create a spell for readers of every shade of interest. Dorothy Canfield contributes an illuminating introduction. (",
                "Spring 1939",
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            },
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                "Originally published in U.S. by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934, two years before the firm was acquired by Random House. ML edition (pp. v–420) printed from Smith and Haas/RH plates with decorative borders omitted from part title pages and part titles printed in black gothic type instead of red. Published April 1939.",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The 7⅛ x 4⅞ in. format was used because the original plates were too large for the ML’s standard balloon cloth format. Even with the larger format the margins of the printed pages are uncomfortably narrow. The switch from letterpress to offset lithographic printing in the 1960s allowed the type page of 320c to be reduced photographically from 160 x 98 mm to 146 x 90 mm. This allowed larger margins, but the substantial reduction in type size made the text harder to read. A happy medium is achieved in 320d. The format is increased to 7½ x 4⅞ in., and the type page has been increased photographically to 155 x 88 mm. However, the volume is an early example of perfect binding rather than sewn, and it is not unusual to find copies today that are falling apart."
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            },
            {
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                "The ML edition sold 7,154 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing",
                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                "near the top of the second quarter of ML titles during this 18-month period. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952. In contrast, sales of Dinesen’s",
                "Out of Africa",
                "(447), published in the ML in April 1952, placed it near the top of the second quarter of ML sales for the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D4] | [6-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] SEVEN | GOTHIC | TALES | BY ISAK DINESEN | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY DOROTHY CANFIELD | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
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                "Pagination and collation as 320a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 320a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC."
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                "[2–7]",
                32,
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                16,
                ". Contents as 320b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1934, | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1961, BY ISAK DINESEN; [421–422] ML Giants list. (",
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 320a.  [1]",
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            },
            {
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                "Contents as 320b except: [i] half title: Seven | Gothic | Tales; [iv] Copyright, 1934, | by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc. | Copyright renewed, 1961, by Isak Dinesen."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Format: Fujita binding B in black cloth with Fujita endpapers."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Fujita pictorial jacket in black, brownish orange (54) and gray on coated white paper; background in black with author in reverse and 3-line title in brownish orange on upper half; inset drawing in black and gray on lower half depicting an old European city with a tower and other buildings and boats on a river. Front flap as 320a with “few” deleted from the first sentence and second sentence omitted."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[7-line title, statement of responsibility and torchbearer within single-rule frame] SEVEN | GOTHIC | TALES | BY ISAK DINESEN | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY DOROTHY CANFIELD | [torchbearer M] | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 320b except: [i] Seven | Gothic | Tales; [iv] COPYRIGHT 1934 | BY HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS | COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1961 BY ISAK DINESEN."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
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                "Seven Gothic Tales",
                "was an immediate sensation when it was first published in 1934, and there was much speculation about the author before it was revealed that “Isak Dinesen” was actually the Danish Baroness Blixen, who had written this, her first book, in English. Since then,",
                "Tales",
                "has established itself as a classic. By using modern perceptions within the framework of the old Gothic tale, Baroness Blixen created, as one of her early critics wrote, “a book of unique atmosphere . . . a book bringing the psychological insight of a Henry James to the material of a Northern Boccaccio . . . a book of extraordinary fantasy that yet takes us intimately into a vivid variety of human lives.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1980 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60496-2."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–x, [1–4] 5–433 [434–438].  [1–14]",
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                "July 18, 1939",
                "; [1] part title: WAITING FOR LEFTY; [2] copyright notice; [3] Characters; [4] blank; 5–418 text; [419] part title: APPENDIX | Three Introductions | by | Harold Clurman; [420] blank; 421–433 text; [434–438] blank."
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                "Non-pictorial in moderate yellow (87), light bluish green (163), very light greenish blue (171) and black on coated white paper with three diagonal brick-like panels tilting to the upper right with the 3-line collective title in reverse on the face of each panel: SIX PLAYS OF | CLIFFORD | ODETS against background in black; left side of each panel in very light greenish blue and base in light bluish green; titles of the six plays in black on light bluish green panel tilting toward the lower right, all against woven background pattern in moderate yellow."
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                ",",
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            },
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            },
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in brilliant greenish yellow (98) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of itinerant fruit pickers—men, women, and children—walking along a road followed by a truck carrying more workers; lettering in reverse on black panels above and below the illustration; backstrip in brilliant greenish yellow with lettering in black. Illustration signed at lower right: [Valenti] Angelo."
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            {
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            {
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                "Everyone who has been stirred by John Steinbeck’s",
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                "to discover the source from which his most famous book drew its strength and deep humanity. In all his novels Steinbeck is preeminently the story-teller. In",
                "In Dubious Battle",
                "he is at the crest of his powers as he dramatizes the plight of men and women fighting for their lives. A common cause animates their struggle, and their heroism makes the narrative soar from climax to climax. (",
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            },
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                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML secured exclusive reprint rights to",
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                "shortly before the publication of",
                "The Grapes of Wrath",
                "in 1939 vastly enlarged Steinbeck’s audience. An earlier reprint had been published by Blue Ribbon Books in October 1937, but it sold poorly and was out of print by November 1938. Lewis Miller expected the success of",
                "The Grapes of Wrath",
                "to stimulate interest in all of Steinbeck’s books (Miller to Crowder, 11 July 1939). In a memo to the sales force he urged the travelers to open their sales talks with",
                "In Dubious Battle",
                ":"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "We got the sole reprint rights before GRAPES OF WRATH leaped to best-sellerdom and very lucky, too, for I am convinced it would have been more advantageous to the Viking crowd to have given the book to Grosset as well as to us. We would in that case have shared the market and perhaps not a big share either. If Grosset had IN DUBIOUS BATTLE they would get an advance of 20,000 to 25,000 copies, in my judgment. We are looking for an 8,000 to 10,000 advance on the strength of the fact that this brand new army of Steinbeck readers is now wide open for his past work. Every bookstore you call on has sold good quantities of GRAPES OF WRATH and that’s the market for IN DUBIOUS BATTLE. . . . Remember that IN DUBIOUS BATTLE does not take up much room and you have got to get at least a 25-stack if you expect the public to see it. We want 25’s, 50’s and 100’s. If a dealer buries this title on a shelf in 1’s and 2’s, we are licked before we start. (RH Box 153, Sales folder)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML distributed a four-color display poster to bookstores that described",
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                "as “a long, full, satisfying novel that deals with the same kind of characters and the same background as THE GRAPES OF WRATH” and launched a $7,500 advertising campaign that featured",
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                "along with Steinbeck’s other ML titles,",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "“You can see the leverage you get with such a schedule,” Miller told the travelers. “You may get a dealer who can buy only 25 IN DUBIOUS BATTLE and you now have got a wedge to get 25 assorted out of the other two. And so on, up the scale” (RH Box 153, Sales folder). He also reminded them, “In selling this title don’t overlook the point that, because the book will be bound in stiff covers, it lends itself admirably to lending library use in addition to over-the-counter sales” (Miller to Consolino, 31 July 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "In Dubious Battle",
                "are not available for 1939 and 1940. The ML edition of",
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                "itself was available in the ML.",
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "(324)."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
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                "Convinced that Fielding’s",
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                "Tom Jones",
                "(No. 185), the editors take pleasure in adding this immortal satire to the Modern Library series. Full-bodied, broadly humorous, this swift-paced classic is a biting commentary on the pretenses and foibles of eighteenth-century England, and is as fresh and vivid today as it was when written. It is doubtful if its array of characters has ever been surpassed in English fiction for brilliance, economy and variety. (",
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              ]
            },
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            },
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                "Cerf appears to have asked Henry C. Moriarty, manager of the book department of the Harvard Cooperative Society, to suggest someone to write the introduction. Moriarty suggested Howard Mumford Jones, a professor of English at Harvard. When Cerf contacted Jones he explained that the ML could “only pay $50 for forewords because of the small margin of profit on which the library is operated. On the other hand, there are no stipulations whatever as to the length of the foreword or contents thereof” (Cerf to Jones, 8 June 1939). Jones suggested George Sherwood of Columbia University as better qualified, but after a second letter from Cerf he agreed to write the introduction himself."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 2,823 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the middle of the fourth quarter of ML titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
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            },
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                "7⅛ x 4⅞ in. (181 x 123 mm) with cream endpapers and the variant Blumenthal binding without the torchbearer on the front panel. The binding appears to have been used only for first printings of the two new titles published in October 1939, Fielding,",
                "Joseph Andrews",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark yellowish green (137) and black on coated white paper with title in reverse against dark yellowish green background, other lettering in black, and vertical borders in reverse at left. Probably designed by Joseph Blumenthal."
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            {
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            {
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                "Nothing could be more timely than a novel which re-affirms the nobility and integrity of the Jewish people. Such a novel is",
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                "and it is revived at a moment when persecution of a defenseless minority is spreading all over the world. The most popular book by the author of",
                "Doctor Addams",
                ", a national best-seller,",
                "Hear, Ye Sons",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ford Madox Ford wrote to the ML in 1933 praising",
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                "Hear, Ye Sons",
                "in fall 1939 and invited Fineman to write a new preface (Cerf to Fineman, 28 December 1939). “A Belated Preface” (pp. [i–v]) was written for the ML edition."
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            {
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            1940
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              "HEAD": [
                "General"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "By 1940, Cerf and Klopfer had been in charge of the ML for nearly fifteen years.  Many titles inherited from Boni & Liveright were discontinued in the 1930s; by 1940, less than a third of the Boni & Liveright titles remained. ML Giants joined the regular ML series in 1931. By spring 1940, regular titles and Giants together numbered 270 titles—two-and-a-half times the size of the series when Cerf and Klopfer acquired it."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The increased representation of American authors in the ML that began in the 1930s continued. By 1940, 28 percent of the authors in the regular series were Americans, compared to 20 percent in 1930. Even so, British authors remained in first place, accounting for 36 percent of the regular series. There was a marked falling off of French authors from 18 percent in 1930 to 11 percent in 1940. This decline reflected the large number of French titles—most of which were inherited from Boni & Liveright days—that were dropped during the 1930s."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "By 1940, the regular ML was a series of predominately modern works. In 1940, 22 percent of the titles were works dating from the preceding 20 years. In spring 1940, works first published between 1881 and 1900 made up just 15 percent of the regular ML series, compared with 34 percent in 1930 and 26 percent in 1925."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The tendency toward making the ML more middlebrow was reflected in an increased proportion of fiction. By spring 1940, fiction accounted for 64 percent of the regular ML.  That was the highest proportion of fiction the ML would ever contain."
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          ]
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        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
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                "Number of titles"
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                "Eleven new titles were added to the ML and nine were discontinued, bringing the number of titles in the regular series to 219. Six new titles were published in the Giants series; by the end of 1940 ML Giants included fifty-two titles in fifty-four volumes."
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Beginning in 1940, ML title pages were individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal, proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. Existing titles acquired new title pages as they were reprinted. Blumenthal created the new title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the ML’s regular printer."
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            }
          ]
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        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s new format (7¼ x 4⅞ inches, enlarged from 6⅝ x 4⅜ inches) was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards and were sturdier than the ML’s earlier bindings. Books were bound in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold on all titles published 1940–1962."
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            {
              "HEAD": [
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An enlarged version of Rockwell Kent’s endpaper, redesigned to fit the ML’s larger format, was introduced in spring 1940. The central panels featuring Kent’s torchbearer were unchanged; the surrounding pattern of open books and “ml” initials was extended to fill the larger space. The spring endpapers, like earlier Kent endpapers, were in moderate orange; fall 1940 endpapers were in gray. Kent endpapers in gray remained in use through spring 1966. New titles published in fall 1966 and spring 1967 had Kent endpapers in light yellowish brown. New endpapers designed by S. Neil Fujita were introduced in fall 1967 as part of a comprehensive redesign of the series."
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        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in individually designed jackets. Five titles (Sheean,",
                "Personal History",
                "; Marquand,",
                "The Late George Apley",
                "; Forester,",
                "The African Queen",
                "; Porter,",
                "Flowering Judas and Other Stories",
                "; and Emerson,",
                "The Complete Essays and Other Writings",
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                "Troilus and Cressida",
                "; Machiavelli,",
                "The Prince and The Discourses",
                "; Lewisohn,",
                "The Island Within",
                "; Forster,",
                "A Passage to India",
                ";",
                "The Short Bible",
                "; and Morley,",
                "Human Being",
                ") had non-pictorial jackets. The jackets for",
                "Troilus and Cressida",
                ", Machiavelli, Lewisohn, and Forster were clearly designed by Joseph Blumenthal, whose newly designed binding was introduced in fall 1939 and whose individually designed title pages began to be used in 1940. Blumenthal created a large number of non-pictorial jackets for the ML during the 1940s, including many for older titles that required new jackets when they were reprinted in the ML’s larger format. None of Blumenthal’s jackets were signed."
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        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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                "95 cents."
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                "Complete Essays",
                "xHugo,",
                "Hunchback of Notre Dame",
                "; Giants through G54; jackets: 274."
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          ]
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        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf expressed interest in a volume of poetry by Robert Frost (Cerf to Holt & Co., 12 February 1940), but it would be 1946 before",
                "The Poems of Robert Frost",
                "(393) appeared in the ML. Cerf tried again to get Rudyard Kipling’s",
                "Kim",
                "for the ML, offering an advance of $2,000 against 10 cents a copy royalties for reprint rights (Cerf to Van Cartmell, Doubleday, Doran, 27 February 1940). It would be another decade before the ML secured reprint rights to Kipling’s novel. Cerf also sought Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s",
                "The Yearling",
                ", which was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1938, became the year’s best-selling novel, and won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He indicated that he wanted to publish it in 1942 (Cerf to Max Perkins, 11 April 1940). Scribner’s did not grant reprint rights to the ML until 1946. The ML edition of",
                "The Yearling",
                "(391) appeared late in 1946."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Several other titles to which Cerf tried to secure reprint rights never appeared in the series. He offered advances of $1,000 against royalties of 10 cents a copy for",
                "The Collected Poems of T. S. Eliot",
                "and Lytton Strachey’s",
                "Queen Victoria",
                "(Cerf to Hastings Harcourt, 26 April 1940; Cerf to Donald Brace, 3 May 1940). He had been trying to get",
                "Queen Victoria",
                "for the ML since 1928. He also wanted to publish William Graham Sumner’s",
                "Folkways",
                "as an ML Giant. He offered Ginn & Co., who first published it in 1906, a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. “Judging by our sales of similar volumes of the series,” he wrote, “I think it fair to assume that we will sell these 10,000 copies within a year and a half, and that thereafter the book should sell between 2000 and 4000 copies every year. . . .” (Cerf to Richard Thornton, Ginn & Co., 16 August 1940). Thornton declined the offer: “We still have a fair sale for the book, and we have recently put out a special Centennial Edition [Sumner was born in 1840], which we have been giving extra promotion” (Thornton to Cerf, 25 September 1940)."
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            },
            {
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                "Cerf received a suggestion for Alfred Thayer Mahan’s",
                "Influence of Sea Power upon History",
                ", but after seeing a copy he concluded it was “too special in its appeal—and dated, too—to be a likely candidate for ML” (Cerf to Alfred McIntyre, Little, Brown, 2 April 1940)."
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            }
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        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Marquand,",
                "Late George Apley",
                "(1940)  326"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chaucer,",
                "Troilus and Cressida",
                "(1940)  327"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Machiavelli,",
                "The Prince & The Discourses",
                "(1940)  328"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewisohn,",
                "Island Within",
                "(1940)  329"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Forster,",
                "Passage to India",
                "(1940)  330"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Goodspeed and Smith, eds.,",
                "Short Bible",
                "(1940)  331"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1940)  332"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Porter,",
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                "(1940–1950; 1953)  333"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Complete Essays and Other Writings",
                "(1940–1960);",
                "Selected Writings",
                "(1960)  334"
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            },
            {
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                "(1940)  335"
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            }
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        {
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            {
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            {
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                "Poems",
                "(1921)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cabell,",
                "Cream of the Jest",
                "(1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Crane,",
                "Maggie, A Girl of the Streets and Other Stories",
                "(1933)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dos Passos,",
                "42nd Parallel",
                "(1937)*"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dowson,",
                "Poems and Prose",
                "(1919)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewisohn,",
                "Up Stream",
                "(1926)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Mann,",
                "Buddenbrooks",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Richardson,",
                "Maurice Guest",
                "(1936)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Schnitzler,",
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        {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–436.  [1–14]",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), vivid red (11), yellowish gray (93) and black on coated white paper depicting an Arab in front of a mosque, marching soldiers, a steamship at sea, and a Chinese peasant against moderate yellow background; title in vivid red on diagonal yellowish gray panel with ragged sides, other lettering in black. Signed: Galdone."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Vincent Sheean’s book is far more than its title implies; it is history in the making, a vivid interpretation of the ideas and struggles that have so suddenly changed our conception of the modern world. An eye-witness of violent events, the friend and confidant of men and women of power and influence, he has been able to give to this book an authority and intensity that few of the long succession of volumes fashioned on it have been able to attain.",
                "Personal History",
                "is a book of lasting importance. (",
                "Spring 1940",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. ML edition printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting; the plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML but remained the property of Doubleday, Doran. Published January 1940.",
                "WR",
                "27 January 1940. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1954."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The original Doubleday, Doran plates were too large for the ML’s format. The ML paid Doubleday, Doran royalties of 10 cents a copy."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 6,635 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML titles during this eighteen-month period.",
                "Personal History",
                "was not among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
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            }
          ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "THE LATE | GEORGE APLEY | A NOVEL IN THE FORM | OF A MEMOIR | BY JOHN P. MARQUAND | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            {
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                1,
                "] half title; [",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep blue (179), pale blue (185) strong red (12), moderate red (15), pale yellow (89), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper depicting a street of Boston town houses highlighted in strong and moderate red and a passing pedestrian with walking cane with pavement in pale yellow; title in reverse highlighted in black against background fading from deep blue to pale yellow; other lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone in November 1939; unsigned."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Pulitzer Prize Novel for 1938,",
                "The Late George Apley",
                ", is a delicious satire on the palmy days of Boston during America’s golden era. Laugh as much as you like at George Apley’s discomfiture, you will relish the rich portrait of a New England family set against a background of Puritanism. The tone throughout this book is gentle, compassionate and ironic; the total effect is entertainment of the highest order and a new and unforgettable insight into a warmly human American way of life. (",
                "Spring 1940",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for 1938,",
                "The Late George Apley",
                "is a deft and devastating satire on the most proper of Bostonians when they were the self-appointed guardians of America’s social and intellectual destiny. Laugh as much as you like at George Apley’s pretensions and his discomfiture, you will relish this rich portrait of a New England family with its background of rigid Puritanism. The tone throughout this novel is gentle, compassionate and ironic; its total purpose and achievement is entertainment of the highest order and a new and unforgettable insight into a passing but still warmly human American way of life. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Little, Brown & Co., 1937. ML edition (pp. [v]–354) printed from Little, Brown plates. Published January 1940.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Little, Brown royalties of 10 cents a copy. The initial reprint contract was for a period of three years and appears to have given the ML exclusive reprint rights. When the contract was renewed Little, Brown added a stipulation that gave them the option of authorizing a Pocket Books paperback edition (Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, to Cerf, 29 September 1943). The ML edition sold 6,118 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML titles during this eighteen-month period. Sales to September 1943 totaled 13,450 copies (Cerf to Elizabeth Marden, Little, Brown, 24 September 1943)."
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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                "A Novel in the Form of a Memoir",
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                "|",
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                5,
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                "Note:",
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            {
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            {
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                "Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper; title in reverse on curved dark reddish orange panel at right, other lettering in black. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal."
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "The addition of Chaucer’s",
                "Troilus and Cressida",
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                "The",
                {
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                "Canterbury Tales",
                "(No. 161), Chaucer’s greatest achievement. Originally published under the Random House imprint in a volume which sold at $3.50, it is now issued in an entirely new edition at a price within the reach of everybody. (",
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            {
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            {
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                "Troilus and Cressida",
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            {
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            },
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                "Nothing could be more timely than the publication at this moment of history of the two works which made Machiavelli both famous and infamous as a model for contemporary statesmen.",
                "The Prince",
                "and",
                "The Discourses",
                "have become required reading for an understanding of our daily newspaper headlines. These books have never before been printed in a single volume. The texts are complete and unabridged. An illuminating introduction is provided by Max Lerner of Williams College and until recently editor of",
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            },
            {
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                "To be realistic about methods in the politics of a democracy at home does not mean that you throw away all scruples, or accept the superior force of “reason of state,” or embrace the police-state crushing of constitutional liberties. To be realistic about the massing of power abroad in the economic and ideological struggle for the support of men and women throughout the world does not mean that you abandon the struggle for peace and for a constitutional imperium that can grow into a world republic."
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                "; [2] dedication; 3–350 text; [351–355] ML list; [356–357] ML Giants list; [358–362] blank. (",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark grayish red (20) and dark gray (266) on cream paper; background in dark grayish red, title and author in dark gray on inset cream panel, series and torchbearer below panel in reverse against dark grayish red background; backstrip in dark grayish red with torchbearer and lettering in reverse except title in gray on inset cream panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "The appeal to conscience and the lyrical quality of Ludwig Lewisohn’s writing make",
                "The Island Within",
                "his most notable novel. In it he recounts the age-old plight of the man of integrity who must struggle alone against the evil forces of prejudice and reaction. With an unerring insight into the Jewish spirit, Mr. Lewisohn reveals the nobility of a people reflected by one of its sons in the modern world. The story he tells is rich in imagery and immensely rewarding to the reader who demands fiction with meaning and emotion. (",
                "Spring 1940",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Harper’s a $400 advance against royalties of 8 cents a copy. Lewisohn repeatedly urged Cerf to add",
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                "The Story of American Literature",
                "(G43), were already in the series. Cerf confided to Cass Canfield, Lewisohn’s publisher, “[T]hat seems more than enough to me.” He continued, “I did suggest to Lewisohn, however, that we might drop UP STREAM next year and substitute THE ISLAND WITHIN in its place. Lewisohn approved of this step with all the vociferousness at his command, which, I need scarcely tell you, is quelquechose [",
                "sic",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
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              ]
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            },
            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The fame of E. M. Forster’s",
                "A Passage to India",
                "grows with the passage of time. When it first appeared, in 1924, critics everywhere acclaimed it as a brilliant novel which upheld the highest traditions of English fiction. In the intervening fifteen years, it has established itself with the general public as a twentieth-century classic. Its subtle characterizations, its deep understanding of the Eastern mind, and its serene spirit make it a story to be cherished by a world from which all tranquillity seems to have departed. (",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial on coated cream paper with multi-color illustration of two people on an elephant with Hindus and Moslems in foreground; background in moderate yellow (87) with author’s name in black at top and title in reverse on inset rectangular panel in dark gray (266). Backstrip in dark gray with inset cream panel with title in black; other lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Signed: Galdone. Front flap as jacket A. (",
                "Spring 1946",
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf tried to include",
                "A Passage to India",
                "in the ML shortly after he and Klopfer acquired the series (Cerf to Alfred Harcourt, 10 March 1926). Harcourt, Brace was agreeable but decided to ask Forster’s permission. Nine months later Harcourt reported, “The upshot of our correspondence with him is that we are forced to the decision not to sell this book to The Modern Library for next year” (Harcourt, Brace to Cerf, 11 December 1926).",
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                "did not appear in the ML until thirteen years later."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shortly after the Second World War, Harcourt, Brace launched its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, in response to the burgeoning college market. Harcourt, Brace served notice in 1948 that it was terminating the ML’s reprint contracts for",
                "A Passage to India",
                "and eight other titles, including works by Sinclair Lewis, Katherine Anne Porter, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). At that time the ML had 3,300 copies of",
                "A Passage to India",
                "in stock; Klopfer estimated that it would take eight months for the stock to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June 1948; 28 June 1948).",
                "A Passage to India",
                "sold 6,654 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. Total ML sales were 48,110 copies (B. J. Kirkpatrick,",
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            },
            {
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                },
                {
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                },
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                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep purplish blue (201), yellowish white (92), gold and black on coated cream paper; background of front panel and backstrip tinted yellowish white with title on front panel in reverse on inset deep purplish blue panel bordered in gold and other lettering in black; inset title panel on backstrip with title in black against untinted background."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "The Short Bible",
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            },
            {
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                "Originally published by University of Chicago Press, 1933. ML edition (pp. v–[549]) printed from University of Chicago Press plates. Published September 1940.",
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                "The Complete Bible",
                "($3,000 on signing and $2,000 one year after publication) shortly after it was published. He noted, “I honestly think we could sell 50,000 copies of this book in two years’ time” (Cerf to Donald Bean, University of Chicago Press, 17 October 1939). When the University of Chicago Press indicated that a reprint of",
                "The Complete Bible",
                "was premature, Cerf offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for",
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                "The Short Bible",
                ". He reported to Goodspeed, “I have written to Mr. Hemens . . . that . . . you and I had decided that it would be the intelligent thing to pass up the Short Bible as far as the Modern Library is concerned and wait until we can concentrate all our selling efforts on the Modern Library Giant edition of the",
                "Complete Bible",
                ". I told him that we both understand full well that the time is not yet ripe for this Modern Library edition, but if we could have it within two years’ time, we would be quite willing to guarantee a sale of 50,000 copies and to make this guarantee a part of our contract” (Cerf to Hemens, University of Chicago Press, 27 December 1939; Cerf to Goodspeed, 28 December 1939)."
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                ". He pointed out that a ML edition ought to sell well, that another reprint publisher was likely to pick it up if the ML rejected it, and that whichever firm got",
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                "would have a “toe-hold” on",
                "The Complete Bible",
                ". He recommended that the ML secure",
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                ". Hemens replied that it would not be available for 1943 but that things might be different the following year (Cerf to Hemens, 12 May 1942; Hemens to Cerf, 19 June 1942). Cerf wrote again later in the year, noting that many readers wanted a complete Bible. “When you are ready to let us have the complete Goodspeed Bible, I am sure we will be able to do a really impressive job with it” (Cerf to Hemens, 21 October 1942).",
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                "Pictorial in vivid greenish yellow (97), moderate bluish green (164), dark bluish green (165), very dark bluish green (166), and black on coated white paper depicting a boat on a vivid greenish yellow river with moderate bluish green mountains in distance and thick foliage in foreground framing the scene at top and bottom; lettering in reverse against foliage in moderate bluish green and black; backstrip in brilliant yellow (83) with lettering in black and with frame around title and torchbearer in dark yellow (88). Designed by Paul Galdone in May 1940; unsigned."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Readers of",
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                "and",
                "Captain Horatio Hornblower",
                "will welcome the revival of",
                "The African Queen",
                "in the Modern Library series. In C. S. Forester’s happiest vein, this fabulous tale maintains from first page to last its breathless excitement. An asthmatic steam launch carries a timid Cockney and a maidenly English missionary on a river in Central Africa to the adventure of their lives. Romance triumphs over fate, tropical heat and whizzing bullets.",
                "The African Queen",
                "is a story to be read at a sitting and to be relished for a lifetime. (",
                "Fall 1940",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Fall 1959",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Originally published in U.S. by Little, Brown & Co., 1935, with the last four chapters of the British edition omitted. ML edition (pp. [1]–275) printed from Little, Brown plates with the last four chapters restored. Chapters 16–19 (pp. 276–[308]) printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1940.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf had never read",
                "The African Queen",
                ". He asked Little, Brown for a copy after attending a party at which “Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs spent about an hour raving about C. S. Forester’s THE AFRICAN QUEEN, and swore that it was an ideal suggestion for the Modern Library” (Cerf to Alfred B. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 2 October 1939). The ML paid Little, Brown royalties of 10 cents a copy. The ML edition appeared eleven years before the release of the John Huston film based on the novel."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Forester expressed the hope that the ML could restore the chapters omitted by Little, Brown (Cerf to McIntyre, 15 January 1940). In the foreword to the ML edition he wrote that he had been engrossed in writing another book when Little, Brown indicated “they did not like the end of the book and had thought of a simple way of changing the end without calling for any effort from me. The fact that no effort was called for was sufficient inducement. I wrote blithely and agreed, and it was only when my complimentary copies reached me in England that I really appreciated what had happened to the book when it had been docked of its last two [",
                "sic",
                "] chapters. . . . So it is with very great pleasure that I welcome this reissue of",
                "The African Queen",
                "for the opportunity it gives me of presenting the book in the form in which I first pictured it” (p. [",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "FLOWERING | JUDAS | AND OTHER STORIES BY |",
                "Katherine Anne Porter",
                "| WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer E2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
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                "[",
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                6,
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                8,
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                10,
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            },
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                8,
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in strong pink (2) and dark blue (183) on light gray (264) paper depicting an outdoor fountain with cacti, gourd pots and a tree with foliage in strong pink; lettering in dark blue."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The few, exquisitely wrought tales written by Katherine Anne Porter have firmly established her reputation as one of the masters of the short-story form. Critics have vied with one another in lavishing their praise for the crystalline quality of her prose, and her public has grown in ever-widening circles, until now the devotees of her writings include the most discriminating readers in America.",
                "Flowering Judas and Other Stories",
                "takes an honored place on the Modern Library shelf as a collection of short tales worthy of the illustrious company of great writers already represented in the series. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B (ML 284):",
                "Pictorial in pale green (149), deep red (13) and black on cream paper with illustration from jacket A reduced in size and printed in deep red and black at lower right with portion of design uncolored; lettering in black on background printed in pale green at top and deep red at foot. Front flap as jacket A through second sentence; third sentence replaced by the following:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Flowering Judas and Other Stories",
                "and",
                "Pale Horse, Pale Rider",
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                "Spring 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1935. ML edition (pp. [",
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                "WR",
                "14 September 1940. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1950; restored spring 1953 as ML 284. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Harcourt, Brace a $250 advance, and Porter received $25 for her introduction. In later years the ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy; it is possible that the initial royalty rate was lower. Porter was pleased that",
                "Flowering Judas",
                "was to be included in the series. She wrote Cerf: “It will be a new lease on life for Flowering Judas, and I hope you will not have any cause to regret reprinting it. For myself, a buyer of books with very limited means, I have found the Modern Library a God-send. I have about sixty of those little books, and mean to have more.” She also discussed her introduction: “I have begun, uncertainly, a kind of small preface. It should be short, I think, to match the book; authors writing about themselves and their works are in general a little on the dull side, anyway. But I shall do what I can” (Porter to Cerf, 8 May 1940)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 3,234 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943. There was a second printing of 2,000 copies in November 1942. Earlier that year Cerf told Porter, “The Modern Library edition of the book sells slowly but steadily and we have no intention in the world of letting it drop into a void” (Cerf to Porter, 24 April 1942)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When Harcourt, Brace decided in 1948 to launch its own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, the firm served notice that it was terminating the reprint contracts for all of its titles in the ML (S. Spencer Scott, Harcourt, Brace, to ML, 18 May 1948). The ML had 4,400 copies of",
                "Flowering Judas",
                "in stock, and Klopfer estimated that it would take twelve months for the books to sell out (Klopfer to Scott, 3 June 1948 and 28 June 1948). The ML edition was officially discontinued in fall 1950. Its number (ML 88) was reassigned to William Faulkner’s",
                "Light in August",
                "(429), which was published in the series shortly after",
                "Flowering Judas",
                "was discontinued."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harcourt, Brace subsequently decided against including",
                "Flowering Judas",
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                "a new number (ML 284). Some copies of the 1946 ML printing that remained in the warehouse were sold in the spring 1953 jacket."
              ]
            },
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            },
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "The few, exquisitely wrought tales written by Katherine Anne Porter have firmly established her reputation as one of the masters of the short-story form. The ten stories in this volume include: “María Concepción,” “Magic,” “Rope,” “He,” “Theft,” “That Tree,” “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” “Flowering Judas,” “The Cracked Looking-Glass,” and “Hacienda.”"
              ]
            },
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "THE COMPLETE ESSAYS | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF | RALPH WALDO | EMERSON | EDITED, WITH | A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION | BY BROOKS ATKINSON | [torchbearer D2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Nature – The American Scholar – An Address – The Transcendentalist – The Lord’s Supper – Essays: First Series – Essays: Second Series – Plato, or, The Philosopher – Napoleon, or, The Man of the World – English Traits – Conduct of Life – Society and Solitude – Farming – Poems – Ezra Ripley, D.D. – Emancipation in the British West Indies – The Fugitive Slave Law – John Brown – The Emancipation Proclamation – Thoreau – Abraham Lincoln – Carlyle."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in pale blue (185), dark reddish orange (38), strong reddish brown (40), medium gray (265), and black on coated white paper with illustration of winter scene with houses and horse-drawn sled; lettering 8 reverse on black panels at head and foot; backstrip lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone in June 1940; unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The long-planned, single-volume edition of Emerson’s writings—including the complete essays and representative portions from the poems, addresses, biographical sketches and miscellaneous works—now becomes one of the most notable titles in the Modern Library series. Under the scholarly editorship of Brooks Atkinson, Drama Critic of the",
                "New York Times",
                "and editor of",
                "Walden and Other Writings",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "of Henry David Thoreau",
                "(Modern Library No. 155), this collection is an essential addition to the library of every student and general reader who wishes to partake of America’s spiritual and cultural heritage. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "WR",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 11,103 copies between 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, making it the eleventh best-selling title in the regular ML."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "THE COMPLETE ESSAYS | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF | RALPH WALDO | EMERSON |",
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                "| BY BROOKS ATKINSON | FOREWORD BY TREMAINE McDOWELL |",
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            },
            {
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                "Contents as 334a except [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1940, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
                "; ix–x FOREWORD |",
                "By",
                "Tremaine McDowell; xi–xxv INTRODUCTION |",
                "By",
                "Brooks Atkinson; [xxvi] blank; xxvii",
                "A SHORT READING LIST",
                "signed: T. McD.; [xxviii] blank; [931–932] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 334a except very light greenish blue (171) instead of pale blue."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Included in this volume are the complete essays, representative poems, public addresses, biographical sketches and miscellaneous writings from the pen of the first philosopher of the American spirit. The influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s character and thought on our culture is immeasurable.  His example and his eloquence have given our entire way of life direction and impetus for the last half of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth. Here, in more than 950 pages, is the quintessence of his life work, edited with scholarship and sensibility, by Brooks Atkinson, drama critic of the",
                "New York Times",
                ", and with a special foreword by Tremaine McDowell, Professor of English, University of Minnesota. (",
                "Spring 1952",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap reverts to 334a text. (",
                "Fall 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML. McDowell received a flat fee of $75 for his foreword and bibliography (Stein to McDowell, 26 January 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The last printing of 334b has a spring 1959 MLG list on pp. [931–932]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "334c.  Title changed: Selected Writings (1960)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | SELECTED WRITINGS | OF | Ralph Waldo Emerson |",
                "Edited, with a Biographical Introduction,",
                "|",
                "by",
                "BROOKS ATKINSON |",
                "Foreword by",
                "TREMAINE McDOWELL | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND | CHAIRMAN OF AMERICAN STUDIES, | UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 334b.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–15]",
                32,
                "[16]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 334b except: [iv] ©",
                "Copyright, 1940, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
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                "Spring 1960",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 334b with “The Selected Writings of” instead of “The Complete Essays | AND OTHER WRITINGS OF” in light greenish gray (154); flap text reverts to 334a text. (",
                "Spring 1960",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jason Epstein recommended the title change after several readers complained that the ML edition did not contain Emerson’s complete essays:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The volume includes the Essays First Series, Essays Second Series and English Traits which the editors presumably regard as the only volumes of essays that Emerson assembled.",
                "The Conduct of Life",
                ", from which they have excerpted two sections, apparently is considered a whole book and not a collection of essays, but this is an ambiguous point and I think it would be much less confusing to have the title of this book changed to THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON (Epstein memo to Cerf, 12 January 1960)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "334d.  Title page reset; offset printing (1968)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The",
                "|",
                "Selected Writings",
                "|",
                "of",
                "| Ralph Waldo Emerson | [short ornamental rule] |",
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                "with a Biographical Introduction,",
                "|",
                "by",
                "| BROOKS ATKINSON |",
                "Foreword by",
                "| TREMAINE McDOWELL | [short ornamental rule] | [torchbearer J] | The Modern Library | New York"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 334c."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 334b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1940, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Format:",
                "All copies examined are in Fujita binding D which was in use only in 1968."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Fujita non-pictorial jacket on coated white paper with lettering in black, vivid green (139) and strong blue (178)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Your goodness must have some edge to it.”",
                "— Ralph Waldo Emerson"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Here in one easily accessible volume is the edge of Emerson—all the essential writings of this notable philosopher of the American spirit. Included are Emerson’s complete essays and representative selections from the poems, addresses, sermons, biographical sketches, and miscellaneous works that make him an outstanding interpretive critic and contributor to America’s spiritual and cultural heritage. This collection provides both the scholar and the general reader with a comprehensive view of Emerson’s evocative and timely thought."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "334e.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title",
                ": As 334d except line 13: [torchbearer K]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination",
                ": As 334b.  [1–30]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents",
                ": As 334b except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1964 [",
                "sic",
                "] | Copyright © 1940, 1950 by Random House, Inc.; [931–932] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1967",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 334d jacket “Emerson” in deep blue (179) instead of strong blue."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "334f.  Printing from letterpress plates; 7½ inch format (mid-1970s)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 334c through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 334b.  [1–30]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents",
                "a",
                "s 334b except: [iv] © Copyright, 1940, 1950, by",
                "Random House, Inc.",
                "; [931–932] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1967",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 334e."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Most ML books had been printed by offset lithography since the mid-1960s, when the cost of offset printing dropped below that of letterpress. The ML reverted to letterpress for several titles in the mid-1970s, presumably attracted by incentives offered by printers desperate to make use of idle letterpress equipment."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "334g.  Reissue format (1977)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 334f except line 8: [torchbearer M]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 334b.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 334b except: [iv] © Copyright, 1940, 1950, by",
                "Random House, Inc.",
                "| Copyright renewed 1968, by",
                "Random House, Inc."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish brown (62) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as 334d except “easily accessible” omitted in first sentence. Jacket design by R. D. Scudellari."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1977 at $6.95.  ISBN 0-394-60418-0."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Emerson,",
                "Essays",
                ", illus. by John Steuart Curry (Illustrated Modern Library, 1944–1949)  IML 11"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Emerson,",
                "Journals",
                "(1960–1970)  520"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                335
              ]
            },
            {
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                },
                {
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                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "HUMAN BEING"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1940–1945"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
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                    ")"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "335.  First printing (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer D4] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] HUMAN | BEING | A Story by | CHRISTOPHER | MORLEY | With a new Introduction by | THE AUTHOR | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK",
                "Note:",
                "Lines 3 and 6 of the title and statement of responsibility are set in Bernhard Cursive Bold, a typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1928. It is represented here by Script MT Bold."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                14,
                "], ix–xii, [",
                2,
                "], [1] 2–350 [351–356].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | COPYRIGHT 1940, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST",
                "Modern Library",
                "EDITION, 1940; [",
                5,
                "] dedication; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [",
                7,
                "] epigraphs; [",
                8,
                "] blank; [",
                9,
                "] biographical note; [",
                10,
                "] blank; [",
                11,
                "–",
                14,
                "] Introduction signed p. [",
                14,
                "]: CHRISTOPHER MORLEY |",
                "April 8",
                ",",
                1940,
                "; ix–xii Contents; [",
                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [1]–350 text; [351–355] ML list; [356] blank. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), strong reddish brown (40), gold, and black on coated yellowish white paper with author, title and series in reverse against background patterned like textured fabric in deep reddish orange and strong reddish brown; title highlighted in gold with author’s note (“I have been amused by some of the indignation caused by KITTY FOYLE which disturbed many readers because they said it was so different from the author’s previous doings. No one could have thought so who had read HUMAN BEING. –",
                "Christopher Morley",
                "”); backstrip with same textured background as front panel with torchbearer and title in reverse; author, ML number, publisher, and frame around title in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, June 1940; unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Writing of",
                "Human Being",
                ", Edna Ferber said: “It is a glorious book, a wise and deeply understanding book. It has a touch of God in it, and the devil. It has all New York in it and most of America.” The reading public agreed enthusiastically with this judgment and took to its heart Christopher Morley’s story of an obscure man caught in the act of being human. Every reader of Morley’s national best-seller,",
                "Kitty Foyle",
                ", as well as those who have yet to experience their first acquaintance with his writings, will enjoy the glowing warmth of",
                "Human Being",
                ". (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932; rights subsequently acquired by J. B. Lippincott Co. ML edition (pp. [",
                5,
                "–",
                7,
                "], ix–350) printed from Doubleday/Lippincott plates with a correction requested by Morley. Published October 1940.",
                "WR",
                "12 October 1940. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1946."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The suggestion to include",
                "Human Being",
                "in the ML came from Morley himself. He wrote Cerf (31 January 1939):"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Every time I get one of the Modern Library lists it gripes me a little to see myself represented in there only by",
                "Parnassus on Wheels",
                "; a worthy little book I dare say, but it seems pretty juvenile as I look at it now."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I so often say to myself, how I wish you’d think about putting in",
                "Human Being",
                ", a novel which seems to me to stand up well in retrospect and which has been out since 1932 so I have had time to get a good many comments on it. I think it gives a picture of the Depression period as it worked on a Caspar Milquetoast sort of person; a picture which I don’t believe anyone else has given us."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf replied, “I thoroughly agree with you that you should be represented in the Modern Library by more than PARNASSUS ON WHEELS. I don’t think, however, that HUMAN BEING is the book by you that should be added; I am sure there are other books on the Christopher Morley backlist that would be a much better bet for a series like the Modern Library” (Cerf to Morley, 2 February 1939). A month later Cerf admitted that he had never read",
                "Human Being",
                "and asked Morley to send him a copy (Cerf to Morley, 3 March 1939). After reading it he indicated that he still thought that other books of Morley’s “would have a more general interest than this one. . . . I may be completely cockeyed, but I think that a lot of my enjoyment of HUMAN BEING came from the fact that I was able to identify the characters with the old Doubleday personnel!” (Cerf to Morley, 30 August 1939)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Morley’s novel",
                "Kitty Foyle",
                "was a best-seller in 1939 and 1940 (Hackett and Burke, pp. 127–29), and his publisher began to talk about reissuing",
                "Human Being",
                "in a full-priced edition. Morley indicated that he would prefer to see it in the ML (Morley to Cerf, 4 January 1940), and Cerf agreed to put it in the series. “Both Bob [Haas] and I still think it is a rather special sort of book, but it should make its way anyhow, and the huge success of KITTY FOYLE will help it to a good start” (Cerf to Morley, 31 January 1940). The ML paid Lippincott a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. At Morley’s request the ML edition corrected “George” to “Herman” on p. 25, line 9."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Human Being",
                "sold 2,110 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, making it the tenth worst-selling title in the ML. Morley was the only American among the authors of the ML’s ten worst-selling titles at this period—and he had two books in that category.",
                "Parnassus on Wheels",
                "(213), with sales of 1,814 copies, was the second worst-selling title."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There was a second ML printing of 2,000 copies in December 1943. By February 1944 sales of the ML edition of",
                "Human Being",
                "exceeded 6,000 copies (Cerf to Percy Loring, Lippincott, 8 February 1944)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Morley,",
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            }
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        {
          "HEAD": [
            1941
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The last title added in 1941, Pascal’s",
                "Pensées & The Provincial Letters",
                "(345), was published a month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The next four years would be difficult, as publishers struggled with a huge increase in demand for books coupled with scarcity of resources, including paper rationing, the absence of personnel who served in the armed services, and other dislocations caused by the war. The end of the war in August 1945 was accompanied by rapid inflation and a wave of strikes that disrupted the return to a peacetime economy. It would be September 1948 before the Modern Library could announce, “Every title in the Modern Library and the Modern Library Giants is now back in stock for the first time since the war” (Modern Library advertisement,",
                "Publishers’ Weekly",
                ", September 17, 1948, p. 1095)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ten titles were added to the ML and ten were discontinued.  The number of titles in the series remained at 219, the same as in 1940."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Modern Library title pages continued to be individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the ML’s regular printer."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. \tThe inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ENDPAPER": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Endpaper"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The enlarged version of Rockwell Kent’s endpaper, redesigned to fit the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format, was introduced in spring 1940 and used through spring 1967. The central panels of the paste-down and free endpapers featured Kent’s torchbearer surrounded by a pattern of open books and “ml” initials. The endpapers were printed in gray from fall 1940 through spring 1966."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "JACKET": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Jackets"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Two 1941 titles (Saroyan,",
                "Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze",
                "and Bemelmans,",
                "My War with the United States",
                ") were originally published by Random House; their ML jackets were adapted from the RH jackets. The Saroyan jacket was designed by Ernest Reichl, and the jacket for",
                "My War with the United States",
                "featured an adaptation of one of Bemelmans’s illustrations."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The jacket for Steinbeck,",
                "The Grapes of Wrath",
                "incorporated a reproduction of Thomas Hart Benton’s lithograph “Departure of the Joads” from his Grapes of Wrath series. Paul Galdone was responsible for three jackets: Hugo,",
                "The Hunchback of Notre Dame",
                "was an individually designed pictorial jacket;",
                "Five Great Modern Irish Plays",
                "and Lardner,",
                "Collected Stories",
                "featured a decorative non-pictorial design that was used on six ML titles between fall 1939 and the early 1940s."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pascal,",
                "Pensées & The Provincial Letters",
                ", had a typographic jacket that was clearly designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Three other predominately typographic jackets were probably also by Blumenthal, who signed none of his jackets.",
                "The Federalist",
                "featured a decorative image of an American eagle, Proust’s",
                "The Captive",
                "had a small silhouette of Proust in left profile that was also used on the other six titles of",
                "Remembrance of Things Past",
                ", and Plato’s",
                "Republic",
                "had an inset photographic image of a bust of Plato."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents."
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Hugo,",
                "Hunchback of Notre Dame",
                "xBemelmans,",
                "My War with the United States",
                "; Giants through G56; jackets: 271 (=spring 1940). (Fall) Bemelmans,",
                "My War with the United States",
                "xLewis,",
                "Babbitt",
                "; Giants through G58 with G20–21 Symonds,",
                "Renaissance in Italy",
                "; jackets: 278."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf expressed interest in Ernest Hemingway’s",
                "For Whom the Bell Tolls",
                ", published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1940: “This is one book above almost any other that has been written in the past five years that I’d like to see on the Modern Library list when the time comes” (Cerf to Max Perkins, 23 July 1941). The ML never secured reprint rights. In 1953 Scribner’s served notice that it was withdrawing all three Hemingway titles in the ML—",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                "(190),",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                "(237), and",
                "The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway",
                "(G59)—in order to publish their own reprint editions in all English-speaking markets in North America."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Conrad Aiken repeated his suggestion for a ML edition of his first novel,",
                "Blue Voyage",
                ", published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1927 (Aiken to Cerf, 19 May 1941). Aiken edited several poetry anthologies for the ML, but he never had a book of his own in the series."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Saroyan,",
                "Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze",
                "(1941–1948)  336"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hugo,",
                "Hunchback of Notre Dame",
                "(1941–1971)  337"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Federalist",
                "(1941– )  338"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Five Great Modern Irish Plays",
                "(1941– )  339"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "The Captive",
                "(1941– )  340"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Steinbeck,",
                "Grapes of Wrath",
                "(1941– )  341"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Plato,",
                "The Republic",
                "(1941– )  342"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bemelmans,",
                "My War with the United States",
                "(1941– )  343"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lardner,",
                "Collected Stories of Ring Lardner",
                "(1941– )  344"
              ]
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                "Pictorial in strong greenish blue (169), very dark greenish blue (175) brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated cream paper depicting Quasimodo on rooftop with large gargoyles, overlooking Paris at night with new moon in brilliant yellow; lettering in reverse shaded in strong greenish blue. Signed: Galdone."
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            },
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                "The Hunchback of Notre Dame",
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            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "A COMMENTARY ON",
                "| THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES |",
                "Being a Collection of Essays written in Support of the | Constitution agreed upon September 17, 1787, by | the Federal Convention",
                "| FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF | ALEXANDER HAMILTON | JOHN JAY | JAMES MADISON |",
                "With an introduction by",
                "| EDWARD MEAD EARLE |",
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            {
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                "Federalist",
                "| THE EIGHTY-FIVE ESSAYS WRITTEN BY |",
                "Alexander Hamilton",
                "·",
                "John Jay",
                "·",
                "James Madison",
                "| WHICH PERSUADED THE FOUNDING | FATHERS TO ADOPT THE CONSTITUTION | OF THE UNITED STATES."
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            },
            {
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                "The Federalist",
                "the widest possible distribution at a cost within everybody’s purse, the Modern Library helps to explain the origins of our government to our people. (",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML presented the National Home Library Foundation with a complete set of ML books in print in exchange for the free use of its plates. The first printing of the ML edition failed to acknowledge the Foundation. It included instead the following statement, adapted from the National Home Library Foundation edition: “Acknowledgment is made, with thanks, for the aid received from the",
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            {
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                "Sherman F. Mittell of the National Home Library Foundation informed Klopfer shortly after publication that the ML should have thanked the Foundation and that the acknowledgement to the Carnegie Corporation would have to be removed. Klopfer agreed to rip the title leaf out of every copy in stock and tip in a corrected leaf with the acknowledgment, “The publishers are indebted to the National Home Library Foundation for making this edition possible and wish to thank them for the courtesy extended in the use of their plates” (Klopfer to Mittell, 27 February 1941; Mittell to Klopfer, 4 March 1941). A sizable portion of the first printing appears to have been distributed before the cancellation and replacement of the title leaf. Copies of 338a",
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            },
            {
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                "As 338a with lines 5-7 rewritten: WHICH SUPPORTED THE FOUNDING FATHERS | IN THE ADOPTION OF THE | CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (1953/early 1950s). Front flap reset with “one hundred and fifty years” in third sentence changed to “one hundred and seventy-seven years” (",
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                "Riders to the Sea",
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                "Spreading the News",
                "BY LADY GREGORY |",
                "Shadow and Substance",
                "BY PAUL VINCENT CARROLL |",
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                "Pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), moderate yellow (87) and black on cream paper with drawing of a fort and cannon in black and moderate greenish blue against moderate yellow background; lettering in black except last two words of title in moderate greenish blue outlined in black. Adapted from the jacket of the Viking Press edition with a short quotation from Ralph Thompson and the words “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” replacing the name of the original publisher at the foot of the front panel. Hansen (p. 188) attributes the design of the ML jacket to George Salter; the jacket illustration is a reworking of the Bemelmans drawing on the title page."
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            },
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                "What this country really needs is an entertaining story of its own foibles in wartime. Bemelmans’",
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                "fulfils that need and provides a welcome antidote to the national jitters. It persuades you by its honesty and its charm that life in the American Army can be anything from a consecration to a lark. Both amiable and wise, his book is a special gem of eccentric literature, and its illustrations cannot fail to bring a happy chuckle to soldier and civilian alike. This is the first Bemelmans book to appear in a reprint edition."
              ]
            },
            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The verso of the title page contains the boilerplate statement, “Manufactured in the United States of America | Printed by Parkway Printing Company Paper by Richard Bauer & Co. | Bound by H. Wolff”. The ML’s regular printers, Parkway Printing, did not have an offset department before 1955. The ML edition was printed by a company that specialized in offset lithography. The ML probably submitted its standard manufacturing statement to the printer, though it is possible that Parkway subcontracted the job."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There are enough blank pages at the end of the volume to accommodate a ML list, but the lists of titles at the end of other ML volumes were printed from letterpress plates, which were incompatible with offset printing."
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            },
            {
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                "The jacket also appears to have been printed by offset lithography, and the inside of the first printing of the jacket is blank. Later printings of the jacket, including a printing that probably dates from spring 1942, include ML lists. The ML may have photographed subsequent lists so they could be included in later offset printings of the jacket."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition was published two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and American entry into the Second World War. Early ML printings are on thicker and stiffer paper than most ML titles, probably to enhance the reproduction of the text and illustrations by offset lithography. Later printings are on noticeably thinner paper because of wartime paper shortages."
              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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                "Copyright",
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                "; [v] biographical note; [vi] blank; vii–viii CONTENTS; 3–467 text; [468] blank; [469–473] ML list; [474] blank. (",
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            },
            {
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                {
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                },
                "A:",
                "Non-pictorial in vivid orange (48), light yellow (86) and gold on coated cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset vivid orange panel and three vivid orange bands below the inset panel, all surrounded by cream background with decorations in light yellow and gold; spine in gold with lettering in black. Designed by Paul Galdone, unsigned.",
                "Note:",
                "The jacket design in different color combinations was also used in fall 1941 for",
                "Five Great Modern Irish Pla",
                "ys (339), fall 1942 for",
                "Collected Short Stories of Dorothy Parker",
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                "Best American Humorous Short Stories",
                "(1920: 80f),",
                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                "(1930: 188b), and",
                "Great German Short Novels and Stories",
                "(1933: 256b)."
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            },
            {
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                "In his lifetime Ring Lardner was briefly described as a writer of humorous dialect, a baseball satirist and generally a funny fellow. This injustice to his reputation has been completely revised since his death by a new estimate of his place among the world’s great story–tellers. Now he is as much admired for his vigor and warmth and unfailing sense of the dramatic as for his irrepressible humor.",
                "The Collected Short Stories of Ring Lardner—",
                "thirty-five in all—represent, in John Chamberlain’s opinion, “The full measure of the talent of the man who is pre-eminently our best short story writer.” (",
                "Fall 1941",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Scribner’s a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. Cerf had tried to get Lardner’s stories for the ML on several occasions before Scribner’s agreed to a reprint edition. He noted in spring 1941 when he requested permission to include the book in the fall, “It is a glaring omission on our list and it has been commented on so many times that I am getting tired of hearing it” (Cerf to Max Perkins, 1 May 1941). There was a second printing of 4,000 copies in March 1942 and a third printing of 3,000 copies in January 1943."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "The ML edition sold 7,800 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942–1 November 1943, placing it in the first quarter of regular ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvi, [1–2] 3–620 [621–624].  [1–20]",
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            },
            {
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                "translated by W. F. Trotter |",
                "The Provincial Letters",
                "translated by Thomas M’Crie; v–viii CONTENTS; ix–xvi INTRODUCTION signed p. xvi:",
                "July, 1941",
                "Saxe Commins; [1] part title: PENSÉES; [2] blank; 3–321 text; [322] blank; [323] part title: THE PROVINCIAL LETTERS; [324] blank; 325–620 text; [621–624] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Non-pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper; background of front panel and backstrip in dark reddish orange with titles and torchbearer in reverse and other lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The two works upon which Pascal’s enduring fame rests are",
                "Pensées",
                "and",
                "The Provincial Letters",
                ". Now, at last, they are made available, as they always should have been, in a single, complete and unabridged volume. One of the world’s greatest declarations of faith,",
                "Pensées",
                "has given sustenance over a period of three hundred years to men of inquiring minds who are assailed by doubt. Considered a masterpiece of religious controversy,",
                "The Provincial Letters",
                "are the product of one of the most unusual scientific intellects of all time applied to the humane purpose of liberalizing religious doctrine. (",
                "Fall 1941",
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The estimate for typesetting and making electroplates was $876.95."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 2,523 copies during the 18-month period 1 May 1942 and 1 November 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of regular ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML, November 1951–October 1952. Sales totaled 43,403 copies by spring 19558."
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          "GENERAL": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The war brought many changes to Random House. Klopfer, who was thirty-nine, applied for a commission in the Air Force. He was commissioned as a captain in May 1942 and left for training in California at the end of month. He was away from Random House until after the war. The war years were good ones for him. He was posted to England with the Eighth Air Force in October 1943 and served as an intelligence officer for a heavy bomber squadron—the job he wanted. When he stopped by Random House to say his final goodbyes before leaving for London, Cerf thought he looked “happier and more excited than I have ever seen him in my life before” (Cerf to Charles Allen Smart, 19 October 1943, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library). Early the following year he was promoted to major (Cerf, “Trade Winds,”",
                "Saturday Review of Literature",
                ", 12 February 1944, p. 19)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf was four years older than Klopfer and too old for military service. He remained a civilian, looking after Random House and playing an active role in the Council on Books in Wartime, of which he was a director. “I get damned impatient plugging away at publishing,” he told a friend in the service in 1943, “while all of you fellows are out there doing things I’d like to be doing myself, but I may as well face the fact that I am 45, that I am nearsighted as a bat, and that somebody has to keep Random House rolling along” (Cerf to Smart, 26 August 1943, Random House Collection)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Random House rolled through the war years with increasing momentum. The firm was fortunate in that Klopfer was the only senior member who left to enter the service. Commins, several years older than Cerf, remained at Random House throughout the war, as did Haas, who was in his early fifties. It was Haas, however, who was touched most deeply by the war. His son, a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy, was killed in action in 1943."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Random House had grown slowly in the 1930s. Each year sales increased over the previous year, but the increases were often small. The firm’s sales did not reach a million dollars until 1941. Beginning with sales of $256,000 in 1926, it took Cerf and Klopfer fifteen years to reach the million-dollar figure. Thereafter, sales increased rapidly. Cerf wrote in 1943, “I think we have reached the major leagues as publishers now, and I damn well mean for us to stay there” (Cerf to Smart, 26 August 1943, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Part of Random House’s wartime growth could be attributed to a series of best-selling war books. The firm’s first big seller in this category was Cecil Brown’s",
                "Suez to Singapore",
                ", about the sinking of the British battleship",
                "Prince of Wales",
                "and the battle cruiser",
                "Repulse",
                "several days after Pearl Harbor. It appeared in August 1942. Shortly thereafter came Richard Tregaskis’s",
                "Guadalcanal Diary",
                ", published in January 1943. It was the first Random House book to sell over 100,000 copies (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", p. 163). Random House’s next big war book was",
                "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo",
                "by Ted W. Lawson."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "During the war Cerf began to be well-known to the public at large as a writer and speaker. He took over the “Trade Winds” column in",
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                "in February 1942. For the next fifteen years he enlivened the magazine’s pages with a weekly mixture of publishing gossip, jokes, and stories. He also began to compile what became a long series of best-selling humor books. The first,",
                "The Pocket Book of War Humor",
                ", was an original paperback published by Pocket Books early in 1943. It was a collection, edited by Cerf, of previously published material. His objective in compiling it was to do something to dispel the widespread despondency that followed the American loss of the Philippines and Bataan (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", p. 174). The book sold over a million copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf’s next project was a collection of humorous anecdotes and stories,",
                "Try and Stop Me",
                ", published by Simon and Schuster in 1944. It became a bestseller and was widely distributed in an Armed Services Edition to members of the armed services around the world. “It was just the kind of book they needed and appreciated—it made them laugh,” Cerf later recalled (",
                "At Random",
                ", p. 181). He subsequently wrote many other humor books, but he always regarded",
                "Try and Stop Me",
                "as his best (",
                "At Random",
                ", p. 180). The book led to a newspaper column syndicated to several hundred newspapers by King Features. Also called “Try and Stop Me,” it started as a serialization of the book, but when that material was used up, Cerf supplied new stories and jokes to keep the column going. But Cerf never overestimated his own publications. In a 1945 letter to Gertrude Stein, whom he had not seen since before the war, he wrote:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "You write asking whether I have changed any since you saw me last. I honestly don’t think I have. I am a bit grayer, of course, and don’t get around a tennis court quite as fast as I used to, but I like to think that my whole attitude to life hasn’t changed a bit. Certainly I am getting more fun out of it today than I ever did before. Besides the publishing, which has gone beautifully, I have been writing trivia for magazines and in book form and, while I know it is utterly unimportant drivel, people seem to like it and want more of it (Cerf to Gertrude Stein, 17 March 1945, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When a reader wrote Cerf in 1954 suggesting that his humor books be brought together and published as a ML Giant, he responded that he was flattered. “But quite honestly,” he added, “I’m not good enough” (Cerf to Ralph Winans, 22 July 1954, Random House Collection)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf was as engaging a speaker as he was a writer. His first major exposure came with tours of well-known writers selling war bonds for the Treasury Department. This was followed by a weekly radio program for the Council of Books in Wartime called “Books Are Bullets” in which he interviewed authors of war books. The radio program led to lecture tours through the Colston Leigh Agency. By the early 1950s, through extensive lecturing and, even more so, as a result of his participation as a regular panelist on the Sunday evening television program “What’s My Line,” Cerf had become a celebrity. He enjoyed being a celebrity, and the publicity he attracted brought enhanced recognition of Random House among the public at large."
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The War Production Board was established in January 1942, a few weeks after the United States entered the war. Its purpose was to direct war production and assign priorities to the delivery of scarce materials. Paper use in the publishing industry was limited in the fall of 1942, when each publishing firm was allocated a paper quota based on its use of paper in 1941. Initially publishers were restricted to 90 per cent of the amount of paper they used before the war. This was not a severe hardship, especially compared with Britain, where publishers in 1942 were having to get by with 37½ per cent of the paper they used in 1939 (Cerf, “Trade Winds,”",
                "Saturday Review of Literature",
                ", 29 August 1942, p. 20). But the restrictions became increasingly severe as the war went on. There was an additional 10 per cent cut in 1943, and a further 15 per cent cut the following year (Cerf to Charles Allen Smart, 26 August 1943; Cerf to Lewis Browne, 4 April 1944, Random House Collection, Columbia University Library).]\\"
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Modern Library title pages continued to be individually designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the ML’s printer."
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            }
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        },
        {
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              "HEAD": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in fall 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green, or gray cloth with lettering in gold on inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color on the spine and front cover. Inset panels of red bindings were usually black or dark blue; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
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              "HEAD": [
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The enlarged version of Rockwell Kent’s endpaper, redesigned to fit the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format, was introduced in spring 1940 and used through spring 1967. The central panels of the paste-down and free endpapers featured Kent’s torchbearer surrounded by pattern of open books and “ml” initials. The endpapers were printed in gray from fall 1940 through spring 1966."
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            },
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                "Oracles of Nostradamus",
                "(346); Lewis,",
                "Babbitt",
                "(348); and Hellman,",
                "Four Plays",
                "(351). Joseph Blumenthal designed three typographic jackets: Tacitus,",
                "Complete Works",
                "(350); Milton,",
                "Complete Poetry and Selected Prose",
                "(354); and Santayana,",
                "Philosophy",
                "(355). E. McKnight Kauffer was responsible for three pictorial jackets: Wright,",
                "Native Son",
                "(349); Maurois,",
                "Disraeli",
                "(352); and Bellamy,",
                "Looking Backward",
                "(357). The designers of two pictorial jackets, Crane,",
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            }
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            }
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                  "span": []
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                "Note:",
                "New titles for fall 1942 have spring 1942 lists of ML titles inside the jackets. This oversight probably reflects the absence of Klopfer, who had been responsible for the printing and production of ML books before his departure in May to serve in the Air Force. Lists of ML titles at the end of the volumes were not affected. Both of the fall 1942 titles that include lists—Parker,",
                "Collected Stories",
                "(353) and Milton,",
                "Complete Poetry and Selected Prose",
                "(354a)—have fall 1942 lists at the end of the volume"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "No war books as such were included in the ML. Cerf tried to secure reprint rights to Hitler’s",
                "Mein Kampf",
                "for the ML, but Houghton Mifflin, the original American publisher, was bringing out a new edition of their own (Cerf to Robert Linscott, Houghton Mifflin, 4 November 1942; Linscott to Cerf, 6 November 1942)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shortly after Random House published",
                "The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne & Complete Poetry of William Blake",
                "(RH, 1941; ML Giant, 1946) W. H. Auden suggested a ML volume of poetry by Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, and Henry Vaughan. Commins responded, “You have probably guessed that the Donne-Blake book has most of its sales in colleges where both poets are considered in every course on English literature. This does not apply to Marvell, Herbert or Vaughan . . . such a book would not achieve sufficient sales to cover the very high cost of manufacturing it” (Commins to Auden, 14 January 1942)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Henry Hoyns, a veteran employee of Harper & Bros. who had recently been appointed president of the firm, suggested Louis Adamic’s",
                "Grandsons",
                ", Evelyn Eaton’s",
                "Quietly My Captain Waits",
                ", André Maurois’s",
                "Chateaubriand",
                ", and Frederic Prokosch’s",
                "The Seven Who Fled",
                "for the ML (Hoyns to Cerf, 19 January 1942), but none of these Harper titles was appropriate for the series. Hoyns subsequently suggested a ML edition of Hesketh Pearson’s biography,",
                "Gilbert and Sullivan",
                "(Harper, 1935), but Cerf thought it would more appropriate for the Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday imprint that specialized in reprint editions (Cerf to Hoyns, 15 September 1942)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harry E. Maule, a Random House editor, suggested a ML edition of Sinclair Lewis’s",
                "Main Street",
                "(Maule to Cerf, 12 March 1942), but Lewis’s",
                "Babbitt",
                "(348) had been added to the series a month before. Lewis himself suggested a ML volume of the poetry of Carl Sandberg, Vachel Lindsay, and Edgar Lee Masters, but Cerf indicated that it might be impossible to obtain reprint rights (Cerf to Sinclair Lewis, 14 September, 1942)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer rejected a suggestion by Marshall Best of Viking Press for a ML edition of Upton Sinclair’s",
                "The Jungle",
                ", stating “the book is dated” (Klopfer to Best, 31 March 1942). George Duplaix suggested",
                "The True History of the Conquest of Mexico",
                "by Bernal Díaz del Castillo. Max Lerner suggested Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy,",
                "My Childhood",
                ",",
                "In the World",
                ", and",
                "My Universities",
                ", with an introduction by his former wife, Anita Marburg (Lerner to Commins, 1 December 1942)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf made the first of several attempts to secure reprint rights to Aldous Huxley’s",
                "Brave New World",
                ". It would be another fourteen years before Huxley’s novel appeared in the series. Cerf wanted to add Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s",
                "Wind, Sand and Stars",
                "to the ML in late 1942 or early 1943 (Cerf to Eugene Reynal, 6 February 1942), but reprint rights do not appear to have been available. Other works sought for the ML that never appeared in the series included Archibald MacLeish’s selected poems and James Henry Breasted’s",
                "Conquest of Civilization",
                "(Cerf to Henry Hoyns, 31",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "July 1942)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ward,",
                "Oracles of Nostradamus",
                "(1942)  346"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Crane,",
                "Red Badge of Courage",
                "(1942)  347"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewis,",
                "Babbitt",
                "(1942)  348"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wright,",
                "Native Son",
                "(1942)  349"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tacitus,",
                "Complete Works",
                "(1942)  350"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hellman,",
                "Four Plays",
                "(1942–1960);",
                "Six Plays",
                "(1960)  351"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maurois,",
                "Disraeli",
                "(1942)  352"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Parker,",
                "Collected Stories",
                "(1942)  353"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Milton,",
                "Complete Poetry and Selected Prose",
                "(1942)  354"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Santayana,",
                "Philosophy of Santayana",
                "(1942)  355"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Byrne,",
                "Messer Marco Polo",
                "(1942)  356"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bellamy,",
                "Looking Backward",
                "(1942)  357"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Paul,",
                "Life and Death of a Spanish Town",
                "(1942)  358"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fineman,",
                "Hear, Ye Sons",
                "(1939)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "France,",
                "Crime of Sylvester Bonnard",
                "(1917)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gissing,",
                "Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft",
                "(1918)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huneker,",
                "Painted Veils",
                "(1930)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lewisohn,",
                "Island Within",
                "(1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lundberg,",
                "Imperial Hearst",
                "(1937)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Schreiner,",
                "Story of an African Farm",
                "(1927)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sudermann,",
                "Song of Songs",
                "(1929)"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                346
              ]
            },
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                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "CHARLES A. WARD"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "ORACLES OF NOSTRADAMUS"
                  ]
                },
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                  ]
                },
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                },
                {
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              ]
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ORACLES OF | NOSTRADAMUS | BY CHARLES A. WARD |",
                "“Gentem quidem nullam video, neque | tam humanam atque doctam neque tam | immanem tamque barbaram, quae non | significari futura, et a quibusdam intel- | ligi praedicique posse censeat.”",
                "| cicero, De Divinatione, i. 2. | [torchbearer E3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxiv [xxv–xxvi], [1–2] 3–366.  [1–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | FIRST",
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                "EDITION | 1942; [v] dedication; [vi] THREE PROPHECIES OF OLD TIME; vii–xxiv",
                "Preface",
                "dated p. xxiv: Walthamstow, E., 1891.; [xxv]",
                "CONTENTS",
                "; [xxvi] epigraph from Voltaire; [1] fly title; [2] epigraphs from",
                "Antony and Cleopatra,",
                "Luther, Taliessin, and St. Thomas Aquinas; 3–38",
                "Life of Nostradamus",
                "| 39–304 text; 305–309",
                "Appendix",
                "; [310] epigraphs; [311] part title:",
                "Oracles of Nostradamus",
                "| SUPPLEMENT; [312] blank; 313–315 NOTE TO SUPPLEMENT; 315–349 supplement; [350] blank; 351–366",
                "Index",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxiv [xxv–xxvi], [1–2] 3–366 [367–374].  [1–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                8,
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 346a except: [367–372] ML list; [373–374] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1945",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in light blue (181), moderate blue (182), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated cream paper; central portion in black shading into moderate and light blue with black rays radiating from center to lighter areas; title on front panel in brilliant yellow; other lettering in black at lower right; spine title in reverse. Text at lower right: “Nostradamus, Europe’s greatest prophet, foresaw three centuries ago events which history has confirmed with uncanny frequency. His ‘prophetic centuries’ forecast the fall of Paris, war in the air, the invasion of Britain. Read the fateful happenings predicted tomorrow for Europe and America by the sixteenth-century soothsayer whom Hitler relies upon today.” Designed by Paul Galdone, November 1941; unsigned.",
                "Note:",
                "The statement “the sixteenth-century soothsayer whom Hitler relies upon today” remained unchanged until the late 1960s."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "World events are rapidly catching up with the prophecies made by Nostradamus three hundred years ago. Whether his predictions were accidental or based upon an occult foreknowledge, they are frequently uncanny in their accuracy. His book of oracles is having a tremendous vogue at present, partly because of the wide variety of interpretations that can be made from his prognostications, but mainly because it makes fascinating reading when related to the catastrophes announced daily while the world is in crisis. This edition [±volume], edited by Charles A. Ward, gives special emphasis to prophecies of contemporary events and those immediately ahead. (",
                "Fall 1941; [Fall 1954]",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Scribner & Welford, 1891; published with Supplement by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting with the frontispiece from the 1672 London edition omitted from the Supplement. The 1940 Scribner printing places the Supplement after the index and paginates it separately from the rest of the text; the ML edition places the Supplement before the index. Published February 1942.",
                "WR",
                "14 February 1942. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition of",
                "Oracles of Nostradamus",
                "was published two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The decision to include Nostradamus had been made before the United States entered the war. Cerf commented, “We put that title in, possibly with our tongues in our cheeks, because people seem to be interested in predictions of a strange character” (“Of Men and Books: Critic John C. Frederick, guest Bennett Cerf, in a Radio Conversation over the Columbia Broadcasting System,”",
                "Northwestern University on the Air",
                "2, no. 16 [16 January1943], p. 4)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When the United States declared war on Japan on 8 December 1941 and recognized a state of war with Germany and Italy three days later, the future looked dark and the outcome of the war was uncertain.",
                "The Oracles of Nostradamus",
                "became one of the Modern Library’s best-selling titles. It",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "sold",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "16,043 copies during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. Only five ML titles—Maugham’s",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "(199) and Dostoyevsky’s",
                "Crime and Punishment",
                "(228) in the regular series, and",
                "The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud",
                "(G37), James T. Farrell’s",
                "Studs Lonigan",
                "(G39), and",
                "The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway",
                "(G59) in the Giants—sold more copies during this period."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Oracles of Nostradamus",
                "did not rank among the 100 best-selling regular ML titles in 1951/52."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "346b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 346a through line 9; lines 10–11: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 346a variant.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–5]",
                32,
                "[6]",
                8,
                "[7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 346a variant except: [367–374] ML list. (Spring 1967)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Enlarged version of jacket 1 in light blue (181), brilliant blue (177) instead of moderate blue and vivid orange yellow (66) instead of brilliant yellow; area below title replaced by white panel containing text as 346a with phrase “whom Hitler relies upon today” omitted. Fujita “ml” symbol in brilliant blue below front panel text; title and Fujita torchbearer on spine in vivid orange yellow."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The oracles of the sixteenth-century astrologer Nostradamus have exerted a great influence over the minds of men in every century since his death, and in times of war, famine, and political upheaval are read with increasing curiosity. The delphic character of the oracles makes it difficult to identify correctly each country and person described—but the disturbing accuracy of the few clearly dated prophecies has given Nostradamus added authority."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The interpretive work of Charles Ward, which makes up the body of this volume, was completed in 1891. To it has been added a supplementary section of oracles, literally translated from the French, and un-interpreted, whose application to the twentieth century again arouses amazement at the uncanny foresight of Europe’s most famous seer."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                347
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "STEPHEN CRANE"
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1942–"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    130
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "347.1a.  First printing (1942)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Red Badge",
                "|",
                "of Courage",
                "| BY STEPHEN CRANE | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xli [xlii], 1–266 [267–278].  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY STEPHEN CRANE | COPYRIGHT, 1895, 1900, 1923, 1925, BY | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY | 2-line rights statement | FIRST",
                "Modern Library",
                "EDITION | 1942; v–xli STEPHEN CRANE signed p. xli: Max J. Herzberg, | President of the Stephen Crane Association.; [xlii] blank; 1–[267] text; [268] blank; [269–273] ML list; [274–275] ML Giants list; [276–278] blank. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in strong red (12), pale yellow (89), grayish pink (8), dark blue (183) and blackish blue (188) on coated cream paper depicting a Civil War battle scene; title in strong red, other lettering in pale yellow. Unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "With virtually the entire world at war, Stephen Crane’s masterpiece becomes even more timely than it ever has been. Its unforgettable story of the individual soldier in the stress of actual battle has never been surpassed, and its truth and reality are just as gripping under the conditions of aerial and tank warfare today as they were under the circumstances of musket and cavalry charges of the Civil War.",
                "The Red Badge of Courage",
                "is a notable addition to the Modern Library series because of all war books it remains through the years one of the most permanent. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by D. Appleton & Co., 1895. New bibliographical edition published by Appleton, 1925, with essay on Crane by Max J. Herzberg",
                ".",
                "ML edition (pp. v–[267]) printed from Appleton-Century plates. Published February 1942.",
                "WR",
                "14 February 1942. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf tried to secure reprint rights to",
                "The Red Badge of Courage",
                "as early as 1928, when he offered a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to John W. Hiltman, Appleton & Co., 12 December 1928), but Appleton refused to grant permission. The copyright status of the novel was unclear. Alfred A. Knopf had included it in a 12-volume limited edition of Crane’s works published in 1925. In the early 1930s, when Knopf was considering including it in an omnibus edition of Crane’s works, his lawyers concluded that it was in the public domain. Cerf told Knopf that he planned to offer Appleton a $600 advance against royalties of 6 cents a copy and would probably publish it in the ML without permission if Appleton rejected the offer (Cerf to Knopf, 2 December 1932). Neither Knopf nor Cerf went ahead with their plans",
                ".",
                "When the ML published",
                "The Red Badge of Courage",
                "ten years later it was by arrangement with Appleton-Century and printed from Appleton plates. The ML paid royalties of 5 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition sold 5,660 copies during the 18-month period May 1942‑October 1943, placing it low in the second quarter of ML titles. The release of John Huston’s film version in 1951 appears to have boosted sales. The ML edition sold 7,418 copies between November 1951 and October 1952, making",
                "The Red Badge of Courage",
                "the19th best-selling title in the series."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "347.1b.  Stallman introduction added (1951/52)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | RED BADGE OF | COURAGE | [swelled rule] |",
                "An Episode of the American Civil War",
                "| [swelled rule] | BY STEPHEN CRANE | introduction by ROBERT WOOSTER STALLMAN | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF | CONNECTICUT | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xlv [xlvi], 1–266 [267–274].  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 347.1a except: [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1894, by Stephen Crane",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1895, 1900, 1923, 1925, by D. Appleton and",
                "|",
                "Company",
                "; v–xxxvii INTRODUCTION | By Robert Wooster Stallman dated p. xxxvii:",
                "October, 1950",
                "|",
                "Storrs, Connecticut",
                "; xxxviii–xli BIOGRAPHY; xlii–xlv BIBLIOGRAPHY; [xlvi] blank; [269–274] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1955",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination and collation as 347.1b. Contents as 347.1b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY STEPHEN CRANE | COPYRIGHT, 1895, 1900, 1923, 1925, | BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY; [269–270] ML Giants list; [271–274] blank. (",
                "Spring 1965",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A",
                "with first sentence of flap text revised: “With virtually the entire world constantly threatened with war. . . .” (",
                "Fall 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published in MLCE January 1951 and in the regular ML by March 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stallman received $200 for his introduction and editorial work on the volume (Stein to Stallman, 26 June 1950). Stein, who edited Modern Library College Editions, wanted to add several stories by Crane to the volume, in part because he thought it might forestall Rinehart & Co. from bringing out a competing edition in their paperback series for the college market (Stein to Stallman, 11 July 1950; Stein memo to Haas, 28 August 1950). Stallman suggested “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets,” “The Open Boat,” “An Episode of War,” “The Upturned Face,” and “A Mystery of Heroism.” Stein hoped to secure permission to include the stories for a flat fee, but Knopf insisted on a royalty. Appleton-Century-Crofts was charging a 2-cent royalty for the use of their plates for MLCE printings. Adding the stories would have increased the royalty for MLCE printings to 4 cents a copy and also added to the cost of the regular ML edition. Haas indicated that this was too much, and plans to include the stories were abandoned (Haas to Stein, 30 August 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "347.1c.  Title page updated (1968)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 347.1b through line 8; lines 9–11: PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 347.1b; contents as 347.1b variant. (",
                "Spring 1967",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Fujita pictorial jacket in black, vivid reddish orange (34), moderate orange (53), and yellowish gray (93) on coated white paper with inset reproduction of 1862 recruiting poster in yellowish gray touched with moderate orange and ragged edges; title and author in vivid red, other lettering in moderate orange, all against black background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stephen Crane wrote about war with all the compassion and poetry of a great artist. He was the first American writer to depict the horrors of war, the ambiguities of courage, and the absence of heroic illusions among soldiers. In addition,",
                "The Red Badge of Courage",
                "is a brilliantly structured work that illuminates the nature of the artistic imagination: Stephen Crane did not experience the war first hand, but through the powers of empathy and projection he has given us an unparalleled and unforgettable picture of the Civil War stripped of romantic glorification."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "347.2.  Reissue format with reset text; offset printing (1980)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | RED BADGE OF | COURAGE | [short rule] |",
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                "Among philosophers Santayana has earned the tribute of being considered the dramatist of ideas. His many-faceted wisdom, the vast range of his intellectual curiosity and the graceful flow of his style explain why he is one of the most widely read poet–philosophers of modern times. The best and most characteristic of Santayana’s writings in prose and verse are assembled in this volume of 650 pages. Irwin Edman, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, who is responsible for the selection, contributes a brilliant Introductory Essay. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published with Edman’s introductory essay by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1936. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for November 1942 but published in September.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf expressed interest in",
                "The Philosophy of Santayana",
                "in 1939, but Scribner’s does not appear to have been ready to authorize an inexpensive reprint (Whitney Darrow to Cerf, 17 July 1939). Three years later the ML paid Scribner’s an advance of $1,000 against royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 20,000 copies, after which royalties increased to 10 cents a copy. Plates of the Scribner edition were not available and in any case would have been too large for the ML’s format. Scribner’s accepted the lower initial royalty to enable the ML to recover the cost of resetting the type and making new plates. Edman edited the original edition for a flat fee and received no additional payment for the ML edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The suggestion for a ML edition of Santayana’s collected works came initially in 1926 from Horace M. Kallen, who had edited",
                "The Philosophy of William James",
                "(119) for the ML the previous year. Kallen, a former student of Santayana’s, wrote from Rome that he had showed the James volume to Santayana and suggested that the ML needed a similar collection of Santayana’s philosophy. Santayana did not want to edit the volume himself and urged Kallen to do it. Kallen told Cerf that he was interested but would want a royalty plus a fee of not less than $250 (Kallen to Cerf, 5 November 1926). Cerf told him to go ahead, then wrote three months later to cancel the project, noting that he wanted the book but was afraid that Scribner’s would not give the necessary permissions (Cerf to Kallen, 29 November 1926; Cerf to Kallen, 3 March 1927). That summer Cerf indicated to Joseph Ratner, who had written on Santayana’s behalf to inquire about progress on the project, that the collection was out of the question for the time being because of the large number of permissions that would have to be secured from Scribner’s. “We are convinced that just as soon as we approached them on the subject they would turn us down and proceed on such an anthology on their own . . .” (Ratner to Cerf, 8 June 1927; Cerf to Ratner, 11 August 1927). Scribner’s published",
                "The Philosophy of Santayana",
                "in 1939."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "The Philosophy of Santayana",
                "in 1953 and may have terminated the ML’s reprint contract in anticipation of the appearance of that edition."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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                {
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                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Messer | Marco Polo | BY | DONN BYRNE | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            {
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                6,
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Pp. [",
                6,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep pink (3), light yellow (86), light yellowish green (135) and black on coated white paper with small inset illustration of Marco Polo holding the hand of the daughter of Kubla Khan at the top of a large black panel with title and other lettering in reverse, framed in deep pink . Unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Just as Marco Polo’s own account of his adventures and explorations in the East will always be counted one of the world’s treasures among travel books, so Donn Byrne’s story of the Venetian merchant’s love for the daughter of Kubla Khan is considered one of the world’s most glowing romances. Told with a fiery intensity and with a magical evocation of the splendors of its Oriental background, this love story stirs the imagination. Its appeal is for everyone who has ever dreamed of far places and the excitement of strange encounters. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by the Century Co., 1921. ML edition (356.1, pp. 3–147) printed from Appleton-Century plates with fly title and illustrations omitted. Published November 1942.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "as early as 1930, but the Century Co. was not interested in a ML edition at that time (Cerf to Century Co., 26 September 1930; John F. Winters, Century Co., to Cerf, 29 September 1930). When the ML edition finally appeared it sold 6,622 copies in its first year, but interest in Byrne was beginning to wane. After",
                "Messer Marco Polo",
                "had been in the series for four years, Cerf indicated that the sales records showed a steady decline. “Evidently Byrne’s books don’t mean very much to readers of today” (Cerf to Alfred R. McIntyre, Little, Brown, 9 January 1947)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "356.2.  Text reset (1954?)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 356.1."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, [1–2] 3–154.  [1–5]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY THE CENTURY COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY DOROTHEA CRAIG; v–vi biographical note; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–154 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 356.1 except flap text reset with last sentence revised: “Its appeal is for everyone who has ever dreamed of far-away and exotic places and longed for the excitement of unfamiliar encounters and new adventures.” (",
                "Spring 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The reason for resetting the text has not been ascertained. Bannister (p. 42) indicates a 1949 publication date, probably on the basis of the copyright renewal date. All copies examined of 356.2 have spring 1954 jackets, hence the tentative publication date. The latest copy examined of 356.1 contains a spring 1946 list, so the existence of a printing between 1946 and 1954 is possible."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                357
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            {
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "LOOKING BACKWARD"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "357a.  First printing (1942)"
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            },
            {
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                "[torchbearer E3] | [7-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] LOOKING | BACKWARD | 2000–1887 | BY | EDWARD BELLAMY | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | HEYWOOD BROUN | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [i] title; [ii] COPYRIGHT, 1887, BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY EDWARD BELLAMY | COPYRIGHT, 1915 AND 1917, BY EMMA S. BELLAMY | FIRST",
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                "EDITION, 1942; [iii–iv] biographical note; [v]–vi AUTHOR’S | PREFACE; vii–x INTRODUCTION | BY HEYWOOD BROUN; [1]–272 text; [273]–276 POSTSCRIPT signed p. 276: Edward Bellamy",
                "Note:",
                "The plates used for 357a printings include five row ornaments in the chapter headings; 357b printings lack row ornaments."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A1:",
                "Pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), bluish gray (191), light blue (181), and black on coated white paper with surrealist image of a man standing in space surrounded by a gray triangular panel with white clouds and star and with the man’s shadow in pale blue on a white wedge-shaped panel; title and series in brilliant yellow, author in reverse, “INTRODUCTION BY HEYWOOD BROUN” in light blue, all on black background. Signed: E McKK [E. McKnight Kauffer]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Few books in the annals of American literature have exercised so far-reaching an influence in awakening interest in the social order as has Edward Bellamy’s utopian novel,",
                "Looking Backward",
                ". In its own field it is a classic in the tradition of Plato’s",
                "Republic",
                ", Thomas More’s",
                "Utopia",
                "and William Morris’s",
                "News from Nowhere",
                ". Today, while a new world is in the making and everyone is venturing guesses as to its reorganization, this novel is a visionary’s guide to our own future. Its inclusion in the Modern Library series gives new emphasis to the perennial timeliness of Bellamy’s masterpiece. (",
                "Spring 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Ticknor & Co., 1888. New edition with revisions in the text and the addition of the author’s postscript published by Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1889, to which the Broun introduction was later added. New bibliographical edition without the",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Broun introduction published by Houghton, Mifflin, 1941. ML edition (pp. [v]–vi, [1]–276) printed from plates previously used for the 1941 Houghton, Mifflin edition with Broun introduction restored. Publication announced for November 1942.",
                "WR",
                "31 October 1942. First printing: Not established. Discontinued 1971/72."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition was published shortly before",
                "Looking Backward",
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                "Looking Backward",
                "with the permission of Houghton Mifflin and paying royalties of 10 cents a copy, the ML was able to establish its edition in the marketplace before other potential reprinters."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Looking Backward",
                "sold 10,019 copies by 1 November 1943, placing it high in the first quarter of ML titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 357a except: [i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1887, by Ticknor and Company",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1889, by Edward Bellamy",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1915 and 1917, by Emma S. Bellamy",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.",
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                1,
                "] fly title; [",
                2,
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                "Note:",
                "Chapter headings lack the row ornaments found in 357a."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A2:",
                "As 357a with “INTRODUCTION BY HEYWOOD BROUN” removed from front panel. (",
                "Fall 1951",
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                "Spring 1954",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published initially in MLCE and shortly thereafter in the regular ML. Shurter received $150 for the new introduction."
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            }
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        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                358
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ELLIOT PAUL"
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A SPANISH TOWN"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1942–1953"
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "358.  First printing (1943)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE LIFE | AND DEATH | OF | A SPANISH | TOWN | BY | ELLIOT PAUL | [torchbearer D2 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                2,
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "The Men and Women of Santa Eulalia",
                "; xi–xii",
                "Contents",
                "; [1] part title: PART ONE | 4000 B.C.",
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                "1936 A.D.; [2] blank; 3–427 text; [428] blank; [429–433] ML list; [434] blank. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Non-pictorial in vivid red (11), brilliant yellow (83), deep purple (219) and dark reddish brown (41) on coated white paper with “THE LIFE AND DEATH” in reverse on vivid red panel at top, “OF A SPANISH TOWN” in dark reddish brown on brilliant yellow panel at center, and author and other lettering in reverse on deep purple panel at foot."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "By insistent popular demand, Elliot Paul’s masterpiece,",
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                "Fall 1942",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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                "statement, and the ML lists in the first printing indicate that the ML edition was printed in fall 1942. Fall 1942 publication is confirmed by the entry for the ML edition in “The Weekly Record” of newly published books in the October 31 issue of",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            1943
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        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "By 1943 the impact of gasoline rationing and other wartime restrictions had reduced the ways in which people could spend leisure time away from home. They turned in large numbers to reading as an alternative. Demand for books was such that almost anything publishers brought out was snatched-up. Few publishers had ever encountered such demand for books and the experience was dazzling. But it also had drawbacks. “When you are able to sell any junk that you can get between covers,” Cerf commented, “it takes the kick out of putting over the really good numbers” (Cerf to Charles Allen Smart, 19 October 1943). Between 1942 and 1943, sales of ML books increased from $339,902 to $596,454."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The war brought not only increased demand for books in general but also shifts in demand for certain types of books. Books dealing with the war itself were popular. But there also seems to have been increased demand for books dealing with human values. Cerf reported that sales of poetry and philosophy titles in the Modern Library increased at a disproportionate rate and that demand for them was especially strong among men in the service."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library’s most notable new venture in the 1940s was a series called the Illustrated Modern Library. It was launched in 1943 in the midst of the war. Each volume contained specially commissioned illustrations by such artists as Thomas Hart Benton, Warren Chappell, Salvador Dali, Fritz Eichenberg, George Grosz, E. McNight Kauffer, Fritz Kredel, Boardman Robinson, William Sharp, and Edward Wilson. The volumes were one-quarter-inch taller than regular ML volumes and were issued in individually designed slipcases. The first five titles appeared in 1943 in time for the Christmas season.  Fourteen additional titles were issued between 1944 and 1946. Volumes of the Illustrated Modern Library initially sold for $1.50 a copy. Rising production costs after the war forced the discontinuation of the series."
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            }
          ]
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        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Titles published in 1943 were 7¼ x 4⅞ inch page size with individually designed title pages. Many of the title pages were designed by Joseph Blumenthal, who set them at his Spiral Press and made electrotype plates for the use of the Modern Library’s regular printers. The binding, also designed by Blumenthal, consisted of stiff boards covered with smooth linen. Blumenthal’s binding employed inset panels in black, dark red, or dark blue on the spine and front cover, upon which the title was stamped in gold. Kent’s torchbearer was stamped in gold above the inset panel on the spine and below the inset panel at the right. The panels were bordered in gold, and the running torchbearer appeared in gold outside each panel."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The bindings were red, blue, green, or gray. Unlike the balloon cloth bindings used from 1929 through spring 1939, each printing of a given title was available in only one color."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent’s endpapers were medium gray (265) and consisted of a central panel of 1¾ by 1⅜ inches featuring the Kent torchbearer, surrounded by a pattern of books and the initials “ml” with the torchbearers; for the rest of the endpapers, there were torchbearers on the paste-down and free endpapers facing each other, light brownish gray (63); endpapers in medium orange (53)."
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            }
          ]
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                "(Spring) Du Maurier,",
                "Rebecca",
                "xShakespeare; Giants through G62; jackets: 291. (Fall) Shakespeare xJefferson,",
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        },
        {
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            {
              "HEAD": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "McKeon had an idea for a collection entitled",
                "Medieval Philosophers",
                ". Cerf asked Hoyns for reprint rights to Fosdick’s",
                "On Being a Real Person",
                ", saying it was “one of the finest books that has been published in the past ten years,” and offering a $5,000 advance (Cerf to Hoyns, 12 November 1943)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hoyns suggested Silone’s",
                "The Seed Beneath the Snow",
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                "Never Come Morning",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf declined to add an Elizabeth Bowen novel, noting “I don’t think that there will be a sufficient demand for any of Elizabeth Bowen’s novels to justify such an addition to the Modern Library series” (Cerf to Brown, 20 July 1943)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            },
            {
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                "Boethius, Thomas à Kempis, Browne,",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Du Maurier,",
                "Rebecca",
                "(1943)  360"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Controversies over the merits of favorite short stories are endless. Everyone can argue at length over [±for] his own preferences [+and find fault with every editor for his sins of omission]. The [±In our opinion, the] tales selected for this volume represent the most notable works of five English and seven American masters of the short-story form: Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, W. Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Ring Lardner, William Faulkner, Pearl S. Buck, and John Steinbeck. (",
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                "Of the twelve stories in this new edition, my favorite four are “Heart of Darkness,” “The Apple-Tree,” “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and “The Red Pony,” but the other eight are not far behind them. Anybody with a pastepot and scissors can—and does—perpetrate anthologies today, but I’d like to see anybody compile one that tops this collection in quality! It has variety, balance, color and distinction. (pp. vii–viii)"
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            },
            {
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                "Troilus and Cressida – Coriolanus – Titus Andronicus –  Romeo and Juliet – Timon of Athens – Julius Caesar – Macbeth – Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – King Lear – Othello, The Moor of Venice – Antony and Cleopatra – Cymbeline – Pericles, Prince of Tyre."
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            },
            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "The most ambitious project ever undertaken by the Modern Library is the publication of the complete and unabridged works of William Shakespeare in three volumes. Given the leading place on the list as Numbers 1, 2 and 3—Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories and Poems—these volumes of over 1,200, 1,100 and 1,100 pages are scrupulously faithful to the highest standards of scholarship. They are printed in large, clear type, with special consideration for readability, and are bound for durability in a format distinguished for its beauty and utility. Each volume is implemented with Notes and a Glossary. (",
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            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), strong green (141) grayish brown (61), and black on coated white paper with drawing of an armored helmet topped by a crown in grayish brown encircled by a snake and with a bloodstained sword and roses; lettering in vivid reddish orange and black with titles of individual plays below the drawing, borders at head and foot in grayish brown; backstrip with variation of front panel drawing at head; title in reverse on red and black bands. Signed: St."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "The ML Shakespeare took its text and glossary from",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "At least one reviewer regretted the lack of acknowledgment. In the",
                "New Republic",
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                "New Republic",
                ", 10 January 1944, p. 57)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Tragedies",
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                "Comedies",
                ", blue for the",
                "Histories and Poems",
                "). These colors appear to have been added at the request of Lewis Miller, the RH sales manager, and it was his dissatisfaction with the original jackets that led to the newly designed jackets used on the second printing. Miller sent the following memo to Ray Freiman (25 August 1943), the Random House art director, when jacket A was in the proof stage:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The basic merchandising defect in the three present Shakespeare jackets is that they all look alike, and for that reason will present a monotonous front both on the shelf and in the window. It is altogether too important a property to be so handicapped."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ultimately we will have to do a real job of surgery on these jackets, so that while they are held together by a common thread of recognition, through design and layout, each will nevertheless have its own identity because of color treatment. I understand completely that time forbids any serious alteration for the present, but I continue to want to see fresh proofs with the word Shakespeare in other colors."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I believe you are reasonably satisfied with the present jackets, but I ain’t chum, for the reasons advanced, so let’s compromise, a la Sam Goldwyn, and give me what I want."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The length of the three Shakespeare volumes made it difficult for the ML to keep them in stock during and immediately following the Second World War. Paper rationing during the war limited the number of printings; the fall 1943 and spring 1944 printings, which were distinguished by different jackets, and a third printing in spring 1945 appear to be the only printings during the war."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The war in Europe ended in May 1945 and Japan surrendered in August, but it took time for the printing and publishing industries to recover from wartime shortages. Ray Freiman reported in spring 1946 that it would be three or four months before the Shakespeare volumes could be reprinted because of paper shortages and the printing time required (Freiman to Mr. Siegel, Maurice Inman, Inc., 26 April 1946). Postwar inflation, which made it impossible to sell the three Shakespeare volumes at 95 cents and break even, was an additional complication."
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            },
            {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It was Klopfer’s idea to divide the ML Shakespeare into six volumes. He wrote to Cerf, “It is impossible to do the Shakespeare in the Modern Library and break even so I have hit on the brilliant scheme of doing the Comedies, Tragedies and Histories in two volumes each, numbered 1 and 1A, 2 and 2A, 3 and 3A. I think we can produce 15,000 sets of these books for October 1st delivery. We can make our normal margin of profit and I think we can sell a good chunk of them this Fall. It will be years until we can get these back in one volume and come out even and, in the meantime, we’ll have the Shakespeare back in print in these two-volume sets.” (Bennett Cerf Papers. Klopfer to Cerf, 14 February 1947). The printing order for 16,600 sets of the 6-volume Shakespeare was dated 21 May 1947; the binding order was dated 23 July."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ix–x CONTENTS; xi–xiii PREFACE signed p. xiii: S. C. Watkins | Chicago, Illinois | January, 1944; [xiv] blank; xv–xvii INTRODUCTION | [decorative rule] |",
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            },
            {
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                "Short Stories. Almos’ a Man, by Richard Wright – Truant, by Claude McKay – One Friday Morning, by Langston Hughes – The Goophered Grapevine, by Charles Waddell Chesnutt – The City of Refuge, by Rudolph Fisher – The Gilded Six-Bits, by Zora Neale Hurston – A Summer Tragedy, by Arna Bontemps.  Essays. The Negro Press Today, by Roi Ottley – The Negro Digs Up His Past, by Arthur A. Schomburg – The Negro in American Fiction, by Benjamin Brawley – The History of the Spiritual, by James Weldon Johnson – The Negro in American Culture, by Alain Locke – The Freedmen’s Bureau, by W. E. B. Du Bois – Striking the Economic Balance, by Charles S. Johnson – The Negro Family in the United States, by E. Franklin Frazier – I Investigate Lynchings, by Walter White – Fifty Years of Negro Citizenship, by Carter G. Woodson – Contemporary Negro Poetry, 1914–1936, by Sterling Brown – What the Negro Wants, by Langston Hughes – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the Negro, by George S. Schuyler – Why Should We March?, by A. Philip Randolph – Color, Caste and Economic Relations in the Deep South, by Allison Davis – Charles W. Chesnutt, Pioneer in the Fiction of Negro Life, by Hugh M. Gloster.  Autobiographies. Revolution, by W. E. B. Du Bois – No Day of Triumph, by J. Saunders Redding – St. Louis Blues and Solvent Bank, by W. C. Handy – Along This Way, by James Weldon Johnson – The Ethics of Living Jim Crow, by Richard Wright – The House under Arcturus, by William Stanley Braithwaite – The Revolt of the Evil Fairies, by Ted Poston.  Biographies. Rock, Church, Rock!, by Arna Bontemps – Lawrence of the River, by Zora Neale Hurston – William de Fleurville, by John E. Washington."
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                "Non-pictorial in deep red (16) and black on cream paper with title and editor in reverse on deep red panel at upper left; background in cream with other lettering in black below panel. Front flap as 183b. (",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Anthology of American Negro Literature",
                ", ed. V. F. Calverton (183). Publication announced for spring 1944.",
                "WR",
                "16 September 1944. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1957."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "For poetry he refers readers to “five outstanding anthologies that have been published in this field:",
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                ", by Arna Bontemps;",
                "Book of American Negro Poetry",
                ", by James Weldon Johnson;",
                "Caroling Dusk, An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets",
                ", by Countee Cullen;",
                "Negro Voices, An Anthology of Contemporary Verse",
                ", by Beatrice M. Murphy;",
                "Negro Poets and Their Poems",
                ", by R. J. Kerlin” (p. xii). Instead of including fragments from novels he recommends “that the following novels be read:",
                "Their Eyes Were Watching God",
                ", by Zora N. Hurston;",
                "Home to Harlem",
                ", by Claude McKay;",
                "The Blacker the Berry",
                ", by Wallace Thurman;",
                "My Lives and How I Lost Them",
                ", by Countee Cullen;",
                "These Low Gro",
                "unds, by W. E. Turpin;",
                "Blood on the Forge",
                ", by William Attaway;",
                "Black Thunder",
                ", by Arna Bontemps;",
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                ", by Richard Wright, and",
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                "The Haunted and the Haunters, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton – The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce – The Monkey’s Paw, by W. W. Jacobs – The Phantom ’Rickshaw, by Rudyard Kipling – The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood – The Rival Ghosts, by Brander Matthews – The Man Who Went Too Far, by E. F. Benson – The Mezzotint, by Montague Rhodes James – The Open Window, by “Saki” (H. H. Munro) – The Beckoning Fair One, by Oliver Onions – On the Brighton Road, by Richard Middleton – The Considerate Hosts, by Thorp McClusky – August Heat, by W. F. Harvey – The Return of Andrew Bentley, by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer – The Supper at Elsinore, by Isak Dinesen – The Current Crop of Ghost Stories, by Bennett A. Cerf."
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                "In this completely revised edition of",
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                "Perhaps no literary genre has as valid a claim to time-proven distinction as the ghost story; from the ages when men huddled around a fire and exchanged tales to hold back the night, to this day when science is beginning to probe the reaches of man’s mind, the ghost story has held a place of honorable speculation. Whether we scoff or believe, a finely wrought ghost story has a singular and compelling fascination."
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                "Bennett Cerf introduces this selection of notable ghost stories that reflect the best of the form. Included are such shiveringly famous tales as “The Monkey’s Paw,” “The Phantom Rickshaw,” and “The Return of Andrew Bentley,” and such writers as Ambrose Bierce, Saki, Rudyard Kipling, and Isak Dinesen. Then, to bring the point hauntingly home, Mr. Cerf concludes with a group of contemporary “true” tales that confront the reader with phenomena that still chill the human imagination."
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                "SRL",
                ", 28 August 1943, p. 17)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eleven of the stories were still protected by copyright when the anthology was published. The ML probably paid the copyright holders a flat fee for permission to include them. Cerf received royalties of 4 cents a copy; by 1971 royalties had been increased to 6 cents a copy."
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                "A BRAND-NEW EDITION OF | EDGAR SNOW’S | RED STAR | OVER | CHINA | with additions to the text and a new last | chapter that bring the story of the conflict in | China up to the very last minute. | THIS IS THE BOOK THAT TELLS WHY | JAPAN CAN’T WIN! | The only foreign correspondent who penetrated deep into | Northwest China and returned to tell the tale describes with | first-hand detail the amazing stories of: |  The 6000-mile “Long March” of the army of Chu Teh, | “The Red Napoleon.” |  The inside story of the kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek, | and its tremendous consequences. |  China’s united front against Japan, and its war tactics | and objectives."
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                "A BRAND-NEW EDITION OF | EDGAR SNOW’S | RED STAR | OVER | CHINA | with additions to the text and a new | chapter that brings up to the last | minute the famous account of | THE REBIRTH OF CHINA | by the only foreign correspondent who penetrated deep into | Northwest China during the long civil war and returned to | tell the tale of: |  The history of the Chinese Soviets. |  The life of Mao Tse-tung, China’s Lenin. |  The 6000-mile “Long March” of the army that wouldn’t | stay dead. |  China’s war against Japan. |  How Chinese partisans built the foundations of the new | democracy emerging triumphant in China to day [",
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                "EDITION, 1945; [v] poem by Stephen Vincent Benét, “Listen to the People”; [vi] blank; [vii] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: Allan Nevins | Henry Steele Commager; [xii] blank; [xiii] CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [xv] MAPS; [xvi] blank; 1–511 text; [512] blank; 513–528 INDEX."
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                "was originally published by Little, Brown | & Company under the title",
                "America: The Story of a | Free People",
                ". It contains, in addition, a special section, | pages 493 to 511, which brings the history up to the | presidential campaign of 1944. (",
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                "Pictorial in deep red (16), grayish olive (110), and black on pale orange yellow (73) paper with decorative illustration of an American eagle; in black and deep red; title in deep red, black, and grayish olive, other lettering in black. Statement at foot of front panel: “With a special chapter by the authors which brings the chronicle up to the summer of 1944.”"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf initially expressed interest in adding a concise history of the United States to the ML in 1940. He wrote to Frank Monaghan, an assistant professor of history at Yale:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I am crazy to have a clear, concise and up-to-the-minute history of the United States in our Modern Library and wonder if you would be interested in discussing with me the possibility of either writing the book yourself or at least collaborating on such a project."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "You will be amazed to hear that there is no such book on the market. Thousands of refugees are clamoring for a short history of the country, written without bias and not as a textbook, priced within their reach. In addition, many thousands of native born Americans are more interested in their country today than has ever been the case before (Cerf to Monaghan, 30 October 1940)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Monaghan was interested and described the book he envisioned: “It should have the epic sweep and the implications of Beethoven and Wagner, the salt and twang of a Woody Guthrie ballad. . . . It should be better than Green’s",
                "Short History of the English People",
                "” (Monaghan to Cerf, 24 November 1940). The contract, signed in February 1941, called for the manuscript to be delivered by 1 July 1942. The book was to be published initially as a Random House trade book followed by a ML edition. The contract called for payment of up to $1,500 in expenses; Monaghan would receive royalties for the trade edition at the standard sliding scale of 10% of the list price for the first 2,500 copies, 12½% for the next 2,500 copies, and 15% thereafter. Royalties for the ML edition would be 10 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Cerf reported in May 1941 that the announcement of Monaghan’s book “caused more enthusiasm than any publicity release that was ever sent out from this office” (Cerf to Monaghan, 1 May 1941). In September Monaghan indicated that the book was half written (Monaghan to Cerf, 22 September 1941). Monaghan received an additional advance of $500 in September 1942, but he had many other ongoing projects and the book was never completed."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf’s last letter to Monaghan was dated 2 September 1943:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "At the time we discussed the project I remember begging you not to take it on unless you were absolutely sure you could deliver. I impressed upon you the fact that if you couldn’t do the book in time, we would attempt to find somebody else who would."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Obviously I made a colossal mistake in judgment when I entrusted this book to you. Had you turned out nothing else since the time you signed the contract, I could have understood your failure to live up to your promise, but I have seen not only your work on Old New York, but that lengthy manuscript on the History of the World that you brought us yourself and that was obviously done on the time that you should have spent finishing the HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It seems to me that the least that you could have done was to tell us that you couldn’t do the job as soon as you decided on taking up your other work, thus giving us the opportunity of finding somebody else to do what we wanted before other publishers beat us to the draw."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "I simply cannot understand dealings of this sort (Cerf to Monaghan, 2 September 1943)."
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            },
            {
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                "Shortly before Cerf wrote his final letter to Monaghan, Klopfer, who was serving in the U.S. Air Force, wrote to Cerf suggesting “a small illustrated book of the documents of democracy and our own history.” He noted that either Allan Nevins or Henry Steele Commager would do a fine job editing the volume (Klopfer to Cerf, 4 July 1943, in Cerf and Klopfer,",
                "Dear Donald, Dear Bennett",
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                "Cerf offered Little, Brown a $2,500 advance for a ML edition, but Alfred McIntyre, the president of Little, Brown, indicated that it was selling too well for a ML edition to be considered. In any case, he added, Pocket Books controlled all rights to editions selling for less than two dollars (Cerf to McIntyre, Little, Brown & Co., 17 September 1943; McIntyre to Cerf, 20 September 1943). Cerf’s next step was to offer Pocket Books a $4,000 advance. Robert de Graff of Pocket Books promised to do what he could to secure Little, Brown’s approval (Cerf to Commager, 7 December 1943). It appears to have taken another six months for everything to be settled. By June Cerf was asking Commager about an introduction to the ML edition (Cerf to Commager, 20 June 1944). Klopfer indicated later that the ML’s contract was with Pocket Books and royalties were paid to them (Klopfer to Knopf, 23 March 1962)."
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                "In Chapter 3, “The Conquest of New France and the Movement for Independence,” the sentence “The second era had for its most prominent feature the missionary activity of a band of devoted men, representing the Franciscans, the Recollects, the Ursulines, and above all the Jesuits” (376.1a, p. 64, line 19), was changed to “activity of a band of devoted people” (376.1b, p. 64, line 19). The change from “men” to “people” reflected the realization that the Ursulines were a teaching order of nuns."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“There is no parallel in modern history,” say the authors in their preface to this book, “to the drama of the swift expansion of a small and feeble people across a continent, the growth of a few straggling colonies into the most powerful of nations.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "It is this story of a people passionately dedicated to the ideals of democracy that is here told in compact and eminently readable form. The authors, both professors of history at Columbia University, are among the most distinguished historians of our time and this book reflects throughout their authoritative knowledge and perspectives. (",
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                ", New enl. ed. (Pocket Books, 1956), with the fly title (p. [",
                1,
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              ]
            },
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                "The Pocket Books edition added chapters 22–25 (“The Cold War,” “Postwar Problems, 1946–1952,” “The Korean War: Eisenhower President,” and “The Eisenhower Administration”). It also added a bibliography, an additional map (“War in Korea,” p. 532), and a revised index. All of the additions were retained in ML printings."
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                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, NOVEMBER 1969 | Copyright 1942 by Little, Brown and Company, Copyright 1945 by | Random House, Inc., Copyright 1951, © 1956, 1966 by Allan Nevins | and Henry Steele Commager.; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: ALLAN NEVINS · HENRY STEELE COMMAGER; vii–viii CONTENTS; ix–x MAPS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–651 text; 652–668 Suggested Readings; i–xxvi Index.",
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                "Fujita pictorial jacket in brownish orange (54), deep reddish orange (38), and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of an American eagle perched on a drum draped with an American flag, with two muskets under the drum and banners in the background; authors in black, first two line of title in deep reddish orange, and “UNITED | STATES” in reverse, all against brownish orange background."
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "In the twenty-odd years since its first publication this authoritative and clearly written book, by two of our most distinguished historians, has established itself as a standard work for the general reader interested in a broad perspective of his country’s past. This new edition has been revised and updated—through the 1964 elections—and twelve maps have been added."
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                "The Suggested Readings in the Knopf edition begin on p. 653 and end on p. 669, with blank verso pages following the last page of text and the last page of Suggested Readings. Utilization of the two blank pages allowed the ML to print its edition in 22 gatherings of 16 leaves (32 pages) each."
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                "The Gift of the Magi – A Cosmopolite in a Café – Man About Town – The Cop and the Anthem – The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein – Mammon and the Archer – Springtime à la Carte – From the Cabby’s Seat – An Unfinished Story – The Romance of a Busy Broker – The Furnished Room – Roads of Destiny – The Enchanted Profile – The Passing of Black Eagle – A Retrieved Reformation – The Renaissance at Charleroi – Shoes – Ships – The Hiding of Black Bill – The Duplicity of Hargraves – The Ransom of Red Chief – The Marry Month of May – The Whirligig of Life – A Blackjack Bargainer – A Lickpenny Lover – The Defeat of the City – Squaring the Circle – Transients in Arcadia – The Trimmed Lamp – The Pendulum – Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen – The Making of a New Yorker – The Lost Blend – A Harlem Tragedy – A Midsummer Knight’s Dream – The Last Leaf – The Count and the Wedding Guest – A Municipal Report."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In selecting thirty-eight of the more than 600 stories written by O. Henry, the editors of this volume first chose those honored unanimously by anthologists and then added several of special interest. The most exacting present-day standards were applied as the final test of admission, with the result that this collection in the truest sense represents America’s favorite story-teller at his mellow, humorous and ironic best. It is with such stories as these that O. Henry earned a permanent place beside the world’s great masters of the short story. (",
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              ]
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume. Within the scope of a book of 338 pages, they were guided in their choice by the most exacting present-day standards of admission. The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader’s delight those tales honored almost unanimously by anthologists and those which represent, in variety and balance, the best work of America’s favorite story-teller. They are tales in his most mellow, humorous and ironic moods. They give the full range and flavor of the man, born William Sidney Porter, but known throughout the world as O. Henry, one of the great masters of the short story. (",
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            },
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                "The Best Short Stories of O. Henry",
                "was a joint venture between the ML and Doubleday, Doran. Van H. Cartmell, who collaborated with Cerf in the 1940s in editing four anthologies of plays that were published in ML Giants, was an associate editor at Doubleday, Doran and editor-in-chief of the Doubleday reprint subsidiary, Garden City Publishing Co. The Sun Dial Press edition appeared first, followed shortly by the ML edition. Doubleday, Doran made the plates, and the ML paid Doubleday a $2,000 advance (including $100 as a plate rental for five years) against royalties of 10 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Howard Fast stands foremost among the younger generation of writers in America. His historical novels of the critical first years of the Republic have been notable for their insight and dramatic impact; their heroes are motivated by a deep but simple humanity, and their dedication to man’s struggle for liberty has made his books unique contributions to an understanding of the forces and personalities that shaped our nation. Carl Van Doren says: “Reading",
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                "would be a different matter (Duell to Cerf, 18 December 1942; Cerf to Duell, 24 December 1942). The reprint contract was signed two-and-a-half years later, in May 1945."
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                "I do hope I am needlessly perturbed, but I thought it best to write you and ask whether the rumor that my books have been dropped from the Modern Library has any basis in fact. It came to me from several places in the industry that you were cleaning people like myself out of the Modern Library, and that two of the initial adjustments were THE UNVANQUISHED and CITIZEN TOM PAINE."
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            },
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                "I don’t have to tell you that I find this most difficult to believe. Whatever our political differences have been—and they have been very considerable—I always considered you a person of independence and integrity. I cannot believe that any circumstances would cause you to give aid and comfort to the unspeakable group of people who both fear and hate books, and attack them. (Fast to Cerf, 7 December 1949)."
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                "Swallowing an Oyster Alive, by John S. Robb – How Daddy Played Hoss, by George W. Harris – The Shakers, by Artemus Ward – Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning, by Mark Twain – Journalism in Tennessee, by Mark Twain – Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise, by Joel Chandler Harris – How Brother Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors, by Joel Chandler Harris – How Mr. Rooster Lost His Dinner, by Joel Chandler Harris – Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff, by Bret Harte – A Piece of Red Calico, by Frank R. Stockton – Mr. Dooley on the Game of Football, by Finley Peter Dunne – Pigs Is Pigs, by Ellis Parker Butler – The Ransom of Red Chief, by O. Henry – Little Gentleman, by Booth Tarkington – Three Without Doubled, by Ring Lardner – Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It, by Ring Lardner – Death of Red Peril, by Walter D. Edmonds – Travel Is So Broadening, by Sinclair Lewis – The Crazy Fool, by Donald Ogden Stewart – Mr. and Mrs. Haddock Abroad, by Donald Ogden Stewart – Benny and the Bird-Dogs, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings – The Legislature, by James M. Cain – The Little Hours, by Dorothy Parker – But the One on the Right, by Dorothy Parker – The Snatching of Bookie Bob, by Damon Runyon – An Interesting Cure, by Frank Sullivan – Gendarmes and the Man, by Donald Moffat – Carnival Days in Sunny Las Los, by Robert Benchley – The Guest, by Marc Connelly – Primrose Path, by Sally Benson – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, by James Thurber – The Night the Bed Fell, by James Thurber – The Night the Ghost Got In, by James Thurber – University Days, by James Thurber – The Man Who Hated Moonbaum, by James Thurber – Father and His Hard-Rocking Ship, by Clarence Day – The Prince, by Ruth McKenney – Chocolate for the Woodwork, by Arthur Kober – The Terrible Vengeance of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, by Leonard Q. Ross – Hand in Nub, by St. Clair McKelway – Down with the Restoration, by S. J. Perelman – Kitchen Bouquet, by S. J. Perelman – Dental or Mental I Say It’s Spinach, by S. J. Perelman."
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                "Forty-three stories are included in this collection; the work of thirty-one authors, ranging from Mark Twain and Artemus Ward to James Thurber and S. J. Perlman, and including such top-flight performers as Dorothy Parker, Ring Lardner, Donald Ogden Stewart, Robert Benchley, Frank Sullivan, Sally Benson and Arthur Kober. It’s an all-star cast that contains [±offers] the best work of the present-day humorists, and as many selections from those of the past as the average contemporary is likely to enjoy. (",
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                "James D. Hart, the author of the Foreword, had suggested a ML edition of",
                "Two Years before the Mast",
                "in 1935 and indicated that it would have a steady sale to schools and colleges (Hart to Cerf, 19 February 1935). Later that year Cerf offered Hart $75 to write an introduction to the Grabhorn Press edition with the understanding that the introduction could also be used in due course in a ML edition (Cerf to Hart, 12 November 1935). Hart also advised Edwin and Robert Grabhorn about the best edition to use as a copy-text when setting their edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hart stated in his introduction to the Grabhorn edition, “The text for this edition is the last corrected by Dana during his life, and to it is added the chapter of reminiscences he wrote ‘twenty-four years after.’ To this have been added the concluding chapter of the first edition, omitted by Dana in his revisions, but interesting as showing the original purpose of his account” (p. [xiv]). The second sentence is altered in ML ed. as follows: “To this have been added the preface and epilogue of the first edition, omitted by Dana in his revisions, but interesting as showing the original purpose of his account” (p. [xiv]). The preface appears in both the Grabhorn and ML editions; the epilogue (titled “Concluding Memorandum” in the Grabhorn edition) appears on pp. 413–23 of the ML edition as part of “Twenty-four Years After.” The concluding chapter referred to in Hart’s introduction to the Grabhorn edition is omitted from 381a. The ML edition also omitted the penultimate paragraph of Dana’s preface which referred to the concluding chapter: “In preparing this narrative I have carefully avoided incorporating into it any impressions but those made upon me by the events as they occurred, leaving to my concluding chapter, to which I shall respectfully call the reader’s attention, those views which have been suggested to me by subsequent reflection” (Grabhorn ed., p. 4)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The film of",
                "Two Years before the Mast",
                "starring Alan Ladd was released by Paramount Pictures in April 1945. It is possible that publication of the ML edition was postponed to coincide with the release of the film."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "last paragraph of Hart’s foreword in 381a reads as follows:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The text for this edition is the last corrected by Dana during his life and to it is added the chapter of reminiscences he wrote “twenty-four years after.” To this have been added the preface and the epilogue of the first edition, omitted by Dana in his revisions, but interesting as showing the original purpose of his account. (p. xiv)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Two Years before the Mast",
                "was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "381b.  “Concluding Chapter” added (1954)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 381a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–443 [444–446].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                8,
                "[9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 381a variant through p. 386; 387‑406: CONCLUDING CHAPTER; 3–406 text; [407] part title: TWENTY-FOUR YEARS | AFTER; [408] blank; 409–443 TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER signed p. 443: R. H. D., Jr. | Boston,",
                "May",
                "6, 1869.; [444–446] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 381b.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–6]",
                32,
                "[7]",
                8,
                "[8]",
                32,
                "[9]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 381b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, AND RENEWED, 1964, | BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. (",
                "Fall 1966",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B2:",
                "As 381a jacket B except flap text as jacket B except for last sentence. (",
                "Fall 1954",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The ML began using sans serif type on the flaps and back panel of jackets in fall 1953. When the jacket for",
                "Two Years before the Mast",
                "was reset in sans serif type, the ML’s printers appear to have copied the flap text from jacket A, and the last sentence reverts to “James D. Hart of Harvard University.” (",
                "Fall 1954",
                ")."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B3:",
                "As jacket B2 with flap text corrected to “James D. Hart of the University of California.” (",
                "Fall 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B4",
                ": As jacket B3 except on coated white paper. (",
                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "last paragraph of Hart’s foreword in 381b is revised as follows:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The text for this edition is the last corrected by Dana during his life and to it is added the chapter of reminiscences he wrote “twenty-four years after.” As preface and epilogue there have been appended the original opening of Chapter I and the Concluding Chapter of the first edition. These sections were omitted in later revisions but they have great value in giving further insight into the purposes of Dana’s book. (p. xiv)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The earliest printing examined with the Concluding Chapter (pp. 387–406) has a fall 1954 jacket, but the Concluding Chapter may have been added earlier."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                382
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            },
            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "SELECTED WRITINGS OF WASHINGTON IRVING"
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
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                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "382.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing (1945)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within a frame of row ornaments curved at the corners]",
                "Selected Writings of",
                "| WASHINGTON | IRVING | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | by Saxe Commins | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY |",
                "NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–669 [670–676].  [1–21]",
                16,
                "[22]",
                12
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC |",
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                "| 1945; v–vi",
                "Contents",
                "; vii–xix",
                "Introduction",
                "signed p. xix: Saxe Commins; [xx] blank; [1] part title: I. From",
                "The Sketch Book",
                "; [2] blank; 3–669 text; [670] blank; [671–676] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1945",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First",
                "statement seen on printings through spring 1947."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–669 [670–684].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–11]",
                32,
                "[12]",
                16,
                ".  Contents as 382 except: [iv]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted; [677–678] ML Giants list; [679] American College Dictionary advertisement; [680–684] blank. (",
                "Spring 1959",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "from The Sketch Book. Rip Van Winkle – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – The Spectre Bridegroom – The Broken Heart – The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap – Roscoe – Traits of Indian Character – The Mutability of Literature.  from Bracebridge Hall. The Stout Gentleman – The Haunted House – Dolph Heyliger.  from Tales of a Traveller. The Bold Lagoon – Literary Life – A Literary Dinner – The Club of Queer Fellows – The Poor-Devil Author.  from The Alhambra. Palace of the Alhambra – Inhabitants of the Alhambra – The Hall of Ambassadors – The Mysterious Chambers – The Court of Lions – Local Traditions – Legend of the Arabian Astrologers – Legend of the Moor’s Legacy.  from Wolfert’s Roost and Other Papers. Wolfert’s Roost – “A Time of Unexampled Prosperity” – The Great Mississippi Bubble.  A History of New York."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in dark blue (183), moderate orange yellow (71), deep pink (3), moderate pink (5), light bluish gray (191) and brownish black (65) on coated cream paper with title in reverse with letters bordered in moderate orange yellow, lettering at foot (“Including selections from The Sketch Book | Brackbridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, | The Alhambra, Wolfert’s Roost, |",
                "and the complete and unabridged",
                "| Knickerbocker’s History of New York |",
                "A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK",
                "”) in moderate orange yellow; in inset oval illustration color in brownish black frame; title in reverse highlighted in moderate orange yellow, other lettering in moderate orange yellow, all on dark blue background. Printed in six colors. Designed by Nat Farmer; unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the proud re-discovery of our past, Americans are turning with more and more enthusiasm to our first renowned national literary figure. Because Washington Irving’s writings retain their freshness and excitement, they are having a renaissance a century after they had reached the crest of their popularity during his lifetime. This comprehensive volume of 700 pages offers generous selections, each given in its entirety, from",
                "The Sketch Book",
                ",",
                "Bracebridge Hall",
                ",",
                "Tales of a Traveller",
                ",",
                "The Alhambra",
                ",",
                "Wolfert’s Roost",
                ", and the unabridged",
                "Knickerbocker’s History of New York",
                ". (",
                "Fall 1945",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A in light brown and black on coated white paper with oval illustration and frame in black and white; all lettering in reverse on light brown background. Printed in four colors. (",
                "Probably fall 1947 or spring 1948",
                ";",
                "Spring 1958",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "examined",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection. Published fall 1945.",
                "WR",
                "17 November 1945. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf authorized Commins to prepare a volume of Irving’s writings for the ML in August 1944. Commins was to provide an introduction, and the length of the book was to be no more than 700 pages. Commins submitted a preliminary table of contents about seven weeks later, noting that he proposed to include Irving’s burlesque",
                "History of New York",
                "by Diedrich Knickerbocker in complete form. “First, it’s the best thing he wrote and his greatest fame rests on it. Second, and very important, it is a wonderful selling point to be able to say that we give the History complete and unabridged. . . . The History is hard to get outside conventional sets of Irving.” Commins received a $250 advance against royalties of 3 cents for every copy sold in the ML (Cerf to Commins, 17 August 1944, Commins to Cerf, 5 October 1944; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 2, Princeton University Library)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf announced the forthcoming publication of",
                "Selected Writings of Washington Irving",
                "in his “Trade Winds” column six months before the book was published. He stated, “The editors of the Modern Library expect it to be one of the most popular volumes in the entire series” (“Trade Winds,”",
                "SRL",
                ", 12 May 1945, p. 17)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B was printed in four instead of six colors and appears to have been introduced in 1947 or early 1948. Ray Freiman asked Nat Farmer, the artist responsible for the original ML jacket, to devise a color scheme utilizing four colors, indicating that the ML could not afford six-color printing in 1947 (Freiman to Farmer, 9 May 1947)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Selected Writings of Washington Irving",
                "was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                383
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "GUY DE MAUPASSANT"
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                },
                {
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                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE BEST STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1945–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    98
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "383.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "First printing",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "(1945)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE BEST | STORIES OF | Guy | De Maupassant |",
                "Selected, and with an Introduction by",
                "| SAXE COMMINS | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–551 [552–562].  [1–18]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; v–vi",
                "Contents",
                "; vii–xiv",
                "Introduction",
                "signed p. xiv: Saxe Commins; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–551 text; [552] blank; [553–558] ML list; [559–560] ML Giants list; [561–562] blank. (",
                "Fall 1945",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Mademoiselle Fifi – Vain Beauty – The Horla – Madame Tellier’s Excursion – The Piece of String – The Story of a Farm-Girl – That Pig of a Morin – The Umbrella – Was It a Dream? – The False Gems – Hautot Senior and Hautot Junior – A Family Affair – A Normandy Joke – The Diamond Necklace – In the Moonlight – Love – The Little Cask – Clochette – A Fishing Excursion – Humiliation – Julie Romain – The Specter – My Uncle Sosthenes – The Duel – A Vagabond – Madame Parisse – One Phase of Love – Simon’s Papa – The Vendetta – The Farmer’s Wife – A Matter of Business – The Signal – Love’s Awakening – The Olive Grove – Saved – A Country Excursion – The Diary of a Madman – Two Little Soldiers – The White Wolf – The Devil – A Lucky Burglar – Moonlight – The Mad Woman – A Costly Outing – Ball-of-Fat."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep red (13), medium blue (182) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on deep red panel at top, other lettering and torchbearer in reverse on smaller black panel at foot with a rule in medium blue separating the two panels. Backstrip with “DE MAUPASSANT” in medium blue within inset rectangular panel framed in medium blue."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The world owes to that unchallenged master of the short story, Guy de Maupassant, an immense and increasing debt for having given it an [±a new] insight into life as true as it is powerful and exciting [±stirring]. The forty-five tales in the 550 pages of this volume represent the flower of his work, [+work in the field of the short story, each] chosen with the purpose of giving variety, balance and sustained interest [+to the whole]. These stories [±tales] are as vital and as applicable [±meaningful] today as they were when they were first written during the feverish ten years of Maupassant’s creative life [+, from 1883 to 1893]. (",
                "Fall 1946; [Spring 1956]",
                ").",
                "Note:",
                "Fall 1945 jacket not seen."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A in vivid red (11) and dark blue (183) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on vivid red panel at top, other lettering in reverse on smaller dark blue panel at foot, with a rule in reverse separating the panels. Front flap with spring 1956 text. (",
                "Fall 1963",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The elimination of a third color meant that the jacket was cheaper to print, but the inset backstrip panel with “DE MAUPASSANT” is unframed, making the backstrip less distinctive. The flaps and back panel of the jacket are also printed in vivid red and dark blue."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection superseding",
                "The Best Stories of Guy de Maupassant",
                ", translated by Michael Monahan (1932). Published fall 1945.",
                "WR",
                "not found. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant",
                "was originally entrusted to Aaron Sussman, a partner in the firm that handled Random House’s advertising, and Whit Burnet, the editor of",
                "Story",
                "magazine. They were unable to complete the volume, perhaps because Sussman’s advertising agency was reorganized in 1944 from Franklin Spier & Aaron Sussman to Sussman & Sugar. Commins took over the editing of the volume and received a flat fee of $300 for his efforts—the same amount that had been offered to Sussman and Burnet (Cerf to Commins, 26 January 1945; Saxe Commins Papers, Princeton University Library)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Commins used the anonymous translations in",
                "The Life and Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant",
                "(17 vols., M. W. Dunne, 1903) because they were in the public domain. The alternative was to use translations by several hands with many copyright complications (Commins to Alfred A. Knopf, 21 February 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Commins’s edition of",
                "The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant",
                "was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maupassant, Guy de,",
                "Best Stories",
                ", trans. Monahan (1940)  243b"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maupassant, Guy de,",
                "Love and Other Stories",
                "(1919)  72"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maupassant, Guy de,",
                "Mademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories",
                "(1917)  8"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maupassant, Guy de,",
                "Short Stories",
                ", trans. Monahan (1932)  243a (jacket title:",
                "Best Stories",
                "). Original ML collection combining two ML volumes originally published by Boni & Liveright:",
                "Love and Other Stories",
                "and",
                "Mademoiselle Fifi and Twelve Other Stories",
                ".",
                "The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant",
                "was renamed",
                "The Best Stories of Guy de Maupassant",
                "in 1940—a title that was retained by Commins’s newly edited collection."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maupassant",
                ", Guy de,",
                "Une Vie",
                "(1918)  54"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maupassant, Guy de,",
                "Une Vie; Bel Ami",
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            }
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            1946
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Random House bought its own building at 457 Madison Avenue and moved in on 15 May. The firm had occupied rented offices at 20 East 57th Street since 1927 but had to move after International Business Machines (IBM) bought the building. The jackets of the first ML printings of",
                "The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau",
                "(384) and Koestler’s",
                "Darkness at Noon",
                "(385) list the old address on the back panel. The Madison Avenue address appears on the back panel beginning with Hersey’s",
                "A Bell for Adano",
                "(386), published in April. The Madison Avenue building consisted of the north wing of a mansion originally built in 1885 for Henry Villard. The north wing (one of five separate units) was owned for many years by the Fahnestock family and had been purchased by Joseph P. Kennedy in 1944. Random House bought it from Kennedy for $420,000 and spent an additional $100,000 renovating and furnishing it."
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        {
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          "FORMAT": [
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              "HEAD": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "New titles issued in 1946 in the regular ML were published in the standard format used over the war years with the binding measuring 7¼ x 4⅞ in. (183 x 123 mm) and leaves trimmed to 7 x 4¾ (177 x 118 mm).  Bindings were brown, blue, green or gray."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Inset panels of brown bindings were usually black; the panels of blue bindings were usually red; those of green bindings were usually black; and those of gray bindings were usually green."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold on all titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rockwell Kent’s endpapers were medium gray (265) and consisted of a central panel of 1¾ x 1⅜ inches featuring the Kent torchbearer, surrounded by a pattern of books and the initials “ml” with the torchbearers."
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            }
          ]
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          "PRICE": [
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              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "95 cents (January–October); $1.10 (November–December). The price increase was the first for the regular ML since May 1920. The first new title published at $1.10 was Rawlings,",
                "The Yearling",
                "(391), but the $1.10 price was short lived. The retail price increased to $1.25 on 15 April 1947. The ML printed the list price at the top of the jacket flap, and first printings of titles published at 95 cents and $1.10 are commonly found in price-clipped jackets."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
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              "HEAD": [
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Hersey,",
                "Bell for Adano",
                "xBalzac,",
                "Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet",
                "; Giants through G68; jackets: 309. (Fall) Balzac,",
                "Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet",
                "xAristotle,",
                "Introduction",
                "; Giants through G70; jackets: 316."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "William Rose, Jr., the president of Harper &Brothers, cancelled a proposed ML reprint of James Henry Breasted’s",
                "The Conquest of Civilization",
                "(1926; rev. ed., 1938), noting that the book was basically a trade edition of Breasted’s textbook",
                "Ancient Times",
                "(Ginn & Co., 1916; 2nd ed., 1935). Ginn was concerned that a 95-cent ML edition would hurt sales of",
                "Ancient Times",
                "in college towns (Rose to Cerf, 5 July 1946). Klopfer rejected a suggestion to include H. G. Wells’s",
                "History of Mr. Polly",
                "in the ML (Klopfer to Frank Dodd, 9 September 1946). The ML also decided against Sigmund Freud’s",
                "Leonardo da Vinci",
                "(Dodd, Mead, 1932), which was not included in",
                "The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud",
                "(Giant, 1938). A. A. Brill, who had translated",
                "Leonardo da Vinci",
                "and edited the Giant, sent a copy to Commins for consideration, indicating that Dodd, Mead was willing to return all rights to the book (A. A. Brill to Commins, 4 October 1946). The length of",
                "Leonardo da Vinci",
                "—just 130 pages—was a problem. It never appeared in the ML, but fifteen years later it was published in Vintage Books, Random House’s quality paperback series."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1945; v–xviii CONTENTS; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–683 text; [684–686] blank.",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "For almost two hundred years",
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                "The Confessions",
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                "Spring 1946",
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                "Note:",
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                "Spring 1946",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML did not know the identity of the translator. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Scheduled for fall 1945; published February 1946.",
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            },
            {
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                  "span": []
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                "The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau",
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                "Publishers’ Weekly",
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                "see",
                "Neavill, “Publishing in Wartime,”",
                "Library Trends",
                "55 [Winter 2007], p. 593; http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/62). Klopfer remarked later in 1946, “We are having the usual hellish time getting our books out and the situation amongst the suppliers is certainly no easier than it was at any time during the war” (Klopfer to Cerf, 14 August 1946)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952. Sales totaled 45,924 copies by spring 1958."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                8,
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            {
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                6,
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (38) and black on cream paper with title in reverse on circular black panel and other lettering in black against deep reddish orange background; last line of front panel: “",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Few novels of the last ten years have stirred up so much partisanship and violent controversy as Arthur Koestler’s",
                "Darkness at Noon",
                ". Its champions have proclaimed it as a penetrating study of revolutionary psychology and the compulsions which lead to the catharsis of confession; its adversaries, first to admit its overwhelming power, attack it on the ground of its political implications. Both agree that Arthur Koestler is a novelist of the foremost rank and a man with the courage of his strong and brilliant convictions. (",
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                },
                "Darkness at Noon",
                "had been a Book-of-the-Month Club selection in 1941. The wording of the jacket may have been revised to avoid the suggestion that it was a current selection. Front flap revised with first sentence beginning “Few modern novels have stirred up” and the following sentence added at the end: “Recent history has provided corroborating testimony to his fictional critique of the ruthlessness of modern revolutionary procedures.” (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "in the ML in fall 1942. When he approached the American branch of Macmillan he noted, “I think it is a very fine book and just the sort of thing that we can do well with in our series” (Cerf to George Brett, Jr., Macmillan, 12 January 1942). Macmillan indicated that it would not be available for fall 1942. Cerf feared that a delay would reduce interest in the book on the grounds that “the subject matter is likely to curdle as our relations with Russia grow more friendly” (Cerf to James Putnam, Macmillan, 25 March 1942). A month later he wrote about publishing a ML edition in spring 1943, offering an advance of $500 against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to Brett, 27 April 1942)."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38), dark blue (183), grayish yellow green (122), and light yellowish green (135) on cream paper depicting a bell tower, a damaged building topped by a cross, and dark blue walls in the foreground; author and title in dark reddish orange against a grayish yellow green sky, torchbearer and other lettering in light yellowish green against dark blue foreground. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo]."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Of the new generation of novelists, risen to prominence during the Second World War, no one stands higher than John Hersey. In",
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                "he has given the first fictional, and so far the most eloquent, American interpretation of the struggle of democracy against fascism. He saw that struggle in terms of men under pressure, in all their simple humanity and their weakness and strength, and portrayed it with moving fidelity. In a brilliant new Foreword, especially written for this Modern Library edition, John Hersey re-asserts his faith in the men who can secure a decent future for the world. (",
                "Spring 1946",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML initially paid Knopf a flat royalty which was probably 10 cents a copy. The royalty rate was adjusted to 10 percent of the retail price in 1947 when the ML increased its list price to $1.25 (Klopfer to Knopf, Inc., 9 June 1947). The ML did not have exclusive reprint rights. A Pocket Books paperback priced at 25 cents appeared in May 1945."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
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                "For the early editions of this book, I wrote a foreword which began: “Major Victor Joppolo, U.S.A., was a good man. You will see that. It is the whole reason why I want you to know his story.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "On second thought, and now that the war is over, the optimistic talent of Joppolo was not the whole reason I wanted to put down the things in this novel. I wrote the book in angry haste—in three weeks of September, 1943—and I chose a far better than average Allied Military Government officer, Joppolo, as its protagonist, and a worse than average regular Army officer, Marvin, as its antagonist, because I was just back from the fronts and I was all hot and bothered about two things."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "One of them was the fact, which became evident at about H Hour plus one minute of the Sicilian invasion, that our long-standing dedication to the job of winning the war first and worrying about the problems of peace afterward was not going to work out very well. . . ."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The other thing about which I was disturbed when I wrote the novel was a concern shared by most of the citizens who served in our citizen-Army—namely, that the country should never forget that the military system is repugnant to the democratic system, that no matter how essential armed strength may continue to be, we should never forget that the Army habit of life is one which can corrupt weak men, when they achieve the authority of rank, and can waste strong ones, when they do not. There is something un-democratic about the absolute control which a small symbol, a star, an eagle, a leaf or a bar, worn on the shoulder or pinned to the collar, gives one man over every other man who wears a lesser symbol, no matter what their relative talents may be. . . . (ML ed., pp. v–vii)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Commins considered Hersey’s foreword “perhaps the best introduction ever to appear in a Modern Library book” (Commins to Hersey, 29 November 1945). When Ian Ballantine inquired about including the ML foreword in the Bantam paperback edition, Cerf replied that the ML would not “consider allowing it to be reprinted in the Bantam edition or anywhere else” (Cerf to Ballantine, 30 April 1946). Printings of the Knopf edition continued to use the original foreword, as did other reprint editions, including the Vintage Books paperback (1988), published more than thirty years after the ML edition was discontinued."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Copies of the spring 1947 printing (based on the ML list at the end of the volume) exist with standard ML endpapers but a non-ML binding and jacket. The binding cloth is light gray with the title and author stamped in black on the spine; the jacket is light gray with author and title printed in blue on the front panel and backstrip. No publisher is indicated, but the descriptive text on the jacket flap is the same used on ML jackets, and the book is printed from the same typesetting as regular ML printings. These copies may have been produced by the ML for the use of an unidentified organization or group; details are unknown."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1951–October 1952."
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            {
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182), light yellow (86), medium gray (265), and black on coated white paper with decorative illustration of deerstalker cap, pipe and magnifying glass; lettering in reverse shaded in light yellow, medium gray, and black against black background shaded in moderate blue. Signed: PG [Paul Galdone]."
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For many years the editors of the Modern Library have tried to acquire the rights of publication of the best of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now, by special arrangement with the Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,",
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                ", complete and unabridged in one volume and comprising twenty-three of the greatest tales to come from the pen of the master, is offered as the classic in its field. Here for your mystification and delight are “The Red-Headed League,” “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Five Orange Pips” and others of equal fame and favor. (",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf contacted Harper & Bros. in 1944 about including",
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                "in the ML. He offered a $2,500 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 20,000 copies and 10 cents a copy thereafter. The ML expected to order a new typesetting and make new plates, and Cerf indicated that the low initial royalty was a way of sharing those costs (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 27 April 1944). Harper & Bros. did not object to a ML edition but referred Cerf to A. P. Watt, the literary agency representing the Conan Doyle Estate (Hoyns to Cerf, 28 April 1944). Watt had a reputation for being difficult to deal with and initially offered the ML reprint rights for a period of eighteen months. Cerf regarded that as an impossible limitation and began to think about putting together a volume of Holmes stories in the public domain (Cerf to Hoyns, 29 August 1944)."
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            },
            {
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                "Klopfer, who was stationed in Britain with the U.S. Air Force, met with Watt in London the following January. At this point the ML had dropped its proposal for a reduced initial royalty and Watt was asking for a three-year limitation clause. Cerf asked Klopfer to try to persuade Watt to drop the limitation clause altogether on the grounds that the ML would be investing in new plates (Bennett Cerf Papers. Cerf to Klopfer, 4 January 1945; Klopfer to Cerf, 26 January 1945; Cerf’s letter is included in Cerf and Klopfer,",
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                "into the Illustrated ML as well as the regular series, and he indicated that, although the reprint contract would have to be for more than three years and he preferred an indefinite contract, he was willing to compromise at ten years (Cerf to Watt, 19 January 1945). Later that spring Watt agreed to a standard reprint contract that was subject to renewal after five years."
              ]
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            },
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                "Eugénie Grandet",
                "and to write an introduction. Brown agreed to a fee of $300 and promised the manuscript within five months (Cerf to Brown, 25 August 1943). Brown commented, “I think it very good of you to agree to the Balzac addition in the face of the figures on the French books in the library which you showed to me” (Brown to Cerf, 2 September 1943). Four months later Brown informed Cerf that entirely new translations were needed (Brown to Cerf, 8 January 1944). Commins acknowledged that the existing translations were probably very bad and favored doing new translations if the cost was not prohibitive. He noted, “Whatever we pay, within reason, will be worth the money, just to be able to advertise an entirely new translation” (Commins memo to Cerf, 9 February 1944). Cerf authorized Brown to go ahead and indicated that he should tell him what a fair price for the new translations would be. At this point Cerf was hoping for a spring 1945 publication date (Cerf to Brown, 10 February 1944)."
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark yellowish green (137), vivid reddish orange (34), light yellow (86), brownish orange (54), grayish blue (186) and black on coated white paper; background in dark yellowish green with inset panel in light moderate yellow with title and author in vivid reddish orange and multi-color illustration of a boy in grayish blue pants kneeling on the ground with his arm around a brownish orange fawn."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "has achieved for itself within a few years a permanent place in our national literature. It is a novel of living characters in an unforgettable setting, with a wisdom as simple as it is tender and a charm as natural as it is winning. The story of Jody Baxter and his pet fawn is American folklore at its best.",
                "The Yearling",
                "is a novel that stirs the heart with its understanding of boyhood and its love of life. (",
                "Fall 1946",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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                },
                "Wyeth published as “Pulitzer Prize Edition,” 1939, and in Scribner Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers, 1940. ML edition (pp. 1–400) printed from offset lithographic plates photographically reduced from the 1939 Scribner edition with illustrations omitted. Publication announced for September 1946.",
                "WR",
                "4 January 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1954."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Scribner’s royalties of 10 cents a copy on all copies sold over 30,000. The royalty on the first 30,000 copies appears to have been reduced or waived to cover the cost of making offset plates. Sales appear to have exceeded 30,000 copies since the ML paid Scribner’s royalties of $235 on sales of 2,355 copies sold after 30 October 1953 (Klopfer to Ruth Riggs, Scribner’s, 16 July 1954)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML’s reprint contract was limited to six years. After receiving a report of sales through October 1953 and noting that",
                "The Yearling",
                "was included on the ML’s spring 1954 list, Whitney Darrow of Scribner’s reminded Cerf that the book was supposed to have been dropped from the series by October 1952 (Darrow to Cerf, 19 April 1954). Klopfer replied that",
                "The Yearling",
                "had stayed on the spring 1954 list by mistake and as a result it had not been necessary to remainder any copies. He assured Darrow that it was out of stock and would be replaced on the fall list by Aristotle’s",
                "Rhetoric & Poetics",
                "(Klopfer to Darrow, 20 April 1954)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Yearling",
                "was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period, November 1952–October 1953."
              ]
            }
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "THE LIFE | AND WORKS OF | BEETHOVEN | BY JOHN N. BURK | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–483 [484–496].  [1–15]",
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            },
            {
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                "|",
                "RECORDS",
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                "Note:",
                {
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                },
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            },
            {
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                "Pictorial on coated white paper with inset drawing of Beethoven in deep red (16), brilliant yellow (83), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper, with title in deep red on white banner above drawing of Beethoven, other lettering in deep red and black at foot; background in black ruled in medium gray at top and white ruled in black at foot. The front panel is a reduced version of the 1943 Random House jacket with “Modern Library Edition” added at the foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Beethoven, the man and the creator, emerges in all his humanity and genius from the pages of this book. The events of his life and the circumstances under which he wrote his majestic music are presented with the purpose of giving the general reader a faithful portrait. In addition, more than one hundred of the works are analyzed so that the concertgoer, phonograph enthusiast and the radio listener will have program notes, with appraisals and interpretations. The author, John N. Burk, is the historian of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (",
                "Fall 1946",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Random House, 1943. ML edition (pp. v–483) printed from RH plates with frontispiece portrait of Beethoven omitted. Publication announced for November 1946.",
                "WR",
                "14 December 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Burk was a music historian affiliated with the Boston Symphony. His program notes about works being performed were included in the printed programs, and his editorial correspondence with Saxe Commins was on Boston Symphony Orchestra letterhead. Random House published Burk’s",
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                "in 1940. Shortly thereafter Cerf and Commins asked him to write a life of Beethoven for the ML. Commins suggested that three-fourths of the book should be biographical and one-fourth should consist of program notes on each of Beethoven’s works (Commins to Burk, 31 March 1941). The book was published initially by Random House and was reprinted in the ML three years later. For the ML edition Burk received royalties of 5 cents a copy on the first 5,000 copies and 10 cents a copy thereafter."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Life and Works of Beethoven",
                "was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. It sold about 2,000 copies a year in the mid-1950s; Cerf reported in 1960 that it sold “only moderately well” (Cerf to Selden Rodman, 8 June 1960)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Burk indicated that his typescript was almost exactly 100,000 words and that his first choice of someone to write an introduction was Aaron Copeland, with Serge Koussevitzky, the conductor of the Boston Symphony, as another possibility (Burk to Commins, 13 July 1942 and 27 November 1942; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 2, Princeton University Library). In the end the book was published without an introduction."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "392b.  List of phonograph records omitted; index repaginated (1954)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–469 [470–472].  [1–15]",
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            },
            {
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The list of phonograph records consisted of 78 rpm recordings and was woefully out of date by 1954, six years after the introduction of the long-playing record (LP). Burk suggested deleting the list, and Commins indicated that it would be removed from subsequent printings (Burk to Commins, 10 July 1954; Commins to Burk, 22 July 1954)."
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Pagination as 392b.  [1]",
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                16,
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                32,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 392b except: [470] blank; [471–472] ML Giants list. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Enlarged version of 392a with Fujita “ml” symbol on front panel and Fujita torchbearer on backstrip; deep reddish purple (259) instead of deep red and yellowish white (92) instead of brilliant yellow. Front flap as 392a with last sentence omitted."
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
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            },
            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "| [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxiv, [1–2] 3–445 [446–456].  [1–15]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1939, BY HENRY HOLT & CO., INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1942, BY ROBERT FROST | COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST",
                "Modern Library",
                "EDITION, 1946; v–xiii CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; xv–xxiv THE | CONSTANT | SYMBOL signed p. xxiv: ROBERT FROST |",
                "July,",
                "1946; [1] part title:",
                "A Boy’s Will",
                "; [2] blank; 3–436 text; 437–445 INDEX OF | FIRST LINES; [446] blank; [447–452] ML list; [453–454] ML Giants list; [455–456] blank. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on light gray (264) paper with title in dark red and other lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For more than a quarter of a century Robert Frost has maintained a position of unrivaled honor among living American poets. Associated generally with New England, his works have transcended sectional limitations and have become the lyrical voice of the entire land. Not only has Robert Frost chosen 230 of his 270 published poems [±230 of his poems for this collection], but he also contributes a personal credo in the form of an Introductory Essay, “The Constant Symbol,” and a new sonnet written especially for this volume. (",
                "Fall 1946; [Spring 1955]",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection published by arrangement with Henry Holt & Co. Published November 1946.",
                "WR",
                "14 December 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued spring 1963."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf first expressed interest in a volume of poetry by Robert Frost in 1940 (Cerf to Holt & Co., 12 February 1940). Nearly five years later Robert Linscott, who had moved from Holt to Random House earlier in the year, approached Holt about a ML edition of Frost’s poems. He indicated that the selection of poems would be made by the ML and offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy until the plates were paid for and 10 cents a copy thereafter. He also offered Frost $100 to write an introduction (Linscott to William M. Sloan, Holt, 13 November 1944). It took nearly a year for Frost to agree to the project, though the delay was apparently not due to objections on his part. When Sloan conveyed Holt’s approval he specified that the volume was not to include every poem that Frost had written. He also indicated that selections of Frost’s poetry might be published by the Limited Editions Club and Pocket Books (Sloan to Linscott, 5 September 1945).",
                "The Pocket Book of Robert Frost’s Poems",
                "was published in 1946 and",
                "The Complete Poems of Robert Frost",
                "(Limited Editions Club) appeared in 1950. The Modern Library contract, signed 21 September 1945, provided for a $1,500 advance with a sliding royalty rate as originally proposed. The contract was for a period of five years and indefinitely thereafter unless terminated by Holt with six months’ written notice."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Linscott wanted to include all but twenty-six of the poems in",
                "The Collected Poems of Robert Frost",
                "(Holt, 1939) and",
                "A Witness Tree",
                "(Holt, 1942), which had won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (Linscott to Sloan, 7 November 1945). Frost objected to this proposal. He decided that he wanted to approve the selection and proposed omitting forty-four of the poems on Linscott’s list and adding several that Linscott had left out. Sloan wrote in December: “After the usual delays incident to Mr. Frost’s states of mind and peregrinations, he has sent me down by way of Kay Morrison not a statement as to the outline you sent us, but instead what he describes as a positive list” (Sloan to Linscott, 13 December 1945). Linscott mourned especially for eight of the forty-four poems that Frost proposed to omit: “The Tuft of Flowers,” “The Mountain,” “Home Burial,” “The Road Not Taken,” “An Old Man’s Winter Night,” “The Grindstone,” “The Pauper Witch of Grafton,” and “A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury” (Linscott to Sloan, 21 December 1945). After talking with Frost, Linscott was able to come to an understanding about the contents of the ML edition. Seven of the eight poems were restored; only “The Pauper Witch of Grafton” did not appear in the ML collection. Linscott agreed to pay Frost $250 for an introduction of 4 to 5 pages (Linscott to Sloan, 23 January 1946). The introduction, titled “The Constant Symbol,” was also published in",
                "Atlantic Monthly",
                "(October 1946, pp. 50–52) shortly before the appearance of the ML edition. Frost appended a new poem, “To the Right Person,” to the introduction."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Poems of Robert Frost",
                "sold 5,618 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, placing it in the middle of the first quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "No details about the discontinuation of the ML edition have been ascertained. The reprint contract was probably terminated by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, and the ML edition ceased to be available early in 1963."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "394.  First printing (1946)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE SOUND | AND THE FURY | & | AS I LAY | DYING |",
                "by",
                "WILLIAM FAULKNER | WITH A NEW APPENDIX AS A | FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                4,
                "], [1–2] 3–532 [533–540].  [1–17]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
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                3,
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                4,
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                "EDITION, 1946; [1] part title: The Sound and the Fury; [2] blank; 3–22 APPENDIX | [short double rule] | COMPSON | 1699–1945; 23–336 text:",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "; [337] part title: As I Lay Dying; [338] dedication; 339–532 text:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 394.  [1]",
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                16,
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                "[10]",
                16,
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                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1929, | AND RENEWED 1956, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1930, | AND RENEWED 1957, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1946, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [533–539] ML list; [540] blank. (",
                "Spring 1964",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in moderate olive (107), dark olive (108) and vivid yellow (82) on coated white paper with each title in reverse within its own vivid yellow frame, other lettering in vivid yellow, including “two novels | William Faulkner” between the two titles and “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” at the foot; all against moderate olive background streaked and shaded in dark olive. Signed: [Miriam] Woods."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Of the seventeen books by which William Faulkner has achieved an international reputation as one of America’s leading novelists,",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "are considered most representative. The unsparing chronicler of the South, Faulkner is far more than a regional novelist; he is the observer and the critic of a doomed but tenacious civilization. His imaginary world is all of the South cherishing the relics of a lost age of glory. For",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "William Faulkner contributes a brilliant Appendix which serves as his own last word on this controversial book. (",
                "Fall 1946",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap reset with first sentence revised as follows:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Of the twenty books for which William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature,",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "are considered by critics and general readers most representative of his work. (",
                "Spring 1963",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "originally published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929;",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "originally published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published November 1946.",
                "WR",
                "7 December 1946. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued fall 1966; superseded by separate ML editions of",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "(1966) and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "(1967)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner’s",
                "Sanctuary",
                "(233), published in the ML in 1932, was the only Faulkner title in the series until the addition of",
                "The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying",
                "fourteen years later. Faulkner had become a Random House author in 1936 when Random House acquired Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, the successor to Cape and Smith. The acquisition gave Random House publishing rights to",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "(1929),",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "(1930),",
                "Sanctuary",
                "(1931),",
                "Light in August",
                "(1932), and",
                "Pylon",
                "(1935). Despite disappointing sales and lack of widespread critical recognition, Random House continued to publish Faulkner’s subsequent works, including",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "(1936),",
                "The Unvanquished",
                "(1938),",
                "The Wild Palms",
                "(1939),",
                "The Hamlet",
                "(1940), and",
                "Go Down, Moses",
                "(1942). The firm controlled rights to all of Faulkner’s novels except",
                "Soldier’s Pay",
                "(Boni & Liveright, 1926),",
                "Mosquitoes",
                "(Boni & Liveright, 1927) and",
                "Sartoris",
                "(Harcourt, Brace, 1928), but it took ten years after Faulkner became a Random House author before Cerf and Klopfer considered adding additional Faulkner titles to the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner’s fortunes changed in 1946, when Viking Press published",
                "The Portable Faulkner",
                ", edited by Malcolm Cowley, and the ML published",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "&",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "in a single volume. The two volumes contributed significantly to the growing recognition of Faulkner’s stature in the United States."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Evelyn Harter, who had been head of production at Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, stated in a 1978 interview that Cerf and Klopfer had been interested in publishing a ML edition of",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "or",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "in the early 1930s but took",
                "Sanctuary",
                "instead because plates had not been made for either of the earlier Faulkner titles (Harter, p. 7). When those titles were originally published in 1929 and 1930 it was cheaper to keep type standing against the possibility of a second printing than to make plates—and plates were available for",
                "Sanctuary",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Linscott told Cowley late in 1945 that the ML was considering a reprint of",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "(Linscott to Cowley, 31 December 1945). Cowley replied that he did not consider",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "to be one of Faulkner’s better novels and that he ranked it “way, way below”",
                "Light in August",
                ". He also didn’t like the idea of printing the two works in one volume and indicated that he would prefer to see",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "Light in August",
                "reprinted separately. He continued:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Several years ago, Faulkner sent Bennett Cerf his only copy of “The Sound and the Fury.” He had underlined it in several shades of ink, he tells me, to explain the different time levels in Benjy’s monologue. I don’t think that’s such a good idea either. [In its list for fall and winter 1933/34, Random House announced a signed 500-copy limited edition of",
                "The Sound and the Fur",
                "y with the text in three colors and a new introduction by Faulkner, but the volume never appeared.] But for the Viking Portable, Faulkner did a genealogy of the Compson family as an appendix, and it really clears up the doubtful points in TSATF. Why not wait a year, then reissue TSATF with that appendix? (Cowley to Linscott, 9 January 1946)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cowley wrote Linscott again a month later. Faulkner had informed Cowley that the ML planned to go ahead with its volume and wanted Faulkner to write an introduction and also wanted to use the appendix, “1699–1945 The Compsons” that Faulkner had written for",
                "The Portable Faulkner",
                ". Cowley indicated that he didn’t anticipate any difficulty in securing permission from Viking Press to use the appendix. He went on:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Another, auctorial, difficulty does exist, however, and I’m writing Faulkner about it. He hasn’t any copy of “The Sound and the Fury,” having sent his one personal copy to Random House some years ago, he says—and therefore he wrote the appendix from his memory of the novel. His memory was faulty at two or three points, so that the appendix has some inconsistencies with the novel that any reader would remark if they were printed in the same volume (they won’t remark it in the Viking Portable, however, since I used only 12,000 words of the novel). I’m going to lend him my copy of TSATF and tell him that he has to do some rewriting. But that’s only a temporary loan. You guys at Random House will have to get him a copy of the book somehow— either dig up the one he sent to Random House several years ago, or else advertise in Publisher’s Weekly (and be lucky to get an answer, because TSATF isn’t findable even in the second-hand bookstores), or else hijack a copy from some friend."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I hope he said that he won’t write an introduction. He’s no good at writing introductions, to judge from the little piece he did for the Modern Library edition of “Sanctuary.” That piece hurt him with the critics, because they hate to find they had praised a book which the author himself says was only written for money. (Zamatterafack [",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I’m still dubious about the book you are planning as the best way to start Faulkner back into general circulation. The dubiety comes from questions in my own mind about “As I Lay Dying,” which, disagreeing with Faulkner, I haven’t ever regarded as one of his best novels. Too much shifting about from one stream of consciousness to another. Not enough contrast with TSATF, both being stream-of-consciousness novels. I’d much prefer, let us say, “The Wild Palms,” to give a better picture of Faulkner’s range. “The Wild Palms” is a short novel too, under 80,000 words. Also, I think it’s a great pity that you are planning to issue the book next fall. Viking is putting a good deal of money into the Faulkner Portable—doing a very careful job on it—letting it run to 750 pages, as against the 600 they usually allot to a living author—printing a new map of Yoknapatawpha County as an end paper [paperback reprints of the Viking Portable used the map as a frontispiece]—and if the book gets reviews (as I hope it will) and shows any sign of selling, and if Viking is sure of an unobstructed year of sales, they might make a good advertising appropriation too, as they did for the Hemingway—and then the way would really be prepared for a reissue of Faulkner’s other books beginning in the spring of 1947. This business of relaunching him with the public requires cooperation rather than rivalry."
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            {
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                "I’m anxious for you to see the job I did on the book [",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "I look forward to reading the appendix to THE SOUND AND THE FURY, not only for its own sake, but so that I can understand why Faulkner wants it printed at the front of the book instead of at the end. . . ."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I don’t think I agree with you on the introduction. Of course there is a chance that Faulkner won’t do a good job, but, nevertheless, I think it would be interesting to have his own account of how he happened to write the books. Anyway, since we have already asked him and since he has agreed, I don’t see how we could draw back."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Neither do I agree on the subject of timing. I am sure the Portable will help the sale of our volume, but I am equally sure that ours will help the Portable. In other words, anyone reading either will be more likely to want to read the other."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "On the other hand, you come close to convincing me in re AS I LAY DYING. However, I do think it is a lot better novel as a whole than THE WILD PALMS, with lovely crazy passages of poetry in it (Linscott to Cowley, 15 February 1946)."
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                "(593), which prints the Appendix at the end of the volume (pp. 403–27). The Library of America edition of Faulkner’s first four novels (",
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                ",",
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                "The Sound and the Fury",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
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          "HEAD": [
            1947
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        {
          "GENERAL": [
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              "HEAD": [
                "General"
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Random House editorial staff increased in size after the war. Cerf had already lured Robert Linscott away from Houghton Mifflin in 1944. Frank Taylor and Albert Erskine joined the editorial staff in 1947 after becoming dissatisfied at Reynal & Hitchcock.  Saxe Commins, one of the great editors of his era, remained editor in chief of the Modern Library. Although officially in charge of the series at this period, judging from evidence in the Random House archives, his involvement was small."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales at Random House continued to grow. With Giants back in-stock after the paper rationing of the war years, sales increased from their low in 1945 of $92,085 to $544,632 in 1947. Sales of titles in the regular ML also continued to increase; $834,907 in 1946 to $946,415 in 1947."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "HEAD": [
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        {
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              "HEAD": [
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                "The Eustace Diamonds",
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Beginning in fall 1947 the retail price was printed on the top corner of the jacket flap where it could be clipped off easily, and the price was omitted from the back panel of the jacket. Since most of the jackets in stores still bore the printed price of $1.10 or even 95 cents, booksellers were supplied with gummed price-change stickers to be affixed to the flaps. These read: “As of April 15, 1947, the price of The Modern Library in U.S.A. is $1.25 a copy. Other markings void. The Modern Library, Inc.”"
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        {
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                "; Giants through G72; jackets: 329."
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        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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            {
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Crock of Gold",
                ", but was informed that Macmillan still planned to reissue it (James Putnam to Cerf, 8 May 1947). The Macmillan reprint appeared later that year. He also wanted Lytton Strachey’s",
                "Elizabeth and Essex",
                "for the ML, but the Harcourt, Brace edition was selling too well as a textbook. S. Spenser Scott of Harcourt, Brace wrote Cerf, “I am sure that you will agree that the Modern Library books do compete with the textbook editions—and well they should, because you have done a grand job on getting them into college stores” (Scott to Cerf, 24 September 1947)."
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            {
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                "Big Rock Candy Mountain",
                ", indicating that the plates were too large for the regular series and that it wouldn’t have sufficient sales for Modern Library Giants (Cerf to Charles Duell, 2 October 1947)."
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            }
          ]
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        {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "THE BEST OF | S. J. PERELMAN | With a Critical Introduction by | SIDNEY NAMLEREP | [torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "[i] half title; [ii] OTHER BOOKS BY S. J. PERELMAN; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, | 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, | BY S. J. PERELMAN | FIRST",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Non-pictorial in light yellow brown (76), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper; title in black on larger panel at top, with looming 4-inch “P” against a white vertical rectangle and other letters of author’s name against horizontal bands in brilliant yellow, all against light yellow brown background; “A MODERN LIBRARY BOOK” in reverse against smaller black panel at foot. Signed: McKnight Kauffer."
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                "10 May 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71. Reprinted (pp. [v]–xiv, 3–300) in Vintage Books, May 1973, using offset lithographic plates photographically reduced from the ML edition, with title, half title, and fly title reverting to",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Perelman royalties of 10 cents a copy, double the rate specified for a ML reprint in the Random House contract (Perelman to Cerf, 22 September 1946). Perelman wrote a new introduction for the ML edition under the name “Sidney Namlerep” and sent four additional pieces: “Physician, Steel Thyself,” “Pale Hands I Loathe,” “Insert Flap ‘A’ and Throw Away,” and “Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer.” He hoped that the additional pieces could be inserted within the text rather than added at the end but recognized that that might not be possible since",
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                "plates were being used. He also asked to change the dedication from “For Laura and Abby Laura” (his wife and daughter) to “To Robert C. Benchley” (Perelman to Klopfer, 2 December 1946). The dedication in the Random House edition was printed on the verso of the title page; the dedication to Benchley in the Modern Library edition appeared on a leaf of its own."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Perelman suggested McKnight Kauffer as the jacket designer for the ML edition. Five years earlier, after meeting with Saxe Commins in connection with his forthcoming book",
                "The Dream Department",
                "(Random House, 1943), he commented, “On the way out after leaving you, I looked at some of McKnight Kauffer’s jackets for Modern Library titles. He’s wonderful; I really would love to have him do a jacket for the book if it could be arranged” (Perelman to Commins, “Tuesday” [6 October 1942]). Kauffer designed the jackets for",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Perelman also emphasized that it was important to proofread",
                "Crazy Like a Fox",
                "carefully, and he asked for several changes in the text, of which the most notable was changing “total recall” to “O’Hara’s disease” (p. 53). Other changes included changing “rif ling” to “riffling” (p. 47), “jack boots” to “jackboots” (p. 88), and “compound fracture” to “greenstick fracture” (p. 184)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Negotiations concerning the publication of",
                "The Best of S. J. Perelman",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Random House published five books by Perelman between 1937 and 1946. His next book was published by Reynal & Hitchcock; thereafter he settled into a long-term publishing relationship with Simon & Schuster."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Logic: Analytica Posteriora (Posterior Analytics), translated by G. R. C. Mure.  Physics: Physica (Physics), Book II, translated by R.  P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye.  Psychology and Biology: De Anima (On the Soul), translated by J A. Smith.  Metaphysics: Metaphysica (Metaphysics), Books I and XII, translated by W. D. Ross.  Ethics: Ethica Nicomachea (Nicomachean Ethics), translated by W. D. Ross.  Politics: Politica (Politics), Books I and III, translated by Benjamin Jowett.  Rhetoric and Poetics: De Poetica (Poetics), translated by Ingram Bywater."
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            {
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            {
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                "There are two versions of the jacket, one with the designer’s name RIKI on the deep orange yellow panel, the other without the designer’s name. The earliest noted without the designer’s name dates from 1957. Some later printings of the jacket include the designer’s name, others omit it."
              ]
            },
            {
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                ", ed. Richard McKeon (Random House, 1941). All of the translations were originally published by Oxford University Press. Publication announced for January 1947.",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "De Partibus Animalium",
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                "Rhetorica",
                "(Rhetoric), Book I, Chapters 1–4 and Book II, Chapters 18–22. The format was 3/16 inch taller than the 7½ inch format the ML was then using. The volume was perfect bound rather than sewn, and it was bound in thin paper-covered boards—technically a hardcover under the terms of the contract, but for practical purposes as close as possible to a paperback."
              ]
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            {
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                5,
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                6,
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                10,
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "The play, based on Erskine Caldwell’s novel,",
                "Tobacco Road",
                ", was the most phenomenally successful production in the history of the American theatre. The novel itself has been one of the most widely read and discussed books of our time. Whatever controversies it has aroused, there has been no difference of opinion about its power and excitement. As the chronicler of the folkways of the impoverished South, Erskine Caldwell has re-created a world and a people with courageous realism. He has given us, in",
                "Tobacco Road",
                ", a novel of extraordinary appeal and merit. (",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tobacco Road",
                "is one of the most widely read and discussed books of our time. Brilliantly realistic in its picture of moral and physical decay among the impoverished sharecroppers and tenant farmers of the South, this novel has been universally acclaimed for its high literary merit and for its socially significant viewpoint. Throughout the book there runs a skillfully drawn thread of rich humor, imparting to the reader a sympathetic understanding of the shocking state in which many Americans still live."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "7–9",
                "]) which was not in Scribner printings. Publication announced for February 1947.",
                "WR",
                "17 May 1947. First printing: Not established. Discontinued 1969/70."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The reprint agreement for the ML edition was signed in May 1945 with publication scheduled for spring 1947 (Cerf to Charles Duell, 20 September 1946). The contract for the ML edition of Howard Fast’s",
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                "(379), which appeared in fall 1945, was signed at the same time. Details are not available about the advance paid by the ML or the initial royalty rate; in the 1960s the ML was paying royalties of 15 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Caldwell’s preface “After Ten Years” originally appeared in the 1940 edition published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce with black-and-white illustrations by David Fredenthal."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy. In 1957 Little, Brown noted that the retail price of ML books had increased since 1947 and inquired whether the royalty should be adjusted (Arthur Thornhill, Little, Brown, 17 September 1957). Later that year the ML began paying royalties of 12 cents a copy."
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            },
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "At the time of its publication in 1932,",
                "Tobacco Road",
                "aroused excitement and indignation with its grim picture of poverty, ignorance and moral degeneracy in a Southern poor white family. One of the first of the realistic novels of the Depression, it was among the most controversial. Profoundly influential in its time—both artistically and socially—",
                "Tobacco Road",
                "remains a landmark of American literature."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Caldwell, Erskine,",
                "God’s Little Acre",
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
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            },
            {
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                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                {
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            },
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                "|",
                "Copyright, 1903, by Houghton Mifflin Company.",
                "|",
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            {
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                "The Luck of Roaring Camp – The Outcasts of Poker Flat – Tennessee’s Partner – Brown of Calaveras – The Iliad of Sandy Bar – The Poet of Sierra Flat – How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar – A Passage in the Life of Mr. John Oakhurst – An Heiress of Red Dog – An Ingenue of the Sierras – Chu Chu – The Devotion of Enriquez – A Yellow Dog – Salomy Jane’s Kiss – Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy – Dick Spindler’s Family Christmas – An Esmeralda of Rocky Cañon – The Boom in the “Calaveras Clarion” – The Youngest Miss Piper – Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff – Lanty Foster’s Mistake – The Four Guardians of Lagrange – A Ward of Colonel Starbottle’s – The Convalescence of Jack Hamlin – A Gentleman of La Porte."
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), pale blue (185), strong red (12) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of a stagecoach stopping in a western town; title in black and strong red on inset moderate yellow panel, other lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A collection of [±This collection includes] twenty-five of the best stories of Bret Harte, outstanding chronicler of the turbulent [+Western] frontier. Here are the golden days of early California; the life of the mining camp, barroom and gambling hall, depicted with fresh and vivid color; here are Jack Hamlin, John Oakhurst, Colonel Starbottle and Salomy Jane; Poker Flat, Sandy Bar and Red Dog; here, in short, is a cross-section of American life at its most picturesque [±during its most adventurous and picturesque era], described in some of the best short stories that any American has written. (",
                "Spring 1947; [Spring 1959]",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection. Publication announced for January 1947.",
                "WR",
                "29 March 1947. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Linscott received a $250 advance against royalties of 3 cents a copy for editing the volume (Cerf to Linscott, 17 August 1944)."
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          ]
        },
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | EUSTACE | DIAMONDS | BY | Anthony Trollope | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], [1–2] 3–727 [728].  [1–23]",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
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            {
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                "Jacket:",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A revival of interest in the novels of Anthony Trollope is spreading all over the world. Readers of the Modern Library series have clamored for the inclusion of their favorites from the pen of England’s great story-teller, and the most insistent demand has been for",
                "The Eustace Diamonds",
                ". Accordingly, this 727-page novel about the beautiful but unconscionable Lady Lizzie Eustace and the greed that led her to theft and disaster finds a permanent place in distinguished company on the Modern Library shelf. (",
                "Spring 1947",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "WR",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf noted in his column in",
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                "SRL",
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1984– )  639"
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              "NUMBER": [
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            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                20,
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                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "EDITION, 1947; v–vii FOREWORD signed p. vii: CLIFTON FADIMAN |",
                "June, 1947",
                "; [viii] blank; 1–377 text; [378] blank; [379–384] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1947",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid red (11), grayish yellow-green (122), moderate olive green (125) and black on coated white paper with illustration of a man with pipe and cap standing at the rail of a ship with a gull in the foreground and the Statue of Liberty and more gulls in the background; author in black on vivid red patches, title in reverse, other lettering in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The 1930 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is now represented in the Modern Library series by three novels. The first two (",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "No. 42 and",
                "Babbitt",
                "No. 162) have maintained, year after year, a commanding place among the most popular books on the list. Now",
                "Dodsworth",
                ", Sinclair Lewis’s study of the American magnate in search of escape from the tensions of industrialism and in revolt against European patronage of America, is given permanence among the best of the world’s best books. Clifton Fadiman contributes a sympathetic appraisal of Sinclair Lewis’s work in his Foreword. (",
                "Fall 1947",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap rewritten:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sinclair Lewis’s study of the American magnate in search of escape from the tensions of his own industrial empire and in revolt against the patronizing attitudes of Europeans toward Americans is one of his most enduring novels. The recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 is nowhere so critical of his own countrymen and nowhere so proud of their genuine attainments. In this respect",
                "Dodsworth",
                "is a novel of protest and yet of irony; it represents Sinclair Lewis at his best as an observer and as a satirist. Clifton Fadiman contributes a perceptive and sympathetic appraisal of Sinclair Lewis’s work in his Foreword. (",
                "Spring 1962",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1929. ML edition (pp. 1–377) printed from Harcourt, Brace plates. Published fall 1947.",
                "WR",
                "10 January 1948. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "After following his editor, Harry Maule, from Doubleday to Random House, Lewis expressed the hope that",
                "Dodsworth",
                "could be added to the ML alongside",
                "Arrowsmith",
                "(254) and",
                "Babbitt",
                "(348). The ML tried to secure reprint rights in 1941, but negotiations with Harcourt, Brace were unsuccessful. Lewis then suggested",
                "Elmer",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Gantry",
                ", which apparently would have been available, but Cerf thought that any of his major works would be preferable (Lewis to Maule, 26 June 1941; Maule memo to Cerf, 27 June 1941; Maule to Lewis, 8 July 1941). Five years later Cerf approached Harcourt, Brace again, pointing out that Lewis was anxious to have",
                "Dodsworth",
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            {
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                "Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), deep yellow (85) and black on coated white paper; white panel at top with decorative band in deep yellow and black and author in black, moderate greenish blue panel at bottom with title and other lettering in reverse except series in black. Signed: Riki."
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                "It is a source of great pride to the editors of the Modern Library whenever a book universally recognized as a classic is added to the series. Such a volume, hailed for almost twenty-five centuries as a “universal history” by “the most Homeric of historians,” is Herodotus’ account of the struggle between Greece and Persia. Offered complete and unabridged in over 700 pages in the famous George Rawlinson translation, the work of the “Father of History” is available for the first time at a price within the means of every reader. Francis R. B. Godolphin, Dean of the College, Princeton University, provides an illuminating introduction. (",
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                "I, p. v). Ten years after the ML edition was published Linscott suggested the addition of a frontispiece map with the place names Herodotus used in italics and their modern equivalents in roman type. He thought that modern readers couldn’t follow the narrative without such a map (Linscott to Cerf, 15 September 1957). The map does not appear to have been added."
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            {
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                ", hailed by the critics of England and America with unqualified praise, soon became an international best-seller, and now in the Modern Library series it achieves the permanence it so richly deserves. (",
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                "The ML edition was suggested by Alfred McIntyre, the president of Little, Brown (McIntyre to Cerf, 30 December 1946). Cerf asked him to send a copy of the book and two weeks later offered a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to McIntyre, 3 January 1947; 17 January 1947). The ML had U.S. rights only."
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                "For many years the editors of the Modern Library have sought to include in the series a comprehensive volume of Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Now, through the co-operation of her original publishers, we are able to offer the passionate and mystical verses of one of the most original and appealing poets in the entire history of American letters. The romantic circumstances under which Emily Dickinson became a hermit and guarded her poems against publication during her lifetime are now a legend; her poems themselves are the real and lasting expression of her incomparable intensity and delicacy. (",
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "That violent and erratic husband, Henry the VIII, was a molder of history, a power-impelled dynast who influenced the destiny of England. Opportunist, bully and intriguer, political strategist and despot, self-appointed head of the national religion, executioner on a large scale, a man of insatiable lusts and uninhibited will, he ruthlessly dominated the country over which he reigned for thirty-eight years. Francis Hackett’s chronicle of his varied life and loves is a magnificent historical pageant and one of the most vivid and colorful biographies of modern times. (",
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                "The Sense of the Beautiful and of the Sublime – Dreams of a Visionary Explained by Dreams of Metaphysics – Critique of Pure Reason [selections from the Introduction] – Prolegomena to Every Future Metaphysics That May Be Presented as a Science – Idea for a Universal History with Cosmopolitan Intent – What Is Enlightenment? – Metaphysical Foundations of Morals – Critique of Pure Practical Reason – Critique of Judgment, translated by James C. Meredith – Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone, translated by Hoyt H. Hudson and Theodore M. Greene – Theory and Practice: Concerning the Common Saying: This May Be True in Theory But Does Not Apply to Practice – Eternal Peace.",
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                "now becomes a companion volume to those books which include the basic writings of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Confucius, Laotse, Schopenhauer, Pascal, William James, John Dewey, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, Bergson, Santayana and others. For this work, Professor Carl Friedrich contributes a brilliant interpretive introduction to the twelve essays in this volume, chosen to convey the essence of Kant’s metaphysical thought. (",
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                "This Modern Library edition offers a basic selection of Immanuel Kant’s writings on the metaphysics of morality and politics. Here, a series of lucid translations enables the reader to appreciate Kant’s towering importance as an ethical and social thinker and to understand his enduring influence on the shape of philosophy. The twelve essays in this volume have been carefully arranged by Professor Carl J. Friedrich to represent the range of Kant’s most essential writings."
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                "422c.  Reissue format (1978)"
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                "Title as 422a through line 6; lines 7–8: [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
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                "Pagination as 422a.  Perfect bound."
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                "Contents as 422a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, DECEMBER 1949 | Copyright, 1949, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright renewed 1977 by Randon [",
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                ":",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in grayish purplish blue (204) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Front flap with first paragraph as 422a jacket C; second paragraph adapted from last paragraph of 422a jacket C."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60465-2."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kant,",
                "Critique of Pure Reason",
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], 3–366.  [1–12]",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43), light reddish brown (42) and black on coated white paper with illustration of a wagon train heading west; lettering in reverse except author in light reddish brown, all against moderate reddish brown background. Jacket illustration by Winold Reiss; unsigned."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“The tour of curiosity and amusement to the Rocky Mountains” undertaken by Francis Parkman in 1846 became a journey of research and brought forth, three years later, one of the permanent historical records of American expansion. At first hand Parkman gathered from Sioux Indians, hunters and trappers the material which was to make",
                "The Oregon Trail",
                "as much a tale of adventure as an authentic chronicle of the frontier. Exactly a century after its first publication, it takes its place in the Modern Library series, introduced by a distinguished contemporary historian, Henry Steele Commager. (",
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "was originally scheduled for publication in the Illustrated Modern Library in fall 1947. Winold Reiss received $2,000 for the artwork. He had been commissioned to provide 10–15 full-page drawings, 10–15 fractional-page drawings, and small drawings for each of the chapter heads. All of the drawings except one for the binding were to be printed in two colors, terra cotta and black (Freiman to Reiss, 21 January 1947). The composition order was placed in May, shortly before escalating production costs forced the suspension of the Illustrated Modern Library. Paper orders were canceled in June for both",
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                "and Alcott’s",
                "Little Women",
                ", the other Illustrated Modern Library title announced for fall 1947."
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–464 [465–466].  [1–15]",
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            },
            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "*The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe – *The Red-Headed League, by A. Conan Doyle – *The Problem of Cell 13, by Jacques Futrelle – *The Case of Oscar Brodski, by R. Austin Freeman – *The Blue Cross, by G. K. Chesterton – *The Age of Miracles, by Melville Davisson Post – The Little Mystery, by E. C. Bentley – The Third-Floor Flat, by Agatha Christie – The Yellow Slugs, by H. C. Bailey – The Bone of Contention, by Dorothy L. Sayers – The Adventure of the African Traveler, by Ellery Queen – Instead of Evidence, by Rex Stout – The House in Goblin Wood, by Carter Dickson – The Dancing Detective, by Cornell Woolrich."
              ]
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            {
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                "The first six titles (indicated by asterisks) are retained from Vincent Starrett’s 1928 edition. The remaining titles are new."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in very light bluish green (162), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated cream paper depicting a figure in top hat walking at night through the deserted street of a town; background in very light bluish green, “14” (first part of title) and gas light in brilliant yellow, remainder of title and other lettering in reverse; backstrip in very light bluish green with title in reverse within brilliant yellow frame. Newly designed by Paul Galdone based on his 1940 jacket used with later printings of Starrett’s edition of",
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            },
            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In this newly revised edition, Howard Haycraft presents an all-star collection of tales written by the acknowledged masters of the art and science of crime and its detection. The cast: Edgar Allan Poe, A. Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Jacques Futrelle, Melville Davisson Post, E. C. Bentley, Agatha Christie, H. C. Bailey, Ellery Queen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Rex Stout, Carter Dickson and Cornell Woolrich. These names offer a clue to the quality of the stories, many of which appear in an anthology for the first time. (",
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Starrett declined the ML’s invitation to revise",
                "Fourteen Great Detective Stories",
                "(1928: 155), citing lack of time, the “wildly inadequate” fee offered, and his lack of sympathy with the hard-boiled genre which he thought should be represented (Starrett to Maule, 28 July 1946). The Random House editor Harry E. Maule then suggested Raymond Chandler or Howard Haycraft as editor of the revised edition (Maule memo to Cerf, 23 September 1946)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Haycraft retained six stories from the 1928 edition and replaced eight. In his introduction he noted, “The most striking single development in detective fiction during the 1920’s and 1930’s was unquestionably the growth of the American hardboiled school, best typified by the widely imitated novels of Dashiell Hammett. Unfortunately, no Hammett selection was available for the present volume, and none of his disciples has excelled sufficiently in the short story. The signs are not wanting that the hardboiled mode has by now passed its prime as a separate and distinct form” (p. xii)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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        {
          "HEAD": [
            1950
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In 1950 Random House launched a series for classroom use, Modern Library College Editions.  All of the early titles were taken from the regular Modern Library series. They were issued in paper covers and sold initially at sixty-five cents a copy—sixty cents less than regular Modern Library books. To enhance their usefulness as college texts, they were issued with new introductions commissioned from and directed toward the academic community. The authors of the new introductions were a distinguished group.  The forty-one titles that inaugurated the new series had introductions by such figures as Eric Bentley, Clenath Brooks, E.K. Brown, David Daiches, Bergen Evans, Francis Fergusson, Royal A. Gettmann, Gilbert Highet, Herbert J. Muller, Gordon N. Ray, Mark Schorer, Henri Troyat, Mark Van Doren, Edward Wagenknecht, and Morton Dauwen Zabel.  The new introductions were subsequently included in regular Modern Library printings as well."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Many of the notable publishing ventures that Random House has undertaken over the year have come about when someone at Random House—more often than not Cerf himself—perceived a need for books that was not being met. In contrast, there was nothing innovative about Modern Library College Editions nor were they a direct result of publishing inspiration. They were, quite simply, introduced to compete with another series that was beginning to eat into the Modern Library’s college market with their regular Modern Library series."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "That series was Rinehart Editions, started by Rinehart & Co. in late 1948. Rinehart Editions were paperback volumes of literary classics aimed specifically at the college market. Priced from fifty to seventy-five cents, they were substantially cheaper than the hardbound volumes of the regular Modern Library. Moreover, their texts were well-edited, with up-to-date introductions by eminent academics."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library College Editions were under the direction of Jess Stein. He selected the first group of titles for the College Editions from the Modern Library series through examining 1949 college bookstore orders from principle universities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Random House juvenile department, already well established with such authors as Dr. Seuss and Walter Farley, became even more important to the firm when the Landmark Books series on American History was launched in 1950."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Nine new titles were added and four discontinued in the regular ML series, bringing the total titles to 276. There were an additional 74 titles in the Giants. The Modern Library College Editions launched with 41 titles of non-royalty-bearing works."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Modern Library title pages continued to be designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the Modern Library’s regular printer."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels on the spine and front cover in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green). Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
              ]
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          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "$1.25."
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) James,",
                "Washington Square",
                "xAlcott,",
                "Little Women",
                "; Giants through G74; jackets: 347. (Fall) Alcott,",
                "Little Women",
                "xCicero,",
                "Basic Works",
                "; Giants through G75 with G57 Brooks,",
                "Flowering of New England",
                "; jackets: 348."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Gordon S. Haight of Yale University suggested George Eliot’s",
                "Middlemarch",
                "for ML College Editions and offered to write an introduction (Haight to Jess Stein, 26 January 1950). He wrote again six months later: “You will find all the contemporary English critics like Leavis, Pritchett, Joan Bennett, and the rest echoing Virginia Woolf’s opinion about",
                "Middlemarch",
                "as the great novel of the 19th Century. It is back now on the Cambridge Tripos, and within four or five years, will be a standard required book in every English course. The Everyman and World’s Classics series are the only ones that include it now, but by the time the Modern Library gets around to it, there may be others who have anticipated the change in critical estimate” (Haight to Stein, 15 June 1950). Jess Stein, who edited the ML’s new paperback series, Modern Library College Editions, indicated that it was too long to be published at the uniform retail price of 65 cents and noted, “There are some titles in the College Editions that do run long, but all of them so far are assured top sellers, while",
                "Middlemarch",
                ", although rated high critically, does not so far carry the same assurance of large sales as, say,",
                "Anna Karenina",
                ". . . . The status of",
                "Middlemarch",
                "on our list here is simply this: as soon as we have reason to believe that we can at least break even on",
                "Middlemarch",
                "we will include it” (Stein to Haight, 20 June 1950).",
                "Middlemarch",
                "(636) did not appear in the ML until 1984."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jess Stein suggested several titles for the regular ML, including Joseph Conrad’s",
                "Nostromo",
                "and",
                "The Nigger of the Narcissus",
                ", Theodore Dreiser’s",
                "An American Tragedy",
                ", George Eliot’s",
                "Adam Bede",
                ", Oliver Goldsmith’s",
                "Vicar of Wakefield",
                ", three works by Henry James (",
                "Daisy Miller",
                ",",
                "The American",
                ", and",
                "The Golden Bowl",
                "), Franz Kafka’s",
                "The Castle",
                ", Jack London’s",
                "Call of the Wild",
                ", Lucretius’s",
                "On the Nature of Things",
                ", Frank Norris’s",
                "The Pit",
                ", Henryk Sienkiewicz’s",
                "Quo Vadis",
                ", Ignazio Silone’s",
                "Bread and Wine",
                ", Edmund Spenser’s",
                "Faerie Queen",
                ", Henri Stendhal’s",
                "Charterhouse of Parma",
                ", Mark Twain’s",
                "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn",
                ", Edith Wharton’s",
                "Ethan Frome",
                ", Owen Wister’s",
                "The Virginian",
                ", and Emile Zola’s",
                "Germinal",
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                "Nostromo",
                "(1951: 438); Dreiser,",
                "An American Tragedy",
                "(1950: G89); Goldsmith,",
                "Vicar of Wakefield and Other Writings",
                "(1955: 476); Kafka,",
                "The Castle",
                "(1969: 610); and Spenser,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "(1964: G104). Twain’s",
                "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn",
                "was available as part of a ML Giant that included",
                "Adventures of Tom Sawyer",
                "(1940: G47) and in the 1980s was published as a volume of its own (1985: 642). Two titles on Stein’s list were former ML titles that had been discontinued: James,",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
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            },
            {
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                "(1950)  425"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wordsworth,",
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                "(1950)  426"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
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                "(1950)  427"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maugham,",
                "Cakes and Ale",
                "(1950)  428"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Light in August",
                "(1950)  429"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Richardson,",
                "Clarissa",
                "(1950)  430"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Alcott,",
                "Little Women",
                "(1950)  431"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Newman,",
                "Apologia pro Vita Sua",
                "(1950)  432"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kipling,",
                "Kim",
                "(1950)  433"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Maria",
                {
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                },
                "Chapdelaine",
                "(1934)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pearson,",
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                "(1938)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Porter,",
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                "(1940)*"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tomlinson,",
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                "(1928)"
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            "was withdrawn from the ML by Harcourt, Brace & Co. so it could be added to their own hardbound reprint series, Harbrace Modern Classics, launched in 1948. Harcourt, Brace never added it to the new series, and",
            "Flowering Judas",
            "was restored to the ML in spring 1953."
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
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          ]
        },
        {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Freud’s discovery that the dream is the means by which the unconscious can be explored is undoubtedly the most revolutionary step forward in the entire history of psychology. Dreams, according to his theory, represent the hidden fulfillment of our unconscious wishes. Through them inhibitions are released and tensions relaxed. The ability to interpret these manifestations of conflict in the human psyche has opened a vast new realm of investigation, particularly invaluable in the treatment of neuroses. By his pioneer investigations into the world of dreams, Sigmund Freud has created a transformation in our generation’s thinking.",
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                "is here offered, complete and unabridged, in the translation by Dr. A. A. Brill, who for almost forty years had been the translator and standard-bearer of Freudian theories in America. (",
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                "As jacket A except in brilliant yellow (83) and black only. Yellowish gray shading omitted from title, “By” in black instead of yellowish gray, “INTRODUCTION BY” in reverse instead of yellowish gray; other lettering on black panel as jacket A. Front flap reset with the following revisions in the second sentence: “fifteen” omitted, “finest” changed to “most distinguished”. (",
                "Fall 1955; Fall 1962",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.",
                "WR",
                "30 September 1950. First printing: 7,500 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Random House became Faulkner’s publisher in 1936 when it acquired Smith and Haas. At that time the only Faulkner title in the ML was",
                "Sanctuary",
                "(233), which had been selected in 1932 because it was the only work of Faulkner’s for which plates were available. No further Faulkner titles were added until 1946, when",
                "The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying",
                "(394) were published in one volume, printed from plates made from a new typesetting. The publication of that volume, together with",
                "The Portable Faulkner",
                ", edited by Malcolm Cowley and published by Viking Press a few months earlier, led to widespread recognition of Faulkner’s stature as a major American author. Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. The Modern Library edition of",
                "Light in August",
                ", published four years after",
                "The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying",
                ", became the third Faulkner volume in the series."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML reset",
                "Light in August",
                "because Smith and Haas had not made plates. All four Smith and Haas printings had been from standing type which had since been melted. The only previous reprint edition of",
                "Light in August",
                ", published by New Directions in its Modern Readers series in 1947, was photographically reproduced from the Smith and Haas edition and printed by offset lithography."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In addition to the first printing of 7,500 copies, printings of 429.1a were as follows: 5,000 copies (1951), 5,000 copies (1952), 5,000 copies (1953), 5,000 copies (1954), two printings of 5,000 copies each (1955), 5,000 copies (1956), three printings of 5,000 copies each (1957), four printings of 5,000, 10,000, 5,000, and 10,000 copies (1959), 10,000 copies (1960), 10,000 copies (1961), two printings of 10,000 copies each (1962). These figures have been compiled from scattered records of binding orders and printed sheets received; some records may be missing (there are no records for 1958) but the total of 127,500 copies for the period 1950–62 is probably accurate within 10,000 copies or so."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "429.1b.  Rovere introduction dropped (1963)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 429.1a through line 3; line 4: THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                4,
                "], [1–2] 3–444.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 429.1a except: [",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
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                4,
                "] Copyright, 1932, by William Faulkner | Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | All rights reserved | [short rule]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination and collation as 429.1b. Contents as 429.1b except: [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1932, AND RENEWED, 1959, | BY WILLIAM FAULKNER (",
                "Fall 1964 jacket",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket C:",
                "Uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper with lettering in vivid yellowish green (129) and black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "First published in October, 1932,",
                "Light in August",
                "was the seventh of Faulkner’s novels to appear. Unquestionably one of his masterworks, it has always stood near or at the top of any critic’s attempted listing of the author’s works in the order of their excellence or importance; and it will continue to be one of the most widely read, studied, and written about novels of this century. (",
                "Spring 1963",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The memorandum issuing the instruction to drop the introductions from ML printings of",
                "Sanctuary",
                "and",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "was dated 14 November 1962 (RHC box 538, ML spring 1962 folder). The introduction to Faulkner’s",
                "Light in August",
                "was also dropped around this time. Introductions appear to have been dropped when Faulkner titles in the ML began to appear in uniform non-pictorial jackets on coated white paper. The earliest use of the uniform Faulkner jacket was for",
                "Light in August",
                "in spring 1963. By 1967 the regular ML included ten Faulkner titles in white uniform jackets. Four, including",
                "Light in August",
                ", were existing ML titles that were outfitted in new jackets. Four titles—",
                "Selected Short Stories",
                ",",
                "Intruder in the Dust",
                ",",
                "A Fable",
                ", and",
                "Pylon",
                "—were new to the ML. Two,",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                ", had previously been combined in a single ML volume."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "429.2.  Offset lithographic printing photographed from Smith and Haas edition (1965)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "LIGHT IN | AUGUST | WILLIAM FAULKNER | [line drawing of shack with sunlight streaming through clouds] | [torchbearer H] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                8,
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                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                2,
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                3,
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                "] Copyright, 1932, by William Faulkner | Copyright renewed, 1959, by William Faulkner; 1–480 text; [481] biographical and bibliographical notes; [482] blank; [483–490] ML list; [491–492] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1965",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 429.1b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition (p. [",
                3,
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lines 1–3 of the title page are in open-face type. The title page drawing was used on Smith and Haas printings and subsequent printings from offset plates where the text is reproduced photographically from the Smith and Haas edition. The drawing is signed “RF” at the lower right but the artist has not been identified."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In addition to ML 429.2, printings from offset plates were published by Random House, April 1967; MLCE with an introduction by Cleanth Brooks, 1968; and Vintage Books, January 1972."
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Faulkner,",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1946–1966)  394"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "(1951– )  434"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
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                "(1955– )  473"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Faulkner Reader",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Selected Short Stories",
                "(1962– )  539"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Intruder in the Dust",
                "(1964– )  567"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "A Fable",
                "(1966–1971)  585"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Sound and the Fury",
                "(1966– )  593"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "(1967– )  596"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Pylon",
                "(1967–1970)  599"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Wild Palms",
                "(1984– )  640"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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                430
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                {
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                {
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                },
                {
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "430.  First printing (1950)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "CLARISSA | OR THE HISTORY OF A | YOUNG LADY | by Samuel Richardson | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | JOHN ANGUS BURRELL | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–786.  [1–25]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |",
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                "| 1950; v–xiv INTRODUCTION |",
                "by John Angus Burrell",
                "dated p. xiv:",
                "Columbia University",
                "|",
                1950,
                "; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–786 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in light orange (52) and black on cream paper with a small decorative drawing of a man and woman in eighteenth-century attire; lettering in black against light orange background except author on cream band below illustration."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The enormous influence of Samuel Richardson on the English novel has persisted for more than two centuries. His analysis of sentiment, his rich imaginative power, his insight into character, particularly feminine character, and his infinitely patient observation of the behavior and relationships of the people in his created world—these are the elements for which he is regarded as the",
                "first",
                "of our novelists. The overwhelming length of his masterpiece,",
                "Clarissa—",
                "over 2,000 pages in its unabridged form—has frightened away all too many readers. Under the skillful and perceptive editorship of John Angus Burrell of Columbia University, the substance and spirit of this great novel are retained and its prolixities and excesses are trimmed away to make a volume of over 800 lively pages. (",
                "Fall 1950",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Fujita pictorial jacket on coated white paper with inset illustration in vivid purplish red (254) and black of a woman wearing a bonnet tied below her chin, with “Modern Library Book” in reverse and Fujita “ml” symbol in black at foot of illustration; “Clarissa” in deep purplish red (256) and other lettering in black above inset illustration. Front flap as jacket A. (",
                "Spring 1967 format",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML abridgment. Published fall 1950.",
                "WR",
                "9 December 1950. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Burrell received a flat fee of $1,000 for his editorial work and introduction. Cerf asked for a book of no more than 600 pages with the manuscript to be delivered by 1 February 1950. He told Burrell: “This provision of size should mean that our condensation will be somewhat longer—and I know it will be better—than any other condensation now in existence” (Cerf to Burrell, 4 November 1949). The published volume exceeded the anticipated length by 200 pages."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Random House announced the forthcoming ML edition as",
                "Clarissa Harlowe",
                ". Burrell wrote to emphasize that the correct title was",
                "Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady",
                "(Burrell to Cerf and Commins, 23 February 1950). Commins wanted to use",
                "Clarissa Harlowe",
                "on the jacket. He argued that",
                "Clarissa",
                "was not enough to identify the book, that the full title was too long, and that everyone knew it by the incorrect title (Commins, undated memo to Klopfer). In the end the full title",
                "Clarissa or The History of a Young Lady",
                "was used on the title page but the running heads record the title as THE HISTORY OF [verso pages] CLARISSA HARLOW [recto pages]. The front panel of jacket A reads",
                "Clarissa",
                "| THE HISTORY OF | CLARISSA HARLOWE, THE FIRST AND | ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS | HEROINES OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The front panel of jacket B records the title as Clarissa | or The History of a Young Lady."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                431
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "LOUISA MAY ALCOTT"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "LITTLE WOMEN"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "431.  First printing (1950)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Little Women | BY | LOUISA MAY ALCOTT | ILLUSTRATED BY | ALBERT DE MEE JOUSSET | [line drawing of 4 young women] | [curved down] The Modern Library | [curved up] NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, [1–2] 3–596 [597–600].  [1–19]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1950, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | [short swelled rule] |",
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                "Edition",
                "| 1950; v Preface; [vi] blank; vii–viii Contents;  [1] part title: Little Women; | PART FIRST; [2] blank; 3–596 text with 42 line cut illustrations; [597–600] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Title in brilliant blue (177) and other lettering in black on coated cream paper with inset multicolor illustration of a young man talking to four young women. Illustration unsigned but probably by Albert de Mee Jousset."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Louisa May Alcott’s hope that",
                "Little Women",
                "would become “the most tattered, dog-eared, best-loved book in the library” has been more than fulfilled through the decades following its publication in 1868. Generation after generation, young people and their elders have read and reread the adventures of the March family, admired Jo’s daring, wept when Beth died and sighed sympathetically over Meg’s and Amy’s romantic adventures. Those who remember their youth and want to renew it keep a special place in their hearts for this nostalgic tale of a vanished time and spirit in American life. (",
                "Fall 1950",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.",
                "WR",
                "30 September 1950. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1955."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Little Women",
                "with illustrations by Albert de Mee Jousset was originally scheduled for publication in the Illustrated Modern Library in fall 1947. Jousset received $2,000 for the artwork, which included color illustrations as well as about 40 line drawings. The line drawings ranged from chapter heads to a double-page spread, but most appeared on pages along with text. The composition order was placed in May, shortly before escalating production costs forced the suspension of the Illustrated Modern Library. Paper orders were canceled in June for both",
                "Little Women",
                "and Parkman’s",
                "Oregon Trail",
                ", the other Illustrated Modern Library title announced for fall 1947."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "At this point the type for",
                "Little Women",
                "was in galleys (the text was set from the edition published in Grosset & Dunlap’s Illustrated Junior Library), half of the plates for the color illustrations were completed, and all of the line cuts had been made. The type was held for nearly two years until a decision was made in April 1949 to publish",
                "Little Women",
                "in the regular ML without color illustrations.",
                "The Oregon Trail",
                "(423) was also published in the regular series. The illustration on the jacket of",
                "Little Women",
                "is unsigned but is almost certainly one of the color illustrations Jousset made for the Illustrated Modern Library."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition appears to have been unsuccessful. There was a second printing in spring 1954 before the ML edition was discontinued."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
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                },
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                {
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                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[3 open-face Greek crosses in triangular pattern] | [2-line title within double rules] APOLOGIA | PRO VITA SUA | [below frame] JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN |",
                "“Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in Him, | and He will do it. | And He will bring forth thy justice as the light, | and thy judgment as the noon-day.”",
                "| Introduction by | ANTON C. PEGIS | PRESIDENT, PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF | MEDIAEVAL STUDIES | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv, [1–2] 3–430 [431–434].  [1–14]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc. | [short rule] | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | 1950 | 7-line nihil obstat and imprimatur, dated August 22, 1950; v–vi CONTENTS; vii–xiv INTRODUCTION | BY ANTON C. PEGIS dated p. xiv: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies | Toronto, Canada | August, 1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–276; [277] part title: APPENDIX; [278] blank; 279–355 ANSWER IN DETAIL TO MR. KINGSLEY’S ACCUSATIONS; 356–365 NOTES; 366–367 BIBLIOGRAPHY; 368–372 POSTSCRIPTUM | June 4, 1864; 373–390 CORRESPONDENCE, |",
                "&c",
                ".; 391–430 A Reply to a Pamphlet | by Charles Kingsley | “WHAT, THEN, DOES DR. NEWMAN MEAN?”; [431–434] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong red (12), light grayish yellowish brown (79) and black on cream paper with decorative illustration of cardinal’s hat in strong red and scepter; lettering in black against light grayish yellowish brown background except series on strong red border at foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The point of controversy, in 1864, between Charles Kingsley and John Henry Newman is now only incidental to what it produced. Out of it came one of the most influential religious autobiographies of Western literature, the",
                "Apologia Pro Vita Sua",
                ". It is far more than a vigorous defense of religious adherence; it is an affirmation of faith and conviction, a projection of a magnetic and powerful personality and a dynamic account of spiritual conversion. Anton C. Pegis, the renowned Thomist scholar and distinguished Catholic philosopher, provides an illuminating and perceptive introduction for Cardinal Newman’s masterpiece. (",
                "Fall 1950",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.",
                "WR",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf initially asked Jacques Maritain, whom Commins had suggested as a long shot, to write an introduction to",
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                "(Cerf to Maritain, 16 September 1949). Maritain either declined or did not reply. Cerf then turned to Pegis, who had worked with Random House and the ML in the past. At Commins’s request Pegis secured a nihil obstat and imprimatur on his introduction. Commins sent Pegis a copy of the original 1864 edition to mark for composition purposes (Commins to Pegis, 10 April 1950). Pegis initially hoped to include Newman’s corrections from the 1865 edition but decided to use the original text accompanied by the correspondence with Charles Kingsley (pp. 373–90) and Kingsley’s pamphlet,",
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              ]
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            {
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            },
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                "KIM | BY RUDYARD | KIPLING | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                4,
                "], [1–2] 3–345 [346–348].  [1–11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
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                4,
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                "|",
                "First",
                "MODERN LIBRARY",
                "Edition",
                "| 1950; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–345 text; [346–348] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in pale yellow (89), strong yellowish brown (74) and black on coated white paper with illustration of Kim in turban; lettering in strong yellowish brown and black against pale yellow background. Signed: FB."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Fifty years have passed since",
                "Kim",
                "enchanted the world with its insight into Indian life. Since then there have been countless books which described and interpreted that teeming land, but none has supplanted Rudyard Kipling’s radiant picture, with its people of high and low caste, in the hearts of readers, old and young. As a tale of picaresque adventure, as a pageant and as a social document,",
                "Kim",
                "is a classic in its own field. It is storytelling at its best, with all the vitality and color and appeal it first offered at the turn of the century. (",
                "Fall 1950",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1950.",
                "WR",
                "9 December 1950. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf first tried to include",
                "Kim",
                "in the ML in 1931, perhaps as a replacement for Kipling’s",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "(3) which had been discontinued several weeks earlier, but Doubleday, Doran was not ready to grant reprint rights (Daniel Longwell to Cerf, 17 February 1931). He asked again the following year (Cerf to Nelson Doubleday, 3 December 1932) with the same result. At that point he appears to have given up. The idea of including a book by Kipling resurfaced in 1949; a week later he decided it should be",
                "Kim",
                "(Cerf to Mina Turner, Doubleday, 9 November 1949 and 15 November 1949). This time Doubleday was willing to grant reprint rights."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Doubleday royalties of 10 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "433b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lines 1–3 as 433a | [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 433a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 433a except: [",
                4,
                "] lines 1–3 as 433a; [347–348] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1967",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Enlarged version of 433a jacket with initials of artist (FB) omitted, Fujita ml symbol added at lower left followed by “A Modern Library Book” in strong yellowish brown (74); Fujita torchbearer in strong yellowish brown added at foot of backstrip."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap revised:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Since its publication in 1901,",
                "Kim",
                "has enchanted readers young and old with its insight into Indian life. As a tale of picaresque adventure, as a pageant and as a social document,",
                "Kim",
                "is a classic in its field. It is storytelling at its best, with all the vitality and color and appeal it first offered at the turn of the century."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kipling,",
                "Soldiers Three",
                "(1917",
                "–",
                "1930)  3"
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            }
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          "TITLE": [
            "Modern Library 1951"
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            1951
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Modern Library College Editions, established in 1950, continued to grow during 1951.  The series maintained close ties with the regular Modern Library series during this time.  Most titles continued to be selected from the regular Modern Library series and adapted with new introductions for the college market. However, anthologies of works by Browning, Byron, Keats, and Shelley were compiled especially for Modern Library College Editions. The Keats and Shelley anthologies were also published in the regular Modern Library in spring 1951; the Browning and Byron volumes were added to the regular series in 1954."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ten additional titles were added to the College Editions in January, 1951. In contrast to the initial group of forty-one non-royalty bearing titles, several of those added in 1951 required royalty payments. Despite these additions, the Modern Library College Editions began to encounter difficulties in its second year. Production costs were going up and college enrollments temporarily declined as the pool of former soldiers attending college on the G.I bill exhausted. The series did not fully recover until 1956.  Thereafter, sales continued to be strong.  The series maintained its position in the 1960s when the regular Modern Library began to falter and continued throughout the 1970s after the regular series became moribund."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Twelve new titles were added to the series and two titles were superseded by more current editions.  This brought the total titles available to 288."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in the 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format with the stiff linen binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal, Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in gray, and the top edge stained to match the inset panels on the spine and front cover."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLE_PAGE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Title page"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Modern Library title pages continued to be designed by Joseph Blumenthal, the proprietor of the celebrated Spiral Press. He created the title pages himself, setting them at the Spiral Press and making electrotype plates for the use of the Modern Library’s regular printer."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BINDING": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Binding"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The books were printed by Parkway Printing Co. and bound by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The binding that Blumenthal designed for the ML’s 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format was introduced in 1939 and used through 1962. The bindings used smooth linen over stiff boards. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green) on the spine and front cover. Each printing of a given title was typically bound in a single color combination. The inset panels on the spine and front cover were framed in gold. Rockwell Kent’s torchbearer (facing right) was stamped in gold above the panel on the spine. The panel on the front cover had a second gold frame outside the colored inner panel, within which Kent’s torchbearer (facing left) was stamped in gold."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "$1.25."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Cicero,",
                "Basic Works",
                "xHowells,",
                "Rise of Silas Lapham",
                "; Giants through G75 with G57 not listed; jackets: 352. (Fall) Howells,",
                "Rise of Silas Lapham",
                "xDinesen,",
                "Out of Africa",
                "; Giants through G75 with G57 Melville,",
                "Selected Writings",
                "and G54 Fielding,",
                "Tom Jones",
                "; jackets: 358."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf wanted to include an abridged edition of Havelock Ellis’s",
                "Studies in the Psychology of Sex",
                "in ML Giants, but the ML was unable to secure reprint rights (Cerf to Klopfer, 17 March 1950; 22 March 1951)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Suggested titles that were declined included J. B. Priestley’s",
                "The Good Companions",
                "(Klopfer to William Rose, 12 February 1951) and",
                "Mark Twain’s America",
                "by Bernard DeVoto. In connection with the latter Cerf indicated: “Books of this nature just don’t seem to go in our series no matter how good they are” (Cerf to Hardwick Moseley, 6 April 1951)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "(1951)  434"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cicero,",
                "Basic Works",
                "(1951)  435"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Keats,",
                "Complete Poetry and Selected Prose",
                "(1951)  436"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shelley,",
                "Selected Poetry and Prose",
                "(1951)  437"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Conrad,",
                "Nostromo",
                "(1951)  438"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Oates and O’Neill, eds.,",
                "Seven Famous Greek Plays",
                "(1951)  439"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Whitman,",
                "Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose",
                "(1951)  440"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Six Modern American Plays",
                "(1951)  441"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Howells,",
                "Rise of Silas Lapham",
                "(1951)  442"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Proust,",
                "Past Recaptured",
                "(1951)  443"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Coleridge,",
                "Selected Poetry and Prose",
                "(1951)  444"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Saki,",
                "Short Stories",
                "(1951)  445"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DISCONTINUED_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Whitman,",
                "Leaves of Grass",
                "(94.1e); originally published in the ML as Whitman,",
                "Poems",
                "(1921: 94.1a).  Superseded by Whitman,",
                "Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose",
                "(1951)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Landis, ed.,",
                "Four Famous Greek Plays",
                "(1929: 178).  Superseded by Oates and O’Neill, eds.,",
                "Seven Famous Greek Plays",
                "(1951)"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Spring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                434
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "WILLIAM FAULKNER"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "ABSALOM, ABSALOM"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "!"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1951–"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    271
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "434a.  First printing (1951)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ABSALOM, | ABSALOM! | BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | INTRODUCTION BY HARVEY BREIT | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, 7–378 [379–394].  [1–11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                8,
                "[13]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |",
                "First",
                "MODERN LIBRARY",
                "Edition",
                "| 1951; v–xii INTRODUCTION |",
                "By Harvey Breit",
                "dated p. xii: New York | January, 1951.; 7–378 text; [379–380] CHRONOLOGY; [381–383] GENEALOGY; [384–385] map of Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha Co., Mississippi; [386] blank; [387–392] ML list; [393–394] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1951",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in strong blue (178), brilliant yellow (83), deep brown (56) and black on coated white paper depicting a woman standing on driveway to a mansion under a canopy of trees hanging with Spanish moss; lettering in reverse and brilliant yellow. Signed: PG (Paul Galdone). The ML jacket echoes George Salter’s jacket for the 1936 RH edition, which “creates an eerie view of a house through foreground foliage” (Hansen, p. 96), but is perhaps more effective in attracting prospective buyers to the book."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The editors of the Modern Library, responsive to the growing demand that as many titles as possible of the works of William Faulkner be constantly available, are proud to add",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "to the series. Originally published in 1936 and long out of print, this novel has commanded huge prices in the rare book market, but is now brought within the means of every book buyer. Considered by every critic one of the major novels among the nineteen volumes written by the recent Nobel Prize winner,",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "stands with",
                "Sanctuary",
                "(Modern Library No. 61),",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "(No. 187) and",
                "Light in August",
                "(No. 88) as a distinguished achievement in the literature of the South and of the entire world. (",
                "Spring 1951",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Random House, 1936, with folding map tipped in following p. 384. ML edition (pp. 7–[383]) printed from RH plates with fly title leaf (pp. [5–6]) omitted, blank page before Chronology omitted, page numerals (380–384) removed from Chronology and Genealogy, and map redrawn to fit the ML’s format. Published spring 1951.",
                "WR",
                "21 April 1951. First printing: 10,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "was out of print in 1950 and very difficult to find. Frances Steloff, proprietor of the Gotham Book Mart, wrote Cerf:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This is to serve notice that you will not have peace or rest until you promise to reprint",
                "Absalom, Absalom",
                ". We have been advertising for many months without receiving a single quotation. Now at last I get the enclosed [a quotation from a dealer offering a copy at $74.25]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I called the guy up just to see if he was serious, and sure enough the 25¢ is for postage and insurance, he explains, rare books must be insured. The last copy we sold for $20.00 and I thought we were robbing the poor customer, but there is no other way to lay hands on this title."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "We have a poor student in Germany who made great sacrifices to get $7.50 to us; about six months ago we thought we could supply one at that price. And so we keep on searching without success. It is as you must know the most important of all Faulkner titles, and Faulkner has been on the up and up for the last two years."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Will you take my word for it that it will be the best selling title in the Modern Library for a very long time. I had hoped to avoid annoying you and thought I would extract a promise from Saxe [Commins] but he passed the buck (Steloff to Cerf, [April 1950]; quoted in Morgan, “Frances Steloff and the Gotham Book Mart,” pp. 741–42)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Subsequent printings of 434a were as follows: two printings of 5,000 copies each (1952), 5,000 copies (1954), 5,000 copies (1956), 5,000 copies (1957), 7,000 copies (1959), two printings of 7,000 copies each (1960), 10,000 copies (1961), two printings of 10,000 copies each (1962). These figures have been compiled from scattered records of binding orders and printed sheets received; some records may be missing (there are no records of printings in 1953, 1955, and 1958) but the total of 86,000 copies for the period 1951–62 is probably accurate within 15,000 copies or so."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "434b.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Breit introduction dropped (1963)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 434a through line 3; lines 4–5: [torchbearer H] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                4,
                "], 7–378 [379–386].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–6]",
                32,
                "[7]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "] Copyright, 1936, by William Faulkner; 7–[386] as 434a.",
                "Note:",
                "Copies examined are in the Blumenthal binding which was last used for new ML titles in fall 1962. It took time to create new bindings for all of the backlist titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant",
                ": Pagination and collation as 434b. Contents as 434b except: [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER | COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.  (",
                "Letterpress printing; 1960s binding B; Kent endpaper in gray; uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "As 434a with flap text in sans serif type. (",
                "Fall 1963",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The front flap continues to include the statement, “Introduction by Harvey Breit.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Uniform Faulkner jacket on coated white paper with lettering in brilliant bluish green (159) and black; used on 434b variant."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                ", which was first published in October 1936, is William Faulkner’s ninth novel. This Modern Library edition, available since 1951, was printed from plates reproduced photographically from the original edition, and includes the chronology of events in the novel, the genealogy of the principal characters, and the map entitled “Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha Co., Mississippi,” prepared by the “Sole Owner & Proprietor” for the first printing. (",
                "Fall 1963",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The memorandum issuing the instruction to drop the introductions from",
                "Sanctuary",
                "and",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "was dated 14 November 1962 (RH box 538, ML spring 1962 folder). The introduction to Faulkner’s",
                "Light in August",
                "was also dropped around this time. Introductions appear to have been dropped when ML Faulkner titles began to appear in uniform non-pictorial jackets on coated white paper. The earliest use of the uniform Faulkner jacket was for",
                "Light in August",
                "in spring 1963. By 1967 the regular ML included ten Faulkner titles in white uniform jackets. Four, including",
                "Absalom! Absalom!",
                ", were existing ML titles that were outfitted in new jackets. Four titles—",
                "Selected Short Stories",
                ",",
                "Intruder in the Dust",
                ",",
                "A Fable",
                ", and",
                "Pylon",
                ", were new to the ML. Two,",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                ", had previously been combined in a single ML volume (1946: 394)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "434c.  Title page reset, offset printing (1964)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "William Faulkner",
                "|",
                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "| [torchbearer J] |",
                "The Modern Library",
                "|",
                "New York"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 434b. Contents as 434b except: [",
                4,
                "]",
                "This is a facsimile of the First Edition",
                "| Copyright, 1936, by William Faulkner | Renewed, 1964, by Estelle Faulkner and Jill Faulkner Summers."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As 434b jacket B. (",
                "Fall 1964",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Sanctuary",
                "(1932–1971)  233"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying",
                "(1946–1966)  394"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Light in August",
                "(1950– )  429"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Go Down, Moses",
                "(1955– )  473"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Faulkner Reader",
                "(1959–1990)  G93"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Selected Short Stories",
                "(1962– )  539"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Intruder in the Dust",
                "(1964– )  567"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "A Fable",
                "(1966–1971)  585"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Sound and the Fury",
                "(1966– )  593"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "(1967– )  596"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Pylon",
                "(1967–1970)  599"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Faulkner,",
                "Wild Palms",
                "(1984– )  640"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                435
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "CICERO"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE BASIC WORKS OF CICERO"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1951–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    272
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "435.  First printing (1951)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE BASIC WORKS OF | CICERO | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION | and notes by MOSES HADAS | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GREEK AND LATIN | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D4] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xxii, [1–2] 3–426.  [1–14]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1951; [v]",
                "Acknowledgments",
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                "; v–vi PREFACE signed p. vi: Whitney J. Oates | Eugene O’Neill, Jr.; vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xxv GENERAL INTRODUCTION | I. Tragedy signed p. xxi: W. J. O.; p. xxi (cont.): II. Comedy signed p. xxv: E. O’N., Jr.; [xxvi] BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] part title: PROMETHEUS BOUND | by | AESCHYLUS; [2] Characters in the Play; 3–4 INTRODUCTION; 5–432 text; 433–446 GLOSSARY; [447–452] ML list; [453–454] ML Giants list. (",
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                "Contents:",
                "Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound, translated by Paul Elmer More – Agamemnon, translated by E. D. A. Morshead.  Sophocles. Oedipus the King, translated by R. C. Jebb – Antigone, translated by R. C. Jebb.  Euripides.: Alcestis, translated by Richard Aldington – Medea, translated by E. P. Coleridge.  Aristophanes. The Frogs, translated by Gilbert Murray."
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                "The glory that was Greece is ours for the reading. Here is the rich heritage from the golden age of the drama. The tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and the comedies of Aristophanes are timeless. Today, as it was twenty-five centuries ago, the insight of these dramatists into the spirit of man and his relationship to nature, to society and to his own soul is deeply rewarding and stirring. The seven plays in this volume are unmatched in all the literature of the drama for intensity and magnitude and boisterous humor. (",
                "Spring 1951",
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                "Fall 1955",
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                "would differ from the Rinehart anthology in the following respects: “They have Euripides’ Hippolytus; we have Euripedes’ Alcestis. Both are highly regarded and are I think equally desirable. We have Aristophanes’ The Frogs; they have Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. We avoid the problem of obscenity in Lysistrata wisely I think for classroom use. We have Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound; they do not.”"
              ]
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
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            },
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
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            },
            {
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                "Leaves of Grass | AND SELECTED PROSE | BY WALT WHITMAN | [line drawing of lily of the valley]",
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                "|",
                "Introduction, by",
                "JOHN KOUWENHOVEN |",
                "Professor of English, Barnard College",
                "| [torchbearer E5] | The Modern Library · New York"
              ]
            },
            {
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                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
                "; v–xviii BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION | By John A. Kouwenhoven; xix BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; [xx] blank; xxi–xxix",
                "Contents",
                "; [xxx] blank; [1] part title: Leaves of Grass; [2] author’s note from 1891–2 edition; 3–760 text; 761–769",
                "Index of Titles",
                "; [770] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Leaves of Grass. Inscriptions – Children of Adam – Calamus – Birds of Passage – Sea-Drift – By the Roadside – Drum-Taps – Memories of President Lincoln – Autumn Rivulets – Whispers of Heavenly Death – From Noon to Starry Night – Songs of Parting – 1st Annex: Sands at Seventy – 2nd Annex: Good-Bye My Fancy – Old Age Echoes.  Selected Prose. Preface, 1855 Edition – Democratic Vistas – Preface to “As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free” – Preface to Centennial Edition – Poetry To-day in America – Shakespeare – The Future – A Backward Glance O’er Travel’d Roads – Specimen Days."
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                "s 94.2 jacket: Pictorial in dark olive green (126), grayish yellow green (122), moderate brown (58), pale yellowish pink (31) and black on coated white paper with inset illustration of an American eagle with an olive branch and arrows in its claws flying over sea and pale yellowish pink cliffs; title in grayish yellow green, author in reverse, series in black, all against dark olive green background. Designed by Warren Chappell; unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap as 94.1e",
                ":"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For more than three-quarters of a century Walt Whitman has stood unique among the poets of the world. Publication of",
                "Leaves of Grass",
                "in 1855 marked the emergence upon the world scene of one of America’s most noteworthy personalities. His poetry, at once the most intensely personal in literature and of the most pervasive influence, has taken its place among the sublime utterances of man. Appropriately, the introduction to the Modern Library edition of the complete",
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                "is not only a work of art but the capturing in print of the turbulence and tenderness of a poet’s personality. Whitman himself, conscious that",
                "Leaves of Grass",
                "was his own great monument, never ceased revising, polishing and adding to it, so that he could truly say to readers of all times, “Camerado, this is no book, Who touches this book touches a man.” The present edition by Professor John Kouwenhoven of Barnard College reprints the excellent and authoritative “deathbed edition” of 1892, to which has been added the posthumously published “Old Age Echoes” and a generous selection of prose, including all of",
                "Specimen Days",
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                "Spring 1954",
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                "Pictorial in light olive (106), strong reddish brown (40) and black on coated white paper with right profile drawing of olive panel at left; lettering in strong reddish brown, light olive and black on wider white panel at right; “Walt Whitman” in black script across both panels. Front flap as jacket A, rewritten text. (",
                "Fall 1958",
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              ]
            },
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                "Original ML collection superseding Whitman’s",
                "Leaves of Grass",
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                "WR",
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            },
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                "Originally published 1950 in MLCE and the following year in the regular ML.",
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                "(94) was on the first list of titles scheduled for MLCE. Kouwenhoven indicated that the ML needed a thoroughly revised volume of Whitman’s writings when Stein invited him to write a new introduction for the College Edition. Stein agreed and offered him a flat fee of $250 to select and edit the text and write the introduction, noting that the new edition would assure the ML of “a book considerably more desirable than that offered by any competitors, not only in terms of quantity of material but in terms of the more complete picture it gives of Whitman himself” (Stein to Kouwenhoven, 25 January 1950; 5 April 1950; 10 April 1950). Stein sent Kouwenhoven an additional $100 when",
                "Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose",
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                "in spring 1954; ML lists inside the jackets and at the end of ML volumes continued to list it as",
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                "Don Quixote",
                "(1930: 197), Giant (1934: G14), Illus ML (1946: IML 16); Dostoyevsky,",
                "Brothers Karamazov",
                "(1929: 171), Giant (1937: G34), Illus ML (1943: IML 2); Fielding,",
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                "(1931: 208), Giant (1940: G52), Illus ML (1943: IML 5)."
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                "Fujita pictorial jacket in deep yellow green (118), brownish orange (54) and black on coated white paper with inset black-and-white portrait of Whitman surrounded by title in deep yellow green; other lettering in brownish orange and black."
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                "Leaves of Grass",
                "was his own great monument, never ceased revising, polishing and adding to it, so that he could truly say to readers of all times, “Camerado, this is no book, Who touches this book touches a man.” This edition, edited by John Kouwenhoven, reprints the excellent and authoritative “deathbed edition” of 1892, to which has been added the posthumously published “Old Age Echoes” and a generous selection of prose, including all of",
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                "SIX MODERN | AMERICAN PLAYS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | ALLAN G. HALLINE | PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, | BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer E5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Emperor Jones, by Eugene O’Neill – Winterset, by Maxwell Anderson – The Man Who Came to Dinner, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart – The Little Foxes, by Lillian Hellman – The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams – Mister Roberts, by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan."
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                "Non-pictorial in strong red (12) and black on cream paper with collective title in reverse on strong red panel at top with decorative theatrical mask overlapping bottom of panel; titles of individual plays in strong red, authors and other lettering in black, all against cream panel at foot."
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            },
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
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                "Within the last three decades the American drama has challenged and overcome European domination in the theatre. The emergence of our internationally famous playwrights has won the world’s attention and respect. This volume, representative of the finest work of America’s foremost dramatists, brings together[+,] for the excitement and delight of the reader [+, a half dozen] plays in a variety of moods and forms: Eugene O’Neill’s imaginative",
                "The Emperor Jones",
                ", Maxwell Anderson’s tense",
                "Winterset",
                ", Kaufman and Hart’s satirical",
                "The Man Who Came to Dinner",
                ", Lillian Hellman’s bitterly penetrating",
                "The Little Foxes",
                ", Tennessee Williams’ sensitive",
                "The Glass Menagerie",
                ", and Heggen and Logan’s robust comedy",
                "Mister Roberts",
                ". (",
                "Fall 1951; Spring 1962]",
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              ]
            },
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                "Jacket A2:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML anthology. Published fall 1951.",
                "WR",
                "29 December 1951. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Six Modern American Plays",
                "was originally intended for Modern Library College Editions but was published in the regular ML instead and added",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "later to MLCE. Halline was offered a flat fee $150 for selecting the plays and writing the introduction (Stein to Halline, 10 July 1950). Halline, Cerf and Stein collaborated in selecting the plays. Halline began by suggesting Anderson’s",
                "Winterset",
                ", Kaufman and Hart’s",
                "The Man Who Came to Dinner",
                ", O’Neill’s",
                "Mourning Becomes Electra",
                ", Robert Sherwood’s",
                "There Shall Be No Night",
                ", Philip Barry’s",
                "Hotel Universe",
                ", and Sidney Howard’s",
                "Yellow Jack",
                ". Stein forwarded the list to Cerf, who rejected",
                "Hotel Universe",
                "and",
                "Yellow Jack",
                "and indicated his preferred for O’Neill’s",
                "Emperor Jones",
                "and Sherwood’s",
                "Abe Lincoln in Illinois",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein then wrote to Halline (22 September 1950) proposing Hellman’s",
                "Little Foxes",
                ". He also told Halline that he wanted a play by a new dramatist. As examples he listed Tennessee Williams’s",
                "Glass Menagerie",
                "or",
                "A Streetcar Named Desire",
                ", Arthur Miller’s",
                "Death of a Salesman",
                ", or Heggen and Logan’s",
                "Mister Roberts;",
                "his own preference, he indicated, was Williams. Halline approved",
                "The Emperor Jones",
                ",",
                "Abe Lincoln in Illinois",
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                "The Glass Menagerie",
                "(Halline to Stein, 28 September 1950). Stein then presented Cerf with the tentative lineup:",
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                ",",
                "Winterset",
                ",",
                "The Man Who Came to Dinner",
                ",",
                "The Little Foxes",
                ",",
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                ", and",
                "Abe Lincoln in Illinois",
                ". Sherwood’s play was dropped when Scribner’s refused reprint permission.",
                "Death of a Salesman",
                "was the next choice, but Viking Press wanted a higher royalty than the ML was prepared to pay.",
                "Mister Roberts",
                "was finally selected, in part because Random House controlled the rights. The ML paid royalties of 2 cents per play for the ML edition and intended to pay half a cent per play for the Modern Library College Edition."
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            },
            {
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                "In the end no editor was named and Halline was credited as author of the introduction only."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein informed Halline in June 1951 that the ML had decided to bring out the anthology in the regular ML rather than MLCE. He noted later, “The costs of the book are prohibitive as far as a Modern Library College Edition is concerned, although I hope we will in time be able to find some way of putting it into the paper-bound series” (Stein to Halline, 25 June 1951; Stein to Halline, 24 July 1951).",
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                "O’Neill’s",
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                "SIX MODERN | AMERICAN | PLAYS | [swelled rule broken at center] | INTRODUCTION BY | ALLAN G. HALLINE | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York"
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "The plays in this volume are an important milestone in the emergence of native American drama. Covering the period from 1921 to 1951, these works reveal a variety of moods and forms: [plays listed and described as 441a]."
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            },
            {
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            },
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                "SIX GREAT | AMERICAN | PLAYS | [swelled rule broken at center] | INTRODUCTION BY | ALLAN G. HALLINE | [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | New York"
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            },
            {
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                "Six Great American Plays",
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            },
            {
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                "; Stein indicated that if Stendhal’s novel were added to MLCE the introduction would be reserved for him (Stein to Kazin, 21 July 1950). He then asked Jacques Barzun, increasing the fee to $200. Barzun declined on the grounds that he was not equipped to do Howells justice (Stein to Barzun, 4 August 1950; Barzun to Stein, 9 August 1950). Stein succeeded on his third attempt. Clark received $200 for the introduction (Stein to Clark, 14 August 1950)."
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            },
            {
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                "Written in 1885, Howells’ story of the rise of a newly rich, socially aspiring family is generally regarded as the pioneer novel of American realism. Rejecting the symbolism of Melville and Hawthorne, and the false sentimentality of popular novels, Howells defined realism as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material . . . fidelity to experience and probability of motive.” In this light, he examines the Laphams’ response to the ethical problems posed by economic expansion, their conflicts with an admired and resented Boston aristocracy, and, to give a balanced view of the Laphams’ world, delves into the fields of finance, architecture, and even the details of mineral paint production. This novel still reflects an era in America’s development and offers a sharp, pertinent commentary on our national character."
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
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                "Swann’s Way",
                ", No. 59;",
                "Within a Budding Grove",
                ", No. 172;",
                "The Guermantes Way",
                ", No. 213;",
                "Cities of the Plain",
                ", No, 220;",
                "The Captive",
                ", No. 120; and",
                "The Sweet Cheat Gone",
                ", No. 260 are in the C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation, and this volume,",
                "The Past Recaptured",
                ", is rendered in English by Frederick A. Blossom. Each novel, complete and unabridged, is a separate entity and yet is an integral part of the grand design of Proust’s modern masterpiece. (",
                "Fall 1951",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "WR",
                "10 November 1951. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Swann’s Way",
                "(1928–1971; 1977–1982?)  166"
              ]
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            {
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            },
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                "(1933– )  264"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Cities of the Plain",
                "(1938– )  316"
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            },
            {
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                "(1941– )  340"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "(1948– )  408"
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            },
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                "SELECTED | POETRY AND | PROSE OF | COLERIDGE | EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | DONALD A. STAUFFER | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [1–2] 3–608 [609–612].  [1–20]",
                16
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            },
            {
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                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. |",
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                "| 1951; v–vii CONTENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xxiv INTRODUCTION | BY DONALD A. STAUFFER; xxv CHRONOLOGY; [xxvi] blank; xxvii–xxviii BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] part title: POETRY; [2] blank; 3–106 text; [107] part title: PROSE; [108] blank; 109–606 text; 607–608 INDEX OF TITLES; [609–612] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate reddish orange (37) and black on coated white paper with “Coleridge” in reverse on inset black panel; small black-and-white portrait of Coleridge below panel, other lettering in reverse and black, all against moderate reddish orange background."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For many years the editors of the Modern Library, in response to frequent suggestions from readers of the series, have sought a volume containing the representative writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Now, thanks to the scholarly [-and perceptive] research of [+the late] Donald A. Stauffer, [+who was] Chairman of the English Department, Princeton University, [-who contributes a brilliant introduction,] the best of Coleridge’s poetry, essays and criticism are here collected and arranged for the delight of the student and general reader. Included in this book of 636 pages are such favorite poems as “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Kubla Khan,” many odes, sonnets and hymns, as well as essays on Shakespeare, on philosophy, morals and religion [+, and Stauffer’s brilliant and perceptive Introduction]. (",
                "Fall 1951; [±Fall 1956]",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published 1951 in MLCE and later that year in the regular ML. Stein initially approached Earl Leslie Griggs of New York University about editing the volume, but Griggs declined on the grounds that he had edited an edition of Coleridge for Ronald Press some years before (Stein to Griggs, 12 July 1950). He then offered Stauffer $250 to prepare the MLCE collection (Stein to Stauffer, 4 August 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Commins told Stauffer before the book was published, “When the contract was originally made with you for the Modern Library College Edition of SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE OF COLERIDGE, we could not foresee the astronomical rise in costs nor had we any way of knowing the sales possibilities of each title in the series. In order to bring about some sort of balance between our outlay and the expectancy of sales, we have had to incorporate your volume in the regular Modern Library series, hoping thereby to retrieve part of our investment” (Stein to Stauffer, 28 June 1951). Stauffer received an additional $100 when the regular ML edition appeared."
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            },
            {
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                "Shakespearean Criticism",
                ", ed. T. M. Raysor (Harvard University Press, 1930). The remaining prose was set from Coleridge’s",
                "Complete Works",
                ", ed. W. G. T. Shedd (7 vols., Harper & Bros., 1853). MLCE printings acknowledged the Clarendon Press; the acknowledgement did not appear in the regular ML edition, which concerned Stein (RH box 783)."
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            }
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            },
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                "THE SHORT STORIES OF | SAKI | (H. H. MUNRO) | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | CHRISTOPHER MORLEY | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–718 [719–722].  [1–23]",
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                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC. |",
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                "; [2] acknowledgment; 3–633 text; [634] blank; [635] part title: Biography of Saki | BY | Ethel M. Munro; [636] note about Saki’s drawings signed: E. M. M.; 637–715 BIOGRAPHY OF SAKI; [716] blank; 717–718 INDEX OF TITLES; [719–722] blank."
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                16,
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                32,
                "[11]",
                16,
                "[12]",
                32,
                "[13]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 445a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1930, 1958, BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC.; [719–720] ML Giants list; [721–722] blank. (",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket A1:",
                "Non-pictorial in bluish gray (191), moderate blue (182) and strong reddish orange (40) on coated white paper with letters “S”, “A”, “K” and “I” in reverse on four patches in moderate blue (first and third) and strong reddish orange (second and fourth); other lettering in moderate blue, all against bluish gray background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“There is no greater compliment to be paid the right kind of friend than to hand him Saki, without comment,” writes Christopher Morley in his Introduction to this volume. Hector Hugh Munro, perhaps the best-loved among English humorists and short-story writers, has endeared himself to all kinds of new friends since his death in action during World War One in 1916. The 135 stories in this book of over 700 pages, with the Biography by his sister, Ethel M. Munro, and the Introduction by Christopher Morley keep alive the grace and felicity and whimsical satire of the man who effaced himself in the pseudonym of Saki. (",
                "Fall 1951",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Viking Press, 1930. ML edition (pp. v–718) printed from Viking plates. Published fall 1951.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "445b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 445a through line 5; lines 6-7: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination, collation and contents as 445a variant. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A2:",
                "Enlarged version of 445a jacket with background in pale yellow green (121) instead of bluish gray."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap with first paragraph adapted from first two sentences of 445a; second paragraph:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In his Introduction, Morley characterizes Saki’s style and wit as that of the “finest and driest of champagnes” blended with “the most elect of the still vintage wines.” It is this blend that has carried him through time to the present. The best of Saki’s short stories, collected together in this volume, coupled with the Biography by his sister and the Introduction by Christopher Morley, well deserves to be uncorked and savored until the last drop."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "445c.  Reissue format; offset printing (1977)"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 445b except line 6: [torchbearer M]."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            1952
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                "General"
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                "Two emerging trends shaped directions for the Modern Library in 1952: growth in the quality paperback market and initiatives by publishers to discontinue contracts with the Modern Library for reprint permissions."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Intimations of the developments in paperback publishing reached Random House in September 1952.  Jess Stein, who came to Random House after the war to work on",
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                "and stayed to work with reference books and college texts, was the first to alert Random House of the implications of this development. He alerted Lewis Miller in the following memo:"
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                "I now have a little more information about the Doubleday paperbacks which were the subject of the rumor I heard yesterday. This new series apparently will appear in April with 12 titles and prices will range from 65¢ to 95¢. The type of material in these books will be the kind that usually appears in the Mentor series (Stein, Memorandum to Miller, 18 September 1952)."
              ]
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                "Doubleday and Charles Scribner’s Sons were two of the publishing houses that withdrew reprint contracts for some of the best titles in the Modern Library during 1952.  The Scribner’s withdrawal was especially difficult for the Modern Library, since the titles were the best-known works of Ernest Hemingway. The firm had decided to promote its backlist more vigorously. When plans were made to issue Hemingway’s works in a uniform edition, Scribner’s decided to terminate the Modern Library’s reprint contracts."
              ]
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            {
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                "Cerf was dismayed at the news. Losing Hemingway from the Modern Library was an unwelcome prospect. As Klopfer stated later, “The Modern Library has enormous prestige as a series of literary books and there are very few living American authors who deserve to be included in it, and certainly Ernest Hemingway belongs there” (Klopfer to Darrow, 13 July 1954)."
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                "New titles were published in the standard 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format with the stiff linen binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal with Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in gray. Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green) on the spine and front cover. The top edge was stained to match the inset panels on the spine and front cover."
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                "; jackets: 360. (Fall) Cooper,",
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            },
            {
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
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                ", abridged by Bergen Evans (1952)  450"
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "(1952)  453"
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              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xliii [xliv], [1–2] 3–594 [595–596].  [1–20]",
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                "Ben Jonson considered John Donne the first among the poets of his time. That estimate of his seventeenth-century contemporary has been reaffirmed by critics and discerning readers today. The man whose life ranged almost incredibly from a dissolute youth to the deanship of St. Paul’s Cathedral left for posterity love poems, satires and sermons which still reflect Donne’s vigor, intensity and the extraordinarily wide range of his interests. This new edition, with an Introduction by Charles M. Coffin of Kenyon College, contains all of Donne’s poetry and a generous selection of his prose. (",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML could probably have bought a set of duplicate plates from Nonesuch Press, but Stein wanted a different sequence of contents (Stein to Coffin, 13 July 1950) and Coffin made some additions to the text. The ML typesetting was 180 pages shorter than the 1929 edition and therefore more economical to print."
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                "The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne",
                "was originally scheduled for inclusion in MLCE in fall 1951, but the College Edition was postponed and eventually cancelled. Coffin received a flat fee of $250 for his work on the volume (Stein to Coffin, 27 June 1950) and an additional $100 in spring 1952 when it was published in the regular ML. Stein explained the postponement of the College Edition as follows:"
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            },
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There has been considerable shuffling of our schedule of volumes in the Modern Library and in the Modern Library College Editions, and a number of titles which we had planned to bring out this fall are being carried over into next year. Among these is your edition of John Donne. Largely because of the increased production costs (and they have already, as you can well imagine, been disproportionately high for the sixty-five cent books), we shall have to space out the College Editions a little more than we have in the past in order to continue getting favorable printing arrangements. This change of schedule is a disappointment that I sincerely share with you, but the production aspects of low-priced books have become more decisive than ever before. (Stein to Coffin, 15 May 1951)"
              ]
            },
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                "446b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 446a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Contents as 446a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [595–596] ML Giants list. (",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Until this century, John Donne’s poetry was excluded from the mainstream of English literature. To his friend Ben Jonson he was “first poet in the world for some things,” but “for not keeping of accent deserved hanging.” Dr. Johnson and Dryden, each a cultural arbiter of his time, shared a low opinion of Donne’s work: according to Dryden, he “affects the metaphysics . . . in his amorous verses, where nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softness of love.”"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "But in the first three decades of this century Donne was the poet, more than any other, to whom British and American poets turned for inspiration in language and sensibility. This volume contains all of Donne’s poetry and a substantial selection from his letters and sermons, with a critical and biographical introduction by Charles M. Coffin.",
                "Note:",
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            },
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish olive green (128) and torchbearer in deep brown (56)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the twentieth century, John Donne has become one of the most influential and widely read of poets, for both his love poems and his sacred verse. This volume contains all of his poetry and a generous sampling of his prose, including “Ignatius His Conclave,” “Paradoxes,” Donne’s most famous sermons, “Death’s Duel,” excerpts from “Devotions” and many of his letters."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1977 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60440-7."
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            },
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            },
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–389 [390–392].  [1–11]",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark greenish yellow (103), deep yellowish pink (27), strong blue (178) and dark brown (59) on coated white paper with drawings of African animals and designs; lettering in dark brown on inset rectangular panel and horizontal band, all against dark greenish yellow background. Signed: K [probably Fritz Kredel]."
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            },
            {
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            {
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                "With a serene and classic simplicity Isak Dinesen tells of life on a plantation in Kenya. By the magic of her prose and her supreme gift as a story-teller she reveals the African landscape in all its vibrant beauty. She makes the strange ways of the country and its natives part of the reader’s own discovery and experience. Isak Dinesen’s remote farm cultivated far more than its coffee crop; it became identified with a rich personality as sensitive to the primitive people and the animal life of the Ngong Hills as it was to the ideas that stirred the outside world. (",
                "Spring 1952",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Originally published in U.S. by Random House, 1938. ML edition (pp. [v]–ix, [1]–389) printed from RH plates. Published spring 1952.",
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            },
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                "Title as 447a through line 4; lines 5–6: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv [xv–xvi], [1–2] 3–389 [390–392].  [1]",
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 447a with deep reddish orange (36) instead of deep yellowish pink and background in brownish pink (33) instead of dark greenish yellow; frame in deep reddish orange added with drawings and lettering slightly reduced to accommodate frame; spine in deep reddish orange with lettering in dark brown. Front flap as 447a except third sentence omits “strange” and substitutes “people” for “natives”; last sentence omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "ISAK DINESEN | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] OUT OF AFRICA | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 447a except: [",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on tan paper with title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on strong reddish brown panel; other lettering and woodcut by Stephen Alcorn in black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Out of Africa",
                "has perhaps brought more Western readers who have never visited that continent closer to it than any other book. With classic simplicity and a painter’s feeling for atmosphere and detail, Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen Blixen) tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya. Her adventures on safaris, expeditions to Nairobi, her roles as doctor to her neighbors and as hostess to strange guests, reveal a personality as sensitive to the primitive people and the animal life of the Ngong Hills as it was to the ideas that stirred the outside world. “When you have caught the rhythm of Africa,” she wrote, “you find that it is the same in all her music.” The natives, the mountains, the wildlife and trees, all were “different expressions of one idea, variations upon the same theme.” From the vast plains where the wild beasts roam to the snows of Kilimanjaro, from the foothills with the forest behind them to the dry-low country, the home of the giraffe and rhino,",
                "Out of Africa",
                "is a vibrant re-creation of the beauties of the African landscape and the ways of the land and its people."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1983 at $8.95.  ISBN 0-394-60498-9."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "Eighteenth-Century | Plays with an introduction by | RICARDO QUINTANA | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–484 [485–490].  [1–16]",
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              ]
            },
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            },
            {
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                "Contents:",
                "Cato, by Joseph Addison – The Tragedy of Jane Shore, by Nicholas Rowe – The Conscious Lovers, by Richard Steele – The Beggar’s Opera, by John Gay – The Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb the Great), by Henry Fielding – The London Merchant, by George Lillo – She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith – The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan."
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            {
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                "Front flap:"
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                "The modern theatre keeps a favorite place in its repertory for such eighteenth-century plays as Gay’s",
                "The Beggar’s Opera",
                ", Goldsmith’s",
                "She Stoops to Conquer",
                "and Sheridan’s",
                "The Rivals",
                ". Their gaiety, wit and charm make them as enjoyable to us as the latest Broadway hits. Equally appealing, though less frequently produced nowadays, are the other five plays in this volume. All of them make superb reading and offer great rewards from the treasury of eighteenth-century drama. Professor Ricardo Quintana, Chairman of the English Department at the University of Wisconsin, contributes an informative and penetrating Introduction. (",
                "Spring 1952",
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              ]
            },
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "WR",
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            },
            {
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                "Quintana received a flat fee of $200 for writing the introduction and selecting the plays (Stein to Quintana, 27 June 1950). The volume was originally scheduled for MLCE but appeared first in the regular ML. Textual note on p. [iv]:"
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            },
            {
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                "The Rivals",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "A few emendations have been introduced on the authority of other early editions. For the sake of clarity, a moderate number of changes in spelling and punctuation have been made; for the same reason, a small number of imperative stage directions have been inserted."
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "Eighteenth Century | [floral ornament] Plays [floral ornament] | with an introduction by | Ricardo Quintana | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | [torchbearer J] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK.",
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                ":  The 448a title page prints “Eighteenth-Century” with a hyphen; the 448b title page omits the hyphen."
              ]
            },
            {
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                32,
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                16
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Fall 1966",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Fujita pictorial jacket in pale orange yellow (73), strong yellowish green (131), deep yellowish pink (27) and black on coated white paper with silhouette in black of a servant powdering his master’s wig; collective title in black, authors and titles of individual plays in strong yellowish green, other lettering and single-rule frame in deep yellowish pink, all against pale orange yellow background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "This volume of eighteenth-century plays includes three of the foremost comedies of the period—",
                "The Beggar’s Opera",
                "by Gay,",
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                "by Goldsmith and",
                "The Rivals",
                "by Sheridan. Their biting wit and satire, combined with elements of farce, have made them enduring classics. Also included are five lesser-known plays of the period—two examples of early domestic tragedies:",
                "Jane Shore",
                "by Rowe and",
                "The London Merchant",
                "by Lillo; an early sentimental comedy:",
                "The Conscious Lovers",
                "by Steele; a pseudo-classical tragedy:",
                "Cato",
                "by",
                {
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                },
                "Addison;",
                {
                  "span": []
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                {
                  "span": []
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                "a",
                {
                  "span": []
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                "burlesque",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "heroic",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "tragedy:",
                "The Tragedy of Tragedies",
                "by Fielding. All eight plays offer a comprehensive collection of eighteenth-century drama. Ricardo Quintana, of the University of Wisconsin English Department, contributes an informative and penetrating introduction."
              ]
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–2] 3–303 [304–306].  [1–10]",
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            {
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                  "span": []
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with photographic illustration in black and yellow of a couple silhouetted on hilltop overlooking Los Angeles with the lights of the city in yellow; title at top in reverse, author and series in black on wide yellow band at foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Of the writing of books on Hollywood there has been no end. The only one that has maintained its permanence as a document and a dramatic revelation of the drives, hopes and frustrations of the film colony is",
                "What Makes Sammy Run?",
                "Budd Schulberg’s chronicle of the shady opportunist in the land of flickering shadows has become part of the established folklore of America. The question in his title has been incorporated into our common language and the name of Sammy Glick has become the accepted symbol for the aggressive and ruthless hustler and careerist. For the Modern Library edition of",
                "What Makes Sammy Run?",
                "the author contributes a new and illuminating introduction. (",
                "Spring 1952",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Random House, 1941. ML edition (pp. [1]–303) printed from RH plates with the dedication on p. [v] changed from “For Jigge” to “For Saxe Commins.” Published spring 1952.",
                "WR",
                "5 April 1952. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71.",
                "Note:",
                "Jigge was Schulberg’s daughter by his first wife."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Schulberg royalties of 6 cents a copy. Schulberg asked that the ML edition be dedicated to Commins (Schulberg to Cerf, 11 October 1951). The introduction was originally dated October 20, 1951; Commins changed the date to one closer to publication (Commins to Schulberg, 23 October 1951). The ML edition sold 11,300 copies through the end of 1955 (Commins to Alice Hackett, 15 March 1956)."
              ]
            }
          ]
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE LIFE OF | SAMUEL | JOHNSON | by James Boswell | ABRIDGED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | BERGEN EVANS | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D6] | [thin rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [thick rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–559 [560].  [1–18]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "; v–xv INTRODUCTION; [xvi] SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; [1] fly title consisting of partial facsimile of the title page of the 1799 3rd ed.; [2] blank; 3–5 DEDICATION | TO |",
                "SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS",
                ". signed p. 5: JAMES BOSWELL. | London, | April 20, 1791.; 6–8 ADVERTISEMENT | TO THE |",
                "FIRST EDITION",
                ". dated p. 8: London, April 20, 1791.; 9–11 ADVERTISEMENT | TO THE |",
                "SECOND EDITION",
                ". dated p. 11: [within brackets]",
                "July",
                "1, 1793.; [12] blank; 13–548 text; 549–559 INDEX; [560] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Statement on p. [iv]:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The text followed in this abridgement is that edited by George Birkbeck Hill, revised and enlarged by L. F. Powell, in six volumes, published by the Oxford University Press from 1934 to 1950. A few changes in punctuation have been made to meet the exigencies of abridgment."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Johnson",
                "is one of the monuments of scholarship, probably",
                "the",
                "great edition of any English classic. The reader who wishes to read the entire",
                "Life of Johnson",
                "is, of course, referred to this edition. We are grateful to the Oxford University Press for their gracious permission to use the Powell-Hill text in this abridgment. [",
                "The Life of Samuel Johnson",
                "comprises vols. 1–4 of the Powell-Hill edition; vols. 5–6 are Boswell’s",
                "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides",
                "and Johnson’s",
                "Diary of a Journey into North Wales",
                ".]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial on coated white paper with multi-color illustration of a London street scene with Samuel Johnson engaged in conversation at lower left; lettering in black with title and author on inset white panel at top. Signed: F. K. [Fritz Kredel]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Few men in history have ever been known as intimately as Samuel Johnson. Famous in his own time for his wit and wisdom, he has had the rare good fortune to gain a posthumous extension of personality and influence over a period of more than one hundred and sixty years. James Boswell’s boast that Johnson would “be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived” has been borne out in the greatest biography in the English language. To give the modern reader the spirit and substance of Johnson’s life and times, Bergen Evans, Professor of English at Northwestern University, has winnowed out the obscurities and irrelevances of the full text and kept its essence. (",
                "Fall 1952",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML abridgment. Printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published 25 May 1952.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML initially asked Frederick A. Pottle of Yale University to abridge Boswell’s",
                "Life of Samuel Johnson",
                ". Pottle indicated that he was badly behind schedule with Boswell’s",
                "Journal",
                "for McGraw-Hill and added, “I have no great enthusiasm for the task of abridging Boswell’s",
                "Life of Johnson",
                ". . . . I do feel that the work has artistic integrity and that to abridge it is to lessen its value. And I doubt whether people will buy an abridgement much more readily than the entire text. My guess is that the general public can’t be sold on any English classic; that is, that they buy only what they are told is novel. The principal sale of Boswell’s",
                "Life of Johnson",
                "will continue to be for textbook use in schools and colleges. For that use, I think the Oxford Press has the best offering: a complete reprint of Boswell’s text with a good index” (Stein to Pottle, 27 April 1951; Pottle to Stein, 7 May 1951; underlining in original). Pottle was referring to the MLG edition of",
                "The Life of Samuel Johnson",
                "(G2) which lacked an index."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein proposed three other possible editors to Cerf. The first was Bergen Evans, who had written the introduction to Sterne’s",
                "Tristam Shandy",
                "in MLCE (1950) and was the author of",
                "The Natural History of Nonsense",
                "(1946). Stein also suggested Joseph Wood Krutch and Louis Kronenberger, but he indicated that Evans was his first choice (Stein memo to Cerf, 9 May 1951). Stein wrote Evans, who expressed interest in the project. Evans had done his B.Litt at Oxford and Ph.D. at Harvard on Johnson. Referring to Krutch’s biography,",
                "Samuel Johnson",
                "(Henry Holt, 1944), he noted, “Krutch beat me to the book I would like to have written and did it better than I could have done it” (Evans to Stein, 29 June 1951)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein indicated that he wanted an abridgment of 210,000–230,000 words. “There is apparently a growing interest in Boswell and Johnson, and there is not at the moment a popularly available low-priced abridgment of Boswell.” He offered Evans a flat fee of $1,000 for the work (Stein to Evans, 10 July 1951)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Evans began working with the MLG edition of Boswell’s",
                "Life of Samuel Johnson",
                "(G2) but reported, “I made about thirty test borings into the first 150 pages of the Modern Library Giant and came up with a dismal number of errors. The sixth Malone edition, I have since discovered, is notoriously corrupt and I saw no great value in deciding whether the errors I found in the MLG were original with it or carried over from Malone” (Evans to Stein, 1 August 1951). The abridgment was made from the definitive Hill-Powell edition; Oxford University Press authorized its use with the condition that the abridgment had to be limited to about half of the full text (Stein to Evans, 8 October 1951). The permission fee, paid by the ML, was $100."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Evans told Stein in a long letter:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I’m enthusiastic about this project. I have cut the book down to about 220,000 words without omitting anything of serious significance and without having to make any changes whatever except, perhaps, a dozen capitalizations and substitutions of periods for commas or semicolons. I would be willing to bet a hundred dollars that no ordinary reader, not a Johnson scholar, could sit down and read this abridgement and then read the original and be able offhand to tell you what had been omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "What has been omitted are: Bozzy’s fatuous reflections (not all, but most; I’ve left a few as an antidote to the prevailing Boswellophilia); many of Johnson’s letters—not all, by any means, and no important one—mostly those to now-unknown persons . . . ; many of Johnson’s prayers and meditations . . . ; critical dicta and personal comments on minor eighteenth-century figures who are now utterly unknown to the common reader."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Evans explained how the cuts were made. He began by making his own cuts, then hired “an intelligent widely-read person who has done some writing of her own & has a good, philosophic mind & a sense of style but no particular knowledge of Boswell’s Johnson.” He paid her $100 to go through the Hill-Powell edition, indicating the cuts she would make to cut it in half. Then he compared her cuts with his. “Where we agreed, I let the cuts stand. Where she had cut something sacred to the Johnson canon . . . I restored it. Where she had left in something that I had cut—or where I had left in something she had cut—we discussed its interest to the common reader.” By this means the work was reduced from over 500,000 words to about 270,000. Evans then went through the text again, “sacrificing some of my less-cherished retentions. Up to 270,000, I believe, nothing whatever of any value or significance . . . was taken out. My new cuts reduced it to 234,000. Then I went over it with a nail file & took out parenthetical interjections that were irrelevant, even parts of sentences that were not necessary to either the sense or the rhythm—not Johnson’s sentences so much as Boswell’s—and sections in otherwise-desirable letters that were in themselves uninteresting, such as reflections on the weather, or a comment on some unimportant person.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "He concluded: “There has never been an abridgement of Johnson anything like it. It reads as smoothly as the original. . . . No solid thought or fine stroke of wit has been omitted. It really is a vastly readable and entertaining book and I’m quite serious in feeling that it might have a wide popular appeal (Evans to Stein, 18 November 1951; underlining in original).”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Evans’s abridgment was sent for typesetting in January 1952. Proofreading was done at Random House."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Life of Samuel Johnson",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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        {
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                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                {
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            {
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            },
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | PATHFINDER | OR, THE INLAND SEA | BY | JAMES FENIMORE COOPER | INTRODUCTION BY NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON |",
                "“Here the heart",
                "|",
                "May give a useful lesson to the head,",
                "|",
                "And Learning wiser grow without his books.”",
                "| COWPER | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–436.  [1–14]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.",
                "|",
                "First Modern Library Edition, 1952",
                "; v–vi PREFACE; vii–xi INTRODUCTION |",
                "by",
                "NORMAN HOLMES PEARSON dated p. xi: Yale University | August, 1952; [vii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–436 text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of Natty Bumppo and an Indian paddling a birch-bark canoe with green hills, white clouds and blue sky in background; title and series in vivid red (11), other lettering in black. Signed: Kidd."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Among the many suggestions sent to the editors for new additions to the Modern Library, one that recurs most frequently is for the inclusion of James Fenimore Cooper’s favorite among his Leatherstocking Tales. In response to that demand and because of the revival of interest in Cooper’s works,",
                "The Pathfinder",
                "becomes the first of his romantic adventure novels to appear in the series. This tale of Cooper’s gallant and resourceful wilderness scout mirrors faithfully the world of Indian warfare and romance of the early American frontier. (",
                "Fall 1952",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Lea & Blanchard, 1840. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1952.",
                "WR",
                "15 November 1952. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf considered including one of Cooper’s novels in the ML in 1948 with an introduction by Sterling Lanier of Harvard University. He solicited advice from Marion Bacon of the Vassar Cooperative Bookshop, Carlos Baker of Princeton University, John Burrell, Marion Dodd of the Hampshire Bookshop, Geraldine Gordon of the Hathaway House Bookshop in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Norman Pearson of Yale University, and George Stewart (Cerf to Bacon, etc., 3–4 June 1948). Pearson did not regard Cooper as a publishing “natural” at that moment but indicated that",
                "The Pathfinder",
                "would be a good choice if the ML wanted a work by Cooper (Pearson to Cerf, 5 June 1948). Lanier also favored",
                "The Pathfinder",
                ". The response as a whole was not encouraging and Cerf decided to postpone a decision. He wrote to Marion Dodd, “What to do, what to do? I must admit we are very much up in the air about this. The vote at present seems to be about three for THE PATHFINDER to one for anything else, but I can detect no particular enthusiasm about Cooper at all in the letters I have received” (Cerf to Dodd, 24 June 1948)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Three years later Stein wrote to several professors about Cooper and asked which titles were needed. Based on the responses he asked Cerf what he thought of a Giant containing",
                "The Deerslayer",
                ",",
                "The Pilot",
                ", and",
                "Satanstoe",
                ", which Robert E. Spiller had mentioned as his favorite Cooper novel. In the end",
                "The Pathfinder",
                "was published in the regular ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "GREAT GERMAN SHORT NOVELS AND STORIES"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
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                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "452a.  First printing (1952)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "GREAT GERMAN | SHORT NOVELS | and STORIES | edited, with an introduction, by VICTOR LANGE | PROFESSOR OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–486 [487–490].  [1–16]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.",
                "; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xxi INTRODUCTION | By Victor Lange; [xxii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–486 text; [487–490] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by William Rose – The Sport of Destiny, by Johann von Schiller; translated by Marian Klopfer – The Earthquake in Chile, by Heinrich von Kleist; translated by Victor Lange – The Story of the Just Casper and Fair Annie, by Clemens Brentano; translated by Carl F. Schreiber – The Cremona Violin, by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; translated by J. T. Beally – The Jews’ Beech Tree, by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff; translated by E. M. Bennett – Gods in Exile, by Heinrich Heine; translated by M. Fleishman – Immensee, by Theodor W. Storm; translated by C. W. Bell – The Naughty Saint Vitalis, by Gottfried Keller; translated by Martin Wyness – Plautus in the Convent, by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer; translated by William Guild Howard – Flagman Thiel, by Gerhart Hauptmann; translated by Adele S. Seltzer – A Farewell, by Arthur Schnitzler; translated by Beatrice Marshall – How Old Timofei Died Singing, by Rainer Maria Rilke; translated by M. D. Herter Norton and Nora Purtscher-Wydenbruck – The Burning of Egliswyl, by Frank Wedekind; translated by F. Eisemann – Three Minute Novel, by Heinrich Mann; translated by Victor Lange – Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann; translated by Kenneth Burke – A Country Doctor, by Franz Kafka; translated by Willa and Edwin Muir."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in vivid red (11) and gold on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset vivid red panel and two vivid red bands at foot, all surrounded by white background with decorations in gold. Based on design by Paul Galdone."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "From the time of Goethe to that of Kafka and Thomas Mann, the writers of the German short story have produced some of the most enduring classics of all literature. This anthology includes not only such striking examples of contemporary writing as Kafka’s “A Country Doctor” and Mann’s “Death in Venice,” but most of the classics from the grand tradition of the German short story in the nineteenth century. Two of the tales in this volume, Heinrich Mann’s “Three-Minute Novel” and Kleist’s “Earthquake in Chile,” in new translations by Professor Lange, are presented for the first time in a popular edition. (",
                "Fall 1952",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML anthology superseding",
                "Great German Short Novels and Stories",
                ", ed. Bennett A. Cerf (256). Published December 1952.",
                "WR",
                "10 January 1953. First printing: 3,000 copies were received for binding on 16 December; it has not been ascertained whether that represented the entire first printing. Discontinued 1974/75."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lange suggested a revision of the ML anthology",
                "Great German Short Novels and Stories",
                "after writing a new introduction in 1950 to Goethe’s",
                "Faust",
                "which appeared in regular ML printings as well as MLCE (1930: 200c). He told Stein that the anthology “is now about the only collection of German narrative prose in English translation that the student is able to buy. At the same time the selection is extremely unsatisfactory and the translation more than objectionable” (Lange to Stein, 31 January 1951). Cerf agreed that a revision was needed (Stein to Lange, 15 May 1951), and Lange submitted a tentative table of contents in September. Cerf and Stein approved the outline with two exceptions: two stories by Grillparzer and Eichendorff were omitted for economic reasons to keep the revised anthology from exceeding the length of the original, and they wanted to retain Storm’s",
                "Immensee",
                "instead of replacing it with the author’s",
                "Carsten Curator",
                "“because it has become a ‘classic’ in the minds of so many people.” Stein agreed with Lange that “the introduction should avoid being a collection of biographical sketches and that it should instead be a lively critical essay on the stories in the book” (Stein to Lange, 3 December 1951). Of the seventeen selections in Lange’s anthology, seven were retained from Cerf’s original anthology (Goethe’s “Sorrows of Young Werther” appeared in a different translation) and ten were new. Lange received a flat fee of $500 for his introduction, translations and editorial work. The ML paid the cost of permissions. New permissions fees were not required for selections retained from the original anthology, including Mann’s “Death in Venice” (see 256)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "452b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 452a through line 6; lines 7–8: [torchbearer K] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 452a.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–8]",
                32,
                "[9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 452a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [487–488] ML Giants list; [489–490] blank. (",
                "Spring 1967",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper; title in gothic characters in vivid red and black, other lettering in black roman characters."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front and back flaps:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "From the time of Goethe to that of Kafka and Thomas Mann, the writers of the German short story have produced some of the most enduring classics of all literature. This anthology includes not only such striking examples of contemporary writing as Kafka’s “A Country Doctor” and Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice” (in the brilliant Kenneth Burke translation), it also includes classics from the grand tradition of the German short story. Among them are Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” Schiller’s “The Sport of Destiny,” Kleist’s “The Earthquake in Chile” (translated for this edition by Victor Lange), Brentano’s “The Story of the Just Casper and Fair Annie,” Hoffman’s “The Cremona Violin,” Heine’s “Gods in Exile,” Keller’s “The Naughty Saint Vitalis,” Hauptmann’s “Flagman Thiel,” Schnitzler’s “A Farewell,” Rilke’s “How Old Timofei Died Singing,” and Wedekind’s “The Burning of Egliswyl.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“The balance between thought and action, good and evil, hope and despair is now perhaps more precariously suspended than ever before, and it is this disturbing but revealing modern sensibility that characterizes the stories offered in this volume by an impressive company of German writers.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "— from the Introduction by Victor Lange"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            },
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "short stories",
                "| OF |",
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                "| [thin rule] | TRANSLATED BY",
                "Willa and Edwin Muir",
                "| INTRODUCTION BY",
                "Philip Rahv",
                "| [torchbearer D3] | [thin rule broken by foot of torchbearer] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [thick rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxii, [1–2] 3–328 [329–330].  [1–11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1936, 1937, by Heinr. Mercy Sohn, Prague",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1946, 1948, by Schocken Books, Inc.",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.",
                "|",
                "First Modern Library Edition, 1952",
                "; [v] Contents; [vi] blank; vii–xxii Introduction | BY PHILIP RAHV dated p. xxii: New York | June, 1952; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–328 text; [329–330] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination and collation as 453a. Contents as 453a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1936, 1937, BY HEINR. MERCY SOHN, PRAGUE | COPYRIGHT, 1946, 1948, BY SCHOCKEN BOOKS, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [329–330] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1965",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Judgment – The Metamorphosis – In the Penal Colony – The Great Wall of China – A Country Doctor – A Common Confusion – The New Advocate – An Old Manuscript – A Fratricide – A Report to an Academy – The Hunter Gracchus – A Hunger Artist – Investigations of a Dog – The Burrow – Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in moderate bluish green (164), light purple (222), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with background in moderate bluish green covered with spider-web design in black; “Selected Stories of” in reverse on ragged patch in light purple, “FRANZ | KAFKA” in reverse lined with spider-web design, other lettering on ragged patches in vivid reddish orange at lower left and black at lower right; ragged reddish orange panel on backstrip with “FRANZ KAFKA” in reverse."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For several years the editors of the Modern Library have sought to include a representative yet variegated collection of Franz Kafka’s short stories in the series. Now, after long negotiations, fifteen of his best tales, selected and brilliantly introduced by Philip Rahv, editor of",
                "The Partisan Review",
                ", are made available to the ever-expanding circle of Kafka enthusiasts. The newly recognized master of obsessive fantasy, of symbolic narrative, stark and compelling in its reality, is represented in this volume by such memorable stories as “The Metamorphosis,” “The Great Wall of China,” “The Judgment,” “In the Penal Colony,” “The Hunter Gracchus,” “The Burrow,” and nine others of equal power and inexorable fascination. (",
                "Fall 1952",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Fujita non-pictorial jacket in vivid reddish orange (34), vivid yellow (82) and black on coated white paper with inset black rectangular panel containing title in vivid yellow and vivid reddish orange and other lettering in reverse; series in black and torchbearer in vivid yellow below panel, all against white background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "No writer in history has illuminated the dark and fantastic side of the human soul with the clarity and perception of Kafka, and this group of stories has been selected to reflect his finest and most representative work."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In his brilliant introduction to this volume, Philip Rahv writes, “Kafka so compellingly arouses in us a sense of immediate relatedness, of strong even if uneasy identification . . . because of the profound quality of his feeling for the experience of human loss, estrangement, guilt and anxiety—an experience increasingly dominant in the modern age.” Indeed, Kafka speaks to today’s world with a rarely equaled immediacy and directness of expression."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "These selected stories comprise fifteen of Kafka’s best-known and most typical works, including “The Metamorphosis,” “In the Penal Colony,” “The Great Wall of China,” “Investigations of a Dog,” and “The New Advocate.”",
                "Note:",
                "Ellipsis in original."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection selected from",
                "The Penal",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Colony",
                ", translated by Willa and Edwin Muir (Schocken Books, 1946) and",
                "The Great Wall of China",
                ", translated by Willa and Edwin Muir (Schocken Books, 1948). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published fall 1952.",
                "WR",
                "11 October 1952. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70. Reissued 1977–1990."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The negotiations that resulted in publication of",
                "Selected Stories of Franz Kafka",
                "took three years and were complicated by Schocken Books’ hopes to publish additional volumes of Kafka’s stories and uncertainty over the copyright status of Kafka’s stories in the U.S. Rahv began to plan a collection of thirteen stories selected from",
                "The Penal",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Colony",
                "and",
                "The Great Wall of China",
                "in 1949. Nahum N. Glatzer of Schocken Books appears to have agreed verbally to a $2,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for a ML collection. But when Cerf sent the contract Glatzer telephoned to say he couldn’t sign it and suggested resuming negotiations in six months (Cerf to Schocken Books, 28 November 1949; Glatzer to Cerf, 6 December 1949). Cerf replied that the ML would use other translations of the two most important stories and find other material to fill out the volume (Cerf to Glatzer, 7 December 1949)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Commins checked into the copyright status of Kafka’s stories and reported:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The right to issue the Kafka stories is far more complicated than we at first thought. Apparently, the German volumes are protected, by reciprocal agreement, if not by registered copyright, and the ownership resides in the Estate of Franz Kafka. Max Brod, executor of this Estate, must have given these rights to Schocken."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I telephoned Kurt Wolff, who was the original publisher of Kafka’s stories during the writer’s lifetime and he insists that any use of the stories—whether they appeared in American magazines or not, whether they were authorized or not, and whether their copyright is valid or not, could be litigated by Schocken. The translations other than those in the Schocken volumes are unauthorized."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kurt Wolff, out of his friendship for the house, offers to intercede with Schocken himself and try to persuade him to grant his permission for the use of existing translations or new translations of Kafka’s short stories. We should get Schocken’s consent or abandon the project unless we want to be on the losing side of a suit. I recommend that we make this attempt through Kurt Wolff and see what happens."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I have written to the Register of Copyrights asking for a search into the copyright status of all of Kafka’s short stories. (Commins memo to Cerf, 8 December 1949)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "After analyzing the report from the Register of Copyrights Commins reported: “The more we study it, the more apparent is it that Shocken [",
                "sic",
                "] has tied up American copyrights for the main Kafka items. There are a few, however, included in Rahv’s original Table of Contents which are not protected. These would require new translation, but there would not be enough of them to make the kind of book we want. We are convinced that the only way to get the book we want is to reopen negotiations with Shocken [",
                "sic",
                "]” (Commins memo to Cerf, 19 January 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kurt Wolff talked with Salman Schocken on the ML’s behalf and reported that Schocken had two additional volumes of Kafka stories in preparation which were supposed to be on the market “in a few months.” Schocken proposed that the ML wait one year after their publication and then make a selection from all four volumes. Wolff promised to follow up and help arrange the deal with Schocken (Commins memo to Cerf, 26 July 1949). Little had changed, however, when Wolff talked with Schocken ten months later. The two new volumes, one of which was described as a revision of",
                "The Great Wall of China",
                "with additional stories, were still forthcoming, and Schocken repeated his willingness to discuss a ML selection after these two books “have won the market” (Salman Schocken to Wolff, 17 May 1951; enclosed with Wolff letter to Commins, 21 May 1951)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf told Salman Schocken late in 1951 that he wanted to bring out the Kafka collection in April or May 1952 and indicated that the ML could produce its own volume of Kafka stories if necessary (Cerf to Schocken, 16 November 1951). Schocken’s position had not changed. On 7 April 1952 Random House signed a contract with Farrar, Straus & Young for the publication of a ML collection of Kafka’s writings including “The Great Wall of China” with an introduction to be provided by Random House. It is not clear which translations were involved, but Farrar, Straus & Young guaranteed that they were the owners of all rights granted. Random House’s attorneys transmitted the news to Schocken Books (Horace Manges, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, to Schocken Books, 24 July 1952). At this point Schocken capitulated."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML edition of",
                "Selected Stories of Franz Kakfa",
                ", reprinted by arrangement with Schocken Books and using their translations, appeared three months later."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Schocken royalties of 10 cents a copy, and Rahv received $250 for his introduction. The size of the first printing has not been ascertained, but subsequent printings were as follows: two printings of 5,000 and 7,000 copies (1953); two printings of 7,000 copies (1957); two printings of 7,000 and 10,000 copies (1959); 10,000 copies (1960); two printings of 10,000 copies each (1961); 10,000 copies (1962). These figures have been compiled from scattered records of binding orders; some records may be missing (there are no records for 1958) but the total of 107,000 copies for the period 1953–62 is probably accurate within 20,000 copies or so."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "453b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 453a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer K] | MODERN LIBRARY",
                "·",
                "NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 453a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 453a except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1952 | Copyright, 1936, 1937, by Heinr. Mercy Sohn, Prague | Copyright, 1946, 1948, by Schocken Books, Inc. | Copyright, 1952, by Random House, Inc.; [329] biographical note; [330] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 453a jacket B."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "453c.  Reissue format (1977)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 453a through line 7; lines 8–9: [torchbearer M] | THE MODERN LIBRARY—NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 453a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 453b except: [329–330] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56). Front flap as 453a jacket B."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1977 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60422-9."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kafka,",
                "The Trial",
                "(1961)  532"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kafka,",
                "The Castle",
                "(1969)  610"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            1954
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In 1954, Random House entered into negotiations with Allen Lane, the founder and head of Penguin Books in England, to explore the possibility of Random House’s acquiring the American branch of the firm. Initially, Random House was attracted by the idea of obtaining rights for the Modern Library of a number of new translations commissioned for Penguin Classics, a distinguished and highly successful series that began in 1946.  Several of the translations then used by the Modern Library had been criticized as outdated or faulty in other respects—Peter Motteaux’s 1700 translation, revised by John Ozell in 1719, of Cervantes’s",
                "Don Quixote",
                "; the Lang-Leaf-Myers translation of",
                "Iliad",
                "and",
                "Odyssey",
                "; Constance Garnett’s translation of Chekhov’s",
                "Plays",
                "; and anonymous translations of plays by Moliere and Ibsen.  Penguin Classics had superior translations of these and other works."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In March 1954, Klopfer received a letter from Milton Waldman of the British publishing firm Rupert Hart-Davis, who wrote that Lane had expressed an interest in arranging for joint publication of various classics with the Modern Library (Milton Waldman to Klopfer, 31 March 1954).  Jess Stein was given the job of examining the translations in Penguin Classics. He prepared a long memorandum for Klopfer in which he indicated which Penguin translations would be desirable for the Modern Library.  However, nothing came of the negotiations with Lane and in 1955, Random House launched the Modern Library Paperbacks."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eight titles were added and five were discontinued. This brought the number of available titles in the Modern Library to 298."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "New titles were published in the standard 7¼ x 4⅞ inch format with the stiff linen binding designed by Joseph Blumenthal with Rockwell Kent’s endpaper in gray.  Books were bound in red, blue, green or gray cloth with inset rectangular panels in a contrasting color (black, dark blue, red or green) on the spine and front cover. The top edge was stained to match the inset panels on the spine and front cover."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "$1.25 (January–March); $1.45 (April–December). All new 1954 titles were published after the increase took effect."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Byron,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "xBrowning,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "; Giants through G78 with G9 DeQuincey,",
                "Selected Writings",
                "; jackets: 370. (Fall) Browning,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "xFaulkner,",
                "Go Down, Moses",
                "; Giants through G78 with G9",
                "Great Voices of the Reformation",
                "and G56 Sterne,",
                "Tristram Shandy & A Sentimental Journey",
                "; jackets: 371."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library sought reprint rights for Rachel Carson’s",
                "The Sea Around Us",
                "(Klopfer to Cerf, 2 February 1954). Cerf asked Harcourt, Brace for Orwell’s",
                1984,
                ", but was informed that sales were too good for it to be let go (Harcourt, Brace to Cerf, 23 June 1954). William Collins and Sons contacted the ML about sharing the cost of translating the great Russian novelists for the ML and their Pocket Classics (William Collins to Klopfer, 9 July 1954), but nothing appears to have come of this. E. B. White wrote of a ML offer, “About the Bennett Cerf inquiry, I have no interest at the moment in collecting my ‘early work.’ Most of it is in collected form already, a lot of the rest of it isn’t worth collecting, and I’m not in a collecting mood, nor do I want a Modern Library man to start picking around in my spotty past” (E. B. White to Cass Canfield, 4 October 1954;",
                "Letters of E. B. White",
                ", p. 399)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "The ML used the translation of S. G. C. Middlemore which was in the public domain in the United States but copyrighted in Britain. Cerf offered George Allen & Unwin, publishers of the British edition, a courtesy fee of $500. “Frankly,” he wrote, “we do not foresee any considerable sale for this work, but it is the kind of solid title that will balance some other items that have greater commercial possibilities but less solid literary value” (Cerf to Stanley Unwin, 22 October 1953). The ML edition was published by arrangement with George Allen & Unwin and includes the following textual note: “This translation by S. G. C. Middlemore was published in 1878 and is a complete and unabridged rendering of the second original edition. Minor errors shown by comparison with the first edition have been corrected by Ludwig Goldscheider, who has also made the selection from Burckhardt’s notes and has added to them the explanatory and bibliographical material preceded by asterisks” (p. [iv])."
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                "Jacob Burckhardt’s essay, as he called it, was first published in 1860, and as Hajo Holborn writes in his introduction, “it has remained the greatest single book ever written on the history of Italy between 1350 and 1550. . . . It created methods of reviving the past which will have a lasting influence on the writing of history. Finally, it opened a deep view of the relationship between the human individual and the forces of history.” Rich in its detailed account of the arts, fashions, manners and thought of one of the most innovative eras in human history, this brilliant panorama of Renaissance life is also a thorough examination of the nature of civilization and of man’s place within it. Burckhardt’s encyclopedic knowledge, his mastery of style, and his genius for synthesis make this one of the few great classics of history."
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                "The writer of some of the most beautiful lyric poems in English and a romantic, almost legendary figure in his own right, Lord Byron is known to many of us as both a creator and archetype of the melancholy, world-weary wanderer in literature to whom he unwittingly bequeathed his own name, the “Byronic hero.” Such is the figure revealed in the cantos of",
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                32,
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            },
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            },
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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            },
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [1–2] 3–373 [374].  [1–12]",
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                "Pictorial in dark red (16), brilliant yellow (83), strong bluish green (160) and black on coated white paper with title in strong bluish green and black, illustration of a sheet of paper, pencil and a vase of flowers on a window sill with skyscrapers in distance, all on inset white panel bordered in dark red; additional lettering in reverse below panel. Signed: PG [Paul Galdone]."
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xiv], 1–456 [457–466].  [1–15]",
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                "Pictorial in light yellowish brown (76), strong green (141), vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration of two men in turbans, one on horseback and the other with a walking stick, on inset panel within borders in vivid red, strong green, and light yellowish brown; lettering in black. Signed: F.K. [Fritz Kredel]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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                "All the elements for thoroughgoing entertainment can be found in this book. The story is laid in nineteenth-century Persia, a romantic land remote geographically and in way of life from the western world. It is peopled with potentates and slave girls, robbers and rogues and—above all—a hero, a resourceful, tongue-in-cheek rascal named Hajji Baba. This adventurer’s ups and (mostly) downs take him through every employment from barber to executioner, into caravans, harems, and camps, and introduce him, and us, to every type of individual in the human comedy. We may suspect, as we pursue our hero from one crisis to another, that James Morier is using these tales to comment on the pride, affectation, hypocrisy and chicanery which are universal in human nature, but Hajji Baba himself asks only a relaxed and sympathetic listener for the varied episodes of his career. (",
                "Spring 1954",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published 1824. ML edition (pp. [xi]–456) printed from plates of the Cresset Press edition (or a duplicate set of the Cresset plates) published in London, 1949, with the introduction by Richard Jennings and the bibliography omitted, Altick’s introduction added, roman page numerals removed from table of contents, alphabetical signatures removed from text pages (except p. 3, where “A.H.B.” [",
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                "] appears at the left of the bottom margin and the signature “C” appears at the right), and initials “P. P.” removed from p. 456 following the end of the text. Published spring 1954.",
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                "10 April 1954. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1960."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "For more than two thousand years, the",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "This book spans more than twelve centuries of writing to present the rich heritage of Irish literature. Beginning with the first traces of Celtic literature written in the margins of medieval manuscripts by scribes of the seventh and eighth centuries, it continues through the great cycles of mythology and romance whose heroes’ names are poetry themselves—Cuchulain, who fought with the sea, Mad Sweeney, and Deirdre of the Sorrows. There are tales and poems that celebrate the love of freedom and reckless heroism of Irish patriots, and there are quiet stories of the hedge schoolmasters, the gentry, and the people of the Irish countryside. Finally come the modern writers—Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, Synge, O’Casey, Gogarty, O’Connor and many others—who write in English but whose deep consciousness of the Celtic past makes them unmistakably Irish. (",
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                "Greene received a flat fee of $750 for his work on the anthology. The permissions budget was limited to $1,500, and the scope of the anthology was reduced as a result. Greene wanted to include twenty-one poems by Yeats, but Macmillan, Yeats’s American publisher, wanted $25 per poem for American rights and A. P. Watt, the agent for the Yeats estate, wanted an additional $20 per poem for world rights. The number of Yeats poems was cut to eleven and Watt reduced its fee to $12.50 per poem, but this was still too much for the budget. In the end the ML limited the sales territory for",
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                "Any one of the stories in this volume, by itself, would identify Eudora Welty as one of the most unusual short-story writers of our times. But only from the succession of story upon story, with startling variations of pace, style, and mood, comes a truer appreciation of the power and versatility of the artist. The twenty-five stories in this volume may range from the quietly understated narrative of “A Worn Path” to the breezily vulgar dialogue of “Petrified Man” or the thematic counterpoint of “Powerhouse,” but they all alike express their author’s talent and perception. The basic material of Miss Welty’s stories is her observation of human experience in her native South, but with great technical skill and psychological subtlety she succeeds not only in recreating that experience but in measuring its impact on the persons involved.",
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            },
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                "does not appear on lists of titles selling fewer than 2,000 copies a year that the ML began to maintain in the late 1960s, and it sold 2,400 copies in 1970. When the ML cut its list from nearly 500 titles in 1970 to fewer than 140 in the mid-1970s, it was one of the titles that survived."
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                "Anna Freud and Maxwell Gitelson refused to allow their writings to appear between the covers of an anthology that also included selections by their rivals. Thompson wanted to include Gitelson’s article, “The Emotional Position of the Analyst in the Psychoanalytical Tradition.” Gitelson noted that of the contemporary figures in Thompson’s tentative table of contents, only “A. Freud, Erikson, Kris, Sharpe, and—by & large, Klein and Balint—carry on in the main direction of psychoanalysis.” He continued:"
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                "Copyright renewed 1968, 1969, 1970 by Estelle Faulkner | and Jill Faulkner Summers; [384] blank; [385–386] ML Giants list; [387–392] ML list with first two pages on [391–392]. (",
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                "“The best compilation of light verse ever made . . . witty and exciting, skillfully edited and brilliantly arranged.” LOUIS UNTERMEYER"
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                "with",
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                "as a subtitle (Cerf to Tom Coward, 16 July 1954). But McCord asked Cerf to retain the original title. “I gave five years of enormously hard work into the making of that book,” he wrote. “I loved the title at the time. . . .",
                "What Cheer",
                "is short and sweet and was very easily absorbed by my readers and correspondents. I wanted it to become the name of an approximate classic in the field. I think, too, that since this is my one little monument to scholarship (the notes, I mean) I feel all the more strongly that I should hang on to the title for sentimental reasons” (McCord to Cerf, 21 July 1954)."
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            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Letter to My Lord Treasurer Burghley – Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral – Of the Interpretation of Nature – The Advancement of Learning – The Clue to the Maze – The Wisdom of the Ancients (selections) – The Great Instauration – The New Organon: Preface and Book I – A Prayer, or Psalm – New Atlantis."
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "We live today in a world made possible by modern science. Our world bears little outward relation to the one surveyed by Francis Bacon when, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, he issued his call for the advancement of learning through the method of inductive science. Yet it is precisely his spirit of scientific experimentation which has become the foundation of modern science and, therefore, of the modern world itself. It is then very worth our while to read this volume of Bacon’s greatest writings—the",
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                ", the",
                "Novum Organum",
                ", the",
                "New Atlantis",
                "and the famous",
                "Essays",
                ", which show his keen insight into the practical problems of human conduct as well as his mastery of English prose. Professor Dick of the University of California has used various shorter pieces to link these major works and produce in one volume a coherent intellectual autobiography of a great mind. (",
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                "Works",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "Few figures hold a firmer place in the affections of their readers than Oliver Goldsmith. The endearing qualities of his writings and of the man himself are the same—the simple charm of the essays from",
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                ", the tenderness of",
                "The Vicar of Wakefield",
                ", the compassion of",
                "The Deserted Village",
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                "She Stoops to Conquer",
                ". An indifferent student in his youth, of law, medicine, and pedagogy, he became an honor graduate of the school of human weakness and suffering—for which the eighteenth century provided ample classrooms. When he finally turned to literature, his experiences were not expressed with the satirist’s biting ridicule but with the genuine warmth, humanity, and humor which have made him a beloved friend of generations of readers. (",
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                "Stein initially asked Katherine C. Balderston of Wellesley College to edit a Goldsmith volume for the ML, but she was too busy (Stein to Balderston, 19 May 1952). Some months later he contacted Hilles, who had written the introduction to",
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                "“The text of the present edition . . . is based on the earliest version of each selection. . . . Some of the additions which Goldsmith made at a later date have been included, but these are set off within square brackets. An attempt has been made to preserve the original spelling with all its inconsistencies, but obvious misprints have been silently corrected, and some of the long paragraphs in the early essays have been split up. Considerable liberty has been taken with such quirks of the printer as the use of italics, initial capital letters, and punctuation.” (Editorial Note, p. xxiii)"
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                "Desire",
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                "by",
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                "A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams – Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller – Come Back, Little Sheba, by William Inge – The Seven Year Itch, by George Axelrod – Tea and Sympathy, by Robert Anderson – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, by Herman Wouk."
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                "The American theatre has rarely been as rich in achievement and promise as it is today. A brilliant group of new dramatists has come forward during the last few years, and their works—produced here and abroad—bear out the reputation of our stage as an alive, dynamic force. Six of the best plays by six of the finest new talents are included here: “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams; “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller; “The Seven Year Itch” by George Axelrod; “Come Back, Little Sheba” by William Inge; and “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” by Herman Wouk. To read these is to share immediately the excitement of today’s American stage. (",
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                "The post-World War II decade was one of excitement and experimentation in the American theatre. In a climate of political and emotional instability, new dramatists probed accepted values, and took as their material the agony of ordinary men and women whose emotions struggle blindly for fulfillment in a society no longer attuned to their needs."
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                "To dramatize the contrast between the interior and exterior lives of their characters, whether seen as an aspect of the tragic or comic, the playwrights represented in this collection broke out of the constrictions of traditional forms and methods, and brought to the American theatre a new moral relevance and depth."
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xii, [1–2] 3–268 [269–276].  [1–9]",
                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1955 | © COPYRIGHT, 1955, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; v–viii CONTENTS; ix–xii FOREWORD |",
                "by",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Philip Blair Rice",
                "; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–263 text; [264] blank; 265–268 INDEX; [269–274] ML list; [275–276] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1955",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in moderate greenish blue (173), brilliant green (140) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse or black on five horizontal panels in (top to foot) moderate greenish blue, black, brilliant green, moderate greenish blue, and black, each separated by a white band; author in reverse on moderate greenish blue panel at top with decorative design consisting of a star, leaf and three clouds. Signed: [George] Salter."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "This book is one of the major classics of American philosophy. For more than half a century, it has rewarded readers with many insights into the elusive problem of the nature of beauty and the way in which beauty is perceived. Profound and serious,",
                "The Sense of Beauty",
                "is written with all the lucidity and brilliance that only a writer like Santayana could achieve. (",
                "Fall 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published 25 October 1955.",
                "WR",
                "5 November 1955. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid royalties of 10 cents a copy. Rice received $100 for writing the foreword."
              ]
            }
          ]
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        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                479
              ]
            },
            {
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                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1955–1971; 1979–"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "479a.  First printing (1955)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "THE BEST | SHORT STORIES | OF | DOSTOEVSKY |",
                "Translated with an Introduction by",
                "| DAVID MAGARSHACK | [torchbearer E3] | [swelled rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [swelled rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xxiii [xxiv], [1–2] 3–322 [323–328].  [1–11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "First Modern Library Edition, 1955",
                "; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xxiii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxiii: D.M.; [xxiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–322 text; [323–328] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "White Nights – The Honest Thief – The Christmas Tree and a Wedding – The Peasant Marey – Notes from the Underground – A Gentle Creature – The Dream of a Ridiculous Man."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep red (13), dark reddish brown (44), strong yellow (84), dark gray (266) and black on coated white paper; collective title at top in black against white background; titles of individual stories on deep red panel and editor in reverse on dark reddish brown panel, both bleeding to left and enclosed in strong yellow border; series in reverse against dark gray background at foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "People who know Dostoevsky only through such famous novels as",
                "The Brothers Karamazov",
                "and",
                "Crime and Punishment",
                "will be surprised and delighted by this collection of stories. It shows Dostoevsky in a variety of moods—tender and romantic in “The White Nights,” satiric in “The Xmas Tree and a Wedding,” revealingly autobiographical in “The Peasant Marey,” pitilessly analytic in “Notes from the Underground,” one of the most significant and impressive things he ever wrote. These stories also show an artistry equal to, and in many ways even surpassing, that of the great novels, powerful and intense as they are."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "These brilliant modern translations by David Magarshack accomplish one of the most difficult tasks in the world—to transfer great literature to another language and still keep it indisputably great. (",
                "Fall 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by John Lehmann as",
                "A Gentle Creature and Other Stories",
                "(London, 1950). ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1955.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf had been interested for some time in publishing a collection of Dostoevsky’s stories in the ML (Linscott to Klopfer, 22 September 1954). Several collections, including",
                "Poor Folk & The Gambler",
                "(Everyman’s Library, 1915),",
                "The Short Novels of Dostoevsky",
                "(Dial Press, 1945),",
                "The Short Stories of Dostoevsky",
                ", ed. William Phillips (Dial Press, 1946) were considered before Magarshack’s volume was selected. Stein offered Magarshack a flat fee of $500 to include his collection in the ML. Magarshack tried to negotiate a 10 percent royalty before accepting the offer (Stein to Magarshack, 3 January 1955). The ML re-titled",
                "Memoirs from a Dark Cellar",
                "to the more familiar",
                "Notes from the Underground",
                "and changed references to it in Magarshack’s introduction accordingly. The ML had U.S. rights and nonexclusive Canadian rights."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML followed the usage of the Lehmann edition in transliterating the author’s name as “Dostoevsky.” All other ML editions of the author’s works used the spelling “Dostoyevsky.” In recent decades “Dostoevsky” has become the most common transliteration of the author’s name in English-language editions of his works. “Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881” remains the “authorized form” used in library catalogs to collocate the nearly 50 variant spellings that have been used to represent the author’s name in the Roman alphabet."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Sales totaled 15,905 copies by spring 1958."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "479b.  Reissue format; offset printing (1979)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 479a except line 7: [torchbearer M]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 479a. Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 479a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION; [323–328] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Front flap adapted from first paragraph of 479a with first two sentences slightly revised and last sentence revised as follows: “Powerful and intense, these stories show an artistry equal to that of the great novels.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1979 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60477-6."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dostoyevsky,",
                "Poor People",
                "(1917)  10"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Brothers Karamazov",
                "(1929)  171; (Giant, 1937)  G34; (Illus ML, 1943)  IML 2"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dostoyevsky,",
                "Crime and Punishment",
                "(1932)  228; (Illus ML, 1944)  IML 10"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dostoyevsky,",
                "The Possessed",
                "(1936)  288"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dostoyevsky,",
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          "TITLE": [
            "Modern Library 1956"
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        {
          "HEAD": [
            1956
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The discussions with Allen Lane that began in 1954 about the possibility of Random House acquiring the American branch of Penguin Books resumed in the summer of 1956.  A Random House memorandum in July outlined a possible basis for the purchase of Penguin Books for the American market. This included agreements to maintain the Penguin imprint in America, an equitable plan for taking over all existing Penguin obligations, and the possible abandonment of the Modern Library Paperback series (Random House memorandum, 12 July 1956).  In August, Cerf told Lane:  “We are very serious about pursuing exploratory talks on the situation and, in fact, will hold up all decisions on our own paper-back plans until we know just where this whole matter stands” (Cerf to Lane, 20 August 1956).  But Lane was not willing to negotiate at this point. However, Random House remained interested.  In 1958, Klopfer wrote Lane:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Almost a year has gone by since our negotiations blew up. This is just a line to tell you that Bennett and I are just as interested as we were a year ago. If you had a change of heart or mind, I’ll be delighted to fly over and talk with you—or maybe you could use it as an excuse to come over here.  We would like to see you!  (Klofper to Lane, 28 August 1958)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "But the Random House-Penguin negotiations were over.  Random House expanded by acquiring Alfred A. Knopf in 1960. Penguin merged with Viking Press in 1975 to form Viking Penguin."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Modern Library continued to lose popular titles as original publishers started their own quality paperback imprints.  In February 1956, for example, Doubleday informed Cerf they wished to terminate the Modern Library’s contract for Conrad’s",
                "Victory",
                "and put it into an Anchor edition.  Doubleday eventually relented, perhaps because",
                "Victory",
                "was only five years away from entering the public domain.  But other significant titles were lost to such arrangements.  For example, Viking Press withdrew James Joyce’s",
                "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man",
                "in 1956 and later, reprint agreements for other titles were withdrawn."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ten new titles were added to the series.  Seven titles were discontinued. Tchekov,",
                "Plays",
                "(1930) was superseded by Chekhov",
                "Best Plays",
                "and Voltaire’s",
                "Candide",
                "(1918) was superseded by Voltaire’s",
                "Candide and Other Writings.",
                "This brought the total in the title list to 305.",
                {
                  "span": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in the standard 7¼ by 4⅞ inch format with the Blumenthal binding, stained top edges, and Kent endpapers in gray. The binding cloth was red, blue, green, or gray with lettering on inset panels in black on the front cover and spine."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "$1.45."
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            }
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        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
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              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Tennyson,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "xHuxley,",
                "Brave New World",
                "; Giants through G79; jackets: 376. (Fall) Huxley,",
                "Brave New World",
                "xCaesar,",
                "Gallic War",
                "; Giants through G80 with G45 Lewisohn,",
                "Story of American Literature",
                "; jackets: 377."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf asked Richard Watts, Jr., to edit",
                "New Voices in the European Theatre",
                "as a companion volume to the 1955 anthology,",
                "New Voices in the American Theatre",
                "(Cerf to Watts, 11 October 1956). Watts was interested but the book never appeared. John W. Aldridge suggested ten possible ML titles, including a Wodehouse reader, Ford Madox Ford’s",
                "The Good Soldier",
                ", Malcolm Lowry’s",
                "Under the Volcano",
                ", a volume of Nathanael West’s novels, the basic writings of Alfred North Whitehead, a Sherlock Holmes collection in the Giants, a Giant anthology of great short novels, and an anthology of fiction by younger postwar writers (Aldridge to Hiram Haydn, 9 July 1956). Stein liked the Wodehouse and great short novels ideas and noted that Macmillan had turned down earlier proposals for a Whitehead collection (Stein memo to Haydn, undated). Cerf thought the Wodehouse and Whitehead collections and the great short novels and postwar fiction anthologies had possibilities (Cerf to Aldridge, 22 August 1956). Aldridge submitted a tentative table of contents for",
                "Great American Short Novels",
                ", but the only ML title that resulted from his proposals was Wodehouse’s",
                "Selected Stories",
                "(1958: 505)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "HEAD": [
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              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "The Bostonians",
                "(1956)  480"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Voltaire,",
                "Candide and Other Writings",
                "(1956)  481"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Great Spanish Stories",
                "(1956)  482"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tennyson,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "(1956)  483"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Shaw,",
                "Saint Joan, Major Barbara, Androcles and the Lion",
                "(1956)  484"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Brave New World",
                "(1956)  485"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Aleichem,",
                "Selected Stories",
                "(1956)  486"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chekhov,",
                "Best Plays",
                "(1956)  487"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Zimmern,",
                "Greek Commonwealth",
                "(1956)  488"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "O’Hara,",
                "Selected Short Stories",
                "(1956)  489"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Discontinued"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(1944)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Du Maurier,",
                "Peter Ibbetson",
                "(1932)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hersey,",
                "Bell for Adano",
                "(1946)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man",
                "(1928)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kronenberger, ed.,",
                "Anthology of Light Verse",
                "(1935)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Lardner,",
                "Collected Short Stories",
                "(1941)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Mansfield,",
                "Garden Party",
                "(1931)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Plays",
                "(1930)*"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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            "Candide",
            "(1918)  46**"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "*Superseded by Chekhov,",
            "Best Plays",
            "(1956: 487)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "**Superseded by Voltaire,",
            "Candide and Other Writings",
            "(1956: 481)"
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            "Spring"
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        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                480
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "HENRY JAMES"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE BOSTONIANS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1956–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
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                "480.  First printing (1956)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules]",
                "Henry James",
                "| [short swelled rule] | The Bostonians |",
                "A NOVEL",
                "| INTRODUCTION | BY IRVING HOWE | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxviii, [1–2] 3–464 [465–468].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                24,
                "[9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1956 | Copyright, 1956, by Random House, Inc.; v–xxviii",
                "Introduction",
                "| BY IRVING HOWE; [1] part title:",
                "Book First",
                "; [2] blank; 3–464 text; [465–466] ML Giants list; [467–468] blank. (",
                "Spring 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in light grayish olive (109) and black on coated white paper with sketch of Boston street scene with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages; title and statements of responsibility in reverse on black bands at top and foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rejected and neglected when published in 1886,",
                "The Bostonians",
                "has now taken its place as the culminating novel of James’s middle period. The harshness of its reception was natural. It satirized the cranks and charlatans of the post-Civil-War era; its hero was a Southerner; and in its portrayal of the relations of its two leading female characters it skirted a subject then taboo—the theme of sexual abnormality. Today the story of the contest between Olive Chancellor, the arch-feminist, and Basil Ransome, the Southern traditionalist, as to which shall mold and dominate the beautiful, guileless Verena Tarrant has come to be recognized as perhaps the most enjoyable of all the James novels. (",
                "Spring 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published spring 1956.",
                "WR",
                "17 March 1956. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Howe received $250 for writing the introduction (Stein to Howe, 11 May 1955)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Daisy Miller; An International Episode",
                "(1918–1934)  60"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Turn of the Screw; The Lesson of the Master",
                "(1930–1971)  189"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Portrait of a Lady",
                "(1936–1973; 1983– )  291"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Wings of the Dove",
                "(1946–1969)  389"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Short Stories",
                "(Giant, 1948–1970)  G75"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James,",
                "Washington Square",
                "(1950–1970)  427"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                481
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "VOLTAIRE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "CANDIDE AND OTHER WRITINGS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1956–1971; 1985–"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    47
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "481a.  First printing (1956)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "VOLTAIRE |",
                "CANDIDE",
                "| AND OTHER WRITINGS | Edited, with an Introduction, by | HASKELL M. BLOCK | Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, | The University of Wisconsin | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–ix] x–xxii [xxiii–xxiv], [1–3] 4–576 [577–584].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–9]",
                32,
                "[10–11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Random House, Inc.; [v–viii] CONTENTS; [ix]–xx INTRODUCTION |",
                "By Haskell M. Block",
                "; [xxi]–xxii EDITORIAL NOTE; [xxiii] FOR FURTHER READING; [xxiv] blank; [1] part title: FICTION; [2] blank; [3]–569 text; [570]–576 NOTES; [577–578] ML Giants list; [579–584] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Fiction. Zadig, or Destiny – The Way the World Goes: Vision of Babouc – Micromegas – The Story of a Good Brahmin – Candide, or Optimism; translated by Richard Aldington.  Poetry. Poem on the Lisbon Earthquake.  Literary Criticism. Essay on Epic Poetry (selections) – Translator’s Preface to Julius Caesar, Tragedy of Shakespeare.  History. The Age of Louis XIV (selections) – An Essay on the Manners and Spirit of Nations (Introduction).  Philosophical Writings. Philosophical Letters (selections) – Treatise on Tolerance (selections) – A Commentary on the Book,",
                "Of Crimes and Punishments",
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                "Pictorial in vivid red (11), strong greenish blue (169) and black on coated white paper with three “T’s” in vivid red raised on black pikes; author in strong greenish blue, title and other lettering in reverse, all against background shaded top to foot from nearly black to light gray (264). Signed: Hoffman."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Brave New World",
                "is a brilliantly satiric novel about life six centuries from now (in “632 After Ford”), the Utopian era in which science has, with juggernaut indifference, triumphed. It is an era of perfect stability, control, conformity. There are, for example, no mothers or fathers because babies are mass-produced from chemical solutions in laboratory bottles; children are completely conditioned for their designated roles as adults in a precisely ordered society. Into this incredible world comes Bernard Marx, hatched in an excessively alcoholic prenatal solution, with ideas worthy of the primitive twentieth century."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This is a shocking, fantastic novel, rich in witty entertainment and biting comment. Its status as a classic increases steadily as what seemed imaginary fiction becomes each day more of a reality. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932; rights transferred to Harper & Bros., 1938; published with Huxley’s foreword by Harper & Bros., 1946. ML edition (pp. [",
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                "–",
                20,
                "], 1–[311]) printed from Doubleday/Harper plates with fly title reset and page numerals removed from foreword and last page of text. Published October 1956.",
                "WR",
                "15 October 1956. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1 January1968."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML expressed interest in",
                "Brave New World",
                "several times between 1942 and 1952, but the trade edition was selling too well for Harper’s to consider a reprint. Sales had been small when Harper’s took over",
                "Brave New World",
                "from Doubleday but then increased steadily. Sales tripled in 1939;",
                "Brave New World",
                "sold 100 more copies in 1941 than it had in 1939, giving Harper’s a gross profit that year of $300; sales through July 1942 were up 10 percent from the previous year (Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., to Cerf, 28 August 1942). Sales remained strong when it was reissued in September 1946 with Huxley’s foreword, with 7,500 copies in print by December (William H. Rose, Jr., Harper & Bros., to Klopfer, 3 December 1946). In 1951 Harper’s sold nearly 2,000 copies in the $3.00 trade edition and 7,500 copies in a 95-cent College Edition (Rose to Cerf, 27 May 1952)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harper’s finally offered the ML reprint rights as part of an inducement for Cerf to edit",
                "Reading for Pleasure",
                ", an anthology published by Harper & Bros. in 1957. As Cerf told it, “Harper’s have been after me to do this book for them for a long, long time, and they finally threw in a piece of bait that I found irresistible: a long-withheld permission to do Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD and Thurber’s CARNIVAL in the Modern Library. Both of these books I have been pleading for in vain for years, so when the offer came, I melted” (Cerf to Irwin Shaw, 27 August 1956)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Point Counter Point",
                "(1930)  203"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Huxley,",
                "Antic Hay",
                "(1933)  252"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                486
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "SHOLOM ALEICHEM"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "SELECTED STORIES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "486a.  First printing (1956)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Selected Stories of",
                "| Sholom | Aleichem |",
                "with an introduction by",
                "| ALFRED KAZIN | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xv [xvi], [1–3] 4–432.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Alfred Kazin; [v–vi] CONTENTS; [vii]–xv INTRODUCTION |",
                "by Alfred Kazin",
                "; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; [3]–425 text; [426]–432 GLOSSARY."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "On Account of a Hat – The Pair – The Town of the Little People – The Inheritors – Tevye Wins a Fortune – A Page from the Song of Songs – Two Dead Men – The Clock That Struck Thirteen – Home for Passover – The Enchanted Tailor – A Yom Kippur Scandal – In Haste – Eternal Life – Hannukah Money – Tit for Tat – Modern Children – You Mustn’t Weep–It’s Yom–Tev – I’m Lucky–I’m an Orphan – Dreyfus in Kasrilevka – The Convoy – The Fiddle – The Day before Yom Kippur – Three Little Heads – A Country Passover – The Lottery Ticket – The Miracle of Hashono Rabo – Hodel – A Daughter’s Grave – Cnards."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate reddish brown (43), brilliant yellow (83), light bluish green (163), deep pink (3), vivid orange (48), brilliant yellowish green (130) and black on coated white paper with black-and-white illustration of lantern with light bluish green pane showing a man in bed and deep pink pane showing a man talking to a goat; lettering in reverse, brilliant yellow, light bluish green, vivid orange and brilliant yellowish green, all on moderate reddish brown background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "With this volume one of the great masters of world literature is published for the first time in the Modern Library. Long described as the Jewish Mark Twain, Sholom Aleichem (as Alfred Kazin says in his introduction to this book) “perhaps more than any other Jewish writer who has ever lived, writes about Jewishness as if it were a gift, a marvel, an unending theme of wonder and delight.” The vitality, the laughter, the compassion in these stories are matchless. Peopled as they are with such extraordinary characters as the lovable Tevye, the dairyman, Menachem-Mendel, professional matchmaker, and a host of others, they go beyond their faithful portrayal of the life of the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe to represent, in a way unequaled by any other writer, the Jewish soul. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection. Published October 1956.",
                "WR",
                "15 October 1956. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1973/74."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kazin received $300 for the introduction. The collection includes of all of the stories in",
                "The Old Country",
                ", translated by Julius and Frances Butwin (Crown Publishers, 1946) and two stories, “On Account of a Hat,” translated by Isaac Rosenfeld, and “The Pair,” translated by Shlomo Katz, from",
                "A Treasury of Yiddish Stories",
                ", ed. Irving Howe and Eliezer Greenberg (Viking Press, 1954). The glossary is also from",
                "The Old Country",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "486b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; offset printing (c. 1970)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 486a except line 6: [torchbearer K]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 486a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 486a except: [iv]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Not seen; probably a 7½ inch version of the 486a jacket."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                487
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ANTON CHEKHOV"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "BEST PLAYS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1956–1986"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "487a.  First printing (1956)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "BEST PLAYS BY | CHEKHOV | The Sea Gull | Uncle Vanya | The Three Sisters | The Cherry Orchard |",
                "Translated and with an introduction by",
                "| STARK YOUNG | [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiii [xiv], [1–3] 4–296 [297–306].  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "First Modern Library Edition, 1956",
                "| © Copyright, 1956, by Stark Young | Copyright, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1950, by stark young; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xiii INTRODUCTION |",
                "by",
                "STARK YOUNG; [xiv] blank; [1] part title: The Sea Gull; [2] CHARACTERS; [3]–296 text; [297–298] ML Giants list; [299–304] ML list; [305–306] blank. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellowish brown (77), vivid yellow (82) and black on coated white paper with inset panel framed in white simulating a stage, with theater curtains at top and sides and titles of individual plays against bands in vivid yellow, moderate yellowish brown, white and black; collective title and other lettering in reverse, all against moderate yellowish brown background. Signed: Freund Lurye."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“As time passes,” writes John Gassner, “one name among the post-Ibsen dramatists leads all the rest.” That one is Anton Chekhov, whose major plays are presented here in the remarkably sensitive and skillful translations of Stark Young."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For their penetrating revelation of character, for their sharp and poignant situations and for their compassionate understanding, these plays embody the method and the spirit that have made Chekhov world famous. His ability to convert commonplace events into universal experience, his pervasive humor and his unfailing insight make him not only one of the greatest of dramatists, but also one of the most revered. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection superseding",
                "The Plays of Anton Tchekov",
                ", translated by Constance Garnett (193). Published October 1956.",
                "WR",
                "5 November 1956. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1986."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Young received a $900 advance against royalties of 5 cents a copy on all copies sold in the U.S. and 5 percent of the net sums received from all copies sold at export. He received an additional $100 for writing the introduction. A year before Chekhov’s",
                "Best Plays",
                "was published Stein had reported to Cerf: “The translations of Chekhov plays in the Modern Library were done by Constance Garnett a long time ago and are no longer regarded as the best available ones. It is now possible to get the excellent translations by Stark Young of Chekhov’s four major plays,",
                "The Cherry Orchard",
                ",",
                "The Three Sisters",
                ",",
                "Uncle Vanya",
                ", and",
                "The Sea Gull",
                ". The first three are controlled by Leah Salisbury and I talked to Lois Berman there to find out whether we might have reprint rights; there seems to be no problem unless Young vetoes the idea. . . . At this stage everything is exploratory only, but may I have your OK to arrange for the Young translations if they are all available to us? I will of course go over the terms with you before things go too far” (Stein memo to Cerf, 18 November 1955). Cerf wrote on the memo: “YOU BET!”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "With the Young translation of Chekhov,",
                "Best Plays",
                "the ML reverted to the spelling “Chekhov” after using “Tchekov” from 1930 through spring 1956. Eva Le Gallienne’s use of the spelling Tchekov in the typescript of her preface to",
                "The Plays of Anton Tchekov",
                "(1930: 193)",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "was probably responsible for the ML’s adoption of that spelling (RH box 89, Eva Le Gallienne file)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "487b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 487a except line 9: [torchbearer K]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 487a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 487a except: [iv]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted; [287–304] ML list; [305–306] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1967",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 487a with Fujita “ml” symbol on front and Fujita torchbearer on spine."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chekhov’s reputation as a founder of modern drama rests on the four plays in this volume. So revolutionary were these plays in their simplicity and naturalness of form, subject, and dialogue, that to produce them required a new school of acting, and a new Russian theater. Immediately popular in Russia, Chekhov’s plays soon were produced all over Europe. So purely original that they could not be imitated, these plays, with Ibsen’s, laid to rest the outmoded forms of European theater, opening it to innovation in all areas. Today they are as popular as ever."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "487c.  Reissue format (1978)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 487a except line 9: [torchbearer M]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 487a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 487a except: [iv] First Modern Library Edition, October 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Stark Young | Copyright, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1950, by stark young; [297–306] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on Kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Front flap as 487b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1978 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60459-8."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chekhov,",
                "Rothschild’s Fiddle and Other Stories",
                "(1917)  27"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tchekov [later Chekhov],",
                "Plays",
                "(1930)  193"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tchekov [later Chekhov],",
                "Stories",
                "(1932)  232"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Chekhov,",
                "Short Stories",
                "(1964)  232e"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML used the spelling “Chekhov” from 1917 through 1929, “Tchekov” from 1930 through spring 1956, and reverted to “Chekhov” in fall 1956."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                488
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "ALFRED ZIMMERN"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE GREEK COMMONWEALTH"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1956–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    207
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "488.  First printing (1956)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE GREEK | COMMONWEALTH | Politics and Economics | in Fifth-Century Athens | by Alfred Zimmern | Montague Burton Professor of International Relations | in the University of Oxford; Fellow and late Tutor of | New College | Die Griechen sind, wie das Genie,",
                "einfach",
                ": deshalb | sind sie die unsterblichen Lehrer. | The Greeks are like Genius, simple: that is why they are | the immortal teachers. | NIETZSCHE | [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–v] vi–xi [xii–xvi], [1–2] 3–487 [488–496].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–8]",
                32,
                "[9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] map of Greece and adjoining lands; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "First Modern Library Edition, 1956",
                "; [v]–vii Preface dated p. vii: 1911.; viii–x prefaces to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions; xi Introductory Note; [xii] blank; [xiii–xiv] Contents; [xv] Maps; [xvi] blank; [1] part title: PART I | Geography; [2] blank; 3–460 text; 461–467 Chronological Table; [468] blank; 469–476 Appendix; 477–487 Index; [488] blank; [489–490] ML Giants list; [491–496] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in medium gray (265) moderate pink (5), deep blue (179) and black on coated white paper with illustration of Ionic column in moderate pink, title in deep blue, author in reverse, other lettering in black and moderate pink, all against dappled medium gray background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Greek Commonwealth",
                "is a vivid account of Athens during its Golden Age—the time of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, of Pericles and Themistocles, of Herodotus and Thucydides, of Socrates and Protagoras. It was the time, too, in which art and architecture reached unsurpassed heights: the time of the Parthenon and Acropolis."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In few periods of human history have so much achievement, so much creative genius, so much epochal decision been concentrated as in fifth-century Athens. No understanding of the Western heritage is complete without knowledge of this stirring hour in the history of mankind. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in England by Clarendon Press, 1911; 5th ed. published by Oxford University Press, 1931. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1956.",
                "WR",
                "5 November 1956. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Oxford University Press royalties of 7½ cents a copy on all copies sold in the U.S. and 7½ percent of the net sums received on all copies sold at export. Stein told Cerf that",
                "The Greek Commonwealth",
                "was “one of the classic works on Greek history. This is an account of Athens during the fifth century when art, poetry and drama reached their highest state. Although it is primarily a political and economic account, it seems to me to be one of the clearest pictures of Greece in its finest day” (Stein memo to Cerf, 10 June 1955). Stein also talked to Klopfer about the work. He then wrote to William Oman of Oxford University Press in New York: “Several of us here recently discovered that we share a very deep enthusiasm for Alfred Zimmern’s",
                "The Greek Commonwealth",
                "and we should like very much to include it in the Modern Library” (Stein to Oman, 24 June 1955)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An internal RH memo indicated in 1968 that the reprint contract with Oxford University Press did not give the ML the right to transfer",
                "The Greek Commonwealth",
                "to Vintage Books, RH’s quality paperback series. A decision was made at that time to retain it in the ML but to reprint in as small a quantity as economically feasible (Berenice Hoffman to Don Singer, 19 November 1968)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                489
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "JOHN O’HARA"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF JOHN O’HARA"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "489a.  First printing (1956)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Selected | Short Stories | of | John O’Hara | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | Lionel Trilling | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY",
                "New York"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–2] 3–303 [304–306].  [1–10]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1956 | © Copyright, 1956, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, | 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947 by John O’Hara; v–vi Contents; vii–xiii Introduction signed p. xiii:",
                "Lionel Trilling",
                "; [xiv] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–303 text; [304] blank; [305–306] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "The Decision – Everything Satisfactory – The Moccasins – Doctor and Mrs. Parsons – Pardner – A Phase of Life – Walter T. Carriman – Now We Know – Too Young – Summer’s Day – The King of the Desert – Bread Alone – Graven Image – The Next-to-Last Dance of the Season – Where’s the Game? – Mrs. Whitman – Price’s Always Open – The Cold House – Are We Leaving Tomorrow? – No Mistakes – The Ideal Man – Do You Like It Here? – The Doctor’s Son – Hotel Kid – The Public Career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg – In the Morning Sun – War Aims – Secret Meeting – Other Women’s Households – Over the River and Through the Wood – I Could Have Had a Yacht – A Respectable Place."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Non-pictorial on coated white paper with calligraphic lettering in strong greenish blue (169), strong red (12) and black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "These are the stories that John O’Hara likes best. Each of them reflects his unique insight into the complex, aimless, frustrated lives of his characters—the smart, the savage, the disillusioned, the bitter, the ordinary. Varied in mood, time and place, these stories show with an over-riding compassion the pathos and humor of men and women when seen with a sharp eye and heard with a keen ear."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Readers already familiar with some of O’Hara’s writings—",
                "Appointment in Samarra",
                ",",
                "Ten North Frederick",
                ",",
                "A Rage to Live",
                ",",
                "Pal Joey",
                ", the stories in",
                "The New Yorker",
                ", and others—can look forward to reading and re-reading in this book thirty-two of the finest stories by one of America’s most distinguished writers. (",
                "Fall 1956",
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              ]
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                "I don’t think I’ll write any more short stories. In very recent years I have been made sharply aware of the passage of time and the preciousness of it, and there are so many big things I want to do. But during the Thirties and Forties these stories were part of me as I was part of those nights and days, when time was cheap and everlasting and one could say it all in 2,000 words. (Typescript in RH Collection, Columbia University Library; quoted in Bruccoli,",
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                "The foreword was never published. RH’s attorneys strongly recommended deleting the phrase “cheap trick” and the sentence that followed it (Weil, Gotshal & Manges to RH, attention Jess Stein, 8 December 1955). Cerf agreed that O’Hara’s comments were ill-advised and tried to persuade him to tone down his language:"
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Before we go to press with the Modern Library collection of your Selected Stories, I feel that I owe it to you as a friend and myself as your publisher to make one last appeal to you to make two small but important alterations in your Introduction. If you say “No” this time, I promise never to mention the matter again."
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I believe very deeply that the words “cheap trick” should be left out of the next-to-the-last paragraph, as well as the entire sentence, “The high principles that they peddle in Notes and Comment don’t even last till the back of the book.” Your original reaction to the A RAGE TO LIVE review in the New Yorker was completely justified. I do not think, however, that the Introduction to a book of your Selected Stories in the Modern Library is the place to voice your resentment. This Modern Library book will be a more or less permanent thing: a collection of what you yourself have nominated as the best short stories you have written. Why mar it with a totally irrelevant reference to something virtually nobody except the people directly concerned even remembers?"
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                "As costs rose steadily in the years following the war, retail prices inevitably had to be increased. Publishers at this period, however, feared adverse public reaction to higher prices and generally held off raising prices until the inroads into their profit margins left them no alternative. The $1.25 price for the regular Modern Library volumes remained in effect for seven years, from April 1947 through March 1954. It increased to $1.45 on 1 April 1954. Less than three years later, on 1 January 1957, the price rose again, this time to $1.65."
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                "The Letter – The Verger – The Vessel of Wrath – The Hairless Mexican – Mr. Harrington’s Washing – Red – Mr. Know–All – The Alien Corn – The Book–Bag – The Round Dozen – The Voice of the Turtle – The Facts of Life – Lord Mountdrago – The Colonel’s Lady – The Treasure – Rain – P. & O."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid red (11) and black on coated white paper with black-and-white photograph at left of Maugham looking out of a window with foliage in foreground extending over backstrip; lettering in vivid red and black, all against white background; includes Maugham’s evil eye symbol."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Although W. Somerset Maugham has written many distinguished and widely known novels, plays, and essays, his greatest achievement as a literary figure is probably as a writer of short stories. It is in this form that his craftsmanship as an unpretentious teller of good stories is best revealed. His ability to hold the reader utterly enchanted is well represented in the contents of this collection of seventeen of Maugham’s best stories, including such favorite and famous works as “Rain,” “The Letter,” and “The Colonel’s Lady.” Devotees of Maugham will welcome this skillful selection of John Beecroft. New readers of Maugham’s stories will find here many hours of delightful reading and re–reading. (",
                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection. Published April 1957.",
                "WR",
                "29 April 1957. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Beecroft received royalties of 2 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "491b.  Title page with Fujita torchbearer; 7½ inch format  (1969/70)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 491a except line 7: [torchbearer K]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 491a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 491a except: [iv]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted; [490–497] ML list; [498–499] ML Giants list; [500] blank. (",
                "Spring 1967",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Enlarged version of 491a with lettering in black and brilliant green (140), Fujita “ml” symbol and torchbearer, Maugham’s evil eye symbol removed from front panel and foliage removed from backstrip. Front flap as 491a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maugham,",
                "Of Human Bondage",
                "(1930– )  199"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maugham,",
                "Moon and Sixpence",
                "(1935–1971)  283"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Maugham,",
                "Cakes and Ale",
                "(1950–1970)  428"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                492
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1957–1970"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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              ]
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            {
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                "492.  First printing (1957)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "SHE |",
                "&",
                "| KING | SOLOMON’S | MINES | by H. RIDER HAGGARD | With an Introduction | by ORVILLE PRESCOTT | THE MODERN LIBRARY, NEW YORK [torchbearer D4]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [1–2] 3–361 [362]; [1–2] 3–266 [267–268].  [1]",
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                32,
                "[11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First",
                "Modern Library",
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                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), brilliant yellow green (130), deep yellowish brown (75), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper with illustration of jungle foliage in brilliant yellow green, deep yellowish brown, and black; “KING SOLOMON’S MINES” in deep reddish orange on white panel at upper left, “SHE” in reverse on black panel at upper right, other lettering in deep reddish orange and black on medium gray band above illustration and in reverse and brilliant yellow green on black band at foot. Unsigned."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For more than half a century, readers who favor tales of romantic adventure have found deep and lasting enjoyment in the novels of H. Rider Haggard. Two of his best-known and most popular novels,",
                "She",
                "and",
                "King Solomon’s Mines",
                ", are presented complete and unabridged in this volume."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "She",
                "is the strange story of an immortal white sorceress deep inside Africa, sought out by an Englishman intent upon avenging an ancient crime, thrillingly told against a backdrop of a lost civilization, of savage rites, and the mystery of an unknown land."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "King Solomon’s Mines",
                "is an account of the search for the fabled lost diamond mines and treasures of King Solomon—an unforgettable story of suspense-filled adventures. (",
                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "King Solomon’s Mines",
                "originally published in London by Cassell & Co., 1885;",
                "She",
                "originally published in London by Longmans, Green & Co., 1887. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published April 1957.",
                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "King Solomon’s Mines",
                "and",
                "She",
                "were published in the U.S. several years before the U.S. Copyright Act of 1891 extended the possibility of copyright protection to works by foreign authors, and both were permanently in the U.S. public domain. Both works appeared in the U.S. in numerous unauthorized editions."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf had discussed including",
                "She",
                "or",
                "King Solomon’s Mines",
                "in the ML in 1930, but no decision was reached at that time (Cerf to J. Ray Peck, Longmans, Green, 25 September 1930; Peck to Cerf, 30 September 1930)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                493
              ]
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            {
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                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "JULIUS CAESAR"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE GALLIC WAR AND OTHER WRITINGS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1957–1970"
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                    ")"
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE GALLIC WAR | AND OTHER WRITINGS | by JULIUS CAESAR |",
                "Translated, with an Introduction,",
                "|",
                "by",
                "MOSES HADAS, |",
                "Professor of Greek and Latin,",
                "|",
                "Columbia University",
                "| THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK [torchbearer D4 extending below place of publication]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xix [xx], [1–4] 5–363 [364].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–6]",
                32,
                "[7]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] map of the Roman Empire at the death of Caesar (44 B.C.); [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc.; [v] CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xix INTRODUCTION signed p. xix: MOSES HADAS; [xx] blank; [1] fly title; [2–3] map of Gaul; [4] blank; 5–206 GALLIC WAR; 207–352 CIVIL WAR; 353–354 editor’s note headed: THE ALEXANDRINE, | AFRICAN, AND | SPANISH WARS; 355 editor’s note with 7-line fragment headed: FRAGMENTS; [356] blank; 357–363 GAZETTEER; [364] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate orange yellow (71), brilliant greenish blue (168), moderate green (145) and black on coated white paper with drawing of Caesar at top against moderate orange yellow background and lettering in black against white background and three patches in brilliant greenish blue, moderate green and moderate orange yellow; all within drawing of arch and against white background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Few figures in the history of man have had more to do with the shaping of our present civilization than Julius Caesar. A towering political leader, a military genius, and a skilled writer, he deserves a fate better than that of being a subject of an unwilling schoolboy’s Latin lesson. Those readers who have long forgotten their Latin will find in this book new and sound perspectives on this important man, for there are few books that provide a better, more interesting picture of mankind at a historic crossroad."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This completely new translation has been specially prepared for the Modern Library by Professor Moses Hadas of Columbia University, who also contributes an informative and perceptive Introduction. (",
                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published April 1957.",
                "WR",
                "29 April 1957. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71; retained in MLCE."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                494
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "JAMES A. MICHENER"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "SELECTED WRITINGS OF JAMES A. MICHENER"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1957–1986"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
                    296
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "494a.  First printing (1957)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "SELECTED | WRITINGS | OF | JAMES A. | MICHENER | [ornament] |",
                "With a special Foreword by the Author",
                "| [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN | LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xi [xii–xiv], [1–2] 3–425 [426–434].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1947, 1951, 1953, by James A. Michener | Copyright, 1950, 1951, by The Curtis Publishing Company; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–xi FOREWORD signed p. xi: [at left]",
                "Tinicum, Pennsylvania",
                "|",
                "September 5, 1956",
                "| [at right] JAMES A. MICHENER; [xii] blank; [xiii] CONTENTS; [xiv] blank; [1] part title: from | TALES | OF THE | SOUTH | PACIFIC; [2] blank; 3–425 text; [426] blank; [427–432] ML list; [433–434] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "from",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Tales of the South Pacific. Our Heroine – A Boar’s Tooth.  from Return to Paradise. Mr. Morgan – Povenaaa’s Daughter – The Mynah Birds – The Fossickers.  from The Voice of Asia. The Proconsul – Boy-san – The Hard Way – The Old China Hand – The Marginal Man – A Grand Old Man at Thirty-six – The Buddhist Monk – The Patriot – The Grace of Asia – The New Mem-sahibs – The Sheik’s Women.  The Bridges at Toko-ri."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep orange yellow (69), brownish orange (54) and black on coated white paper with photographic illustration as seen through a porthole of a South Sea islander standing in a boat at sunset; lettering in reverse except “MICHENER” in deep orange yellow, all against black background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As more and more we look westward across the Pacific, the writings of James A. Michener take on increased interest and importance as informative, compassionate guides to understanding Asia in flux."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The magnificently rich and profound past of the Far East is woven through the uncertain and hope-filled present of the peoples of Asia—all skillfully reflected in the novels, stories, and essays by Michener. No one’s knowledge of that part of our world is complete without the advantages of Michener’s remarkable skill as an observer, his insight into the nature of people, his broad perspective of Asia in rebirth."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In this volume are selections from",
                "Tales of the South Pacific",
                ",",
                "Return to Paradise",
                ",",
                "The Voice of Asia",
                ", and the complete text of",
                "The Bridges at Toko-Ri",
                ". (",
                "Spring 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection selected from",
                "Tales of the South Pacific",
                "(Macmillan, 1947),",
                "Return to Paradise",
                "(RH, 1951), and",
                "The Voice of Asia",
                "(RH, 1951), with the complete text of",
                "The Bridges of Toko-ri",
                "(RH, 1953). Published April 1957.",
                "WR",
                "29 April 1957. First printing: 7,500 copies. Discontinued 1986."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the Foreword to the ML edition Michener notes that the first edition of his first book,",
                "Tales of the South Pacific",
                ", “shows how little the publisher and I thought of its prospects. We knew it didn’t stand a chance, so we published it on the cheapest paper available, with the poorest binding, and in order to save a few cents we didn’t even start new chapters at the tops of new pages” (p. vii). He also states:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "One important change has been made in the text here offered, and another of equal importance has been evaded. When I first wrote about Asia I was not aware that citizens of that continent, because of long humiliation by white men, had grown to despise and resent the word",
                "Asiatic",
                "when used to describe themselves. I have changed this word to",
                "Asian",
                ". Nor did I know that citizens of China resent with perhaps even greater fervor the word",
                "Chinaman",
                ". After my first several books appeared I formed close friendships with many Chinese and learned what I had not known before. In various places in this reissue of my work I have corrected this offensive word to",
                "Chinese",
                "; but in certain stories in which local idiom is employed in narrating a story, I have retained the original term. If I were rewriting these stories today, I would not use the word except where dialogue required (pp. x–xi)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Michener moved from Macmillan to Random House after the publication of",
                "Tales of the South Pacific",
                ". He signed with Random House on 19 April 1948 (Cerf Diary; information supplied by Gayle Feldman, 30 August 2010). His second book,",
                "The Fires of Spring",
                ", was published by Random House in 1949, and he remained with the firm for the rest of his long and highly successful career. In a condolence letter to the widow of Saxe Commins, his editor at Random House, Michener states that he chose the firm “because I liked Saxe and because Random House had the guts to use a Negro girl as their receptionist. Whatever money Random House has made from my writing is credited to those two facts” (Michener to Dorothy Commins, 11 March 1970; Saxe Commins Papers, Box 6, Princeton University Library). The receptionist, Betty Lee March, is shown in a 1946 photograph of the entrance hall of the Random House offices at Madison Avenue and 51st Street (“Random House Moves into an Old Mansion,”",
                "PW",
                ", 13 July 1946, p. 174)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Inconsistencies in the capitalization of",
                "The Bridges at Toko-ri",
                "are reproduced. Michener spells “Toko-ri” with a lower case “r.” The 494a jacket flap (spring 1957) refers to the title as “The Bridges of Toko-Ri”; the 494c jacket flap (1978) uses the spelling “Toko-ri.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "494b.  Title-page ornament omitted (1960)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 495a through line 5; lines 6–10:",
                "With a special Foreword by the Author",
                "| [torchbearer D7] | THE MODERN | LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 495a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 495a except: [iv]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted. (",
                "Fall 1960",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 494a. (",
                "Fall 1960",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "494c.  Reissue format (1978)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 495b except line 7: [torchbearer M]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination 495a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 495a except: [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1947, 1951, 1953, by James A. Michener | Copyright, 1950, 1951, by The Curtis Publishing Company | Copyright renewed 1975, 1978 by James Michener; [426–434] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in deep purplish blue (197) and torchbearer in strong brown (55)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "James Michener has been one of America’s most popular writers since the publication of his first book,",
                "Tales of the South Pacific",
                ", which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 and was later adapted into the fabulous musical",
                "South Pacific",
                "by Rodgers, Logan and Hammerstein. After this auspicious debut Michener went on to write a string of best sellers, including",
                "Return to Paradise",
                "(1951),",
                "The Voice of Asia",
                "(1951),",
                "The Bridges at Toko-ri",
                "(1953),",
                "The Bridge at Andau",
                "(1957),",
                "Hawaii",
                "(1959),",
                "The Source",
                "(1965),",
                "Centennial",
                "(1974), and",
                "Chesapeake",
                "(1978)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In this volume are selections from",
                "Tales of the South Pacific",
                ",",
                "Return to Paradise",
                ",",
                "The Voice of Asia",
                ", and the complete text of",
                "The Bridges at Toko-ri",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1978 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-349-60467-9."
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
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        },
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            {
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                },
                {
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                    "EIGHT PLAYS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1957–1971"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "495.  First printing (1957)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "EIGHT PLAYS BY | MOLIÈRE |",
                "The Precious Damsels",
                "|",
                "The School for Wives",
                "|",
                "The Critique of The School for Wives",
                "|",
                "The Versailles Impromptu",
                "|",
                "Tartuffe",
                "|",
                "The Misanthrope",
                "|",
                "The Physician in Spite of Himself",
                "|",
                "The Would-Be Gentleman",
                "| TRANSLATED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY | MORRIS BISHOP, Cornell University | [torchbearer E6 at left; 2-line imprint at right] THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–399 [400].  [1]",
                16,
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                32,
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                16,
                "[7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1957 | © Copyright, 1957, by Morris Bishop; [v]",
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                "; [vi] blank; vii–xv",
                "Introduction",
                "; [xvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–399 text; [400] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in strong red (12), grayish pink (8), strong greenish blue (169), light gray (264), dark gray (266), and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse, black, strong greenish blue and pink on overlapping rectangular and curvilinear panels."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The passing of three centuries has not dimmed Molière’s genius nor changed the perennial vices at which he hurled his shafts of comedy. The follies and frailties of mankind still feel the impact of his urbane wit and his meaningful laughter."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The eight plays in this volume, complete and unabridged, are among Molière’s best comedies. They give full evidence of his undisputed rank as the foremost dramatist in all French literature and concededly one of the world’s greatest since Shakespeare."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "These plays have all been newly translated for this edition by Morris Bishop of Cornell University with skillful fidelity that will establish these translations as the definitive ones of our time. (",
                "Fall 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection superseding Molière’s",
                "Plays",
                "(110). Published November 1957.",
                "WR",
                "2 December 1957. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72; retained in MLCE."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There were still copies of Molière’s",
                "Plays",
                "(110d) with an introduction by Francis Fergusson (regular ML and MLCE) in stock in the summer of 1957. Stein and Klopfer agreed that fall orders should be filled with",
                "Eight Plays",
                "as soon as copies of the new collection were available (Stein memo to Freiman, 29 July 1957)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bishop received royalties of 5 percent of the retail price."
              ]
            },
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            },
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            },
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
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                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE THURBER CARNIVAL"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
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                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "496a.  First printing (1957)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | THURBER | CARNIVAL |",
                "written and illustrated by",
                "| JAMES | THURBER | [drawing of people and animals in flight] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                12,
                "], [1–2] 3–369 [370–372].  [1–12]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "] First Modern Library Edition, 1957 | Copyright, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, | 1942, 1943, 1945, by James Thurber. . . . ; [",
                5,
                "–",
                8,
                "] CONTENTS; [",
                9,
                "–",
                11,
                "] PREFACE | [rule] | My Sixty Years | with James Thurber signed p. [",
                11,
                "]: James Thurber |",
                "September 1, 1957",
                "; [",
                12,
                "] blank; [1] fly title with drawing of dog; [2] blank; 3–369 text and drawings; [370–372] blank.",
                "Note: First",
                "statement retained on all printings examined."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in black, vivid red (11), brilliant yellow (83), strong orange (50) and light grayish yellowish brown (79) on coated white paper with Thurber drawing of couple viewed through a keyhole; title lettering in vivid red, brilliant yellow, strong orange and light grayish yellowish brown, other lettering in reverse and brilliant yellow, all against black background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Anyone who tries to define the unique genius of James Thurber is bound to end up in contradictory phrases. Even the rarely-at-a-loss-for-words",
                "London Times",
                "concluded a long discussion of his humor in helpless frustration, saying, “Thurber is Thurber.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Perhaps it is best for us to state simply that this is a collection of some of his best writings and drawings. We believe every reader will share our opinion that Thurber is  - - - well, is Thurber. (",
                "Fall 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Harper & Bros., 1945. ML edition (pp. [1]–369) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the Harper edition with Thurber’s dedication and foreword omitted, table of contents partially reset, and the preface on pp. 9–11 updated, re-titled (from “My Fifty Years with James Thurber”) and reset. The drawing on the title page is shifted from the half title of the Harper edition. Published November 1957.",
                "WR",
                "2 December 1957. First printing: 15,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf had been trying to get",
                "The Thurber Carnival",
                "since 1946, when he offered a $6,000 advance to include it in the Giants (Cerf to William Rose, Jr., Harper & Bros., 24 January 1946). Harper’s finally offered the ML reprint rights as part of an inducement for Cerf to edit",
                "Reading for Pleasure",
                ", an anthology published by Harper & Bros. in 1957. As Cerf told it, “Harper’s have been after me to do this book for them for a long, long time, and they finally threw in a piece of bait that I found irresistible: a long-withheld permission to do Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD and Thurber’s CARNIVAL in the Modern Library. Both of these books I have been pleading for in vain for years, so when the offer came, I melted” (Cerf to Irwin Shaw, 27 August 1956). The ML paid royalties of 10 percent of the retail price.",
                "Brave New World",
                "(485) was published in the ML in fall 1956."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bowden (p. 60) notes that the ML’s offset plates were made from state D of the Harper typesetting, which was printed by the Book-of-the-Month Club using duplicate plates supplied by Harper & Bros. In his list of variations that distinguish state D (p. 55), however, the nose of the dog on the fly title (p. [1]) is indicated as absent. The dog’s nose is present in all ML printings examined."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Thurber’s original preface was titled “My Fifty Years with James Thurber” and dated “December 6, 1944.” The re-titled preface in the ML edition, “My Sixty Years with James Thurber,” is identical to the original version except for changes in the first and next-to-last paragraphs."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "496b.  Reissue format (1979)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 496a through line 7; line 8: [torchbearer M] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 496a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 496a including",
                "First",
                "statement."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in very deep purple (220) and torchbearer in deep brown (56)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "As James Thurber writes in his introduction, “This book contains a selection of the stories and drawings the old boy did in his prime, a period which extended roughly from the year Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to the day coffee was rationed. He presents this to his readers with his sincere best wishes for a happy new world.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This anthology draws from such Thurber classics as",
                "My World and Welcome to It",
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                ",",
                "The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze",
                ",",
                "My Life and Hard Times",
                ",",
                "Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated",
                ",",
                "The Owl in the Attic",
                ",",
                "The Seal in the Bedroom",
                ", and",
                "Men, Women and Dogs",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1979 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60474-1."
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            }
          ]
        },
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            {
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                  "EDITOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "and"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "EDITOR": [
                    "LAURA HIBBARD LEWIS"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ", eds."
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
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                {
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "MEDIEVAL | ROMANCES | [short swelled rule] | EDITED BY |",
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                "Laura Hibbard Loomis",
                "| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | [torchbearer D5] |",
                "The Modern Library · New York"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vii] viii–xi [xii], [1–3] 4–426 [427–436].  [1–5]",
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                32,
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                16
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Fall 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Perceval, or The Story of the Grail, by Chrétien de Troyes; translated by R. S. Loomis – Tristan and Isolt, by Gottfried von Strassburg; translated and abridged by Jessie L. Weston – The Youth of Alexander the Great; translated by R. S. Loomis – Aucassin and Nicolete, translated by Andrew Lang with a few revisions by the editors – Havelok the Dane, translated and slightly abridged by L. H. Loomis – Sir Orfeo, modernized by L. H. Loomis – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by M. R. Ridley – The Book of Balin, by Sir Thomas Malory."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong red (12), grayish red (19), black and gold on coated white paper with illustration in gold of knights and ladies on horseback against black background; title in reverse with gold decorations on strong red panel at top, additional lettering in reverse, black and strong red on grayish red panel at bottom with statement “Edited for the modern reader by ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS and LAURA HIBBARD LOOMIS, both of Columbia University”. The editors’ names also appeared on the backstrip below the title."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This book contains some of the best stories of all time—among them the stories of Tristan and Isolt, Aucassin and Nicolete, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and other figures of literary or historic fame. The widely varied romances in this volume—presented here in the best modern versions available—will provide many hours of memorably pleasant reading."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The editors of this book, Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis, both of Columbia University, have skillfully selected those romances best suited to contemporary taste. Their Introduction and their special comments before each story are certain to add to the reader’s enjoyment of this rich legacy of medieval literature. (",
                "Fall 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML anthology. Published November 1957.",
                "WR",
                "2 December 1957. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein had been considering an anthology like",
                "Medieval Romances",
                "for several years. In 1952 he wrote Haskell Block of the University of Wisconsin, “In a very tentative way I have thought of the possibility of our doing a little collection of epic and romance in the Modern Library some day. I don’t know whether such a thing would ever go, but I have been asking people for suggestions as to contents . . .” (Stein to Block, 31 October 1952)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis initially received royalties of 5 cents a copy. In 1961, when ML books were selling for $1.95, Roger Sherman Loomis protested that the 5-cent royalty was based on a retail price of $1.45. (",
                "Medieval Romances",
                "was published at $1.65, but the contract may have been signed when the retail price was still $1.45.) Random House usually rejected requests for higher royalties on these grounds, but the Loomis’s royalties were increased to 10 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "497b.  Title page revised (1962)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 497a except line 9 (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 487a.  [1]",
                16,
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                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 497a except",
                "First",
                "statement omitted from p. [iv]. (",
                "Fall 1962",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As jacket A with names of the two editors omitted from backstrip and the line “both of Columbia University” omitted from the front panel. The second paragraph of flap text was updated as follows: “The editors of this book, Roger Sherman Loomis, of Columbia University, and Laura Hibbard Loomis, have skillfully . . . ” (",
                "Fall 1962",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "The earliest reported printing with Laura Hibbard Loomis’s affiliation omitted is spring 1962."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When",
                "Medieval Romances",
                "was published both editors were affiliated with Columbia University. After Laura Hibbard Loomis’s death in 1960 her husband may have asked that her affiliation with Columbia University be removed from the title page and jacket. Roger Sherman Loomis’s affiliation with Columbia continued as professor emeritus from his retirement in 1958 until his death in 1966."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
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              "NUMBER": [
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            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "498.  First printing (1957)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE | NOTEBOOKS | OF | LEONARDO | DA VINCI |",
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                "| Edward MacCurdy |",
                "Edited, with an Introduction, by",
                "| Robert N. Linscott | [torchbearer D5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, 1–455 [456–462].  [1]",
                16,
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                32,
                "[7]",
                16,
                "[8]",
                32,
                "[9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "| ©",
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                "; v CONTENTS; [vi] blank; vii–xv INTRODUCTION signed p. xv: ROBERT N. LINSCOTT; [xvi] blank; xvii–xviii HISTORY OF THE NOTEBOOKS signed p. xviii: R.N.L.; 1–455 text; [456] blank; [457–462] ML list. (",
                "Fall 1957",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep red (13), moderate yellow green (120) and black on coated white paper with drawing of Leonardo in reverse on inset deep red panel at upper right; title in moderate yellow green on inset black panel, other lettering in deep red and reverse on moderate yellow green and deep red banners, all against white background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“These notebooks,” says the editor in his Introduction, “are the treatment of a man who sought knowledge as a mystic seeks God; the record of a lifetime of observation and speculation, set down in five thousand manuscript pages . . . containing some of the most brilliant and far-ranging deductions that the mind of man has ever conceived.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In this volume, the most absorbing and provocative parts of Da Vinci’s notebooks have been selected and grouped so that the modern reader can pleasurably share the amazement that all readers have felt on first dipping into this remarkable work by one of the most unusual men of all time. (",
                "Fall 1957",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML abridgment of",
                "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci",
                ", arranged and translated by Edward MacCurdy and published in U.S. by Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938. ML edition published November 1957.",
                "WR",
                "2 December 1957. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Reynal & Hitchcock merged with Harcourt, Brace & Co. after Eugene Reynal’s death in 1946. Linscott approached Harcourt, Brace in the mid 1950s for permission to publish a ML abridgement of",
                "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci",
                "but was turned down. The translation appears to have been in the public domain, and Cerf wrote the following year offering Harcourt, Brace a courtesy fee of $300 (Cerf to Jovanovich, 29 March 1956). A contract was signed, and the ML edition carries the statement, “Published by arrangement with Harcourt, Brace and Company” (p. [iv])."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The translator Edward MacCurdy sometimes used the spelling McCurdy (OCLC authority record #1622156). Linscott received a flat fee of $1,350 for abridging the text and editing the ML edition. He told Cerf that the project was about twice the work he anticipated because of the poor editing of the complete edition.",
                {
                  "span": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci",
                "was the first abridgment that Linscott made for the ML after his retirement from Random House. The others were Vasari’s",
                "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects",
                "(1959: 515) and",
                "The Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson",
                "(1960: 520)."
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            }
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            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
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                {
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "499.  First printing (1957)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cass | Timberlane | A NOVEL OF | HUSBANDS AND WIVES | BY | SINCLAIR | LEWIS | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
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                32,
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                "[7]",
                32,
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                16
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            },
            {
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                "[",
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                2,
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                3,
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                "|",
                "Copyright, 1945, by Sinclair Lewis",
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                5,
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                6,
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                7,
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                8,
                "] blank; [1] fly title: [2] blank; 3–390 text; [391–392] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1957",
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                "Note: First",
                "statement retained on spring 1958 printing."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in black, vivid reddish orange (34) and brilliant yellow (83) on coated white paper with lettering in reverse and brilliant yellow against black background at top and vivid reddish orange background at center and foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An increasing opinion that",
                "Cass Timberlane",
                "is a novel of the stature of",
                "Arrowsmith",
                ",",
                "Babbitt",
                ", and",
                "Main Street",
                "leads the editors of the Modern Library to make it available in this permanent format."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cass Timberlane",
                "is the intense story of a marriage, written with unsparing realism and satire, yet with compassion and maturity of understanding. In the marriage of Judge Timberlane and his very young wife—and indeed in the marriages of the others in the book—there is the basis for brilliant observation and comment by one of America’s foremost novelists. This book will be welcomed not only by those who now read it for the first time, but by those who will enjoy re-reading it for renewed and enlarged insights into our society. (",
                "Fall 1957",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Spring 1958",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Random House, 1945. ML edition (pp. [",
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                "WR",
                "2 December 1957. First printing: 5,000 copies. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In 1958, about a year and a half before Random House acquired Alfred A. Knopf, an event occurred which would have a profound influence on the Modern Library’s subsequent history. That was the arrival of Jason Epstein as a Random House editor.  Epstein had started Anchor Books at Doubleday five years before, at the age of twenty-five. Anchor Books pioneered the quality paperback and was widely imitated by other publishers. Epstein acquired a reputation, at an early age, as a brilliant, innovative, ambitious, and successful figure in the publishing world. All of these qualities appealed strongly to Cerf, who also admired Epstein’s aggressiveness. Others found him arrogant and difficult to work with."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Part of the agreement with Random House allowed Epstein to start an independent imprint of children’s books, the Looking Glass Library, which Random House would distribute and which Epstein hoped would make his fortune; but the Looking Glass Library was discontinued after several years. Otherwise, Epstein was responsible at Random House for Modern Library Paperbacks and was closely involved with the Modern Library itself."
              ]
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                "| [torchbearer E6] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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                "“With Descartes philosophy made a fresh start,” says Professor Norman Kemp Smith in his Introduction to this book. “A new set of problems had arisen, and it is owing to the manner in which he faced these problems that he has been called ‘the father of modern philosophy.’”"
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                16
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                "Jacket:",
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                "This thoroughly enjoyable collection is almost a biography of Damon Runyon, the boy who grew up in the West, rode the rods, knew what the inside of jails was like, wrote sports, reported abroad, and became Mr. Broadway. Here are represented the wide range of his experiences and of his writing—early Westerns and sketches of “folks back home” with vivid titles like",
                "The Wooing of Nosey Gillespie",
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                "At Dead Mule Crossing",
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                "The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew",
                ", picked up in the hobo jungles. From his days as a newspaper reporter and syndicated columnist come accounts like",
                "The Main Event",
                ", sports verse like",
                "A Handy Guy Like Sande",
                ", and affectionate sketches of “ordinary” people like those of Joe and Ethel Turp or My Old Man. And finally, from Runyon’s great days as a Broadway chronicler, we have Hot Horse Herbie, Nicely Nicely, Gentleman George and their fantastic cronies, speaking again in these pages the peculiar vernacular now immortalized as Runyonese. (",
                "Spring 1958",
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                "Few men have been more widely read—and more misinterpreted—than Jonathan Swift. He did, it is true, call himself a misanthrope and many readers have been quick to regard him solely as a brooding, embittered critic of mankind."
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                "already know that the narrative charm of that book is merely one aspect of a work infinitely rich in observation and wisdom. And the broad variety of matters that engaged Swift’s brilliantly incisive mind is fully represented in the many other masterpieces of prose and poetry in this volume. (",
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                "The Nonesuch Press, London, for the selections “On the Death of Mrs. Johnson,” and “Directions for Servants,” from",
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Non-pictorial on Kraft paper with lettering in dark reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "One of the greatest satirists in the English language, Jonathan Swift continues to speak to succeeding generations. In addition to his masterpiece,",
                "Gulliver’s Travels",
                "—a devastating picture of human nature and human foibles—this volume contains his scathing attack on religious excesses,",
                "A Tale of a Tub",
                "; his defense of the classics,",
                "The Battle of the Books",
                "; and his unforgettable",
                "Modest Proposal",
                "that, in order to avoid starvation, the Irish eat their children. The selections from his letters, essays and poems reveal another side of one of the most brilliant minds in English literature."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1979 at $5.95.  ISBN 0-394-60479-2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "502c.  Second reissue format with Quintana introduction omitted (1985)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "JONATHAN SWIFT | [title in reverse within single rules in reverse all on black rectangular panel] GULLIVER’S TRAVELS | [torchbearer N] | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–v] vi–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–550 [551–556].  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] woodcut illustration by Stephen Alcorn of Gulliver bound; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | November 1985 | Copyright © 1958 by Random House, Inc.; [v]–vi CONTENTS; vii–xi A | LETTER | FROM | Capt.",
                "GULLIVER",
                "| TO HIS | Cousin",
                "SYMPSON",
                "; [xii] blank; [1]–550 as 502a; [551–556] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark reddish orange (38) and black on Kraft paper with Alcorn’s woodcut illustration of Gulliver bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "One of the unique books of world literature, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS describes the astonishing voyages of one Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon, first to Lilliput, a land inhabited by tiny people whose diminutive size renders all their pompous activities absurd; next to Brobdingnag, a republic of giants who are amused when Gulliver tells them about the glories of England; then to Laputa and its neighbor Lagado, peopled by quack philosophers and scientists; and finally to the land of the Houhynhnms, where horses behave with reason and control men, known as Yahoos, who behave like animals. A savage satire on man and his institutions, written with great wit and invention,",
                "Gulliver’s Travels",
                "has captivated readers for the past two centuries. This volume also includes the three other Swift masterpieces:",
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                ",",
                "The Battle of the Books",
                "and",
                "A Modest Proposal",
                "."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1985 at $11.95.  ISBN 0-394-60529-2."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. vii–xix of 502a–b (Quintana’s general introduction, the fly title, the facsimile title page of",
                "Gulliver’s Travels",
                "(Dublin, 1735), and Quintana’s introductory commentary on",
                "Gulliver’s Travels",
                "are omitted from 502c. The Note on the Text and Acknowledgments on the verso of the title page are also omitted. Quintana’s commentaries preceding other sections of the collection are retained. “A Letter from Capt. Gulliver to His Cousin Sympson,” with the pagination renumbered as vii–xi, appears directly following the table of contents. Quintana’s general introduction continues to be listed in the table of contents."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Swift,",
                "Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books",
                "(1931–1957)  212"
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
                503
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
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                    "."
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
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                {
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                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                8,
                "], [1–2] 3–689 [690–696].  [1–22]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "–",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] half title; [",
                4,
                "] epigraph from Nahum 2.13; [",
                5,
                "] title; [",
                6,
                "] First Modern Library Edition, 1958 | Copyright, 1948, by Irwin Shaw; [",
                7,
                "] dedication; [",
                8,
                "] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–689 text; [690–696] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in brilliant yellow (83), deep reddish orange (36), brownish black (65) and black on coated white paper with colors emanating from white center like an explosion; title and author in black on white center; other lettering in deep reddish orange and brilliant yellow."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Irwin Shaw was already widely recognized as one of America’s finest writers of short stories and plays when",
                "The Young Lions",
                "appeared. The enthusiastic response of critics was almost unprecedented, and—more importantly—many critics immediately recognized the permanent stature of the novel. “The book is an authentic contribution to the enduring body of American literature,” said one critic. “It will be read long after other successes of the day are out of print and out of mind.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Time has proved their judgments right, for this engrossing novel of men at war is in fact a testament of our century. It is the story of modern man in a moment of extreme ordeal, dramatically told by an acutely sensitive creative writer. The editors of the Modern Library are proud to include it as a work of distinguished and enduring achievement. (",
                "Spring 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Random House, 1948. ML edition (pp. [",
                4,
                "], [",
                7,
                "]–689) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the RH edition; title page adapted from the RH edition. Published May 1958.",
                "WR",
                "19 May 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72; reissued 1982–90."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There was a printing of 10,500 copies in 1959. Sales of the ML edition totaled 32,823 copies by fall 1966."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "503b.  Reissue format (1982)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 503a except line 5: [torchbearer M]."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 503a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 503a except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1982 | Copyright © 1948 by Irwin Shaw | Copyright renewed 1976 by Irwin Shaw."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on tan paper with lettering in deep reddish brown (44) and torchbearer in deep brown (56)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When",
                "The Young Lions",
                "was published in 1948, Irwin Shaw was already widely recognized as one of America’s foremost short story writers and playwrights. But when this, his first novel, appeared, the critical response was more enthusiastic than anyone could have expected—“He reveals in even greater stature the delicious wit, the dramatic sense of scene-making, and the full-hearted compassion of his short stories,” wrote",
                "The Saturday Review",
                ". The story of three young men—a Nazi, a Jew, and an American—",
                "The Young Lions",
                "takes place bestween [",
                "sic",
                "] 1938 and 1945, when the lives of the main characters cross fatally in a Bavarian forest. With this book, wrote",
                "The New York Herald Tribune",
                ", “Irwin Shaw becomes one of the most important of American novelists”; and in the years since, this judgment has been reconfirmed many times."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1982 at $7.95.  ISBN 0-394-60809-1."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Selected Short Stories",
                "(1961–1973)  534"
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
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          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
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            },
            {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
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                {
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                },
                {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "504.  First printing (1958)"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "[4-line title within single rules] The | Catcher | in the | Rye | [below frame] by J. D. SALINGER | [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], [1–2] 3–277 [278–282].  [1–9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "]",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1945, 1946, 1951, by J. D. Salinger",
                "; [",
                5,
                "] dedication; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–277 text; [278–279] ML Giants list; [280–282] blank. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in black and strong brown (55) on coated white paper with title and series in black and author in strong brown, all against white background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This is the story of Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old boy who, on being dropped by his prep school, decides to spend three days in New York before reporting home. The events of those three days and nights, told in the boy’s own words, form more than a dramatic story. They are the means by which Salinger skillfully portrays the thoughts and feelings of a young boy standing alone and unsure on the threshold of manhood."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“Mr. Salinger’s novel,” said Lewis Vogler in the",
                "San Francisco Chronicle",
                ", “is funny, poignant, and in its implications, profound. It is literature of a very high order.” The editors of the Modern Library are pleased to include this novel, which is already widely regarded as a twentieth-century classic. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Little, Brown & Co., 1951. ML edition (pp. [",
                5,
                "]–277) printed from Little, Brown plates. Published October 1958.",
                "WR",
                "13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained but probably around 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1963/64."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Little, Brown a $3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. Cerf wrote to Arthur Thornhill of Little, Brown early in 1958 that he wanted to publish",
                "The Catcher in the Rye",
                "and Salinger’s",
                "Nine Stories",
                "(516) in successive years. “I believe both books are already available in cheap paperback editions, but that wouldn’t bother us at all. Mr. Salinger is a great favorite today with just the college groups that patronize the Modern Library most heavily” (Cerf to Thornhill, 8 January 1958). The reprint contract, dated 7 February 1958, was for a period of five years. Salinger stipulated that there was to be no photograph of the author on the jacket and that Little, Brown had to approve the jacket copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printings between 1959 and 1962 were as follows: two printings of 5,000 and 3,000 copies (1959), 7,000 copies (1960), two printings of 7,000 and 10,000 copies (1961), two printings of 15,000 and 10,000 copies (1962). In the following table ML sales of",
                "Catcher in the Rye",
                "and",
                "Nine Stories",
                "chart Salinger’s popularity with precision."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Table: ML sales of Salinger’s",
                "Cather in the Rye",
                "and",
                "Nine Stories",
                ", 1958–63"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Salinger requested in June 1963 that the ML contracts for",
                "Catcher in the Rye",
                "and",
                "Nine Stories",
                "not be renewed. Thornhill gave six months’ termination notice for",
                "Catcher in the Rye",
                "and indicated that the ML would have the right to dispose of any copies on hand (Thornhill to Klopfer, 21 June 1963). Cerf was “deeply distressed” and wrote to Salinger: “We have always considered these two of the most important books in the whole series and have tried to present them in as dignified a manner as possible.” He noted that the ML had sold nearly 65,000 copies of",
                "Catcher in the Rye",
                "and over 37,000 copies of",
                "Nine Stories",
                "and asked if the ML could continue to publish both books for another three years at least (Cerf to Salinger, 25 June 1963)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There is no reply from Salinger in the RH archives. Klopfer indicated in July that the RH Production Department had been instructed to make no more printings of",
                "Catcher in the Rye",
                "(Klopfer to Thornhill, 15 July 1963). The ML edition was out of print by the winter of 1963/64; it is included in the ML’s fall 1963 stock list but omitted from spring/summer 1964 stock list."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML appears to have been reluctant to acknowledge that Salinger’s books were no longer part of the series. Perhaps there was a lingering hope that Salinger might change his mind.",
                "Catcher in the Rye",
                "and",
                "Nine Stories",
                "were listed in",
                "Publishers’ Trade List Annual",
                "through 1965 and continued to be included in ML lists in the books themselves through 1969. Numbers of discontinued titles were normally reassigned to new titles the following publishing season; ML 90, the number of",
                "Catcher in the Rye",
                ", was not reassigned to another title until fall 1967 when",
                "Four Contemporary French Plays",
                "(598) was published as ML 90."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Salinger",
                ", Nine Stories",
                "(1959–1964)  516"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                505
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "P. G. WODEHOUSE"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "SELECTED STORIES"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1958–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ".  (ML"
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "505.  First printing (1958)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Selected Stories",
                "|",
                "by",
                "|",
                "P. G. Wodehouse",
                "| Introduction by John W. Aldridge | [torchbearer E3] | THE MODERN LIBRARY"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxv [xxvi], [1–2] 3–382 [383–390].  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–5]",
                32,
                "[6]",
                16,
                "[7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc. | Copyright, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, | 1929, 1930, by P. G. Wodehouse; v–viii",
                "Foreword",
                "| BY P. G. WODEHOUSE; [ix]",
                "Contents",
                "; [x] blank; xi–xxv",
                "Introduction",
                "| P. G. WODEHOUSE: | THE LESSON OF THE | YOUNG MASTER | BY JOHN W. ALDRIDGE; [xxvi] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–382 text; [383–388] ML list; [389–390] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination and collation as 505. Contents as 505 except: [iv] copyright statements reset in full capitals and “1927,” moved to beginning of line 3; [383–390] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1967",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Jeeves Takes Charge – The Artistic Career of Corky – Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest – The Aunt and the Sluggard – The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy – Clustering Round Young Bingo – Bertie Changes His Mind – Jeeves and the Impending Doom – Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit – Jeeves and the Song of Songs – Episode of the Dog McIntosh – Jeeves and the Kid Clementina – The Love That Purifies – Jeeves and the Old School Chum – The Ordeal of Young Tuppy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid red (11), brilliant yellow (83), moderate pink (5), light bluish gray (190) and black on coated white paper with left profile illustration of Jeeves; lettering in black and vivid red. Spine in vivid red with lettering in reverse and black."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This book is guaranteed to give you all fifty-seven varieties of laughter—everything from the side-splitting belly-laugh to the soft inner ripple."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "These stories are all about Jeeves, the most fabulous gentleman’s gentleman ever invented. From behind his inscrutable facade, the incomparable Jeeves—confessor, savior, confidant—sagely guides the destinies of Bertie Wooster and his friends. And when things get out of hand, as they invariably do, it is Jeeves who tactfully assumes control to settle matters with his customary incredible ingenuity."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For this edition, John W. Aldridge has written an excellent introduction which discusses Wodehouse’s talent—a talent that transforms all readers into devotees. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection selected from",
                "Carry On, Jeeves!",
                "(George H. Doran Co., 1927) and",
                "Very Good, Jeeves",
                "(Doran, 1930). Published October 1958.",
                "WR",
                "13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Aldridge suggested a volume of Wodehouse stories in 1956 (Aldridge to Hiram Haydn, 9 July 1956). Cerf indicated that since the ML would be making new plates the maximum royalty would be 10 cents a copy and that it would have to include Wodehouse, his publisher, and Aldridge (Cerf to Aldridge, 19 July 1957)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wodehouse wrote that he was “tremendously pleased and flattered” that he would be in the ML but noted that he didn’t think the stories in",
                "Carry On, Jeeves!",
                "were very good. He thought it would be better if the ML used most of the first Jeeves book and all of",
                "Very Good, Jeeves",
                ". He also suggested updating several references in the stories and changing the title to",
                "A Gathering of Jeeves",
                "(Wodehouse to Cerf, 12 August 1957). After discussing the proposed contents with Aldridge, Cerf asked Wodehouse not to alter the table of contents. “Aldridge assures us that he weighed the pros and cons of every story he picked, and thinks that for Modern Library purposes we’ve got just the right selection.” He also asked Wodehouse not to insert updated references in the stories. “Everybody realizes that the Jeeves stories belong to a certain period and . . . up-dating any of the references would simply cause unnecessary confusion and certainly would be a mortal affront to your most ardent admirers.” Finally, he argued for sticking with the title",
                "Selected Stories",
                ". “The latter [",
                "A Gathering of Jeeves",
                "] may sound a little bit better, but it has been our experience that Modern Library titles sell best when they state very clearly what the book contains, without reaching for anything cute or clever” (Cerf to Wodehouse, 19 August 1957)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Wodehouse contributed an original foreword to the volume. Aldridge’s introduction was written for the ML but also appeared in",
                "New World Writing",
                ", no. 13 (1958), pp. 181–92."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                506
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "IMMANUEL KANT"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "506.  First printing (1958)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "IMMANUEL KANT |",
                "Critique of Pure Reason",
                "| Translated, with an Introduction, by | NORMAN KEMP SMITH | University of Edinburgh | ABRIDGED EDITION | [torchbearer E3] | The Modern Library · New York"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–v] vi–xviii [xix–xxii], [3–4] 5–38, 41–319 [320], 323–335 [336].  [1–11]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] First Modern Library Edition, 1958 | © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc.; [v]–xviii INTRODUCTION | BY NORMAN KEMP SMITH; [xix–xxii] TABLE OF CONTENTS; [3] facsimile title page of first edition (Riga, 1781) used as fly title; [4] motto and dedicatory letter; 5–9 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; [10] blank; 11–24 PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; 25–38 INTRODUCTION; 41–319 text headed: TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF | ELEMENTS; [320] blank; 323–335 text headed: TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF METHOD; [336] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep yellow (85), vivid reddish orange (34) and black on coated white paper with author in reverse, title in vivid reddish orange on inset horizontal black bar, other lettering in reverse and black, and five inset vertical bars from left to right in black, white, black, vivid reddish orange, and black, all against deep yellow background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The writings of Immanuel Kant represent the high-water mark of modern philosophy. Few men have had as broad and profound an influence as he did. Josiah Royce, for example, described Kant as “the thinker upon whom more than upon any other center, modern thought turns as upon a fulcrum.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The sheer bulk of Kant’s",
                "Critique",
                "—in many ways his central work—has often deterred readers. Now, Norman Kemp Smith, in this authoritative and new translation, provides a skillfully abridged edition from which all minor and repetitive parts have been omitted. The editors of the Modern Library are pleased to include it as one of the great books that all readers will want to own. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Smith translation originally published in London by Macmillan and Co., 1929; abridged edition published by Macmillan and Co., 1934. ML edition (pp. [xix]–335) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the abridged edition with index and two part titles omitted, page numerals and entry for index removed from table of contents, motto and dedicatory letter combined on a single page, and signature marks removed throughout. Published October 1958.",
                "WR",
                "13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid St Martin’s Press royalties of 10 cents a copy. In the early 1950s, when the RH College Dept. was considering publishing a moderately priced edition of Kant’s",
                "Critique of Pure Reason",
                "for classroom use, Stein asked about one hundred academics which translation they preferred. Nearly every respondent named the Smith translation. Smith’s introduction incorporates his Translator’s Preface from the abridged Macmillan edition but is otherwise original to the ML edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Kant,",
                "Philosophy",
                "(1949– )  422"
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            }
          ]
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                507
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Anne Frank |",
                "The diary of a young girl",
                "| TRANSLATED",
                "from the Dutch",
                "|",
                "by",
                "B. M. MOOYAART-DOUBLEDAY |",
                "With an",
                "INTRODUCTION |",
                "by",
                "ELEANOR ROOSEVELT | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK [torchbearer D4 extending above imprint]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [1–6] 7–285 [286–288].  [1–9]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[1] half title; [2] blank; [3] title; [4]",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1952, by Otto H. Frank",
                "|",
                "Copyright, 1952, by the American Jewish Committee",
                "; [5] pub. note; [6] blank; 7–8 INTRODUCTION signed p. 8: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT; [9] facsimile of handwritten entry in diary signed: [in script] Anne Frank. 12 Juni 1942.; [10] blank; 11–283 text; [284] blank; 285",
                "EPILOGUE",
                "; [286] blank; [287–288] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in grayish olive green (127), brilliant yellow (83) and black on coated white paper with illustration in grayish olive green and black of a young woman viewed from the rear, wearing an armband with a Star of David in brilliant yellow; lettering in grayish olive green and black, all against white background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely,” Anne Frank wrote on the opening page of her diary, “as I have never been able to do in anyone before, and I hope that you will be a great support and comfort to me.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "What follows is the story of an experience told with such sensitivity and warmth that no reader finishes the book without resolving to read it again."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Anne Frank, her sister, and her parents, along with four others, shared a small hiding place in an old building in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation. Her vivid account of their experiences and feelings during the two fearful years before their discovery—written with rare insight, humor, and intimacy—is one of the classics of our times. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in Amsterdam in 1947; English translation published by Doubleday & Co., 1952. ML edition (pp. [5]–285) printed from Doubleday plates. Published October 1958.",
                "WR",
                "13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Doubleday royalties of 10 cents a copy. The second printing, made in spring 1959, was for 7,000 copies."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "507b.  Reissue format (1978)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Title as 507a except torchbearer omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination as 507a.  Perfect bound."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 507a except: [4]",
                "Copyright, 1952, by Otto H. Frank",
                "; [286–288] blank."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on tan paper with lettering in dark blue (183) and torchbearer in deep brown (56)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Anne Frank was born in Frankfort, Germany on June 12, 1929. “As we are Jewish, we emigrated to Holland in 1933,” Anne writes in her diary, which she received on her thirteenth birthday. In July 1942 she and her family were forced to take refuge with four others in a back apartment in Amsterdam. There they remained until August 4, 1944, when the",
                "Grüne Polizei",
                "made a raid on the “Secret Annexe” and all the occupants were arrested and sent to German and Dutch concentration camps. In March 1945, two months before the liberation of Holland, Anne died of typhoid in the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Only her father, Otto Frank, survived, and it was he who saw that Anne’s diary was published in 1947."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Written with rare insight, humor and intimacy,",
                "The Diary of a Young Girl",
                "is one of the classics of our time. It has inspired a play and has been a bestseller in almost every known language. To hundreds of thousands of people, it represents the true horror and tragedy of the Nazi Occupation."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published spring 1978 at $4.95.  ISBN 0-394-60451-2."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                508
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "HONORÉ DE BALZAC"
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "COUSIN BETTE"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1958–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "|",
                "by",
                "HONORÉ DE BALZAC |",
                "Translated from the French by Kathleen Raine",
                "| [torchbearer D7] |",
                "The Modern Library · New York"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], [1–2] 3–432 [433–436].  [1]",
                16,
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                32,
                "[8]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION | © Copyright, 1958, by Random House, Inc.; v–xi INTRODUCTION |",
                "by Floyd Zulli, Jr.",
                "; [xii] blank; [1] fly title; [2] blank; 3–432 text; [433–434] ML Giants list; [435–436] blank. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in vivid purplish red (254), moderate greenish blue (173) and black on coated white paper with title in vivid purplish red script on white panel at top; additional lettering in reverse, moderate greenish blue and vivid purplish red on black band at center; author in moderate greenish blue script on white panel at foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cousin Bette",
                "is, in the opinion of many critics, one of Balzac’s finest novels—if not, indeed, his finest."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Paris during the last century comes alive in this novel as Balzac unfolds the dramatic story of men and women driven by greed, hatred, lust, envy, and ambition. With unsurpassed realism, he depicts their gradual moral and physical degeneration. This “fast-moving, brilliantly conceived study of unbridled brute passion,” as Professor Zulli describes",
                "Cousin Bette",
                "in his Introduction, is added to the Modern Library with pride because it is without doubt one of the great books of our culture. (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Raine translation originally published in the Novel Library by Hamish Hamilton in London and in U.S. by Pantheon Books, 1948. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Published October 1958.",
                "WR",
                "13 October 1958. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pantheon Books used sheets of the English edition. Klopfer asked Hamilton if the ML could buy the original plates; Hamilton replied that the book had been printed from standing type and that no plates had been made (Hamilton to Klopfer, April 1958)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "508b.  Zulli introduction credited on title page (1963)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Introduction by Floyd Zulli, Jr.",
                "| [torchbearer D7] |",
                "The Modern Library · New York."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 508a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 508a except: [iv]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted. (",
                "Fall 1963",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 508a. (",
                "Fall 1963",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balzac,",
                "Short Stories",
                "(1918–1935)  39"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balzac,",
                "Droll Stories",
                "(1931–1970)  221"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Balzac,",
                "Père Goriot & Eugénie Grandet",
                "(1946–1970)  390"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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          "TITLE": [
            "Modern Library 1959"
          ]
        },
        {
          "HEAD": [
            1959
          ]
        },
        {
          "GENERAL": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "General"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "During the early 1950s Modern Library sales were lower than they had been immediately after the war, but by the mid-1950s they had begun a steady upward climb. As the 1950s ended, the publishing industry was on the verge of a period of tremendous growth and change. By 1959, publishers whose stock was traded on Wall Street included American Book Company, Bobbs-Merrill, Book-of-the-Month Club, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Prentice-Hall, Rand McNally, and World (PW, 12 October 1959, p. 27)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "On 2 October 1959, Random House became a public corporation:  222,060 shares of Random House stock were placed on sale at $11.25 a share. Cerf and Klopfer remained firmly in control of the firm; the stock sold to the public represented only 30 percent of Random House’s total stock. As a result of the sale, Cerf and Klopfer each received a check for more than a million dollars."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Making Random House a public organization changed the nature of the business. Cerf has written:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Suddenly Random House embarked on its financial career and expansion. This marked a big change, since the minute you go public, outsiders own some of your stock and you’ve got to make periodic reports to them. You owe your investors dividends and profits. Instead of working for yourself and doing what you damn please, willing to risk a loss on something you want to do, if you’re any kind of honest man, you feel a real responsibility to your stockholders. It was a very important decision (Cerf,",
                "At Random",
                ", pp. 277–78)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The following year, Random House acquired Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and its outstanding quality paperback line, Vintage Books. But while Random House and publishing in general were thriving, the 1950s marked the end of the growth of the Modern Library.  By the mid-1960s, interest in the Modern Library on the part of the public was low and the series was in serious trouble."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NUMBER_OF_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Number of titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Ten titles were added and two were discontinued, bringing the total to 320."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "FORMAT": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Format"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "All new titles were published in the standard 7¼ by 4⅞ inch format with the Blumenthal binding, stained top edges, and Kent endpapers in gray. The binding cloth was red, blue, green or gray with lettering on inset panels in black on the front cover and spine."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "PRICE": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Price"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "$1.65"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "DATING_KEYS": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Dating keys",
                {
                  "span": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "(Spring) Auden,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "xSalinger,",
                "Nine Stories",
                "; Giants through G82 with G38 Rolland,",
                "Jean-Christophe",
                "(=fall 1959/spring 1960); jackets: 385. (Fall) Salinger,",
                "Nine Stories",
                "xColette,",
                "Six Novels",
                "; Giants through G82 with G38 Rolland,",
                "Jean-Christophe",
                "(=spring 1959/spring 1960); jackets: 388 (=spring 1960)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "TITLES_S_S_D": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "Titles sought, suggested, declined"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jason Epstein, who moved from Alfred A. Knopf to Random House around this time, had many ideas for the ML. He expressed interest in Samuel Johnson’s",
                "Lives of the Poets",
                ". He asked William Barnett and Morton White to edit a book on modern philosophy for ML Giants, indicating that it could sell 15,000–20,000 copies a year (Epstein to White, 24 February 1959). Mark Van Doren, who had edited",
                "The Poetry of John Dryden",
                "(Harcourt, Brace & Howe, 1920) nearly forty years earlier, declined an invitation to edit a collection of Dryden’s works for the ML (Van Doren to Epstein, 20 May 1959). Epstein asked William Arrowsmith, whose translation of Petronius,",
                "Satyricon",
                "(University of Michigan Press, 1959) had recently appeared, to translate",
                "Aristophanes",
                "for the ML, indicating that he thought it would earn annual royalties between $500 and $1,000 (Epstein to Arrowsmith, 23 October 1959). He invited F. W. Dupee to translate a selection of the works of the Marquis de Sade for the ML; as a second choice he expressed interest in a translation of Flaubert’s",
                "Sentimental Education",
                "(Epstein to Dupee, 17 November 1959)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf wanted to include the one-volume edition of James George Frazer’s",
                "The Golden Bough",
                "(Macmillan, 1922) in ML Giants and asked C. Edgar Phreaner Jr. to seek rights (Phreaner to Cerf, 27 July 1959). He offered Little, Brown an advance of $6,000 for Edith Hamilton,",
                "Mythology",
                ", originally published in 1942 (Cerf to Arthur Thornhill, 26 October 1959), and he asked Professor William Alfred of Harvard University about translations for a volume of Middle English literature for the ML, saying “It would be a good idea, I think, for the Modern Library to include an Anthology of this type” (Cerf to Alfred, 17 November 1959). None of these works were added to the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Several of Epstein’s suggestions resulted in additions to the series:",
                "A Kierkegaard Anthology",
                "(1959: 518), Dickens,",
                "Our Mutual Friend",
                "(1960: 524), and the Bernard Guilbert Guerney translation of Turgenev,",
                "Fathers and Sons",
                "(1917: 20.2a), which replaced the Constance Garnett translation in the ML in 1961 (Epstein to Klopfer, 12 January 1959). Other titles suggested by Epstein included Goodspeed’s translation of",
                "The Apocrypha",
                "(1962: 541),",
                "The Space Handbook",
                "(ML Paperbacks, November 1959), and Bernard Malamud’s",
                "The Magic Barrel",
                "(ML Paperbacks, April 1960)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Epstein offered a $500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy for reprint rights to the William Arrowsmith translation of Petronius,",
                "Satyricon",
                "(University of Michigan Press, 1959) but withdrew the offer when he discovered that a paperback edition would be published by Mentor Books (Epstein to Fred D. Wieck, 30 November 1959).",
                "An Anthology of Russian Literature in the Soviet Period from Gorki to Pasternak",
                ", edited by Bernard Guilbert Guerney, was considered for the ML but was published in 1960 as a Random House trade book. Other titles considered included E. M. W. Tillyard,",
                "The Elizabethan World Picture",
                "; Jacob Bronowski,",
                "The Common Sense of Science",
                "; and",
                "Five Plays",
                "of Eugene O’Neill.",
                "A Documentary History of Communism",
                ", edited by Robert V. Daniels, was considered for the ML but was postponed (Minutes of ML Meeting, 5 February 1959); it ended up being published in two volumes in Vintage Books."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Epstein wanted to strengthen the ML’s offerings of poetry. He suggested volumes devoted to Geoffrey Chaucer, the Cavalier Poets (Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace) and collections of the poetry of Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Samuel Johnson, Christopher Smart, W. S. Landor, Robert Burns, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, and William Butler Yeats. He also suggested publishing several longer poems as separate ML volumes, including Wordsworth’s",
                "The Prelude",
                ", Browning’s",
                "The Ring and the Book",
                ", Edmund Spenser’s",
                "The Faerie Queen",
                ", and the narrative poems of William Butler Yeats (Epstein to Andrew Chiappe, 6 February 1959). None of these proposals came to fruition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Charles Singleton, professor of humanities studies at Johns Hopkins University, signed a contract to prepare a new translation of Dante’s",
                "Divine Comedy",
                "for the ML, for which he received a $3,000 advance against royalties of 6½ percent of the retail price. In the end the project took longer than expected and expanded beyond the single volume that the ML anticipated. Singleton’s edition was published in six volumes by Princeton University Press between 1970 and 1975. Each of the three parts—",
                "Inferno",
                ",",
                "Purgatorio",
                ", and",
                "Paradiso—",
                "consisted of a volume containing the Italian text and Singleton’s translation and a volume of commentary by Singleton."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Epstein was also looking for new translations of several works that were already in the ML. The Ennis Rees translations of Homer’s",
                "Iliad",
                "(1929: 186.2) and",
                "Odyssey",
                "(1929: 187.2), published by Random House in 1960 and 1963, replaced the 19th-century translations of Lang, Leaf and Myers and Butcher and Lang in the ML between 1962 and 1964. The Samuel Putnam translation of Cervantes,",
                "Don Quixote",
                ", published by Viking Press in two volumes in 1949, replaced the Ozell revision of the Motteux translation in 1964 in the regular ML and ML Giants."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Other works that Epstein wanted to include in the ML were",
                "Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian Traditions",
                "by Theodore de Bary,",
                "Japanese Plays",
                "by Donald Keene, and the forthcoming edition of Pushkin’s",
                "Eugene Onegin,",
                "translated with commentary by Vladimir Nabokov (Bollingen Foundation, 1964). Also being sought were new translations of Homer’s",
                "Odyssey",
                "and",
                "Iliad",
                "and the University of Chicago’s translations of Greek Drama (Epstein to Cerf, 3 September 1959). The ML reprinted the Chicago edition of",
                "The Complete Greek Tragedies",
                "in seven volumes between 1960 and 1963."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Andrew Chiappe suggested Livy’s",
                "Hannibal’s Campaign",
                ", Tolstoy’s",
                "Essays",
                ", Balzac’s",
                "Lost Illusions",
                ", and Terence’s",
                "Comedies",
                "(Chiappe, November 1959). Epstein intended to add Sir Philip Sidney’s",
                "Arcadia",
                ", for which he paid William G. Miller $500 for editing work (Epstein to Miller 9 November 1959). Of these only Tolstoy,",
                "Selected Essays",
                "(1964: 564) and Balzac,",
                "Lost Illusions",
                "(1967: G109) appeared in the ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Klopfer asked Macmillan for reprint rights to Margaret Mitchell’s",
                "Gone with the Wind",
                "for ML Giants. Macmillan considered the offer seriously but Bruce Brett, the president of the firm, concluded that “this is not the time for it” (Brett to Klopfer, 15 December 1959)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "John Clive, whose",
                "Macaulay: The Shaping of a Historian",
                "would be published by Knopf in 1973, suggested a ML selection of Macaulay’s works. Epstein declined the proposal, noting that ML titles had to sell “a minimum of 2,000 to 3,000 copies a year for a considerable period, which means that it has to be assigned to undergraduates in fairly substantial numbers” (Epstein to Clive, 15 September 1959)."
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "NEW_TITLES": [
            {
              "HEAD": [
                "New titles"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Modern Library Dictionary",
                "(1959–1970)  509"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Auden,",
                "Selected Poetry",
                "(1959–1971)  510"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Rodgers and Hammerstein,",
                "Six Plays",
                "(1959– )  511"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Weidman,",
                "I Can Get It for You Wholesale",
                "(1959–1971)  512"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jung,",
                "Basic Writings",
                "(1959– )  513"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bierstedt, ed.,",
                "Making of Society",
                "(1959–1974)  514"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Vasari,",
                "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects",
                "(1959–1970)  515"
              ]
            },
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                "Part I. On the Nature and Functioning of the Psyche: Symbols of Transformation (selections) – On the Nature of the Psyche (selections) – The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious (selections) – Psychological Types (selections) – Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious – Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype.  Part II. On Pathology and Therapy: On the Nature of Dreams – On the Psychogenesis of Schizophrenia – Psychology of the Transference (introduction).  Part III. On the Religious Function: Introduction to the Religious and Psychological Problems of Alchemy – Psychology and Religion (selections).  Part IV. On Human Development: Marriage As a Psychological Relationship."
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            },
            {
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                "Front flap:"
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            },
            {
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                "The twentieth century has been described as the century of man’s discovery of himself. No one has contributed more in this respect than Dr. C. G. Jung, whose ideas have exerted great influence upon all branches of knowledge concerned with man and his society."
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            {
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                "The publication of this volume of basic writings, skillfully edited by Violet de Laszlo, provides for the first time a means by which general readers can become acquainted with Dr. Jung’s major works. The reader can look forward here to the pleasure and value of contact with one of the most brilliant and prolific minds of our times. (",
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            {
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                "Clifton Fadiman suggested a volume of Jung’s writings in 1956. He had received a letter which stated: “You may know those who select the titles for Modern Library Editions. Could you persuade them to publish some of Dr. C. G. Jung’s writings. They are so scattered it is difficult to obtain the more important parts.” Fadiman commented, “Not as crazy as it sounds—the Jung cult is fairly large, the name better and better known, and the Bollingen translations are good and easily buyable from Kurt [Wolff, the founder of Pantheon Books]” (Fadiman to Klopfer, 13 April 1956). Klopfer replied, “We have been negotiating with the Bollingen people for months, and expect to have a title in the Modern Library in 1957” (Klopfer to Fadiman, 20 April 1956)."
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            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep blue (179), moderate reddish brown (37) and black on coated white paper; deep blue panel streaked with black at left with title in reverse, moderate reddish brown panel at right with other lettering in reverse and black."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The question, “What is society?” is one that was pondered long before there was such a word as",
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                "Fall 1959",
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            },
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bierstedt retained eighteen of the sixty-one selections in Calverton’s anthology and added twenty-seven new selections."
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                "One evening, in the year 1546, Giorgio Vasari, a Florentine painter and architect, was dining in Rome with the celebrated Cardinal Farnese. The company was distinguished, the conversation learned. Need was mentioned for a history of Italian painting from the days of Giotto. Turning to Vasari, the Cardinal suggested that he should undertake the task, adding, “whereby you would also advance the arts.”"
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                "Vasari had known many of the men of whom he wrote; he had seen most of the pictures that he describes; his style is as vital and lively as the age in which he lived; as Bernard Berenson says, “Everything considered, his interpretation is still the best there is.” (",
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            },
            {
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Linscott received a flat fee of $1,500 for his editorial work. He originally planned to use the mid-nineteenth-century translation of Mrs. Jonathan Foster and had cut it to 170,000 words when he discovered the DeVere translation, which he described as “a much better and terser translation that will enable me to get the same text into 150,000 words.” He told Cerf, “I will have to redo all the work of preparing the manuscript but the translation is so much better that I’m sure it’s worth doing, quite apart from the saving in composition and plates” (Linscott to Cerf, 7 January 1957). Linscott abridged the 10-volume DeVere translation, which had never been published or copyrighted in the U.S., “simply by omitting the second rate artists, description of pictures which no longer exist, and some of Vasari’s interminable moralizing. As a result American readers will have all the essential Vasari in a brisk and readable text. I have even gone so far as to change the Renaissance measurements into feet (the first time this has been done) so that when Vasari gives the dimensions of a statue or a building it will be meaningful instead of meaningless to American readers” (Linscott to Cerf, 15 June 1957)."
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            },
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                "Linscott was pleased with the way the ML abridgment turned out, and he thought his introduction was “the best I have ever done” (Linscott to Cerf, 7 January 1957). He told Cerf, “Except for the . . . Everyman and an expensive illustrated edition by S & S [Simon and Schuster] with disgracefully butchered text, ours will be the only Vasari in print. Instead of using the century old standard translation which is stiff, inaccurate and virtually unreadable we have used a lively and strictly accurate translation.” (Linscott to Cerf, 15 June 1957)."
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                "Non-pictorial in vivid yellowish green (129), vivid purplish blue (194) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black overlapping white diamond-shaped panel except author and series in vivid purplish blue; background in vivid yellowish green."
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                "Pick up this book and start reading a story, any story. Choose from intriguing titles like “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” or “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor,” and start anywhere. Chances are that you will be in on a conversation, one so fresh and immediate that you will seem to be hearing, not reading it. You have entered the world of J. D. Salinger, and you will continue reading until you have finished all nine stories. Who are these extraordinary people, these grave and knowing children, what is happening to them, what are they revealing about past events, about themselves, about their dealings with each other and the world? The author does not tell you directly but you find out for yourself from their every word, gesture, and act."
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                "Aida",
                "to",
                "Zaza",
                ", from",
                "Porgy and Bess",
                "to the",
                "Ring",
                ", this book supplies the kind of information you need in simple, easy-to-get-at style. Keep it on the shelf with your dictionary and the other books to which you constantly refer. The whole family will use it. (",
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                "|",
                "Copyright, 1938, by Harper and Brothers",
                "; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii]–xi PREFACE signed p. xi: ROBERT WALTER BRETALL | Phoenix, Arizona | 27 February 1946; [xii] blank; [xiii]–xv CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [xvii]–xxv INTRODUCTION; [xxvi] epigraphs from",
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            1932
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Elmer Adler, who had been a director of Random House since the imprint was created in 1927 to distribute and publish fine limited editions, resigned in 1932. Thereafter he devoted himself exclusively to his fine printing business, Pynson Printers, and to",
                "The Colophon",
                ", the bibliophilic quarterly which he published from 1930 to 1940. Random House was reorganized—still as a subsidiary of The Modern Library, Inc.—with Cerf and Klopfer as sole directors. It was not until 1933, following the bankruptcy of Liveright, Inc., that Cerf and Klopfer turned seriously to trade publishing."
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                "The ML published a full-page ad in",
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                "Cerf approached Arthur Pell at Liveright, Inc., about including a volume of plays by Eugene O’Neill in ML Giants (Cerf to Pell, 16 November 1932). Nothing came of this initiative. O’Neill became a Random House author the following year after the Liveright bankruptcy. O’Neill’s",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf contacted Hermann Schaff for the rights to an edition of Synge plays, saying “If we can’t get this from you by peaceable means in the next two years, I will have to start negotiations with the Boston underworld to spirit you off somewhere and tickle your bare soles with lighted matches until you sign on the dotted line” (Cerf to Schaff, 16 November 1932). Cerf again contacted Doubleday for reprint rights to",
                "Kim",
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            {
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                "in 1933. Cerf thought that Warren’s suggestion was an excellent idea except from the point of view of the publisher of the complete set. He asked Warren to keep the idea under his hat and not even tell Ferris Greenslet, the manager of the Houghton Mifflin trade department. “We have had two conversations with Boni relative to buying the entire Proust property from him. In the event of a slow down, I think we might be able to get these books for our Random House list. In the event that anything happens along this line, I will let you know as promptly as possible. Something must break in this situation before the summer is very much advanced (Cerf to Warren, 21 June 1932; underlining in original). Five months later he indicated, “I have not given up hopes of buying the entire Proust property from Albert Boni. If anything develops along this line, be assured that I will get in touch with you immediately” (Cerf to Warren, 22 November 1932). Cerf was able to secure",
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            {
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                "My Antonia",
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                "Contents as 228.3a except: [",
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                "Dostoyevsky,",
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            "THOMAS MANN.  THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.  1932",
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "The reader who takes up this book for the first time has in store for him one of the rarest thrills that can be afforded by modern literature. The editors of the Modern Library unhesitatingly list it among the greatest novels of all time. That it ranks as one of the five best sellers in the entire series is a tribute to the taste of the American public. That the author is now in exile from his native land is a commentary on the Hitler regime that needs no amplification. (",
            "Spring 1934",
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            "in 1929, when he offered a $3,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy and indicated that he was willing to use the Plimpton Press rather than the ML’s regular printers so that the Knopf plates would not have to be moved (Cerf to Manley Aaron, Knopf, 19 November 1929). The reprint contract was not signed until May 1931. The agreement Cerf sent Knopf did not limit the ML’s rights to any period of time; Knopf inserted the standard clause granting reprint rights for a period of five years (Knopf, Inc. to Cerf, 14 May 1931). The terms of the final contract have not been ascertained, but the ML appears to have paid royalties of 12 cents a copy. The ML secured quotes from the Plimpton Press but in the end the ML edition was printed by Parkway Printing Co., the ML’s regular printers."
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Sales over the first five years totaled 48,004 copies as follows: 13,883 copies (1932); 7,871 copies (1933); 9,053 copies (1934); 9,902 copies (1935); 7,295 copies (1936) (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938)."
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Knopf declined to renew the reprint contract for a second five-year term. Lewis Miller later explained, “Mr. Knopf has withdrawn THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN from us and plans to reissue it himself in what I imagine will be a $3.00 edition. I believe Mr. Knopf feels that he can get more revenue for himself and for Mr. Mann in that way. We are sorry to have the book go, naturally” (Miller to Ellis Mount, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 18 May 1938). The final printing of the ML edition (10,000 copies in October 1936) was ordered after Knopf served notice that the reprint contract would not be renewed. Knopf appears to have allowed the ML a large final printing before giving up the title. Cerf expressed his appreciation: “Just a line to tell you again how much I appreciate your attitude in THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN matter. We are indebted to you for a lot of things. Some day maybe we will be able to square the account” (Cerf to Knopf, 26 October 1936). The ML edition was out of print by May 1938."
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            "as a Giant. He added, “Quite frankly, we get letters every week in the year demanding to know why this title is no longer in the series, and I’d rather have it back than any other book in print” (Cerf to Joseph C. Lesser, Knopf, 20 July 1942). Lesser replied that he wished he could say yes. “The title is just too good a back-list item for us to be willing to part with it on any arrangement whatsoever. As a trade publisher you must appreciate the necessity of our position” (Lesser to Cerf, 21 July 1942). Cerf replied: “I was afraid that your answer was going to be no on THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN.” He then asked if Knopf could be persuaded to allow",
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        {
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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        {
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            "Jacket:",
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "The story of the vicissitudes attendant upon the publisher’s suppression, in 1901, of",
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            "Sister Carrie",
            "pointed the tendency in American fiction for twenty-five years, and today it remains a monumental achievement, embodying all the sympathy, tenderness and unremitting naturalness for which its author has grown internationally famous. (",
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        {
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            "Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. Dreiser acquired the Doubleday, Page plates in 1906 and authorized printings by B. W. Dodge & Co., 1907; Grosset & Dunlap, 1908; Harper & Bros., 1912; and Boni & Liveright, 1917. ML edition (pp. [",
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        {
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            ", “The Early Adventures of Sister Carrie” (ML ed., pp. v–vii) indicates that it was rejected by Harper & Brothers before it was accepted by Doubleday, Page at the recommendation of the novelist Frank Norris, who was a reader for Doubleday. After the book was printed, Dreiser continues:"
          ]
        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "“Mrs. Frank Doubleday read the manuscript and was horrified by its frankness. She was a social worker and active in moral reform, and because of her strong dislike for the book and insistence that it be withdrawn from publication, Doubleday, Page decided not to put it in circulation. However, Frank Norris remained firm in his belief that the book should come before the American public, and persuaded me to insist on the publishers carrying out the contract. Their legal adviser—one Thomas McKee, who afterwards personally narrated to me his share in all this—was called in, and he advised the firm that it was legally obliged to go on with the publication, it having signed a contract to do so, but that this did not necessarily include",
            "selling",
            "; in short, the books, after publication, might be thrown in the cellar! I believe his advice was followed to the letter, because no copies were ever sold. But Frank Norris, as he himself told me, did manage to send out some copies to book reviewers, probably a hundred of them. (p. vi)"
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Frank Doubleday, the senior partner, returned in July 1900 from a vacation and read Sister Carrie in typescript. Perhaps his wife read the novel as well, though this has never been firmly established. For whatever reason, Doubleday expressed a strong dislike for the narrative, calling it “immoral” and urging that his firm not publish it. Working through Page, he attempted to persuade Dreiser to withdraw the book, but Dreiser . . . stood firm and demanded publication. Doubleday sought legal advice and found that indeed he was committed to putting Sister Carrie into print, but that he was under no obligation to market it strongly (West, “The Composition and Publication of Sister Carrie”, Dreiser Web Source, University of Pennsylvania Library, 2000)."
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            "and left 450 unbound. Norris sent out 127 review copies.",
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            "sold 456 copies between its publication on 8 November 1900 and February 1902, and Dreiser received royalties of $68.40 (Lehan, p. 1159). Dreiser indicates that the Doubleday, Page plates along with some bound and unbound copies of",
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            "were bought by the rare book dealer J. F. Taylor & Company (“The Early Adventures of Sister Carrie,” p. vi). Dreiser later purchased the plates and books from them. Subsequent reprints of",
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            ", including the Modern Library’s, were arranged with Dreiser."
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "The ML negotiated its edition directly with Dreiser. Dreiser received a $2,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy. He paid $500 of the advance to Horace Liveright, Inc., probably for the use of the plates which had been licensed to Liveright. All of the royalties were credited to Dreiser’s account; Liveright received no further income from the ML edition (Dreiser Papers, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania. Dreiser to Horace Liveright, Inc., 27 October 1931). When a ML printing was required, Klopfer wrote to Dreiser asking him to give instructions for the plates to be delivered to the ML’s printers. After Dreiser’s death the ML acquired world rights on a non-exclusive basis (Dreiser Papers. E. E. Harper to Mrs. Theodore Dreiser, 1 April 1948)."
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            "sold 5,637 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. During the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952 it sold 7,097 copies, placing it solidly in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles."
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            "Sister Carrie",
            "was the forerunner of a tendency in American fiction for at least a quarter of a century and even today it remains a monumental achievement as a novel of great sympathy, tenderness and unremitting naturalness. For these qualities alone Theodore Dreiser became internationally famous. (",
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            "Pictorial in strong red (12) and black on brilliant yellow paper depicting Dracula in top hat, bat-like cape and cane; borders and title in strong red, other lettering in black; adapted from the Sun Dial Library jacket. (",
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            "Old Wives’ Tale",
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            "entered the public domain but indicated that the ML would agree to whatever Doubleday decided (Klopfer to Mina Turner, Doubleday, 17 April 1958). By 1965 the ML was paying royalties of 5 cents a copy."
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            "sold 5,052 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
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            "Fujita non-pictorial jacket in black and vivid red (11) on coated white paper; title in ornamented vivid red letters, other lettering and ornamentation in reverse except rules above and below author in red, all against black background."
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        {
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        {
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            "Jacket:",
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        {
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Since the book’s first publication in 1897, the spellbinding figure of Count Dracula, the urbane vampire, has chilled the hearts of countless readers and vast audiences of film and theater goers. All other vampires owe their inspiration to him."
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            "ANTON",
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            "eptember,",
            "1931; 1–437 text; [438] blank.",
            "Contents:",
            "A Day in the Country, translated by Constance Garnett – Old Age, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – Kashtanka, translated by Constance Garnett – Enemies, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – On the Way, translated by R. E. C. Long – Vanka, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye – La Cigale, translated by R. E. C. Long – Grief, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye – An Inadvertence, translated by Constance Garnett – The Black Monk, translated by R. E. C. Long – The Kiss, translated by R. E. C. Long – In Exile – A Work of Art – Dreams, translated by Marian Fell – A Woman’s Kingdom, translated by Constance Garnett – The Doctor, translated by Constance Garnett – A Trifling Occurrence, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – The Hollow, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye – After the Theatre, translated by S. Koteliansky and J. M. Murry – The Runaway, translated by R. E. C. Long – Vierochka, translated by R. E. C. Long – The Steppe, translated by Adeline Lister Kaye.",
            "Jacket:",
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        {
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            "9 April 1932. First printing: Not ascertained.",
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            "(27) which had been in the ML since 1917. Cerf had discussed a revision of the earlier volume with Linscott and wrote him in 1930, “I have been awaiting some word from you in regard to the volume of Tchekov’s Short Stories. The more I think about this the more advisable it seems to scrap our entire volume and get out the best possible new collection that we can. If you want to undertake this task, you will be elected with due eclat” (Cerf to Linscott, 15 October 1930). Eight of the fourteen stories in",
            "Rothschild’s Fiddle",
            "were retained in Linscott’s collection. “Rothschild’s Fiddle” was added in later printings (232b)."
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            {
              "span": []
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            "was probably responsible for the ML’s adoption of that spelling (RH box 89, Eva Le Gallienne file). The ML reverted to “Chekhov” in fall 1956 with the Stark Young translation of",
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            "232b.",
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
            "Contents as 232a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]",
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        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            "Supreme among the world’s short-story writers, Anton Tchekov is here represented by twenty-two [",
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            "Jacket B:",
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        },
        {
          "UNASSIGNED": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vi, 1–380 [381–386].  [1–12]",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep purple (224) and black on gray paper depicting a barefoot man kneeling by a body of water and drinking; borders in deep purple, lettering in black. Signed: [Jacob] Burck. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf contacted Faulkner in 1931 about including one of his books in the ML. Faulkner replied: “I would like to see one of my books in your Modern Library series, though I do not know what steps are necessary to take with the publisher. . . . I would like to see THE SOUND AND THE FURY, with for preface a pamphlet which Evelyn Scott wrote about the time the book was published, in your list [Scott’s 10-page pamphlet,",
                "On William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury,",
                "was published by Cape & Smith in 1929]. That would be my idea. However, I don’t think it will be a choice of title that will hold any agreement among the three of us up.” Cerf enclosed a ML catalogue and invited Faulkner to select a few volumes. He requested Joyce’s",
                "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man",
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            },
            {
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                "The Making of",
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                ", pp. 7, 50–51). This practice made it more difficult for reprint publishers like the Modern Library to publish inexpensive reprint editions of contemporary works several years after their initial publication since they normally expected to print copyrighted books from the original publisher’s plates."
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              ]
            },
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                "This book was written three years ago. To me it is a cheap idea, because it was deliberately conceived to make money. I had been writing books for about five years, which got published but not bought. . . ."
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                "Then I began to get a little soft. . . . I began to think of books in terms of possible money. I decided I might just as well make some of it myself. I took a little time out, and speculated what a person in Mississippi would believe to be current trends, chose what I thought was the right answer and invented the most horrific tale I could imagine and wrote it in about three weeks. . . . (233.1b‑c, pp. v–vi)"
              ]
            },
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                "After sending the manuscript to his publisher, Faulkner took a job working the overnight shift at a power plant. “On these nights, between 12 and 4, I wrote",
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            },
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                "I think I had forgotten about",
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                ", just as you might forget about anything made for an immediate purpose, which did not come off.",
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                "Sanctuary",
                "until Smith sent me the galleys. Then I saw that it was so terrible that there were but two things to do: tear it up or rewrite it. I thought again, “It might sell; maybe 10,000 of them will buy it.” So I tore the galleys down and rewrote the book. It had been already set up once, so I had to pay for the privilege of rewriting it, trying to make out of it something which would not shame",
                "The Sound and the Fury",
                "and",
                "As I Lay Dying",
                "too much and I made a fair job and I hope you will buy it and tell your friends and I hope they will buy it too. (233.1b–c, pp. vii–viii)"
              ]
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "(394) were published together in a single volume."
              ]
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                "sold 4,939 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. Faulkner’s audience increased significantly after he won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. By spring 1951 Faulkner had four volumes in the series. All four were in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles in terms of sales during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952.",
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                "Absalom, Absalom!",
                "(434), and",
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            },
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                16,
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                4,
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            },
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                "Variant B:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–viii, 1–380 [381–392].  [1–12]",
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                8,
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            },
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            },
            {
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                "The sinister and depraved figure of Popeye dominates as extraordinary a novel as our contemporary national literature can boast.",
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                "Sanctuary",
                "arouses the most extreme enthusiasm or revulsion; it holds spellbound its most ardent admirers and bitterest foes from first sentence to last. (",
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              ]
            },
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            },
            {
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                32,
                "[6]",
                8,
                "[7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
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                "] | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, 1959, BY WILLIAM FAULKNER; [381–386] ML list; [387–388] ML Giants list; [389–392] blank. (",
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                "Note:",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in deep blue (179), dark yellowish brown (78) and yellowish gray (93) on coated white paper depicting a man with a cigarette dangling from his mouth peering over crossed timbers; lettering in deep blue and dark yellowish brown, background in white. Signed: E. McKnight Kauffer ’40. Front flap as 233.1b. (",
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              ]
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            },
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                3,
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            },
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "This celebrated book, the sixth of William Faulkner’s novels in order of publication, first appeared on February 9, 1931, but a draft of the manuscript had been finished nearly two years earlier. When Mr. Faulkner saw the galley proofs of that version of",
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            },
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                "The Sound and the Fury",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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                "Light in August",
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                ",",
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                "Pylon",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
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            },
            {
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            {
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              ]
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–ix] x–xii [xiii–xiv], [1] 2–457 [458].  [1–14]",
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                4
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            },
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                "November",
                ", 1891.; [viii] blank; [ix]–xii PREFACE TO THE FIFTH (ENGLISH) | EDITION signed p. xii: T. H. |",
                "July",
                ", 1892.; [xiii] CONTENTS.; [xiv] blank; [1]–457 text; [458] blank."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                16,
                ". Contents as 234.1a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1891,",
                "by",
                "HARPER & BROS. |",
                "Copyright,",
                "| 1919,",
                "by",
                "THOMAS HARDY | [short double rule]; [459–464] ML list; [465–466] blank. (",
                "Spring 1933",
                ")"
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            {
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                "Jacket A:",
                "Pictorial in grayish reddish orange (39) and black on cream paper depicting a woman carrying a sheaf of grain with building outlined in background; borders grayish reddish brown, lettering in black. Signed: [Amy] Hogeboom. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "has earned a prominent place on the shelf of the world’s greatest novels. Time does not lessen its appeal. The years since its publication have witnessed a constantly renewing enthusiasm for this heroic story of a woman victimized by an implacable fate. The fate of the novel itself is the highest tribute to its quality. In the beginning,",
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "was shunned and anathematized as immoral; now it is acknowledgedly one of the outstanding literary achievements of the nineteenth century. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in light green (144), moderate green (145) and black on cream paper with inset wood engraving in black and cream of a man and woman on a stone bridge over stream; background in light green with lettering in black and reverse, all within triple-rule frame in moderate green. Designed by Paul Galdone, October 1938; unsigned. Front flap as jacket A. (",
                "Spring 1939",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Harper & Brothers, 1892. “New and Completely Revised Edition” published 1893. ML edition (pp. [vii]–457) printed from plates of the 1893 Harper edition with placement of CONTENTS and the epigraph from Shakespeare reversed. Published March 1932.",
                "WR",
                "16 April 1932. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1971/72. Reissued 1979–86."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML paid Harper’s a $2,000 advance. Royalties were paid on sales rather than printings, but the rate has not been ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "sold 7,699 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. Hardy’s",
                "Return of the Native",
                "(126) outsold",
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "by about 30 copies.",
                "The Mayor of Casterbridge",
                "(17) and",
                "Jude the Obscure",
                "(145) ranked in the fourth quarter of ML titles.",
                "The Return of the Native",
                "remained the ML’s best-selling Hardy title during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, ranking low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "and the other two Hardy titles were not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular series during that period."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "234.1b.  Title page reset (c. 1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Tess of the | D’Urbervilles | BY | THOMAS HARDY | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 234.1a variant."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 234.1a variant except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY HARPER & BROTHERS | COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THOMAS HARDY; [465–466] ML Giants list. (",
                "Spring 1947",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Enlarged version of 234.1a jacket B. Front flap as 234.1a. (",
                "Spring 1947",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "234.2a.",
                "New",
                "bibliographical edition",
                "; Weber introduction added (1951)"
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            },
            {
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                "Tess of the d’Urbervilles",
                "| A PURE WOMAN | [short ornamental rule] |",
                "Faithfully presented by",
                "| THOMAS HARDY |",
                "“. . . Poor wounded name! My bosom as a bed",
                "|",
                "shall lodge thee.”",
                "– W. SHAKESPEARE | introduction by Carl J. Weber |",
                "Roberts Professor of English Literature,",
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiii [xxxiv], [",
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            {
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                "Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.",
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                "January",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Implacable fate plays a major role in the novels of Thomas Hardy. In",
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "it wreaks havoc in the life of its heroine and makes her the victim of forces beyond her control. Her story, grim and unrelieved in its pathos, is told in the manner of heroic tragedy. The fate of the novel itself is, in a sense, a measure of its quality and the strong feelings it aroused. When it was first published,",
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "was shunned and proclaimed immoral. Now it is acknowledged as one of the notable literary achievements of the last decade of the nineteenth century. (",
                "Fall 1956",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Bibliographical edition originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1920. ML edition (pp. xxv–[xxxiv], [1] – [508]) printed from offset plates photographically reduced from the 1920 Harper edition with running heads omitted, preliminaries repaginated, and the map of Hardy’s Wessex redrawn. Published 1951 in MLCE and subsequently in the regular ML. Discontinued from regular ML, 1971; published in “reissue” format, 1979–86."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When plans were made to publish",
                "Tess of the D’Urbervilles",
                "in MLCE, Stein offered Weber $150 to write the introduction (Stein to Weber, 30 June 1950). Weber accepted but added:"
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            },
            {
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                "I assume that you will take care to get the correct definitive TEXT of this novel, and will avoid using the far-from-definitive edition first issued by the Modern Library. . . . NO EDITION OF TESS PUBLISHED BEFORE 1912 will provide you with a satisfactory text, and many an edition issued since 1912 still perpetuates the omissions of earlier editions. Macmillan’s London edition of 1912, and Harper’s “Anniversary Edition” issued in New York in 1920–21, or more recent reprints of either of these, are the only satisfactory sources of text for your projected edition. If you have any doubt about what’s what, please give me a chance to examine and comment on whatever you are going to use. I shall have occasion, in my introduction, to speak of Hardy’s revisions, and you will of course want your edition to be a definitive job (Weber to Stein, 3 July 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Stein checked with Harper’s about using the plates of their 1920 edition. Harper’s was agreeable provided the ML printed at Kingsport, Tennessee, where the plates were stored, and agreed to a plate royalty of 2 cents a copy. However, the Harper plates were too large for the ML format, and the ML in any case preferred to use their regular printer. The ML proposed to prepare its own plates photographically from the Harper plates (Stein memorandum to Emanuel Harper, 8 September 1950). The map was included at Weber’s suggestion."
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 234.2a except: [ii] map: THE WESSEX | OF | THIS NOVEL; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. | COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1979 BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.; [",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial on kraft paper with lettering in dark grayish brown (62) and torchbearer in strong brown (55). Designed by Sara Eisenman. Front flap abridged from 234.2a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Published fall 1979 at $5.95. ISBN 0-394-60484-9. Discontinued 1986."
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Hardy,",
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                "(1917–1971)  17"
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THE POEMS OF | LONGFELLOW | [rule] | INCLUDING EVANGELINE | THE SONG OF HIAWATHA | THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH | TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], 1–678 [679–684].  [1–21]",
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                12
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Evangeline – The Courtship of Miles Standish – The Song of Hiawatha – Tales of a Wayside Inn – Voices of the Night – Ballads and Other Poems – The Spanish Student – The Belfry of Bruges, and Other Poems – The Seaside and the Fireside – Miscellaneous."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Uniform typographic jacket D. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Generation after generation of Americans has been brought up on the poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. To him can be attributed a major share of what love for poetry great masses of our people cherish. Such poems as “The Song of Hiawatha,” “Evangeline,” “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” and many others are part of our heritage, and we read them over and over again with a nostalgia for our youth and a new appreciation of Longfellow’s place among the great lyricists of our national literature. (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection. Published April 1932.",
                "WR",
                "7 May 1932. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Longfellow was the most commercially successful American poet of his time. There were only three years between 1845 and 1851 when Longfellow’s income from poetry did not exceed—sometimes substantially—his salary as the Smith Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard. He resigned from Harvard in 1854, and from 1875 until his death he received $4,000 a year from his older books alone—more than twice what he had earned as a professor (Charvat, p. 113). His poetry remained sufficiently lucrative in the twentieth century for Houghton Mifflin Co., the ultimate successor of Longfellow’s original Boston publisher, Ticknor and Fields, to be concerned when the Modern Library announced its edition of Longfellow. Cerf received a letter from Robert Linscott at Houghton Mifflin:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A slight tremor of agitation swept over this office yesterday when we first noticed your announcement . . . [Longfellow is the] Poet of Poets most closely associated with Houghton Mifflin Company. Suckled at our even then venerable bosom, he was for years our mainstay, and office boys learned to lisp the leisured cadences of “Evangeline.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Linscott indicated that he presumed the ML would be using only works for which the copyright had expired, and he asked whether any courtesy acknowledgment would be made (Linscott to Cerf, 15 January 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML initially intended to base its edition on",
                "The Poems of Henry W. Longfellow",
                ", published in 1901 by the A. L. Burt Co. in its Home Library series. Linscott wrote again four days later:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "You’re a trusting soul to take the Burt Home Library “Longfellow” which contains only the poems which apparently were out of copyright before 1900. In other words, out of seven and a half pages of contents as given in the Complete Cambridge Edition, only approximately two and a half are included in the Burt Longfellow (Linscott to Cerf, 19 January 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Linscott promised to send a copy of the Houghton Mifflin’s Complete Cambridge Edition with the copyrighted material marked."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "At this point Ferris Greenslet, the general manager of the Houghton Mifflin trade department, whom Tebbel has described as “the dominant figure at Houghton Mifflin in the thirties” (vol. 3, p. 537), intervened. He wrote Cerf:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "I am rather embarrassed to know just what to say about it [the Longfellow matter]. As we still have a fair amount of the Longfellow material in copyright and therefore the only complete editions of that poet’s writings, we have always been rather tender on the topic and have asked our publishing colleagues with whom we have reciprocal relations to lay off Longfellow, and where they have done so, have tried to give them preferential treatment in copyright matters."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Are you really hell-bent to put Longfellow now into the Modern Library cheek-for-jowl with Oscar Wilde, Anatole France,",
                "et cetera",
                ", or can you wait until towards the end of the present bad decade when I believe the last copyright expires? (Greenslet to Cerf, 1 February 1932)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Both Cerf and Klopfer appealed to Linscott to send the list of Longfellow material that had gone out of copyright since 1901 (Cerf to Linscott, 29 January 1932; Klopfer to Linscott, 30 January 1932). Linscott responded, “The Longfellow problem is a little murky as you may have gathered from Mr. Greenslet’s letter. . . . Under the circumstances, I’m afraid I shan’t be able to help you out—at least at present” (Linscott to Klopfer, 2 February 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "In the end the ML appears to have secured reliable information about the copyright status of Longfellow’s poems. The ML was able to include nearly all of Longfellow’s best-known works."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When the ML Longfellow was published Cerf sent a copy to Greenslet, who acknowledged, “It is, of course, innocent of any copyright evil. Best wishes for its success!” (Greenslet to Cerf, 28 April 1932). The ML edition of Longfellow remained in print through the 1970s. There was a new typesetting in 1944, but no attempt was made to add material that had entered the public domain since 1932."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Poems of Longfellow",
                "and",
                "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin",
                "(236) were the last new ML titles to appear in uniform typographic jacket D. Most new ML titles were being published in pictorial jackets by 1932, and Cerf reacted angrily when he saw the Longfellow and Franklin jackets. The Franklin jacket was replaced almost immediately by a pictorial jacket. The uniform typographic jacket for",
                "The Poems of Longfellow",
                "remained in use until the early 1940s."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf complained about poor sales of the Longfellow volume in the 1930s, but it appears to have increased in popularity in the 1940s.",
                "The Poems of Longfellow",
                "sold 8,504 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. Many of these sales were probably to people serving in the armed services. Sales declined to 4,528 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, but that was still enough for it to hold on to its first-quarter ranking."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "| EVANGELINE | THE SONG OF HIAWATHA | THE COURTSHIP OF | MILES STANDISH | TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 235.1a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 235.1a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements only; [679–684] ML list. (",
                "Spring 1944",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], 1–678 [679–692].  [1–22]",
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                "Fall 1944",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182), light greenish blue (172), moderate reddish orange (37), medium gray (265) and black on coated white paper with multicolor illustration at top of a New England town in winter; lower portion in moderate blue with title in reverse and other lettering in black and light greenish blue. Signed: VA [Valenti Angelo]. Front flap as 235.1a. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "|",
                "The Song of Hiawatha",
                "|",
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                "|",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xi [xii], 1–732 [733–740].  [1–23]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements within single rules; v–xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; 1–732 text; [733–738] ML list; [739–740] ML Giants list. (",
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              ]
            },
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                ") Front flap reset with additional sentence at end: “This generous volume of 732 pages contains all the long narrative poems, the ballads, songs, sonnets, translations and miscellaneous verse written by Longfellow.” (",
                "Fall 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Non-pictorial Fujita jacket in deep orange (51), strong yellowish green (131), pale orange yellow (73) and black on coated paper; lettering in black and deep orange, decorations in strong yellowish green and deep orange, all against pale orange yellow background."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap adapted from 235.2 jacket A:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Generations of Americans have been brought up on the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Such poems as “Evangeline,” “The Song of Hiawatha,” “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” and many others are part of our heritage. This volume contains all the long narrative poems, the ballads, songs, sonnets, translations and miscellaneous verse written by Longfellow."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Poems of Longfellow",
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            },
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            {
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                "[within double rules] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF | Benjamin Franklin | AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS | OTHER WRITINGS | [rule] | EDITED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION | BY | NATHAN G. GOODMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiii [xiv], 1–260 [261–266].  [1–8]",
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            },
            {
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                "Spring 1932",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Contents:",
                "Franklin’s Draft Scheme of the Autobiography – The Autobiography – The Dogood Papers – Preface to Poor Richard, 1733 – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1749 (How to Get Riches) –",
                "From",
                "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1756 –",
                "From",
                "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1757 – The Way to Wealth: Preface to Poor Richard Improved, 1758 – On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor – Advice to a Young Tradesman – Journal of a Voyage from London to Philadelphia."
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            },
            {
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                "Uniform typographic jacket D. Jacket title: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. (",
                "Spring 1932",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182) and yellowish gray (93) on coated white paper depicting Franklin taking notes while conducting an experiment; borders and lettering in moderate blue, background in yellowish gray. Signed: WC. Jacket title: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS OTHER WRITINGS (front panel); SELECTED WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (backstrip). (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The wide range of Benjamin Franklin’s interests and activities opened the doors of the world to him. Printer, inventor, philosopher, diplomat, champion of liberty, he made his influence felt not only upon his own time, but upon every American generation. His wise maxims and shrewd observations have become national axioms. His",
                "Autobiography",
                ", as rich in material as it is engaging in style, is one of those rare documents that reveals both a rich personality and the crucial events that transpired during his lifetime. (",
                "Spring 1938",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Original ML collection. Published April 1932.",
                "WR",
                "7 May 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf originally planned to publish Franklin’s",
                "Autobiography",
                "by itself. Three months before publication he decided to add more of Franklin’s writings so the book would be a better value. Goodman, who suggested the additional contents, received $100 for his work on the volume."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin",
                "and",
                "The Poems of Longfellow",
                "(235) were the last new ML titles to appear in uniform typographic jacket D. Most new ML titles were being published in pictorial jackets by 1932, and Cerf reacted angrily when he saw the Franklin and Longfellow jackets. He wrote the ML’s printer, “Please note that from this day forth, I don’t want any Modern Library jacket to go to press unless it has been personally O.K.’d by me. The O.K. must be for both the typography of the jacket, and the stock used for the jacket. I think that the jackets for Longfellow and Franklin are rotten” (Cerf to William Simon, Parkway Printing, 22 April 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Franklin jacket was replaced almost immediately by a newly designed pictorial jacket (jacket B, described above). Copies of the first printing are found in both jackets. The pictorial jacket, which remained in use through the end of the 1930s, was one of the least attractive jackets the ML ever used."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "T",
                "he Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin",
                "sold 5,569 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles. It sold 3,468 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952—a decline in real terms compared with the Second World War, when book sales of all kinds were booming, but enough to place it high in the second quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "236.1b.  Title page reset (",
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              ]
            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                16,
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                12
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in moderate blue (182), strong reddish orange (40), moderate yellow green (120), light gray (264) and black on coated white paper depicting colonial buildings on a tree-lined street; title in reverse against moderate blue sky. Designed by Valenti Angelo; unsigned. Jacket titles as 236.1a jacket B. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "236.2a.  Text reset;",
                "Commager introduction added (1944)"
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xix [xx], [",
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                16,
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            {
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                "CHIEF EVENTS",
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                "IN FRANKLIN’S LIFE",
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                2,
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                1,
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                2,
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printed from plates made from the new typesetting that was designed by Bruce Rogers for the Illustrated Modern Library (IML 6) edition and first published in September 1944. Pp. [v]–xix, [1]–264 of the regular ML edition are printed from Illustrated Modern Library plates with the first part title added and color illustrations by William Hart Benton omitted. Published fall 1944."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The title of 236.2a follows that of the Illustrated ML edition in omitting “OTHER” from “SELECTIONS FROM HIS [OTHER] WRITINGS.” The original title is restored in 236.2b."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The decorative head and tail pieces are probably by Bruce Rogers. Commager’s introduction appears to have been written for the Illustrated ML edition."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "236.2b.  Title page reset; bibliography added (1950)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "| & | SELECTIONS FROM HIS OTHER WRITINGS | [short double rule] |",
                "With an Introduction by",
                "| Henry Steele Commager |",
                "Professor of American History,",
                "|",
                "Columbia",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "University",
                "| [torchbearer E5] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] vii–xxi [xxii], [1] 2–192, [",
                2,
                "], [193] 194–264.  [1–8]",
                16,
                "[9–10]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 236.2a except: [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1944, 1950, by Random House, Inc.",
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                "BIBLIOGRAPHY",
                "; xvii–xxi",
                "CHIEF EVENTS",
                "|",
                "IN FRANKLIN’S LIFE",
                "; [xxii] blank.",
                "Note:",
                "First part title leaf omitted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "As 236.1b. (",
                "Spring 1952",
                ") Front flap reset with minor revisions. (",
                "Fall 1960",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published with the bibliography (pp. xiv–xvi) in MLCE (1950) and subsequently in the regular ML. Commager received $50 for preparing the bibliography."
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
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                },
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                {
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              ]
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            {
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–viii] ix–xx, [1–2] 3–355 [356–364].  [1–12]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                "1929,",
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                "CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | [short double rule] |",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1932,",
                "by",
                "THE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1932; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; [vii] fly title; [viii] blank; ix–xx INTRODUCTION signed p. xx: Ford Madox Ford. | Paris,",
                "January,",
                "1932.; [1] part title: A FAREWELL TO ARMS | [short rule] |",
                "BOOK I",
                "; [2] blank; 3–355 text; [356] blank; [357–361] ML list; [362–364] blank. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting a woman and man in left profile with mountains and clouds in background; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: L. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The simplicity and clarity of Ernest Hemingway’s profoundly moving romance,",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                ", have won acclaim from the critics, support from the public, and that final wreath – a host of imitators. Critics have spared no adjectives in praise of his sure-footed, athletic prose; readers have found enchantment in this poignant love story, and writers generally have drawn sustenance from Hemingway’s strength.",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                "is an exciting book, true to its time and true to the convictions and vigor of its author. (",
                "Fall 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. ML edition (pp. [v–vii], [1]–355) printed from Scribner plates with Scribner half title used as a fly title. Published May 1932.",
                "WR",
                "28 May 1932. First printing: 7,000 copies. Discontinued spring 1953."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The ML offered Scribner’s a $6,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy, the same terms as for Hemingway’s",
                "Sun Also Rises",
                "(190). Cerf initially hoped to publish",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                "in September 1931 (Cerf to Maxwell Perkins, Scribner’s, 4 December 1930). The ML edition may have been delayed so that it would not conflict with the August 1931 publication of Grosset & Dunlap’s one-dollar edition. Cerf cabled Ford in Paris to ask him to write the introduction, offering $75 and indicating that it was needed by 15 March (Cerf to Ford, 14 January 1932)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "There were printings in 1933 of 4,000 copies (January) and 3,000 copies (July), at least nine additional printings of 2,000 copies each by March 1941, and four printings between June 1941 and December 1942 totaling 14,000 copies. Sales during the first five years were as follows: 4,111 copies; 6,020 copies; 2,656 copies; 2,585 copies; and 2,632 copies (Cerf to Kenneth Roberts, 23 November 1938).",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                "sold 12,287 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it sixteenth out of 271 ML and Giant titles and well ahead of",
                "The Sun Also Rises",
                ". It sold 7,766 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it fourteenth out of the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Scribner’s decided in the early 1950s to promote its backlist more vigorously and terminated the ML’s reprint contracts for all three of the Hemingway titles in the series (Whitney Darrow, Scribner’s, to Cerf, 29 October 1952). A few months later the ML reported that",
                "A Farewell to Arms",
                "was completely out of stock (ML to Charles Burgess, Jr., Scribner’s, 16 February 1953). Scribner’s published a $3.00 hardbound edition in March 1953 and a $1.65 paperback in 1962."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "237b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A FAREWELL | TO ARMS | BY | ERNEST HEMINGWAY | INTRODUCTION BY | FORD MADOX FORD | [torchbearer D4] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 237a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 237a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [362–363] ML Giants list; [364] blank. (",
                "Fall 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in vivid reddish orange (34), pale blue (185), moderate olive green (125) and black on coated white paper depicting soldiers dressed in moderate olive green carrying a stretcher down snow-covered mountain; background and spine in vivid reddish orange, lettering in black. Front flap as 237a. (",
                "Fall 1942",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hemingway,",
                "Sun Also Rises",
                "(1930–1953)  190"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hemingway,",
                "Short Stories",
                "(Giant, 1942–1954)  G59"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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              "NUMBER": [
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                  "span": []
                },
                238
              ]
            },
            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "VICTORY"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1932–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "238a.  First printing (1932)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] VICTORY | [rule] | BY | JOSEPH CONRAD | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–385 [386–396].  [1]",
                16,
                "(2+",
                8,
                "[–",
                8,
                "]) [2–12]",
                16,
                "[13]",
                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1915, 1921,",
                "by",
                "DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. |",
                "Copyright,",
                "1915,",
                "by",
                "JOSEPH CONRAD | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1932; [v] dedication; [vi] blank; vii–viii NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION signed p. viii: J. C.; ix–xvii AUTHOR’S NOTE signed p. xvii: 1920.  J. C.; [xviii] blank; [1] part title: PART I; [2] blank; 3–385 text; [386] blank; [387–391] ML list; [392–396] blank. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")",
                "Note:",
                "Pp. [v]–[xviii] are an inserted gathering of 8 leaves with the last leaf cancelled."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvii [xviii], [1–2] 3–385 [386–398].  [1–13]",
                16,
                "Contents as 238a except: [iv]",
                "First",
                "statement omitted; [392] ML Giants list; [393–398] blank. (",
                "Fall 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper depicting a smoking island volcano; borders in deep reddish orange, lettering in black. Signed: L. (",
                "Spring 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The devotees of the novels of Joseph Conrad divide their enthusiasm equally between",
                "Victory",
                "and",
                "Lord Jim",
                "(No. 186 in the Modern Library). Written in 1914, just before the outbreak of the World War,",
                "Victory",
                "has steadily grown in prestige through almost a quarter of a century. New readers come upon it as a rare discovery and old readers return to it for the sheer enjoyment of its prose style and subtle characterization.",
                "Victory",
                "represents Joseph Conrad at the apex of his story-telling powers. (",
                "Fall 1936",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915. ML edition printed from plates made from a new Doubleday, Doran typesetting; the plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published June 1932.",
                "WR",
                "2 July 1932. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1971/72."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf tried on several occasions to secure reprint rights to",
                "Victory",
                ". In 1928 he offered an advance of $3,600 against a 12-cent royalty—a royalty that the ML was then paying for only one other title (Cerf to Nelson Doubleday, 12 December 1928). Doubleday replied, “We do appreciate the high standing of the Modern Library, but we believe it is unwise to let the Conrad title go” (Nelson Doubleday to Cerf, 21 December 1928).",
                "Victory",
                "was included in the Sun Dial Library published by Garden City Publishing Co., the Doubleday, Doran subsidiary that specialized in hardcover reprints. The ML’s purchase of the Sun Dial Library in 1930 gave the ML reprint rights to any Doubleday title included in the series.",
                "Victory",
                "was the seventh of eleven Sun Dial Library titles that the ML added. The ML paid Doubleday, Doran a $1,500 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Victory",
                "sold 7,335 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles.",
                "Lord Jim",
                "(210) sold 9,450 copies during the same period. Sales of",
                "Victory",
                "totaled 70,000 copies by 1949. By the early 1950s Conrad was one of the ML’s best-selling authors.",
                "Victory",
                "sold 7,966 copies during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952, making it the twelfth best-selling title in the regular ML.",
                "Lord Jim",
                "was the eighth best-selling title."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "238b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Victory | by | JOSEPH CONRAD | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 238a variant."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 238a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1915, 1921, BY | DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY | COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY JOSEPH CONRAD; [387–391] ML list; [392–393] ML Giants list; [394–398] blank. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket A:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep reddish orange (36) and black on cream paper with title and author in black on inset cream panel; background in deep reddish orange with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Front flap as 238a. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap revised:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Written in 1914, just before the outbreak of the First World War,",
                "Victory",
                "was immediately acclaimed the work of a master. It has grown steadily in the estimation of a new generation of readers who have come upon it as a rare discovery. Older readers go back to it for the sheer pleasure of its graceful prose and its subtleties of characterization.",
                "Victory",
                "is one of the novels by which Joseph Conrad achieved the fullest measure of his gifts as story-teller. It vies for favor with",
                "Lord Jim",
                "(No. 186),",
                "Nostromo",
                "(No. 275) and",
                "Heart of Darkness",
                "(in",
                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                ", No. 168). (",
                "Spring 1955",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Pictorial in moderate yellow (87), strong green (141), strong bluish green (160) and black on coated white paper depicting palm trees and two birds in flight against strong bluish green sea and moderate yellow sky; lettering in reverse. Front flap as jacket A revised text. (",
                "Spring 1958",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Conrad, “Heart of Darkness,” in",
                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                ", ed. Overton (1930–1943)  188;",
                "Great Modern Short Stories",
                ", ed. Cerf (1943–1971)  361"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe – The Shoemaker’s Holiday, by Thomas Dekker – A Woman Killed with Kindness, by Thomas Heywood – Volpone, or The Fox, by Ben Jonson – The Maid’s Tragedy, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher – The Duchess of Malfi, by John Webster – A New Way to Pay Old Debts, by Philip Massinger – ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, by John Ford."
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                "Fall 1934",
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            },
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                "The plays in the anthology were selected by Cerf. He asked George C. D. Odell of Columbia University what he thought of the selection and invited him to write the introduction (Cerf to Odell, 9 April 1931). Odell approved the plays but declined to write the introduction because he was on sabbatical in Paris. That fall Cerf invited a succession of scholars to write the introduction—Hardin Craig of Stanford University, Felix E. Schelling of the University of Pennsylvania, J. F. A. Pyre of the University of Wisconsin, and John Livingston Lowes of Harvard University. As one after another declined, Cerf doubled the fee from fifty to one hundred dollars. Esther Cloudman Dunn of Smith College accepted the assignment in February 1932 and received the $100 fee."
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            {
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                {
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                "sold 2,678 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the one hundred best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952. The ML sold over 70,000 copies of",
                "Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays",
                "by 1969 when",
                "Drama of the English Renaissance",
                ", edited by M. L. Wine (615), was published in the ML with the intent of superseding the earlier anthology."
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            {
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                "Pp. [i–vi] vii–xvi, [1–2] 3–721 [722–728].  [1–22]",
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                "[25]",
                4,
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            {
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                "Non-pictorial in very deep red (14) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel; background in very deep red with series in reverse above inset panel. Front flap as 240a. (",
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            {
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                20,
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            {
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            {
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                1,
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            },
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                "The Plays of Oscar Wilde",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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            },
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                "“I have nothing to declare except my genius,” Oscar Wilde once told an American customs official. That genius is nowhere more apparent than in his plays, whose witty dialogue and paradoxical situations still have the power to charm, both on the stage and between covers. This volume contains one of his most perennially popular,",
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                ", whose satiric comments on English society and the clergy have never been surpassed;",
                "Salomé",
                ", considered shocking in its day, on which Richard Strauss’ opera is based; and three plays,",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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            {
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                "Pp. [",
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            {
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            {
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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                {
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                "A:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark bluish gray (192) and dark violet (212) on cream paper with title and author in reverse on inset dark violet panel; background in dark bluish gray with series and torchbearer in reverse below inset panel. Front flap as 241a. (",
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A in strong reddish purple (237) and strong purplish red (255) on coated white paper with title and author in reverse on inset strong purplish red panel. Front flap with additional paragraph. (",
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            {
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                  "AUTHOR": [
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                  "span": []
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                "The preposition in Maupassant’s name should have been printed in full capitals (“DE”) or small capitals (“de”)."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                2,
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            },
            {
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                "] half title; [",
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                "ORSAMUS TURNER HARRIS |",
                "Copyright,",
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                "] part title: LOVE AND OTHER | STORIES; [",
                2,
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents:",
                "Love – Our Letters – For Sale – The Farmer – The Christening – Clochette – The Possessed – The Little Cask – His Wedding Night – The Adoption – The Wolf – The Chair-Mender – Moonlight – The Minuet – A Vendetta – Mother Sauvage – A Fishing Party – A Tragedy of the War – Apparition – Fear – Julie Romain – A Woman’s Hair – Rose – The Prisoner of Monaco – A Legend of Mount St. Michael – Happiness – A Piece of String – Mademoiselle Fifi – The Piece of String – Boule de Suif – Two Little Soldiers – Father Milon – Monsieur Parent – Useless Beauty – The False Gems – The Horla – A Sale – The Story of a Farm Girl – Simon’s Papa – A Coward."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pictorial in dark green (146) and black on cream paper with inset portrait of Maupassant; borders in dark green, lettering in black. Signed: SLH. Jacket title: THE BEST STORIES OF DE MAUPASSANT. (Spring 1932)",
                "Note:",
                "The jackets (243a and 343b) credit Monahan as the editor of the volume as well as the translator; the title pages credit him as translator only."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "The world owes to the unchallenged master of the short story, Guy de Maupassant, an immense and increasing debt for having provided a transcript of life as dynamic as it is real and as true as it is fascinating. The forty tales in this volume represent him in the fullness of his powers, when his vision, style and artistry were at their apex. These stories were chosen and translated by Michael Monahan, whose introduction is a bold commentary and an acute analysis of Maupassant’s work. (",
                "Fall 1935",
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            },
            {
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                1,
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                "Love and Other Stories",
                "; pp. 7–251 printed from plates of",
                "Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories",
                ". Published spring 1932.",
                "WR",
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                "The Best Stories of Guy de Maupassant",
                ", ed. Saxe Commins (383)."
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            },
            {
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                "Despite the statement on the title page Monahan does not appear to be the translator of all the stories in the collection. He was credited as the translator of",
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            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "243b.  Title changed; title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE BEST STORIES | OF | GUY DE | MAUPASSANT | TRANSLATED BY | MICHAEL MONAHAN | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 243a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 243a except: [",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in medium gray (265) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in dark blue on inset medium gray panel bordered in dark blue; background in cream. Front flap as 243a. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] The Arabian Nights’ | Entertainments | OR THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND | NIGHTS AND A NIGHT | [rule] | A SELECTION OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND REPRE- | SENTATIVE OF THESE TALES FROM THE | PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATIONS | BY | RICHARD F. BURTON | [rule] | THE STORIES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND ARRANGED | BY | BENNETT A. CERF | AND ARE PRINTED COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED | WITH MANY OF BURTON’S NOTES | [rule] |",
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "Pictorial in grayish purplish blue (204) and black on cream paper with inset decorative map of Arabian peninsula, Persia and northwest India; borders in grayish purplish blue, lettering in black. Signed: Witold Gordon. Jacket title: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS | AN ADULT SELECTION. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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                "The perpetual enchantment and all the magical and multi-colored pageantry of",
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                "are offered here in Sir Richard Burton’s rendering for the delectation of adult minds. Shahrazad spins her tales without censorial interruption, and the spell that possessed King Shahryar and since then has possessed mankind is not broken, praise be to Allah, by discreet asterisks and decorous euphemisms. The tales in this volume were chosen because they are the most fascinating and representative of",
                "The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night",
                ". (",
                "Fall 1937",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "WR",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The title page of",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf selected the stories included in the ML edition. The statement on the title page that the stories were “complete and unabridged” was not strictly true. Cerf explained his editorial approach and interpretation of “unabridged” as follows: “As far as the stories being complete and unabridged is concerned, the only thing that was left out of any of the stories included was long stretches of poetry, and a very occasional phrase that was of no importance whatever to the story. In every sense I believe it thoroughly fair to say that the stories are quite unabridged” (Cerf to Herman Schaff, John W. Luce & Co., 16 November 1932). The ML made three sets of plates, two of which were sold for $950 each to Walter J. Black and Blue Ribbon Books. Black had first rights to the book for mail-order purposes. The ML followed with its edition in September 1932, and Blue Ribbon Books brought out an illustrated edition in November (Cerf to Walter J. Black, 13 January 1932). Grosset & Dunlap borrowed the ML’s plates in 1937 to print a motion picture edition, paying the ML a $1,000 advance against royalties of 10 cents a copy (Cerf to Edward Edelson, Grosset & Dunlap, 28 May 1937)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "The Arabian Nights",
                "sold 7,578 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it low in the first quarter of ML and Giant titles. It did not rank among the 100 best-selling ML titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "244b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Arabian Nights’ | Entertainments | OR THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND | NIGHTS AND A NIGHT |",
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                "|",
                "by",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                16,
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 244a except: [",
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                "Non-pictorial in dark gray (266) and dark green (146) on cream paper with title in reverse on curved dark green panel at right; background in dark gray with other lettering in reverse. Front flap as 245a. (",
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                "Part I. Outlines of a Future Society.",
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                "From",
                "The Poverty of Philosophy –",
                "From",
                "The Criticism of the Gotha Program.  Part II. Analysis of the Materials.",
                "From",
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                "From",
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
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                "A:",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "With one-sixth of the habitable world governed by Marxian doctrines and with the rest of the world facing the possibility of a Communist social order, the writings of Karl Marx become more a modern revelation and prophecy than a mere economic interpretation of history. His",
                "Capital and Other Writings",
                ", judiciously and discriminatingly edited by Max Eastman, is the contemporary Bible of a newly emerged society, and as such it has an eminent place on the shelf of the Modern Library. (",
                "Fall 1935",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Original ML collection. The abridgment of the three volumes of",
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                "edited by Julian Borchardt and translated by Stephen L. Trask (London: International Bookshops, 1921). Publication of the ML edition originally scheduled for September 1932 but postponed until October because of additions to the manuscript.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "The People’s Marx",
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                {
                  "span": []
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                "U.S. The ML reprinted it with the permission of the translator, Stephen L. Trask. Eastman notes, “This book itself has almost become a classic, and it seems to me a better way to get acquainted with Marx’s economic theories than merely to read through the first volume and stop, as is usually done” (p. xix). The selections from",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Cerf was responsible for the inclusion of the essay by Lenin which was prominently noted on the title page and dust jacket. At the time he was compiling the volume Eastman referred to it as “that rather heavy encyclopedia-article of Lenin’s” and wanted to omit it so that more of Marx’s own writings could be included (Eastman to Cerf, 6 May 1932). Cerf responded, “I do want to leave in the Lenin article . . . since his name may add materially to the sale of the volume.” He indicated that he would cut it only if Eastman insisted (Cerf to Eastman, 9 May 1932). The Lenin essay that was included, “The Three Sources and Three Constituent Parts of Marxism,” may have been different from the one originally projected. Eastman states in the volume: “I have translated an introduction to Marxism written by Lenin in 1913 and published in a Russian magazine called",
                "Education",
                ". To this very orthodox statement by Lenin it might be well—in view of my own proposals—to add another remark made by him: ‘In no sense do we regard the Marxist theory as something complete and unassailable. On the contrary, we are convinced that this theory is only the corner-stone of that science which socialists must advance in all directions if they do not wish to fall behind life” (p. xix)."
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            },
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                  "span": []
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                "A:",
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            {
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                "Entire nations and even a continent have come under the dominance of the ideas taught by Karl Marx. His major work,",
                "Capital",
                ", is accepted in a large part of the world as revealed truth and its doctrines are looked upon as more than the economic interpretation of history the book attempted to offer.",
                "The Communist Manifesto",
                ", written in collaboration with Friedrich Engels, framed the fiery slogans now familiar to the world. This volume of Karl Marx’s principal writings, edited by Max Eastman, includes the most important chapters form",
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            {
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            },
            {
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            },
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            {
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                "Pictorial in moderate bluish green (164) and black on cream paper depicting Pickwick with Mrs. Bardell limp in his arms as her son pulls on the tail of Pickwick’s waistcoat; borders in moderate bluish green, lettering in black. (",
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            {
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                "When",
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                1,
                "] fly title: THE PICKWICK PAPERS; [",
                2,
                "] blank; 1–817 text; [818] blank; [819–824] ML list; [825–826] ML Giants list. (",
                "Fall 1945",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep reddish orange (36), pale yellowish pink (31), moderate reddish brown (43) and black on coated white paper depicting Pickwick standing on a chair addressing the Pickwick Club; lettering in black with title highlighted in deep reddish orange. Designed by Paul Galdone, December 1940; unsigned. Front flap as 247.1a. (",
                "Spring 1946",
                ") Front flap reset and slightly revised. (",
                "Spring 1960",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Printed from plates made for the Illustrated ML (I4.2) and subsequently used for regular ML printings."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dickens,",
                "David Copperfield",
                "(1934–1971)  269"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dickens,",
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                "(1935–1971)  284"
              ]
            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            }
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                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[within double rules] THREE SOLDIERS | [rule] | BY | JOHN DOS PASSOS | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN DOS PASSOS | [rule] | [torchbearer C1] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–471 [472].  [1–14]",
                16,
                "[15]",
                16,
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "[i] half title; [ii] pub. note D12; [iii] title; [iv]",
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                ", 1921,",
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                "Intro. copyright",
                ", 1932,",
                "by",
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                "| 1932; v–ix INTRODUCTION signed p. ix: John Dos Passos. | Provincetown, | June, 1932.; [x] blank; [xi] CONTENTS; [xii] blank; [1] part title: Part One: MAKING THE MOULD; [2] epigraph from Stendhal; 3–471 text; [472] blank.",
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            },
            {
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                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–471 [472–476].  [1–15]",
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                "[16]",
                4,
                ". Contents as 248a except: [iv]",
                "First",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in brownish orange (54) and black on pale orange yellow (73) paper depicting three soldiers learning against a ship’s rail with black sea in background; borders in brownish orange, lettering in black. Signed: W.C. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The years that have passed since the World War have been severe to the literature of that disastrous episode in human history. Only a few books have survived. Of these,",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "stands pre-eminent. It reveals the cant and manufactured romanticism of war. Through the experiences of three men of the ranks, humanity’s most ghastly venture in mutual destruction stands condemned as criminal and futile.",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "introduced a writer who has since become a major figure among American novelists. Upon this first book his reputation rests securely. (",
                "Spring 1935",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published by George H. Doran Co., 1921. ML edition printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting; the new plates appear to have been used exclusively by the ML. Publication scheduled for November 1932.",
                "WR",
                "17 December 1932. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1963."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Eight months before the ML edition was published Cerf wrote Doubleday, Doran, “We think that we ought to have a Dos Passos book in the Modern Library, and we can’t make up our minds between the 42nd Parallel and Three Soldiers.” He asked how many copies",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "had sold in the trade edition and the subsequent reprint in Doubleday’s Sun Dial Library (Cerf to Robert de Graff, 9 April 1932). When he discovered that the plates for",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "were too large for the ML’s format he contacted Harper & Brothers about the comparative sales of Dos Passos’s",
                "Manhattan Transfer",
                "and",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                ".",
                "Manhattan Transfer",
                "had sold 25,000 copies in contrast to 12,000 for",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                "(Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., to Cerf, 12 April 1932), but the plates of those titles were also too large for the ML. In the end Cerf decided to begin with",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "and added",
                "The 42nd Parallel",
                "(307) to the ML five years later. Since new typesettings were required for both titles, Dos Passos was able to revise the texts for the ML editions."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "For",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "the ML paid Doubleday, Doran an advance of $1,250 against royalties of 10 cents a copy. When Dos Passos submitted his corrections and revisions for the ML edition he told Cerf, “Let me know if I made more corrections in the",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "text than you can handle—I didn’t know if it was going to be reset or if the plates were just going to be photographed down. The text is in awful shape as I was away when it was published and didn’t correct any proofs.” He also asked Cerf to limit changes in his introduction to the ML edition to spelling corrections and to leave word arrangement and punctuation as they were. The introduction, he noted, “turned out a very long job, but while I was doing it I thought I’d better give ’em the works” (Dos Passos to Cerf, undated)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Three Soldiers",
                "sold 4,102 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the third quarter of ML and Giant titles. When Houghton Mifflin acquired the publishing rights from Doubleday in 1946, Klopfer noted that sales had averaged about 2,500 copies a year (Klopfer to Lovell Thompson, Houghton Mifflin Co., 20 August 1946).",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "did not rank among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Houghton Mifflin withdrew",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "and Dos Passos’s",
                "U.S.A.",
                "(G42) from the ML in June 1961 when the firm launched its quality paperback series, Sentry Editions. Klopfer signed the termination agreement in June and instructed the production department to make no more printings of either title (Klopfer to “Gorgeous Redhead,” 14 June 1961). Houghton Mifflin allowed the ML to sell off its existing stock and asked how long it would take, explaining that they did not want to bring out",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "until the ML stock was exhausted (Hardwick Moseley, Houghton Mifflin, to Klopfer, 21 June 1961). Klopfer indicated that the ML had 3,000 copies of",
                "Three Soldiers",
                ", enough to last about a year, and a six- to eight-month supply of",
                "U.S.A.",
                "(Klopfer to Moseley, 22 June 1961). Moseley wrote at the beginning of 1964 to inquire if",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "was out of stock, and Klopfer replied that it was (Moseley to Klopfer, 15 January 1964; Klopfer to Moseley, 22 January 1964).",
                "Three Soldiers",
                "was published in Sentry Editions later that year."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Three Soldiers",
                "was dropped from separately published ML catalogs after fall 1963, but it continued to be included in lists of ML titles at the end of ML volumes through 1970. Its ML number was reassigned to",
                "The Buddhist Tradition",
                ", edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary (613), in spring 1969 after the oversight was discovered."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "248b.  Title page reset (c.",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–471 [472–484].  [1–15]",
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                8
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Pagination as 248b.  [1]",
                16,
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                32,
                "[8]",
                8,
                "[9–10]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 248b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY | COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1949, BY JOHN DOS PASSOS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, 1959, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [473–478] ML list; [479–480] ML Giants list; [481–484] blank. (",
                "Fall 1961",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse on inset dark red panel bordered in dark blue; background in cream. Front flap as 248a. (",
                "Spring 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "As jacket A except inset panel in moderate reddish brown (43) instead of dark red. Front flap as 248a with last sentence omitted. (",
                "Spring 1961",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Dos Passos,",
                "42nd Parallel",
                "(1937–1940)  307"
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Dos Passos,",
                "U.S.A.",
                "(Giant, 1939–1962)  G42"
              ]
            }
          ]
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        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                249
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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              ]
            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] POWER | [rule] | BY | LION FEUCHTWANGER | [rule] | TRANSLATED BY | WILLA and EDWIN MUIR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [",
                6,
                "], [1–2] 3–531 [532–538].  [1–17]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[",
                1,
                "] half title; [",
                2,
                "] pub. note A6; [",
                3,
                "] title; [",
                4,
                "]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1926, BY THE VIKING PRESS | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1932; [",
                5,
                "] CONTENTS; [",
                6,
                "] blank; [1] part title:",
                "Book One",
                "| THE PRINCES; [2] blank; 3–531 text; [532] blank; [533–537] ML list; [538] blank. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in deep orange (51) and black on cream paper depicting a condemned man in cart with hands bound behind his back and gallows in background; borders in deep orange, lettering in black. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "An historical and spiritual revelation,",
                "Power",
                "is at once an unerring psychological and throbbing physical evocation of a human being and of the whole pageant of mankind. All the hope and frustration, the idealism and iniquity, the sensualism and ascetism [",
                "sic",
                "] of an epoch come into a magical synthesis on Feuchtwanger’s enormous canvas. Süss, the Jew, becomes more than the central character of an historical novel laid in eighteenth-century Württemberg; he is the core and the symbol of a race whose intellectual and idealistic mission is timeless and unending. (",
                "Spring 1934",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Muir translation originally published in U.S. by Viking Press, 1926. ML edition printed from plates made from a new typesetting. Publication announced for November 1932.",
                "WR",
                "17 December 1932. First printing: 6,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1946."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The Muir translation of Feuchtwanger’s",
                "Jud",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Sü",
                "ß",
                "was published in London under the title",
                "Jew Süss",
                "and in the U.S. as",
                "Power",
                ". The Viking plates were too large for the ML’s format. The ML paid Viking Press $800 on publication. Other financial details, including whether Viking Press or the ML paid for the new typesetting, have not been ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Power",
                "sold 2,677 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "249b.  Title page reset (194",
                1,
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[torchbearer E3] | [4-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] POWER | by Lion Feuchtwanger | TRANSLATED BY | WILLA AND EDWIN MUIR | [below frame] THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK"
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 249a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 249a except: [",
                2,
                "] blank; [",
                4,
                "] COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY THE VIKING PRESS.  (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark green (146) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid dark green background. Front flap as 249a. (",
                "Spring 1941",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                250
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
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                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1932–1956"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                },
                {
                  "ML_NUMBER": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    ")"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "250a.  First printing (1932)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[within double rules] PETER IBBETSON | [rule] | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HIS COUSIN | LADY **** (“MADGE PLUNKET”) | [rule] | EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED BY | GEORGE DU MAURIER | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | DEEMS TAYLOR | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF · DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii], vii–xv [xvi], [1–2] 3–416 [417–422].  [1–27]",
                8,
                "[28]",
                4
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] frontispiece; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright,",
                "1891, 1893,",
                "by",
                "HARPER & BROTHERS |",
                "Copyright,",
                "1919,",
                "by",
                "C. C. HOYAR-MILLAR | [short double rule] |",
                "Introduction Copyright,",
                "1932,",
                "by",
                "THE MODERN | LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] |",
                "First Modern Library Edition",
                "| 1932; v–vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; [viii] blank; vii–xv",
                "INTRODUCTION",
                "signed p. xv: Deems Taylor. | Hollow Hill, Stamford, Conn. |",
                "November",
                ", 1932; [xvi] blank; [1] part title: PETER IBBETSON |",
                "Part One",
                "; [2] blank; 3–416 text; [417–421] ML list; [422] blank. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark yellowish green (137) and black on light orange yellow paper with inset illustration (inspired by Du Maurier’s illustration on p. 245) of a man and woman clasping hands in an arbor; borders in dark yellowish green, title in reverse against inset illustration, other lettering in black. (",
                "Fall 1932",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Du Maurier’s famous romance has already had four incarnations. Originally, in book form, it achieved a success for its author second only to the furore created by his own",
                "Trilby",
                ". Then as a play, it has been, since 1915, a perennial favorite. As an opera, with a score by Deems Taylor, it found a prominent place in the repertory of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and, finally as a cinema, it has reached countless thousands of people. In its original form, it remains a book of enchantment and transcendent beauty. (",
                "Spring 1937",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Originally published in U.S. by Harper & Brothers, 1891. New bibliographical edition published by Harper & Brothers with a 1919 copyright date; the new edition was probably published in the 1920s. ML edition (pp. [ii], v–vii, [1]–416) printed from plates of the later Harper edition. Published December 1932.",
                "WR",
                "31 December 1932. First printing: 7,450 copies. Discontinued fall 1956."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The royalties that the ML paid to Harper & Brothers were based on sales, in contrast to the ML’s usual practice of paying royalties on the number of copies printed.",
                "Peter Ibbetson",
                "was one of the few books in the ML printed on special paper. The heavier paper may have been necessary because of Du Maurier’s illustrations. The paper order for the first printing may have been underestimated; the ML ordered a first printing of 8,000 copies and received 7,450."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "When the ML’s printers received the plates, Klopfer informed Harper’s that it might be necessary to trim some of the full-page illustrations and asked if that would be acceptable (Klopfer to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 10 November 1932). The statement is puzzling since the wood-engraved illustrations in the 1891 edition as well as those in the plates used by the ML appear to have been compatible with the ML’s balloon-cloth format."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "Peter Ibbetson",
                "sold 2,784 copies during the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943, placing it in the fourth quarter of ML and Giant titles. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the twelve-month period November 1951–October 1952."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "250b.  Title page reset (1940)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "PETER | IBBETSON | BY | GEORGE DU MAURIER | WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HIS COUSIN | LADY *** (“MADGE PLUNKET”) | INTRODUCTION BY | DEEMS TAYLOR | ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR | [torchbearer D3 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pagination and collation as 250a."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Contents as 250a except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1891, 1893, BY HARPER AND BROTHERS | COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY C. C. HOYAR-MILLAR | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1932, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY INC. (",
                "Fall 1940",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 250a except: [417–430].  [1–14]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 250b except: [417–421] ML list; [422–423] ML Giants list; [424–430] blank. (",
                "Spring 1948",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in dark bluish gray (192) and black on coated white paper with enlarged version of 250a jacket illustration; lettering and torchbearer in reverse. Front flap as 250a. (",
                "Spring 1943",
                ")"
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "BOOK": [
            {
              "NUMBER": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                251
              ]
            },
            {
              "METADATA": [
                {
                  "AUTHOR": [
                    "DANTE ALIGHIERI"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TITLE": [
                    "THE DIVINE COMEDY"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
                    "."
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "DATE_RANGE": [
                    "1932–1971"
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "TEXT": [
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                  ]
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                "The ML selected the Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed translation on the basis of reports from faculty members at Yale and Columbia and information from Henry C. Moriarty of the Harvard Cooperative Bookstore that it was the translation favored at Harvard. Cerf also sought the advice of Maurice Firuski of the Housatonuc Bookshop in Salisbury, Connecticut, about the translation, introduction, and notes. Cerf wanted an introduction by T. S. Eliot and offered Faber & Faber $60 to reprint Eliot’s essay on Dante. When that offer was rejected Firuski recommended C. H. Grandgent of Harvard University. Cerf still hoped to get Eliot (Cerf to Firuski, 28 June 1932) but wrote Grandgent a month later offering $75 for an introduction, which he indicated was needed by mid-September (Cerf to Grandgent, 25 July 1932). Grandgent sent the introduction in August."
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                "Cerf was pleased with the introduction but asked Grandgent to add a few paragraphs about the translation (Cerf to Grandgent, 18 August 1932). Grandgent replied that he had not read the translation the ML was using and knew nothing of the circumstances surrounding it. He thought the best translation he had read was that of Jefferson B. Fletcher (Macmillan, 1931) and indicated that he wouldn’t want to give it an inferior position (Grandgent to Cerf, 19 August 1932). Cerf sent him the Temple Classics edition, and Grandgent supplied an additional paragraph by the end of August. He wrote: “After careful consideration of all of the English translations of Dante, the work of John Aiken Carlyle, Thomas Okey, and P. H. Wicksteed was chosen. It is a translation that is clear, dignified, and accurate, in simple, idiomatic prose. It can be readily followed without any reference to the original Italian text. Its scholarly notes cover all obscure points more than adequately” (p. xiii)."
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                "Shortly after Jason Epstein joined RH in 1958 he invited Charles S. Singleton of Johns Hopkins University to prepare a new translation of",
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            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A memo dated 27 September 1950 instructed that the title-page reference to “Carlyle-Wicksteed Translation” be changed to “Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed Translation.” The change was made in the MLCE title page only. Thirteen years later another memo (28 February 1963) indicated that the jacket and title page of the regular ML edition should read “Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed Translation.”"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "The following note was added to verso of the title page: “The material included in this volume is taken from Temple Classics.”"
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            },
            {
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            1953
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                "Three new series directed at the juvenile market were launched in 1953:  Landmark Books, Allabout Books, and Gateway Books. The Landmark Books were phenomenally successful. By 1956 their sales reached 6,000,000 copies. They became a staple of the juvenile market, much as the Modern Library was a staple of the adult trade. In 1954, Cerf commented, “Our business gross continues to be fine, but more and more it’s the staples and Modern Library and Landmarks. The new novels are simply not selling at all” (Cerf to Klopfer, 15 September 1954)."
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            {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Hegel,",
                "Philosophy of Hegel",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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            {
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            {
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            {
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                "(1930)*"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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            },
            {
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                "The literature of ancient Greece has had a most pervasive influence on the culture of the Western world. It has therefore long been the purpose of the editors of the Modern Library to provide general readers with the widest possible selection from the works of Homer, Pindar, Sappho and other great poets of antiquity, in the best available prose or verse translations. This volume preserves the rich heritage of Greek song and revives the legends of the great warriors and lovers who inspired them. (",
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            },
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                "WR",
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                "Margaret Mead’s study of adolescence in a primitive civilization has become one of the classics of modern anthropological research. Even more than a scientific observer of folkways, Margaret Mead was an actual participant in the communal life of a Samoa untouched by Western culture. This record of the psycho-sexual development of pagan youth is an intimate and fascinating contribution to anthropology, ethnography, sociology and psychology. By her comparisons between primitive and modern attitudes toward eroticism, the emotional differences in two remote social and cultural orders are brilliantly illuminated.",
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                "Countless afflicted and sorrowing people from every part of the world have found solace and inspiration in this testament to the heroism of young John Gunther who died at the age of seventeen after a gallant but losing fight against the ravages of a brain tumor. The record of his brief life, so tenderly and poignantly portrayed, is the story not so much of suffering and death, but of courage and consideration and selflessness. Besides being one of the rare consolatory books in the world’s literature, it has become immeasurably influential in the campaign to combat cancer. For this edition of",
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                "Spring 1953",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Predominantly non-pictorial in light greenish gray (154) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black except “HEGEL” in title and torchbearer in reverse; decorative drawing of branches of leaves below title."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            },
            {
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                "The enormous influence Hegel has exercised on modern politics and philosophy, on social science, anthropology and psychology demands an examination and evaluation of his most important works, so presented and annotated as to make them comprehensible in themselves and in their relationship to the contemporary world. The essence of Hegelian thought is offered in this volume, with the clarification of Professor Friedrich’s interpretation, so that Hegel’s conceptions of history, philosophy, logic, politics, aesthetics, law and justice are faithfully and conveniently set forth for the scholar and general reader.",
                "The Philosophy of Hegel",
                "becomes another addition to the Modern Library program of books of the basic writings of such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spinoza, Nietzsche and many others. (",
                "Fall 1953",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "WR",
                "24 October 1953. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Friedrich received an advance of $750 against royalties of 5 cents a copy. He had suggested the volume shortly after the publication of his edition of",
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                "(422) (Friedrich to Commins, 14 December 1950). Linscott endorsed Friedrich as “the best man for the job” and reminded Cerf that they had once talked about adding Hegel to the ML. Cerf responded, “I like this idea, but then, of course, as a devout disciple of Hegel, I am prejudiced. What does our Lowbrow Dept. think of the notion?” (Cerf memo to Linscott, undated but probably late 1950). After asking several professors of philosophy about Hegel, nearly all of whom thought a ML collection was needed but had reservations about its sales possibilities, Commins told Friedrich to go ahead (Commins to Friedrich, 10 January 1951)."
              ]
            },
            {
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                "Friedrich initially expected the volume to consist primarily of selections from",
                "The Philosophy of History",
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                "and",
                "Philosophy of Right and Law",
                ". The translation of the main part of",
                "The Philosophy of History",
                "is based on the John Sibree translation originally published in the Bohn Library in 1852 (Friedrich to Commins, 23 March 1951). Friedrich noted in 1952 that he was having to do more work on the translations than he originally hoped (Friedrich to Commins, 29 May 1952)."
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            },
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Friedrich remarked in 1960 that both the Kant and Hegel volumes sold reasonably well. “I have been amused to watch the race between them and gratified to note that Kant outdoes Hegel every time” (Friedrich to Klopfer, 18 January 1960)."
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                "Enlarged version of 460a in deep reddish orange (36) and black on coated white paper with Fujita “ml” symbol replacing torchbearer on front panel. Front flap as 460a except third sentence omitted and “with the clarification of Professor Friedrich’s interpretation” omitted from second sentence."
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            },
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xxx, [1–2] 3–475 [476–482]; 8 pp. of plates on coated paper bound in between pp. 226–227.  [1–16]",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "; v–xi CONTENTS; [xii] blank; xiii–xxviii INTRODUCTION signed p. xxviii: Northrop Frye; xxix–xxx BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; [1] part title: PART ONE |",
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                "; [2] blank; 3–458 text; 459–465 NOTES; [466] blank; 467–475 INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES; [476] blank; [477–482] ML list. (",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Pictorial in strong reddish brown (40) and black on cream paper with lettering in black on inset cream panel surrounded by illustrations by Blake in reverse against strong reddish brown background. Signed: W Blake."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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            {
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                "The figure of William Blake, poet and prophet, visionary and romantic, exerts a perennial fascination for all lovers of literature. Now, to join its ever-growing representation of the great English poets, the Modern Library makes available a distinguished volume of Blake’s work, including some of his illustrations, chosen by Northrop Frye of the University of Toronto. In addition to selections from the lyrics and shorter poems, from the “prophetic books” such as",
                "The Four Zoas",
                ",",
                "Milton",
                "and",
                "Jerusalem",
                ", there is a generous section of prose which includes letters and some epigrammatic and revealing marginalia. Professor Frye’s Introduction provides a commentary which illuminates both the simplicity of the lyrics and the difficult but consistent symbolism of the prophecies. (",
                "Spring 1953",
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              ]
            },
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            },
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                "“The definitive edition is that of Geoffrey Keynes,",
                "The Writings of William Blake",
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              ]
            },
            {
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                "Frye received a flat fee of $350 for writing the introduction and selecting the contents (Stein to Frye, 16 May 1952; 29 May 1952)."
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                "Frye made a series of extracts from",
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                "Jerusalem",
                ". He told Stein, “I have a strong personal repugnance to bits-and-pieces anthologizing, and do this only because I don’t at the moment see anything better to do” (Frye to Stein, 27 September 1952). So little of Blake’s poetry was omitted that Stein suggested trying to get it all in, but Frye replied that he thought it best not to put all the shorter poems in and that he had deliberately left out some of the early prose-poems and later unpublished doggerel on the grounds that they belonged only in a complete edition. Twenty pages of Blake’s marginalia were included at Stein’s request (Stein to Frye, 21 October 1952; Frye to Stein, 5 December 1952). Frye suggested the inclusion of the illustrations (Frye to Stein, 9 June 1952). The original plan was to use ten illustrations, but the number was reduced to eight so they could be bound in as a four-leaf gathering."
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            },
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                "| WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | BRICE HARRIS | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE | [torchbearer D3] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
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            },
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                6
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            },
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            },
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                "Contents:",
                "The Rehearsal, by George Villiers – The Country Wife, by William Wycherley – The Man of Mode, by Sir George Etherege – All for Love, by John Dryden – Venice Preserved, by Thomas Otway – The Relapse, by Sir John Vanbrugh – The Way of the World, by William Congreve – The Beaux’ Stratagem, by George Farquhar."
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            },
            {
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                "Jacket:",
                "Non-pictorial in deep blue (179) and vivid red (11) on coated white paper with spine and left quarter of front panel in deep blue with title on front in reverse running from foot to top; remainder of front panel in white with titles of individual plays in deep blue, authors and torchbearer in vivid red."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Nowhere is the brilliant, brittle world of Restoration England more faithfully mirrored than in the dramas of that period. In this new volume—for the same enjoyment now that others found then—are the best plays of those colorful years. Here are not only the deeply moving tragedies of Dryden and Otway, but, more importantly perhaps, the ageless comedies of Etherege, Congreve, Wycherley and Vanbrugh—comedies that captured the fine manners, the shimmering wit and the constant intrigue of the gay aristocratic gallants and their ladies. (",
                "Spring 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                "WR",
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harris received a flat fee of $200 for writing the introduction and selecting the plays. Stein initially proposed a volume of six or seven plays to be published in MLCE and told Harris, “I do hope we can avoid all but the most imperative annotations, since I should like the impact upon the reader to be such that he will feel that the plays can be read and enjoyed without constant reference to explanatory notes” (Stein to Harris, 27 June 1950; 10 October 1950). Harris proposed seven plays and recommended omitting",
                "The Beaux’ Stratagem",
                "if only six could be published. He indicated that for his own class purposes he would like to add",
                "The Rehearsal",
                "(Harris to Stein, 25 July 1950); Stein estimated the number of pages required and agreed to its inclusion."
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            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
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                },
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                "Restoration Plays",
                "from first editions of all of the plays except",
                "The Rehearsal",
                ", which was revised by Villiers in the 1675 edition (Stein to Harris, 31 August 1950). Harris approved, and Stein secured photostats of the appropriate editions from Yale University Library. A textual note similar to the one quoted in the entry for",
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                "appears on p. [iv] of",
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            },
            {
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              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "A few emendations have been introduced on the authority of other early editions. For the sake of clarity, a moderate number of changes in spelling and punctuation have been made; for the same reason, a small number of imperative stage directions have been inserted."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Harris submitted the manuscript of his introduction in spring 1951. The volume was originally scheduled for MLCE; after publication in MLCE was twice postponed Harris was informed that it would appear first in the regular ML (Stein to Harris, 15 May 1951; 7 August 1952; Leonore Crary to Harris, 5 May 1953)."
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              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "THE SELECTED | POETRY AND PROSE OF | EDGAR ALLAN | POE | edited, with an introduction, by T. O. MABBOTT | PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HUNTER COLLEGE | [torchbearer D5] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Pp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], [1–2] 3–428.  [1–14]",
                16
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "[i] half title; [ii] blank; [iii] title; [iv]",
                "Copyright, 1951, by Random House, Inc.",
                "|",
                "First Modern Library Edition, 1953",
                "; v–xiv INTRODUCTION | BY T. O. MABBOTT; xv–xvi BIBLIOGRAPHY; xvi (cont.) NOTE; xvii–xix CONTENTS; [xx] blank; [1] part title: Poems; [2] blank; 3–50 text; [51] part title: Tales; [52] blank; 53–345; [346] blank; [347] part title: Essays and Criticism; [348] blank; 349–405 text; 406–427 NOTES; 428 INDEX OF TITLES OF POEMS."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Variant:",
                "Pagination as 463.  [1]",
                16,
                "[2–7]",
                32,
                "[8]",
                16,
                ". Contents as 463 except: [iv] MODERN LIBRARY EDITION,",
                "June 1951",
                "| Copyright 1951 by Random House, Inc. (",
                "Issued in jacket B",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket",
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "A:",
                "Non-pictorial in dark orange yellow (72) and black on coated white paper with lettering in reverse on inset black panel; background in dark orange yellow with series in reverse below panel."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front flap:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "For a wide range of haunting moods and of forms of creative expression, turn to this volume of writings by Edgar Allan Poe. At once the master of the lyric poem of incomparable magic and the short story of brilliant inventiveness, Poe has influenced untold numbers of poets and writers, and even today’s science fiction remains greatly in his debt. This selection by Professor Mabbott, who has also provided notes creates a well-balanced picture of Poe as poet, short-story writer, literary critic and essayist. Rarely, indeed, can a single volume devoted to a single author present such memorable achievements in various fields of literary effort. (",
                "Fall 1953",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Jacket B:",
                "Fujita non-pictorial jacket in moderate olive green (125), moderate brown (58) and black on coated white paper; title in reverse on moderate olive green panel at top, author in large ornamental letters in moderate brown and black, other lettering in reverse on moderate brown panel at foot."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Front and back flaps:"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most original writers in American letters. His artistic penetration into the heart of things is still being analyzed and discussed with increasing awareness of its depth and complexity. This selection by Professor Mabbott, who has also provided notes, creates a well-balanced picture of Poe as poet, short-story writer, literary critic and essayist. It presents a comprehensive view of the man whose influence on American as well as European literature was profound. The art of the short story in America was significantly advanced by Poe, who also shaped the development of the detective story."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Poe’s ability to blend the macabre and surreal with consummate craftsmanship has remained a memorable contribution to American literature. (",
                "Spring/Fall 1968",
                ")"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Original ML collection superseding",
                "The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe",
                "(112). Published in MLCE June 1951 and in the regular ML fall 1953.",
                "WR",
                "not found. First printing: Not ascertained."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Mabbott received a flat fee of $250 for writing the introduction and selecting the contents. Stein sent him an additional $100 when the collection was published in the regular ML (Stein to Mabbott, 23 June 1953). Mabbott wrote Stein before the final contents had been determined: “I raved in the introduction about HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE but left it out as it includes the word nigger. . . . However, it occurs to me that I might emend the spelling, as I do not pretend we have a scientific text.” He was also concerned about the poem",
                "The Sleeper",
                "on the grounds that “most kids are horrified” by the line in the final version of the text, “Soft may the worms about her creep!” He suggested using an earlier version or omitting the poem altogether (Mabbott to Stein, 29 October 1950)."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                {
                  "span": []
                },
                "How to Write a Blackwood Article",
                "does not appear in",
                "The Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe",
                ", and Mabbott’s discussion of it in the introduction appears to have been cut.",
                "The Sleeper",
                "is included in its final text."
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "“The text of this edition is drawn substantially from James A. Harrison’s",
                "Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe",
                "by the kind permission of the publishers, Thomas Y. Crowell Company of New York. I have departed from the Harrison text on a few occasions, notably in the case of",
                "The Cask of Amontillado",
                ", where I am sure Griswold had a later revision. In one or two instances I have preferred versions not absolutely final but preferred by most critics. Poe was a meticulous and thorough reviser of his imaginative works, and instances of unwise revision are exceptionally rare.” (“Note,” p. xvi)"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Also in the Modern Library"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Poe,",
                "Best Tales",
                "(1924)  112"
              ]
            },
            {
              "PARAGRAPH": [
                "Poe,",
                "Complete Tales and Poems",
                "(Giant, 1938)  G38"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
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